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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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My MIL was just hospitalized with a pulmonary embulism. She is still planning to go to WDW with us in May, but obviously will have to take it a bit easy. We are looking into getting an ECV for her and she's staying at the GF so she will have easy access to the monorail. What other accomodations should we be looking into? I don't know much about this condition, but want to make things as easy for her as I can. She has her heart set on going and doesn't want to cancel. Any advice?
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BTDT, have the medications to probe it. This is what they told me.
She will want to look into compression stockings to keep the blood from pooling in the lower legs. I assume they will send her home on medication, she will want to carry the card that usually comes with it that tells what her dosage is, when last taken, and what her INR number was and the date.
If you are driving or flying, they don't recommend sitting from over 1 1/2 hours or 150 miles if driving. Do the legs exercises that they recommend that will keep blood from settling in the lower extremities. Watch the diet as many foods effect the medication--green leafies increase the effectiveness of the drug and reduce clotting, carrots decrease the effectivess. Watch for some of the stranger things--we started using olive oil and my INR went very high (this is a bad thing). The doctor who had told me it was ok, discovered that olive oil effects things big time.
Check with her pharmacist to see which over-the-counter things interact poorly with her medication. Take a supply of those that she can use.
The heat reflecting off the pavement in WDW can cause the capillaries on the front of the legs to pop. To avoid this, I wear long pants and if it is very hot, I put ice packs on the front of the legs a couple of times/day. (This hint came from the first aid station in WDW) I haven't had any problems on the last 3 trips. The EVC may be a great help in this also.
I also wear a MediAlert bracelet that lets folks know that I take anti-coagulents.
This is all assuming that she is on a medication in May. If her doctor will talk to you or the nurse educator at the hospital. Ask them what advice they have.
I've had two previous DVTs (blood clots in my legs - which can lead to an embolisim), and was cleared to fly long haul to Disney only with Heparin injections before the flights - so I think the key thing is the advice your MIL gets from her doctor.
In general exercise helps once the clot has been treated - so, (again with doctor's consent), she may find some of that Disney walking will actually help her condition.
She should have a talk with her doctors to get plenty of advice on what to do & not do. For sure look into a length of stay ECV rental from a off site company so it is available anytime it's needed. Check the sticky posts above..
Good luck & have a wonderful vacation.
Deb
She should have a talk with her doctors to get plenty of advice on what to do & not do. For sure look into a length of stay ECV rental from a off site company so it is available anytime it's needed. Check the sticky posts above..
Good luck & have a wonderful vacation.
Deb
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