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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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05-03-2003, 11:47 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
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129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
TODAY! Anyone watching?!? This is big for us since my family is from Louisville and my mom is there right now - she goes back every year to visit my grandmother and her sisters.
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05-03-2003, 05:43 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
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Re: 129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
i just turned it on. not a big deal in my family, but if i'm home i try to watch it.
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05-03-2003, 05:49 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bozrah, CT USA
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Re: 129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
I love the these races. Some day I will have to make it down to the three races. I would love to do it in the same year.
I am rooting for Atswhatimtalknbout
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05-03-2003, 10:00 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Re: 129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
Funny Cide, which narrowly lost to Empire Maker in the Wood Memorial, avenges that defeat with an upset of favorite Empire Maker in the Kentucky Derby. Funny Cide is the first New York-bred horse to win the Run for the Roses.
On to the Preakness now...
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05-03-2003, 10:06 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Arkansas
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Re: 129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
I sure watched. Louisville was our home from 1985 to 1995. Lovely city. Very crazy during Derby Week. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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05-03-2003, 10:23 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Duluth, Ga. , U.S.A.
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Re: 129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
I lived in Ky. for the first 23 years of my life but I don't think I've ever watched the Derby! Now, my parents and siblings watch it every year at the country club(they all still live there). They always offer to take a bet for us but I don't care to.
Laura
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05-05-2003, 02:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
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Re: 129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
Quote:
Originally posted by Dad2jbj:
[QBThis is big for us since my family is from Louisville and my mom is there right now - she goes back every year to visit my grandmother and her sisters. [/QB]
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Steve, did your mom have one of these puppies? They sound so yummy, I'm going to have to try one. (From the Orlando Sentinel) Published May 1, 2003
How to make the weekend's other big drink
While tart margaritas will be turning the heads of Cinco de Mayo revelers, another icy little concoction will be stealing the show at Louisville's Churchill Downs this weekend.
At Saturday's 129th running of the Kentucky Derby, more than 80,000 mint juleps will be served, requiring 8,000 quarts of julep mix, 150 bushels of fresh mint and about 60 tons of shaved ice.
This Southern elixir is as important to the Kentucky Derby as those potent, rosy Hurricanes are to Mardi Gras parties.
Here's the official recipe from the Kentucky Derby:
Make a simple syrup by boiling 2 cups of sugar and 2 cups of water together for five minutes. Cool and place in a covered container with six or eight sprigs of fresh mint, then refrigerate overnight.
From here on, forget the margarita-daiquiri mentality of batch drinks. Kentucky bourbon makers, including Early Times, make a ready-to-serve julep, but any Southern host worth his or her silver julep cup knows the real deal is made one at a time.
Fill the julep cup with crushed or shaved ice, adding one tablespoon of the cooled mint-flavored syrup and two ounces of Kentucky bourbon.
Stir the liquid rapidly with a spoon. The spin cycle will cause the outside of the cup to frost up.
Garnish with a sprig of fresh mint, and may the best horse win. |
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05-05-2003, 03:52 PM
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Re: 129th Running of the Kentucky Derby!
Mint Juleps! Not the best drink in the world, but we've made them on Derby Day in the past. Not sure if mom indulged in that or not! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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