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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-05-2002, 08:39 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Everyone in the basement!!!!!
We have just come up from over an hour huddled in our basement. TORNADOS!! All around us. VERY bad thunderstorms have been around all evening then the dopler radar alerts went off. The first one was 9 miles northeast of us. The next was 8 miles east. The third was 6 miles southwest and coming this way. We were already in the basement by then huddled with our emergency lights, cell phones & EMS/Fire scanner. The storms are just moving off. I am amazed we still have power. Our Fire Department is out on several calls. Towns around us have house fires and roads blocked by trees.
This is Northeast New York, not Kansas!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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06-05-2002, 08:42 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Pittsburgh, PA , USA
Posts: 5,943
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Don,
Glad to hear you are all okay. We just had some scary weather here again, also, but nothing like last week, with the destruction at Kennywood Park and the surrounding areas.
Keep us up-to-date on how things are going in your area.
All other Passporters from NY, please check in!
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06-05-2002, 08:44 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Glad to hear you're ok Don. That's not the sort of weather I'm used to hearing about in New York! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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06-05-2002, 08:47 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT.
Posts: 1,381
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Oh my gosh Don! I'm so glad to hear that you and your family are alright. How scary is that? I know we're suppose to be getting some serious storms here tonight but I'm praying it's nothing like what you have just experianced! Hope everyone in your area has made it through this with no serious injuries.
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06-05-2002, 08:54 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Waxahachie, Texas
Posts: 2,147
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Oh my! I glad to hear that everyone is okay! I know what tough weather is all about..living in Texas, you never know what the weather is going to do, from one day to the next..very unpredictable! Take care..and stay safe!
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06-05-2002, 08:55 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Waxahachie, Texas
Posts: 2,147
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Oh my! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I glad to hear that everyone is okay! I know what tough weather is all about..living in Texas, you never know what the weather is going to do, from one day to the next..very unpredictable! Take care..and stay safe!
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06-05-2002, 08:56 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Waxahachie, Texas
Posts: 2,147
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
sorry about the double post..  I wish there was a way we could delete them when that happens??? can you? |
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06-05-2002, 09:05 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Boy, does that bring up some scary childhood memories from growing up in Omaha. Glad everyone is safe and sound.
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06-05-2002, 09:09 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Cape May Court House NJ USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 11,259
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
I am so glad to hear you guys are ok! We have been lucky so far here with the tornados. I myself would have a hard time listening to a scanner haunched down in our basement wondering if we would be missed. How did your kids handle this scare?
Again, I am glad all is well at your home...
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06-05-2002, 09:15 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
I'm soooooo glad your all ok,It must have been scary.I know since we move to Indy,I've been afriad during most storms.
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06-05-2002, 09:19 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Corsicana, Texas, USA
Posts: 2,027
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Glad the Tornados didn't get to yall!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] I have a real fobia where tornados are concerned! I'll probably dream about them just hearing your story!! We didn't even get a drop of rain here.
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06-05-2002, 09:37 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: St. Louis
Posts: 631
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Glad to hear everyone is ok. We were supposed to get some pretty big storms last night. [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] But they never did happen. I think most went north or south of us. We got lucky this time.
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06-05-2002, 10:53 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: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
Glad to hear you are still on the right side of the rainbow Don!
What is up with the weather???
Us northeasterners arent used to this!
I learned today that my sons teacher and his family were seriously injured at Kennywood, his wife suffered a broken back and his dear four year old dtr, a fractured skull, luckily his infant son was with grandma!
I hope your friends and family are all safe and sound Don!
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06-06-2002, 12:49 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
oooh, scary. Tornadoes are my greatest fear. Glad they missed you.
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06-06-2002, 07:11 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Everyone in the basement!!!!!
More info:
Storm link
The rain woke us up several times last night. It is like monsoon season now. |
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