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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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10-04-2004, 07:41 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: California
Posts: 3,878
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DH and DS just don\'t get it.
So, as everyone knows by now we have only 18 days left for our Disneyland trip.  I got out the suitcases and dusted them off and started getting things organized and putting stuff in the bags. The guys are sharing a large suitcase and the gals are sharing another. DD was helping me with this and that and then both the guys looking at us as if we are  saying, "you are packing already" Of course I had to point out to them that if it wasn't for me and DD planning, list making, and throwing stuff together way before hand we would not have everything we need when we got to where we were going. This of course goes completely over their heads and they just walk away shaking their heads. This always comes up whenever we take a trip anywhere.  they just don't get it. |
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10-05-2004, 01:10 AM
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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: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
I feel your pain!!! 
My husband does THE SAME THING!!! We last used our suitcases at the end of August and just I never put them away . . . I've been packing little by little since then . . . and we aren't going to WDW until next week!!! DH thinks I am insane, but there is a method to my madness!!! |
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10-05-2004, 01:58 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: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
That's guys for you!  |
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10-05-2004, 04:11 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Lake District England.
Posts: 636
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
My DH is just the same - when I ask him what he wants to take on vacation he always hands me a couple of books, nothing else  !
Julie.
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10-05-2004, 06:51 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Atlanta
Posts: 4,488
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
They don't and never will!
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10-05-2004, 07:40 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
Posts: 13,146
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
Men! .
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10-05-2004, 09:17 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: beautiful beachy FL
Posts: 2,357
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
Nope, they never do |
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10-05-2004, 12:32 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 2,584
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
Maybe they don't want to get it. Maybe they know that we'll do all the planning, and worrying, and packing -- and all they have to do it show up! On the bright side, how does it feel to have all that power and knowledge?! |
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10-05-2004, 12:34 PM
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Community Rank: Sightseer 
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: New Boston, NH
Posts: 76
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
My DH has never been to WDW and really doesn't understand why I've been planning for almost a year for our Dec trip. He thinks I'm a bit nuts but just says whatever makes me happy....
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10-05-2004, 12:44 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Michigan
Posts: 465
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
Same thing here and I started packing a while ago and I still have 31 days left!
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10-05-2004, 12:46 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
I hear ya  |
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10-05-2004, 01:31 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 23,859
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
Girls Rule!!!  |
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10-05-2004, 03:26 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2004
Location: northern california
Posts: 9,588
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
Same thing in this house too. Susan you are going to have the best time. Disney birthday cakes are the BEST. Happy early birthday to Erin.  |
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10-05-2004, 09:18 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 974
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
I already had a bag packed to go in the camper last week, so I hear ya!
My dad is lucky we have a camper, his "vacation clothes" mostly just stay in there. Although last time we cleaned out the camper he found about 30 pairs of underwear in his cabinet.
Of course, my mom had 8 curling irons in the bathroom, so we couldn't tease him too much. |
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10-05-2004, 10:27 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: WI
Posts: 17,126
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Re: DH and DS just don\'t get it.
I'm with you on this one!  I start packing way ahead of time. DH will pack his clothes/stuff the night before. |
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