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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-19-2003, 11:34 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Richardson, TX
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 3,357
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I've missed reading all of your posts. I have been out of town for the past several days. My 90 year old Mom broke her hip on Tuesday, Jan 7. They replaced it on Wednesday. She is doing fantastic! We have had some problems with blisters since she is allergic to everything in the hospital, latex, tape, clorox, you name it. We have finally gotten that under control and she is growing new skin where the HUGE blisters were. To complicate matters, we had to admit my Father to a secure unit of a nursing home. He shows the signs of alzheimer's. I think it would have been easier to have buried him. My Mom is really grieving because they are apart. They have been married for 66 years. He spends all of his time looking for his keys and asking about Mom. He doesn't usually remember about her breaking her hip and having surgery. We tried keeping him on the farm with either my brother or me staying with him, but that didn't work. He kept us up, looked for his keys, looked for Mom, and when we tried taking him to the hospital, he became very aggitated because he thought we were always going the wrong direction. We really had no choice because he was a danger to himself, Mom and others. We were so afraid that he would wander off and we would not be able to find him. We have had some mild episodes of that. The only way we can calm him is by asking him to read his Bible to us and pray with us. Dad is a retired pastor, so that takes him to the time frame his mind is in. This is such a horrible disease. We are trying to decide how to handle the situation from here. Mom will need 24 hour care when she is out of the hospital, but a nursing home would crush her spirit. We are looking at assisted living centers.
Pray for us as we make these really difficult decisions. We really need wisdom.
[ 01-19-2003, 11:36 PM: Message edited by: reinstructor ]
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01-19-2003, 11:41 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Passaic County, NJ
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 544
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I'm very sorry to hear about the problems you are having and hope you can find some solutions. Loads of pixie dust to all of your family.
Keep the support system around all of you. Alzheimer's strikes the whole family; my grandfather suffered from it for years and it tore my father apart.
Again, lots of pixie dust and may you find good solutions. I don't have any; just hope and blessings for you all.
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01-20-2003, 08:54 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Orlando....5 mins from Mickey!
Posts: 721
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I'm very sorry to hear about what you and your family are going through. I know it's not easy. Not much wisdom here, but lots of prayers and pixie dust. Be strong, but remember your not alone.
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01-20-2003, 09:03 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: New York City
Posts: 2,471
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You are in my prayer.
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01-20-2003, 09:57 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
Posts: 2,066
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Dennis,
I don't know if I have wisdom, but alot of experience w/ caring for my DS who is developmentally delayed and my Mom w/ emphysema. I second what people said about support systems. If people offer help, it can be hard but take a little.
My Mom had to make the same decision to put her Mom in a nursing facility b/c Alzehiemer's runs in the female side of our family. Her Mom really needed the support and care of a 24 hr. staff. You are only human and couldn't function 24 hrs. a day. It takes three shifts of nurses to accomplish it at the nursing home. I am so sorry this is such a difficult time for you but you did the right thing w/ regard to your Dad. I will keep both your parents in my thoughts and you and your brother's families.
Sending a ton of pixie dust to your Mom and her hip. DS is allergic to everything and pressure sores and skin breakdown can be tough. Glad to hear she is growing new skin. That is a great sign. Hang in there.
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01-20-2003, 10:18 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Poinciana, Florida
Posts: 9,422
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It is nice to see you back on the board Dennis. I wish you the strength to steer your family through this time. Nancy and I have been dealing with similar items since 1993 with her family. It was all this turmoil that brought us back to the church.
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01-20-2003, 10:42 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: East Haven, CT, USA
Posts: 3,406
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Dennis, sending prayers and pixie dust your way. Sounds like you have lots of support from your family!
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01-20-2003, 11:14 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Dennis, you and your family are in my prayers. And a dose of Pixie Dust can't hurt either ~*~*~*~*~*~*~ I'm glad your Mom is healing well. DH's grandma broke her hip (two seperate times) when she was in her 90's. She's now 102 years old and is only now slowing down.
Alzheimer's is such a terrible disease. The robbery of the person you once knew is just so unfair. My grandma had it and it's very hard on everyone involved.
May you and your brother receive the guidance you're looking for.
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01-20-2003, 06:02 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: Durham,NC
Posts: 2,615
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Hi Dennis,
I'm so sorry to hear about your Mom and Dad. You and your family are in my prayers. Please keep us updated on how they are doing. [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]
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01-20-2003, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Quote:
Originally posted by reinstructor:
To complicate matters, we had to admit my Father to a secure unit of a nursing home. He shows the signs of alzheimer's. I think it would have been easier to have buried him.
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<font size="2" face="Comic Sans MS, Arial">I know exactly how you feel. My dad had to put my grandfather in a nursing home 2 years ago, and I felt the same way, just like I had lost him then. When he did pass away, it was a feeling of relief that his suffering was over.
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01-21-2003, 07:48 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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Update on Mom.....
She had a very good day yesterday. My brother thinks they may release her sometime this week, so we've got to find an assisted living home for her.
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01-22-2003, 11:22 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Dennis,
Sending prayers and pixie dust. Stay strong and write here when you need some support.
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01-22-2003, 11:49 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Posts: 5,094
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I'm so sorry to hear this Dennis. Your family is in my prayers. Sending prayers, pixie dust and positive vibes your way.
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01-22-2003, 01:56 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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Dennis,
I can only imagine what a difficult situation you are in. being that I work in Long term care facilities, I do see how difficult it is for familys to adjust and deal with the emotions that come along with placing parents in a home. I often find myself hoping that I dont have to experience that myself.
In your seach for assisted living centers, you may just find a facility that will be able to accomodate both your mom and your dads needs, and you may even find a facility that will be able to room them together, which would lessen both of their woes a bit. Perhaps if they are in the same facility even, though not the same room or wing, they would be able to see each other each day and share meals together.
You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers! I wish you the best of luck in finding the right place.
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