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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-23-2004, 06:54 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 7,150
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Bling bling please...
Well let's see yesterday I went to the dentist for the kids and he says that they both need braces...... new smiles...$8000.00 
Furnace guy comes today to check for leak, now I have no hot water or heat......new furnace.... $4000.00
Husband who wont call furnace company to see why we dont have heat or hot water.....free husband, any takers?  Why do I have to do all the phone calls?
So if anyone has a spare $12,000 lying around, can I have it?  Thanks for letting me vent! |
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07-23-2004, 06:57 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 26,975
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Re: Bling bling please...
Holy COW!!! Never knew that much money could go so fast did you? I'm sending you some pixie dust  in hopes that things get better for you (or at least less expensive!!!  ) . . . and with your WDW trip coming up so soon, too . . .
As for the free husband . . . thanks for the offer, but I have one of my own I often want to give away too!!!  |
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07-23-2004, 08:33 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
Posts: 4,812
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Re: Bling bling please...
Both my DDs need braces. My older one had them for a year and then they took them off. I was happy to get that over with. Then the dentist says, lets see how the rest of her adult teeth come in and we'll decide if she needs braces again at that time. HUH???? Why'd you take them off in the first place. I bet the second set of braces isn't included in the first price I paid.
So I am there with you.
Maggie
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07-23-2004, 09:04 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: beautiful beachy FL
Posts: 2,357
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Re: Bling bling please...
So sorry, but here's some for a surprise inheritance/tax refund/winning Lottery ticket! |
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07-23-2004, 09:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: northern california
Posts: 9,588
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Re: Bling bling please...
Kim,
Sorry to hear your money tree that you planted in your back yard is not growing as well as you had hoped. Neither is mine.Sending pixie dust. I hope it gets better.
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07-23-2004, 09:07 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Bling bling please...
Who needs a drop in the bucket when you have Niagara Falls?!?! Here's some that you'll be able to survive (DH, that is  ) and find that lottery ticket! |
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Get this popular e-book free of extra charges when you join the PassPorter's Club for as little as $4.95. A club pass includes access to all our other e-books; e-worksheets; super-size photos; and more! This e-book is also available for separate purchase in the PassPorter Online Store for just $5.95. |
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07-23-2004, 09:26 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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Re: Bling bling please...
Well, If I had 12,000.00 I'd have to make some of my own repairs. And as far as you making all the phone calls, its called being a wife, ha, ha, are you having fun yet.
Is he also one of the those husbands that doesn't know where anything is in the house. For some reason when I married the man I lived with for 6 years prior to, let me repeat 6 years, he all the sudden thought he didn't have to help out with household matters, didn't know where anything was, couldn't talk on the phone, and for some odd reason he was under the impression I couldn't have an opinion that was different then his, because for some irrational reason that would mean I'm against him. Well, needless to say I nipped that in the butt quick. DH and I have been together for a total of 25 years I love him dearly but theres just some odd thing that came over him when he become husband on paper. 
I understand and empithize greatly Kim, a simple phone call and thats just to complicated. Here is some pixie dust to cheer you up.
You go right ahead and vent all you want and don't forget to nip it in the butt. |
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07-24-2004, 12:39 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: Bling bling please...
You don't need bling bling (that's jewelry).
You are in desperate need of a ball (that's a wad of money) or a baller (that's someone with a ball.
Sorry, can't help. My middle kid just got braces. OUr orthodontist does a payment plan, thank goodness. otherwise, I would have to dip into our WDW $$$$
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07-24-2004, 02:48 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Bling bling please...
Ouch! Sorry to hear that. that you have no more expenses coming up in the near future. |
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07-24-2004, 04:52 AM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: Bling bling please...
I feel your pain - I've been paying on two sets of braces myself! But you will be happy you did it when you see those beautiful teeth! And when they are grown, your kids will be too. My DS wanted us to skip his braces and put that $5000 on a car! 
If you find that cash cow, let me know. My freezer went out a few weeks ago, my fridge is acting up, my dishwasher leaks, the handle has broken off my microwave, my vehicle has 140,000 miles... 
It's great to have a place to vent! |
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07-24-2004, 05:12 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: Bling bling please...
Eek!!!, thats a lot of things to pay out for, sending some money your way.
Karen |
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07-24-2004, 11:58 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: Bling bling please...
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07-24-2004, 01:56 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
Posts: 27,691
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Re: Bling bling please...
Oh, geez, Kim. I hope you don't have any more "surprises" in your future |
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07-24-2004, 09:22 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 1,268
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Re: Bling bling please...
Ouch! Sending you lots and lots of for your cash outlay and a new and improved husband.
Lori |
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07-24-2004, 10:22 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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