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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-02-2002, 10:50 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Houston
Posts: 5,162
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That free pin from the disney site
You know that free pin you can get when you find all of the virtual pins at waltdisneyworld.com? Well. I tried to d/l the .pdf file that is the certificate you need to redeem and it locked my system at work AND at home. It's not like I have a slow connection or anything, we're on a LAN at work and I have a cable modem at home, and I have the latest version of Adobe Acrobat. Has anyone been able to print that certificate? It instructs you to open the .jpg file if you are having trouble with the .pdf file, which I did, and printed it. BUT, that certificate says the program ends on June 30, 2002. The website says the program ends 12/31/02. I just wonder if I'll have trouble redeeming the certificate I was able to print, or do I need to find a way to print the .pdf file. If anyone got the .pdf to work, can you look at your certificate and see what expiration date it shows? There's really no webmaster or anyone to contact (that I could find) on the site. Thanks for any help.
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08-02-2002, 11:06 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 2,172
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Re: That free pin from the disney site
I've got the .pdf file and it says it expires June 30, 2002. [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img]
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08-02-2002, 11:13 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Orlando, FL
Posts: 1,281
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Re: That free pin from the disney site
I got a recent pdf and it says it expires 12-31. I noticed that my old one said 6-30 so I opened it again and it was changed. I did have problems with the pdf, but eventually got it to open.
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08-02-2002, 11:14 AM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 175
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Re: That free pin from the disney site
Can't help you with the date on the certificate since I discarded it after our last trip. But my guess is that it will be accepted, as long as the Magical Monments Pins are still available.
We opted not to redeem it since it required the purchase of a Magical Moments Pin. We found the MM pins to be unattractive, bulky, expensive [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] and not something we wanted to add to our ever growing collection of the wonderful WDW cloisonne pins. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
In any case, bring it along. It can't hurt to try!
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08-02-2002, 11:25 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 2,172
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Re: That free pin from the disney site
My certificate is from September 27, 2001, so it IS rather old. It sounds like you may be in luck after all. It won't hurt to try.
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08-13-2002, 01:49 PM
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Community Rank: Visitor
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: New York
Posts: 3
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Re: That free pin from the disney site
I just downloaded the certificate. It DOES state that it expires on December 31.
As for problems downloading it, it may be due to the fact that it is a very large file; over 18 MB in size. If you have a dial-up or a slow broadband connection, that may be the reason why there have been problems downloading it.
Hope this helps.
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