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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-22-2003, 04:29 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
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80s cartoons
What was your fave?
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07-22-2003, 05:22 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: 80s cartoons
I'm a bit old to have actually watched any of those for myself, but DS, who is now almost 21 loved to watch the Smurfs in the morning before school. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-22-2003, 06:22 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: 80s cartoons
The Smurfs ruled! I remember one Christmas I even got a present from "Smurfette".
And Gargamel was the coolest villian in all of cartoon land.
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07-22-2003, 06:30 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Buffalo, NY
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Re: 80s cartoons
ooohhhh I loved the smurfs and then the gummy bears! Anyone remember the Wuzzles? BumbleLion and Eleroo?
Mary Kay
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07-22-2003, 06:31 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
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Re: 80s cartoons
Out of what was there Jem and the Holograms was my favorite, and the Snorkels can in a close 2nd.
But one of my all time favorites was Kimba the White lion. [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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07-22-2003, 06:32 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
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Re: 80s cartoons
I had to go with the Smurfs - when John and I were dating - they were a Saturday morning ritual! His little brother even gave us a matching set of Smurf glassware he bought at a flea market for a gift! After 17 years - we still have one of the four! (I'm amazed - my girls are notorious for breaking glasses!)
For actual kids watching cartoons - my girls were too little to watch in the 80's (Amanda was born in 89, Jen in 90), but they used to live to watch the Gummi Bears and the Care Bears on the Disney Channel - Jen's big fave was My Little Pony.
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07-22-2003, 07:20 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
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Re: 80s cartoons
Zoobilee Zoo.
Kristin
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07-22-2003, 07:20 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
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Re: 80s cartoons
Zoobilee Zoo.
Kristin
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07-22-2003, 07:25 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
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Re: 80s cartoons
My kids were watching cartoons in the 80's.
Our favorite was the Smurfs but Care Bears was a very close second! [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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07-22-2003, 08:38 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
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Re: 80s cartoons
What? No Thundercats? No Voltron? He-Man's the only one that comes close on that list. Now those were 80's cartoons, the best of the best, it was a decade of animation for the adolescent male [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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07-22-2003, 08:43 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Location: Connecticut
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Re: 80s cartoons
Smurfs [img]graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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07-23-2003, 12:11 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: St. Louis, MO
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Re: 80s cartoons
Okay, this was tough. I watched them all! The only cartoon I didn't like in the 80's was Dungeons and Dragons. I just didn't get it at all. I'd probably like it better now.
I went with the Smurfs, as I had a stuffed Papa Smurf and tons of Smurf books. I call my wardrobe for work my "Smurfette wardrobe", since it is all khakis and white shirts~one outfit just like the next.
"Smurf" the word is still part of my vocabulary too.
Examples:
DH: "How does this look on me?"
Me: "Smurfy!"
DH: "How does that taste?"
Me: "Smurfy!"
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07-23-2003, 01:18 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: Texas
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Re: 80s cartoons
My favorite was the Muppet Baaabieees! Yea!!! I love LOVE the Muppets!!
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07-23-2003, 09:54 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2002
Location: georgia
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Re: 80s cartoons
i don't knkow if ai ever watched any of those. i always watched good old bugs bunny and friends.
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07-23-2003, 10:17 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: WI
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Re: 80s cartoons
That is such a hard one to vote on!!! But in the end I chose the Smurfs-watched that all the time!
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