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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-03-2001, 02:47 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: McLean, VA
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These are TOO cool!
Oh, man, I'm never going to get any work done now!
Give this site a try:
http://www.soderhamn-net.com/%7Eu000...s/emoticon.htm
Follow the directions, and you too can add excitement and fun to your everyday posts.
For example:
Let's say you just got back to Camp Barramundi and saw that it had completely washed away... 
Or, that you're about to go see Mickey... 
Or, (my personal favorite) you just started taking a sip when your best friend tells you a funny joke... 
What captions can you add to your new smileys? This could become quite addictive...
I'll post some more captions when I find some free time...yeah, like THAT will happen as I spend 5 hours per day studying for this stupid actuarial exam (13 days and counting)... 
(P.S. Don't forget to change the word "image" to "img" since we're in UBB-code and not HTML)
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My little baby's all grown up, and....saving China! sniff...You got a tissue? 
Wilderness Lodge/All Star Music--September 2000
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05-03-2001, 03:07 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Orlando area via Chicago
Posts: 5,424
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Nate! Thanks for the laugh  !
What I wanted to do to AOL IM on Sunday.
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05-03-2001, 03:10 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Lambertville, NJ
Posts: 706
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Nate, I'm glad to see that someone else is also working hard today, like I am!
You are the best! Thanks for the laugh!
I love the 'kissing smileys sandwich!
Kim
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05-03-2001, 03:19 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Lambertville, NJ
Posts: 706
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Oh my! This is awesome!
When I was in junior and senion high, all the kids and teachers called me 'smurf'.
This is too funny! 
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05-03-2001, 03:22 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Seattle, WA
Posts: 4,695
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Cheers to you Nate! 
This will be lots of fun to play with.
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05-03-2001, 10:50 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Pleasant Valley, NY, USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 5,377
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Thanks Nate!!!
These are SOOOO much fun!! 
So this is what you do all day instead of working!! 
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...you must face the age of not believing
...until at last you start believing there's something wonderful in you!!
WildForWD
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Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95. |
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05-04-2001, 08:35 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Trois-Rivieres,Quebec,Canada
Posts: 2,687
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Re: These are TOO cool!
HI everyone ! I have problem with the smilies,I don't know much about it. I check on the web you talk and these are very funny but I don't understand how to use it. It not so long I go on the net can someone help me ? Please but in easy word don't forget english his not my first language.
Chantal
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05-04-2001, 10:07 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Thurmont, MD USA
Posts: 893
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Oh, nooooo!!! This is wayyyy too much fun!!!
 I will be playing with this all day!  Thanks so much for helping me waste more time on the computer 
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05-04-2001, 10:34 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Thanks, Nate!
Those are tooooooo cute!
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05-04-2001, 01:26 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: These are TOO cool!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Aurora18:
Oh my! This is awesome!
When I was in junior and senion high, all the kids and teachers called me 'smurf'.
This is too funny!
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Hey, they called me smurf too!
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05-04-2001, 01:29 PM
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Re: These are TOO cool!
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Aurora18:
Oh my! This is awesome!
When I was in junior and senion high, all the kids and teachers called me 'smurf'.
This is too funny!
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Hey, they called me smurf too!
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05-04-2001, 01:32 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: Lambertville, NJ
Posts: 706
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Hey Fortissimo! NO WAY!! That is soooo cool!
I got every version of the word! KimSmurf, Smurfy, Smurfette.... they went so far as to call my mom MommySmurf! LOL!
One day, when I was in 8th grade I was in the store with my mom and dad, and this guy starts yelling down the isle "Hey, Smurfette!" Well, much to my embarassment it was my gym teacher and his family.... my dad thought it wa such a hoot!
Now that I'm all grown up I guess it was cute... but I much prefer my soon-to-be nickname now!
My MIL-to-be and I are thinking of getting matching license plates. For her "Mrs. Potts" and for me "Mrs. Potts2".
Later, Smurf!
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05-04-2001, 01:56 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: MinneSOta
Posts: 7,036
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Hi Nate,
This is way cool. Saw the bousing guys on Intercot and wished we had them over here, now we do. yea!   
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Fortwilderness 3/00
All-star Movies 9/01
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05-06-2001, 05:08 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Wilmington, DE, USA
Posts: 134
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Re: These are TOO cool!
testing this out to see if I understand...
This is very cool!
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6/00 - Grovenor
10/00 - Contemporary
10/01 - Grand Floridian
11/02 - Undecided
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05-06-2001, 10:14 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: massachusetts
Posts: 3,672
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Re: These are TOO cool!
Had to give this a try. 
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