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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-04-2002, 10:27 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: IN, USA
Posts: 762
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I\'ve GOT to Know....
How many more days until your WDW vacation???
We have 89 days left, and to celabrate (FINALLY under 100 [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]) we made a paper chain.
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02-04-2002, 11:26 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The land of the free and the Home of the Brave!
Posts: 2,694
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
I must say that is the finest looking paper chain I have seen in a while! What a cutie!
I am at 88 days myself!!
woooo=hooo!
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02-05-2002, 08:02 AM
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Guide since 2003
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: West Mifflin, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,546
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
Where did you get such a cute paper chain holder????? [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] He is too adorable...
Only 37 (YIPEE!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] ) days for us... I can't wait!!!!!!!!!! & I didn't make a paper chain this time.. Thanks for the reminder
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02-05-2002, 08:18 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: I\'ve GOT to Know....
Finally under 200 and now 196 days before we saw the °o° Youppie! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
Love the idea of a chain and what a cutie you have [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
Chantal °o° [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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02-05-2002, 08:28 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Philadelphia, PA 19140
Posts: 1,293
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
112 to go.
Will make our paper chain as soon as we hit the 100 mark so my son can stop asking me how many more days we have. [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img]
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02-05-2002, 08:32 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
70 days to go. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-05-2002, 09:20 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: IN, USA
Posts: 762
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
Thanks! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Now if I can get our paper chain holder to be that still for 88 more days [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
Kruggie, I did not know we will be at the World the same time! [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img]
O.K. ~ I've got to know more!(Even if you will get to go to WDW before me! [img]images/icons/rolleyes.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img])
[img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]
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02-05-2002, 09:48 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
We've still got 92 days to go before we finally get to expolore the AKL!!!
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02-05-2002, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
Looks like 79 more days for me! -HiddenMickey
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02-05-2002, 11:10 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bozrah, CT USA
Posts: 1,169
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
Now that I had to look it up I'm depressed [img]images/icons/frown.gif[/img] 304 days here. just patiently counting the days .
Ted
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02-05-2002, 01:38 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: NJ
Posts: 2,825
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
Have no idea. Normally I'd say a little over 8 months, but DH has been out of work 8 months and our finances are really not ready for a much needed trip to WDW.
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02-05-2002, 01:54 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,738
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
Excactly 108 days and 35 minutes and we will be breathing Walt Disney World!!
Great idea about the chain, I'm going to do that in 8 days...he-he-he
Man, I think I'm more excited then my 2 and soon to be 5 year old!!!!!
Debbie [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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02-05-2002, 03:01 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: MinneSOta
Posts: 7,036
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
hi figment1,
No paper chain for me yet. I have 230 days to go. Just begining to plan my stay.
Bobšoš
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02-05-2002, 03:17 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
11 days...was 10 until Delta cancelled my Friday flight and I had to rebooke for Saturday. And people wonder why I hate the airline industry. [img]images/icons/mad.gif[/img]
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02-05-2002, 03:53 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Montpelier,Vermont
Posts: 303
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Re: I\'ve GOT to Know....
According to my DisneyTime countdown castle my DH and I (maybe princess Lauren) will be there in 89 days 22hours 14min. and 15 sec. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
My Daycare/Pre School children helped me to make an advent calendar and every morning at our circle time someone is chosen to open the date [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
I made it like the christmas ones but with a different picture of characters under the date [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
Brenda
4/1996 Swan
2/1997 Off Site
5/1999 ASMO
5/2002 CBR
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