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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-14-2007, 06:30 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
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I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
DH wants to move to a bigger house. In order to buy a new house, we need to get THIS house in selling condition! So I am in super cleanout mode. I spent the whole weekend cleaning out the walkin closet in our bedroom. Who knew how much JUNK could accumulate in there?? I had several garbage bags for the trash and a whole trunk load of stuff for the good will!! (I did take a break for the Bears Game. Go Bears!)
I'm tired! Plus we have a house full of 15y.o.s!! There are 8 of them here watching Friends on DVD.
I'd like to just kick back and watch a movie and relax, but that isn't happening.
Maggie
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01-14-2007, 06:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Illinois
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
Wow Maggie, when can you come and do my closet???
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01-14-2007, 06:38 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
Doesn't it feel great to get a big closet cleaned out? While I didn't clean out a closet today, I have a walk in pantry that I went through. Good thing tomorrow is trash pick up...our barrel is full.
KathyL [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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01-14-2007, 07:17 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
That's me next weekend--DH wants me to do it before I get too big.
Good luck with the future house hunting!
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01-14-2007, 07:30 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
I've been doing that since Christmas (although we're not moving [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502no_prv.gif[/img] )! The garbage has been filled everyweek, and we've filled up 2 huge boxes of clothes to send back to DH's relatives [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/082502yes_prv.gif[/img]
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01-14-2007, 07:30 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: East Amherst, NY
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
I'm married to a pack rat, so I can only do my cleaning when DH is away. And then I chant my father's mantra "When in doubt, throw it out".
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01-14-2007, 08:24 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Maryland
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
I need to adopt the "throw it out" mantra! Every storage space in my big ole house is packed to the gills and overflowing!Yuck!
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01-14-2007, 09:11 PM
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Tinkerbell's Aunt
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: McHenry IL
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
Maggie - Good luck getting the house ready. We're putting ours back on the market this spring and I even though it was ready last year I need to declutter all over again. Where does all of the stuff come from? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
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01-14-2007, 09:54 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
Somehow I have managed to clutter up again... I need to declutter...and I've only been in the house for a year...
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01-14-2007, 10:06 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Grand Rapids, MI
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
I grew up by the idea that the day after you throw it out you will need it sure as rain! Conciquently, we don't throw much out. I think i need to be visited by those guys fronm TLC. Can't think of the name of the show right now though.
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01-14-2007, 10:09 PM
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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: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
You have been very busy! Try and get some rest!
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01-14-2007, 11:17 PM
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Wishing I was at WDW!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Southwestern Florida, USA
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
I know exactly what you mean! We have been cleaning out since after Christmas - for a number of reasons! The first being - it just needed to be done! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
The second - we are thinking about moving too!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/luck.gif[/img] with the cleaning out process!
We are taking this week and next week-end off from the cleaning and painting process!
But - only one week! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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01-15-2007, 12:59 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 4,685
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
My weekend was spent cleaning out also. My DH came home the other night, said he had seen some condos that he liked the look of. So, next weekend we are going to go condo looking. We want to be in a condo in the next five years. It will take me that long to clean out the house!!! Never knew I had so much stuff. I'm the pack rat. DH is the Felix to my Oscar. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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01-15-2007, 02:18 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
Sounds like you did a great job! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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01-15-2007, 08:11 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Cypress....Deep in Southern Illinois, close enough to see the Kentucky blue grass
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Re: I spent the weekend cleaning out our walk in closet!!!
I love cleaning. But have always had a hard time getting rid of things until a few months back. I don't know what finally flipped the switch in my head but I started getting rid of things. I have taken out over 40 large trash bags of "stuff" I used to think were important, no more. Cleaned out my closets and gave a van load full of clothes to a local shelter and I can't wait for springand nice weather when I can clean out my storage building in the back yard.
Congrats on your cleaning and good luck selling the house.
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