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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Ok, many of you know the struggles I am going through with my ex right now. Here is my question and this may be for those that are single parents or those in the law field. If I have sole custody does he have a right to be involved in every medical decision that is made? Does he have the right to talk with doctors, get records etc? He doesn't pay squat towards the cost and he freaks about everything. He can't handle when one gets hives from a bug bite without taking her to the ER. He has no clue or any concept of anything and has very weird ideas on medicine. He will take them to the ER for bug bites but would not allow medicine for ADD, anxiety, etc if they had them. In fact he wouldn't let them take advil really if it was his choice.
Just so you know why I am asking is because my oldest was so excited about her glasses that she said something to him. Well, he went off on me that he needs to know these things and must talk with the eye doctor before anything else is done and how dare I not tell him. It was a routine exam and it is not like he is paying for the visit or the glasses. In fact when the girls were little we had a huge fight over immunizations because he just didn't want them.......
I may not have a choice but am just wondering if I do since I have sole custody! So upset right now!
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I haves sole physical custody but he has a say in my our daughter's schooling & medical issues. Since he has not been physically around in over 3 yrs, he has no clue about anything that has gone on, his choice, so it's nothing i've had to worry about. Although, trying to obtain a passport has been unsuccessful because in the governments eyes I am a flight risk anyway.....
I'm sure the laws are different in each state you may need to contact your attorney. I wonder if he is purposely trying to be difficult, I would think he would want to have his daughter see, no????
He is probably being difficult because we are headed back to court but yes, you would think that he would want her to see. The appointment has already happened and the glasses ordered so it is a done deal but the fact that he wants to talk to the doctor and oversee every decision made is just ridiculous!
I would definitely check with your lawyer to see how it works in your state, but sole physical custody is different from sole legal custody. A parent can have sole physical custody but still share joint legal custody which would still give the other parent the right to participate in medical and educational decisions. Having sole legal custody is a different story.
It varies from state to state so you need to ask your lawyer. And people are right, sole physical and legal custody are different. In my state we no longer use those terms which may even be more confusing to people.
I would give more than I have to so as not to give him an issue for court. A lot of dead beats are good at deflecting the issue at hand and putting the focus on something else.
So sorry you are going through all this. You might want to check the HIPPA laws too. Those are the laws that say medical people can only talk to the patient or the patient's guardian. You may be able to fill out paperwork at the doctors that say they can not discuss your child's issues with your ex.
Good luck - I'll keep you in my prayers as I'm sure this is difficult.
BTW. I was able to get a passport for my son no problem and I'm a single mom too. I just showed the legal papers and that was it - good luck. No passport means you are really restricted on any type of vacation. Of course being the bad "flight risk" that you are (lol), you could just go to another state as easliy as leave the country.
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I just heard from my attorney and I have sole legal custody and while he does have the right to talk with the doctors and teachers he is unable to influence or make any decisions.
So I will continue as normal and inform him and keep him in the loop but not really entertain a lengthy discussion. My mind is at ease!
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