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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-18-2003, 07:44 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Scary experiences
What is the scariest thing you've experienced in your life?
Signed,
I think mine may be today! [img]images/icons/shocked.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/ukid.gif[/img]
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09-18-2003, 08:15 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: Scary experiences
October 1978. Lonely highway near the NH boarder at 2 AM. Stopped a dude strung out on Angel Dust. Lucky to be alive today.
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09-18-2003, 08:16 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Posts: 1,352
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Re: Scary experiences
Morning Steve! [img]graemlins/wavin.gif[/img] I just logged on to see how you (and the others) were braving the storm. You've been often in my thoughts and prayers!
My scariest thing? When we were told that my dad (while still in the hospital for a major heart attack) had a brain tumor. Three 12-hour surgeries, about 10 years and a new diagnosis of cancer, later, Dad is still fighting strong! (the ultimate survivor [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img] )
Hang in there, friend!!!
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09-18-2003, 08:16 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 2,476
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Re: Scary experiences
Whoops!
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09-18-2003, 08:16 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 2,476
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Re: Scary experiences
Ok.... What is going on today Steve?
Mel
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09-18-2003, 08:21 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: Scary experiences
Quote:
Originally posted by Mel & Richard:
Ok.... What is today?
Mel
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">Hey Mel - we have Hurricane Isabel bearing down on us as I type this. Category 2 storm as it comes to shore and will be a Category 1 by the time we get the full brunt of the storm. We've never been through anything like it before here. |
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09-18-2003, 08:26 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: UK
Posts: 2,476
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Re: Scary experiences
I hope that it all goes ok with the hurricane. With any luck it will just be a bit of rain and wind.
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09-18-2003, 09:26 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Scary experiences
Scariest thing for me was when I was 15 years old and working at the drive-in theatre concession stand. 2 guys came in wearing balaclava's. One had a double barrel shotgun. They took the money from the cash register and kidnapped me briefly. They also committed another crime I'm not going to get into on this board.
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09-19-2003, 12:11 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: North Dakota aka frozen wastelands
Posts: 2,025
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Re: Scary experiences
Oh Donna! Im so sorry that you had to live through that. What a hateful thing to do!!!!!! ((()))
4 scariest things for me:
1) my dad drown when I was 12 and they did not find his body for weeks(3 if I remember correctly). Very scary, as you werent sure if he was injured or dead...
2) We had severe(and I mean SEVERE)turbulance over Italy once that injured several passengers and the plane came very close to crashing. Thank God for protection and some AWESOME Freedom Bird pilots!!!!
3) When we were in Turkey, members from the PKK(kurdish terrorist group) attacked a blue air force bus full of Turkish military coming back to the base. Our window faced the village and we saw the bus full of bullet holes and blood rushing back to the base. Then a grenade was tossed over the fence towards turkish military housing. The base was locked down for 2 days
4)we went through a flood in Turkey and lost everything we owned. It was terrifying becasue we were almost NOT able to get the jeep through the flash flood waters. We had a 5 week old and a 3 year old and the water was so strong you could not stand up w/o falling. We were terrified that we would drown...
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