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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-17-2002, 03:15 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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MiL update, Good news
We have placed my wifes mother in a home. We moved her over from the hospital this morning. It is a really nice place. Heck, I'd move there for the BIG SCREEN TV'S in the lounge and dining areas. I'll have to go over there on Sundays when the 2003 NASCAR season starts and see if I can talk the residents into putting the races on. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img]
The only problem I see is making sure Harley the cat does not get on the elevator. (He's the 3rd floor cat.)
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12-17-2002, 03:16 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Posts: 17,365
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Don, I know that is an answered prayer. Good news!
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12-17-2002, 03:20 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: MiL update, Good news
You are right Steve, it is an answer. Thank God.
I had a nice time on the tour. I was wearing my Santa hat and the residents lit up. Got a lot of requests. I told them I was new and had just come to look around while it is light as the next time I "Santa" would be back it would be dark.
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12-17-2002, 04:42 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 2,172
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Especially this time of year you will really get a blessing from visiting a home and you will be giving a blessing as well. We've taken the kids from the church to sing Christmas carols and so many folks have smiles on thier faces and just love to see and hear the kids. They love seeing anyone with a cheerful disposition who is willing to spend a little time with them.
Don, I'm glad things have worked out for you and your MiL.
[ 12-17-2002, 04:44 PM: Message edited by: Love 2 Laugh ]
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12-17-2002, 10:11 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: The land of the free and the Home of the Brave!
Posts: 2,694
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Glad to hear everything is well! I'll be over to enjoy the big screen!
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12-17-2002, 10:58 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Don, glad to hear that!
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12-18-2002, 06:50 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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Re: MiL update, Good news
We went over again last night. We gave the kids the tour and dropped off some same tables (for pictures) and a rocking chair. We will bring over her recliner when she gets her permanet room. Right now she is in a single.
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12-18-2002, 08:10 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Don I'm glad things are looking up for you and yours. Your MIL is well tended to and I'm sure will make friends fast with you visiting on a regular basis to keep things hopping!
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12-18-2002, 08:39 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Caribou, Maine
Posts: 790
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Nice to hear the good news! Thanks for sharing and allowing us to be part of the solution...by praying! Gail
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12-18-2002, 08:54 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: MiL update, Good news
Don, I am sincerely glad to hear that things are working out for your MIL. My best wishes to you and yours...and thanks for making those folks day...as one who has worked in a Nursing Home, I know how wonderful a surprise visit by someone like Santa is!
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12-18-2002, 09:24 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tioga County, PA
Posts: 6,102
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Glad things are better for your MIL.
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12-18-2002, 10:01 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 36,592
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Don, that sounds wonderful. I hope your MIL gets wonderful care and she finds it a nice place to be. -HiddenMickey
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12-18-2002, 11:41 AM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Thats wonderful Don!!
OH and Maybe you should save up for your own big screen tv.
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12-19-2002, 09:24 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: SE Texas!
Posts: 4,882
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Re: MiL update, Good news
Very good news, indeed. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img] I also got a chuckle out of the residents' requests to Santa and your response. [img]images/icons/grin.gif[/img] Too cute!
Here is hoping she gets settled in and makes many new friends there.
Michelle
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12-19-2002, 09:32 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: VERMONT
Posts: 4,201
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Re: MiL update, Good news
That is so great Don. I'm so happy that you have found a place you are happy with and it sounds like MIL will be happy too!
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