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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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08-22-2003, 11:36 PM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Udate on our very own Marcie!
Got another call from Marcie! Having a fantastic time ( in spite of some heavy rains). She met up with Joe/Elliott's Dragon, Laughaholic/Kristen and LottaDoleWhipz/Erika. She still has a date with Don/DisneyDad and Tiki/Sandy. Unfortunately, my phone reception was bad, and we got cut off, but it sounded like she and Sue were having a wonderful time!
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08-22-2003, 11:38 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,352
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Thanks for the update!! I'm glad they are having fun! Hope the rain clears off for them!
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08-22-2003, 11:43 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Good for her- sounds like she is having a great time!!
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08-23-2003, 12:45 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Florida
Posts: 539
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Yippee! It was awesome meeting Marcie, Sue and Joe today. They are all so cool, of course [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
We left them at the MK tonight at about 7:30 in the *continuing* pouring rain. Hope they ended up having an OK E-ride night anyhow!
All were outfitted in ponchos and ready to go go go.
Marcie said she has been gathering some very interesting tidbits of info to share with us all when she returns.
Well I had so much fun this afternoon, I might have to crash their room after they check in at AKL next week! hahaha [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] [img]images/icons/tongue.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 01:16 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
What a cool week!
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08-23-2003, 02:48 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
Posts: 2,416
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
How cool to add meeting all those Passporter friends to a super trip to the world!!!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 08:00 AM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
How great that they all got to meet in WDW! It sounds like Marcie is having a blast!
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08-23-2003, 08:49 AM
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Faith, Trust, Pixie Dust
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Sasquatch Territory, Pacific Northwest
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 17,166
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Hey Erika, thanks very much for the information! Marcie said she enjoyed meeting you!!!!
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08-23-2003, 09:33 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Cool! Fun to get "live" updates. Hope that pesky rain lets up soon!
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08-23-2003, 09:47 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Sounds like the mini meet is a hugh success. Glad everyone is having fun inspite of the liquid sunshine. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 09:52 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,343
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Hi everyone at the World!!! Sorry to hear the rain has been so pesky!! Glad everyone is having a great time despite it!!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 09:52 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Florida
Posts: 1,343
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Darn double posts!!! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 11:47 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Richardson, TX
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 3,357
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
I love these "on the spot" trip updates!
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08-23-2003, 03:04 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Good to know she's having a great time - and she's certainly busy with all those Passporter meets planned! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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08-23-2003, 06:29 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: Udate on our very own Marcie!
Awesome!! I hope it gets way sunnier [img]images/icons/cool.gif[/img] but it doesn't sound like it matters!! [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
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