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As of January 1, 2019, we have closed our forums. This is a decision we did not come to lightly, but it is necessary. The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk. The server software itself must be updated, and it cannot be without removing the forums.
So it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye to our long-running forums. They came online in 2000 and brought together so many wonderful Disney fans. We had friendships form, careers launch, couples marry, children born ... all because of this amazing community.
Thank you to each of you who were a part of this community. You made it possible.
And a very special thank you to our Guides (moderators), past and present, who kept our forums a happy place to be. You are the glue that held everything together, and we are forever grateful to you. Thank you aliceinwdw, Caldercup, MrsM, WillCAD, Fortissimo, GingerJ, HiddenMickey, CRCrazy, Eeyoresmom, disneyknut, disneydani, Cam22, chezp, WDWfan, Luvsun, KMB733, rescuesk, OhToodles!, Colexis Mom, lfredsbo, HiddenMickey, DrDolphin, DopeyGirl, duck addict, Disneybine, PixieMichele, Sandra Bostwick, Eeyore Tattoo, DyanKJ130, Suzy Q'Disney, LilMarcieMouse, AllisonG, Belle*, Chrissi, Brant, DawnDenise, Crystalloubear, Disneymom9092, FanOfMickey, Goofy4Goofy, GoofyMom, Home4us123, iamgrumpy, ilovedisney247, Jennifer2003, Jenny Pooh, KrisLuvsDisney, Ladyt, Laughaholic88, LauraBelle Hime, Lilianna, LizardCop, Loobyoxlip, lukeandbrooksmom, marisag, michnash, MickeyMAC, OffKilter_Lynn, PamelaK, Poor_Eeyore, ripkensnana, RobDVC, SHEANA1226, Shell of the South, snoozin, Statelady01, Tara O'Hara, tigger22, Tink and Co., Tinkerbelz, WDWJAMBA, wdwlovers, Wendyismyname, whoSEZ, WildforWD, and WvuGrrrl. You made the magic.
We want to personally thank Sara Varney, who coordinated our community for many years (among so many other things she did for us), and Cheryl Pendry, our Message Board Manager who helped train our Guides, and Ginger Jabour, who helped us with the PassPorter-specific forums and Live! Guides. Thank you for your time, energy, and enthusiasm. You made it all happen.
There are other changes as well.
Why? Well, the world has changed. And change with it, we must. The lyrics to "We Go On" for IllumiNations say it best:
We go on to the joy and through the tears
We go on to discover new frontiers
Moving on with the current of the years.
We go on
Moving forward now as one
Moving on with a spirit born to run
Ever on with each rising sun.
To a new day, we go on.
It's time to move on and move forward.
PassPorter is a small business, and for many years it supported our family. But the world changed, print books took a backseat to the Internet, and for a long time now it has been unable to make ends meet. We've had to find new ways to support our family, which means new careers and less and less time available to devote to our first baby, PassPorter.
But eventually, we must move on and move forward. It is the right thing to do.
So we are retiring this newsletter, as we simply cannot keep up with it. Many thanks to Mouse Fan Travel who supported it all these years, to All Ears and MousePlanet who helped us with news, to our many article contributors, and -- most importantly -- to Sara Varney who edited our newsletter so wonderfully for years and years.
And we are no longer charging for the Live Guides. If you have a subscription, it's yours to keep for the lifetime of the Live Guides at no additional cost. The Live Guides will stay online, barring server issues and technical problems, for all of 2019.
That said, PassPorter is not going away. Most of the resources will remain online for as long as we can support them, and after that we will find ways to make whatever we can available. PassPorter means a great deal to us, and to many of you, and we will do our best to keep it alive in whatever way we can. Our server costs are high, and they'll need to come out of our pockets, so in the future you can expect some changes so we can bring those costs down.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your amazing support over the years. Without you, there's no way us little guys could have made something like this happen and given the "big guys" a run for their money. PassPorter was consistently the #3 guidebook after the Unofficial and Official guides, which was really unheard of for such a small company to do. We ROCKED it thanks to you and your support and love!
If you miss us, you can still find some of us online. Sara started a new blog at DisneyParkPrincess.com -- I strongly urge you to visit and get on her mailing list. She IS the Disney park princess and knows Disney backward and forward. And I am blogging as well at JenniferMaker.com, which is a little craft blog I started a couple of years ago to make ends meet. You can see and hear me in my craft show at https://www.youtube.com/c/jennifermaker . Many PassPorter readers and fans are on Facebook, in groups they formed like the PassPorter Trip Reports and PassPorter Crafting Challenge (if you join, just let them know you read about it in the newsletter). And some of our most devoted community members started a forum of their own at Pixie Dust Lane and all are invited over.
So we encourage you to stay in touch with us and your fellow community members wherever works best for you!
Best wishes for a wonderful and magical new year!
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11-19-2006, 09:44 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Happy Feet
As requested here's my review for Happy Feet.
Tyler (9), Caroline (almost 4) and I went to the sneak peak last week. Tyler enjoyed it, Caroline got bored half way through and then fell asleep towards the end.
The animation is quite good as is the music. It started off about finding a mate with your "heart song", went into about being different and having to conform to fit into society and then got into pollution and ocean preservation.
There were a few scary parts and I think it got a bit preachy towards the end and lost some of the younger audience.
I was glad that we didn't pay to see this and I don't intend on adding it to our DVD collection. I just didn't like the ending - a bit too far fetched for my liking.
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11-19-2006, 10:22 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: Happy Feet
I took my 10 year old and he thought it was great. I went into the movie not knowing much about it, so was pleasantly surprised. I definitely agree with you about some parts could be scary for younger kids and I could really see how younger kids could get bored by it. Most of the kids in the theatre were younger, when I saw it. The first part of the movie is geared toward younger kids and I think the advertising is too, although it is rated "PG" even though the commercials make it look more "G".
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11-19-2006, 10:48 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Happy Feet
Thanks for the reviews!!!
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11-19-2006, 06:35 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Michigan
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 5,998
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Re: Happy Feet
Thanks!!! I am so glad I did not spend money on this!
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11-19-2006, 11:23 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Happy Feet
We saw it today at the IMAX theater. We liked it pretty well! Emilie did get bored a bit towards the end, but then she tends to do that with EVERY movie because "it's too LONG!" [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
I thought the messages were all pretty good but agree that there were quite a few preachy parts. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] There were also some quite funny parts as well . . . I thought Hugh Jackman did an awesome "Elvis" impersonation and Robin Williams's characters were hilarious (in my opinion [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ).
There were a couple of parts that quite a few kids were a bit scared of though. There were also a few "jokes" and gags that will fly right over kids' heads, but they aren't offensive or anything like that. (for instance, there is a nod to "2001: A Space Odyssey" somewhere in the movie. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] )
All in all, we didn't think it was too bad at all! Seeing it on an IMAX screen was pretty cool too! I don't think it was necessarily worth the $10 per adult/$8 for Emilie we paid [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img] but then that's why we rarely go out to see a movie! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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11-20-2006, 07:29 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: MinneSOta
Posts: 7,036
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Re: Happy Feet
I like well enough. I did not like that mumble had his baby feathers for the whole movie. Did you notice that he had a bow tie and spats. LOl
boB
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11-22-2006, 10:42 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 3,968
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Re: Happy Feet
<font color="purple"> Actually saw the picture..... I loved most of it .... a couple parts were slow moving and there was one part which was a little loud and scary for kids. </font>
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