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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-02-2004, 11:18 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
Posts: 3,436
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Tigger in Handcuffs!
I just saw a disturbing report on the news about a WDW castmember being arrested for sexually assaulting a 13 years girl and her mother. Tigger allegedly fondled them while posing for a picture at the M.K.
I'm sure more will be reveiled soon enough. I hope it's not true.
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04-02-2004, 11:21 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
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04-02-2004, 11:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Florida Big Bend
Posts: 17,133
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Tigger in Handcuffs!
'Tigger' arrested on molestation charges
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Costumed character at Disney World charged with fondling
girl, mother.
By Anthony Colarossi
Sentinel Staff Writer
April 2, 2004, 4:49 PM EST
Orange County Sheriff's Office investigators have arrested
a Walt Disney World employee who worked as the character
"Tigger" and charged him with molesting a 13-year-old girl
and her mother while posing with them for pictures in
February.
Michael Chartrand, 36, was charged with one count of lewd
and lascivious molestation of a child between 12 and 15
years old and one count of simple battery.
He was booked into the Orange County Jail today on a $2,500
bond.
A Disney spokeswoman said Chartrand has been suspended
without pay.
The sheriff's office received a complaint that a costumed
character at Disney World had touched a girl and her mother
inappropriately while their pictures were being taken with
the character Feb. 21. According to an incident report,
Chartrand fondled the breasts of the girl and the mother while
posing for pictures at the Magic Kingdom's Toon Town.
"As the photo was being taken, [the victim] claims that
Tigger moved his right hand up to her right breast and started
massaging it several times," the incident report states.
[The victim] became very embarrassed and ashamed of the
incident and claims that she did not say anything to her mother
until they left the park."
Later, the girl learned that the costumed character had
done the same thing to her mother with his left hand, the
report says.
In a charging affadavit filed in court, police wrote that
Chartrand told them he had trouble remembering things, but
was "very sorry for everything that had occurred," and hoped
the victim would forgive him for what he had done.
The girl and her father reported the incident on Feb. 29.
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04-02-2004, 11:30 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Corona, New York
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
<font color="purple">  Elaine! I've been going nuts doing a search for info and couldn't find anything. </font> |
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04-03-2004, 12:26 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 26,527
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
We went to WDW in 2001, and took a bunch of teens. One of the girls was "touched" by a Tigger, but didn't say anything until days later. By then, she had forgotten exactly when and where it was. I'm glad that this Tigger has been taken to task for his behavior.
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04-03-2004, 02:34 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
Oh my goodness!  |
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04-03-2004, 02:39 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Posts: 5,064
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
That is disturbing! Thanks for letting us know, though. I hadn't heard anything about it. |
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04-03-2004, 05:02 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
Oh my goodness .
Karen |
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04-03-2004, 09:07 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
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04-03-2004, 09:26 AM
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Community Rank: Navigator 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
Though, sadly in this day & age, you don't know who to believe! Is this really a case of "Tigger gone wrong" or someone looking to cash in?
It will make me more aware during photos! |
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04-03-2004, 09:30 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Edmonton, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 17,823
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
It's disgusting! Makes you wonder if we should let our kids have a photo with a character?  |
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04-03-2004, 10:04 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
 DH told me about this this morning! |
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04-03-2004, 11:30 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: BURLESON TX (near Ft. Worth)
Posts: 5,589
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
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It's disgusting! Makes you wonder if we should let our kids have a photo with a character?
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A good deterrent to this kind of behavior
is that millions of moms and dads are standing right
there when the characters interact with the kids.
I can't imagine the brazen action of this guy playing Tigger,
now days he very easily could of got pummeled
by these "guests" Very sad story 
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04-03-2004, 11:50 AM
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Recovering VMK Addict!
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Thornton, CO
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,087
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
Do you know how many people have called me and told me what my dog, Tigger, did at WDW the other day?
So many Tigger want's me to change her name now....
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04-03-2004, 02:12 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 1,798
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Re: Tigger in Handcuffs!
This makes me sooooo angry! I know I haven't been around for a while, but as soon as I heard, I had to run to my Passporter friends for emotional support! WDW is my happy place! The one place I can escape from the real world and not have to worry about the horrors of every day life, and now some jerk with a dirty mind is invading it! ARRRRGH!!! |
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