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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-10-2004, 03:46 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
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Weddings
While I'm in a romantic mood - asking about the length of time people you know have been married - I was wondering when was the last time you went to a wedding?
For us, it was probably last August, a cousin of DH's. We don't seem to have any on the cards this year, which is unusual.
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06-10-2004, 03:57 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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Re: Weddings
The last one was a couple of years ago. And I love going to weddings--but I guess the next one we go to will be our own! (Still trying to work out a date for that!)
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06-10-2004, 04:07 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
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Re: Weddings
It's been about 3 or 4 years since I've been to a wedding.
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06-10-2004, 04:09 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Bethlehem,Ct 06751
Posts: 3,918
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Re: Weddings
The last one was Jan 03 in ORLANDO! My niece got married and we visited WDW =,too.
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06-10-2004, 04:50 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Katy, Texas
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Re: Weddings
The last one we went to was our own on March 12!
My has my life changed since that day!
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06-10-2004, 04:51 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: San Antonio, TX
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Re: Weddings
You may think I'm crazy, but I've never been to a wedding because I don't like them. Its horrible because two of my friends have gotten married and I had to make up excuses as to why I couldn't attend.
I plan to have one someday, but I'll not expect anyone to attend.
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06-10-2004, 04:56 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 2 hour plane ride from the Magic
Posts: 2,761
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Re: Weddings
The last wedding I went to was in February I believe. Two friends from church got married.
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06-10-2004, 04:58 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Michigan
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Re: Weddings
I went to one a couple of yers ago. Had one to go to in May but they called it off a week before. I have one for a cousin in August this year and one in May 2005 for another cousin.
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06-10-2004, 05:09 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
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Re: Weddings
4 months and 4 days ago---it was my own. Just last night I had a dream that I was supposed to marry somebody ELSE and I kept insisting that I was already married, that I already loved my husband and no one else. And the guy I was supposed to marry is someone who virtually hates me and never even talks to me at work--but still he had invited a gagillion ppl to the wedding, and on the day of the wedding I had to tell him that I wasn't going to marry him (after begging the priest to be the bearer of bad news, to which he refused.) It was a really weird, vivid dream...
The next wedding we're attending is in September...and the bride and groom are honeymooning at the CBR!
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06-10-2004, 05:14 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: Weddings
Sept was the last one we went too. Only have one on the calendar for this year so far-Aug. DH's step-brother is getting married.
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06-10-2004, 05:28 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: Weddings
Last one I went to . . . geez . . . well, in 1995 I went to my cousin's "big" wedding that she threw together in a week!!! That was the last actual WEDDING wedding I have been to!!! (They were divorced a year later!!!)
I got married 5 1/2 years ago . . . but we did a private ceremony one afternoon in a gazebo at the courthouse. (Sounds romantic, doesn't it? )
The next one I have planned in August 21st, where I will be matron of honor for my baby sister!!! I feel so old now . . . my baby sister is graduating from the University of Oregon tomorrow and getting married in August!!! Where does the time go?!?!?!
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06-10-2004, 05:55 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Orlando, Fl
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Re: Weddings
ugh last month. I totally dislike that cousin too. He had a reception with over 100 people..and there were only enough seats for 80 of them!!! That's what you get when you don't have an RSVP sometimes. I left after half an hour into the reception 'cause I was a little upset that they made my relatives stand.
PS: the wedding was boring too!
Kelly
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06-10-2004, 06:47 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Indiana , USA
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Re: Weddings
sometime in the fall (around thanksgiving). DH's brother was married for the 3rd time.
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06-10-2004, 07:04 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 114
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Re: Weddings
The next wedding I will go to will be my own on December 18!!! It is getting closer and closer, and I am getting happier and happier. It will be the best way to cap off an engagement that started in the happiest place on earth- WDW!
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06-10-2004, 07:28 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Texas
Posts: 4,748
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Re: Weddings
The last wedding DH and I went to was our own wedding last June 7th. It was so overwhelming that we need a break for a few years
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