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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-31-2006, 08:50 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Weddings
When was the last wedding you went to and are there any plans for the next wedding you're going to?
The last one we went to was in the summer of 2004 [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/jawdrop.gif[/img] and the next one we're going to is a work colleague's on 07/07/07, where apparently I'm doing a reading. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
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12-31-2006, 08:53 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Posts: 24,867
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Re: Weddings
My last wedding was a long time ago like 4 or 5 years ago my next one if i'm invited to because if my mom files for the Big D we probably will be exiled from the family. But that will be for my Cousin Relle and her fiance charlie.
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12-31-2006, 09:01 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Chicago suburbs
Posts: 5,714
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Re: Weddings
The last was my brother's wedding in Colorado on the side of a mountain where you could see a cross made in the snow on another mountainside. It was beautiful, but the drive up there (washed out roads, no suspension) gave me a broken tailbone (yes, seriously!). That was in 203. I could finally sit again in 2005.
No new weddings in the works. The next will probably be for a cousin who is in his late 20's, dating someone seriously. I wish there was one in the works- something about a wedding is so exciting and reminds me of that feeling I had um..20 years ago.. when we were getting married.
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12-31-2006, 09:19 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maryland
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 3,365
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Re: Weddings
The last wedding we went to was 2 years ago at Christmas time for a friend of our oldest DD. The next will be a cousin's wedding in July '07. By then we will be planning DD's wedding for June '08.I can't wait - she's already bought 2 bride's mags and is online looking up stuff every day!
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12-31-2006, 09:22 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Long Island, NY
Posts: 2,121
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Re: Weddings
We were at a wedding in April for a friends daughter and we don't have one in the near future.
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12-31-2006, 09:41 AM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: Weddings
Last wedding I went to was a couple of years ago - my next will be a work colleague at the end of March.
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12-31-2006, 09:53 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Weddings
We went to a wedding last June for a friend of ours.
We've got BIG plans for the next wedding cause it will be our son's, which is going to be November 3, 2007! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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12-31-2006, 10:08 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Weddings
Gee, the last wedding I attended was a few years ago! It was my cousin's and if I remember right that was the summer of 2002. Next wedding might be a co-worker of Dan's since she got engaged at Christmas -- we'll see if we get invited to the wedding or just the social.
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12-31-2006, 10:12 AM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: Weddings
That last wedding I went to was almost 2 years ago...I think!
So far I have no plans for any in the future.
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12-31-2006, 10:17 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: Weddings
September, 2006 when our oldest son got married...
June 5th, 2007 where Jan will perform the ceremony...
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12-31-2006, 10:45 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Weddings
The last one I went to was in August of '04 [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
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12-31-2006, 11:56 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Philadelphia sub- burbs
Concierge Level: 4
Posts: 11,944
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Re: Weddings
The last wedding we went to was for DSIL. That was 2004. We are invited to go to my brothers wedding in March, but since we are hitting WDW later next year we can't go because it is going to be in Vegas. My oldest neice is getting married in June, but we will not be able to attend that either, so DD is going in our stead.
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12-31-2006, 12:13 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Weddings
Last one was my best friend here in Arkansas' wedding June 4 and so far no plans to attend another!
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12-31-2006, 01:01 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Indiana
Posts: 2,487
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Re: Weddings
We just attended a wedding on Dec 9 (also Donny Osmond's birthday). None in the near future.
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12-31-2006, 01:17 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: New York
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,889
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Re: Weddings
We had two weddings in October and our next one is in February. The past few years have been VERY busy wedding wise.
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