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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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01-19-2005, 11:55 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northern Ohio
Concierge Level: 6
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Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
1. It's COLD!!
2. The sky is usually gray
3. Pushing a shopping cart full of groceries through the snow is hard work!!
4. The snow and slush gets tracked into the car and the house, what a mess 
5. Having to shovel out the driveway in the morning before you can your car out.
6. The yucky grayish-white color your car turns from the salt on the road (and you can't wash it off or your doors freeze shut...)
7. The heating bill 
8. The potholes in the road that are large enough to hide an elephant in.
9. People who can't drive in the snow and ice but still go out and scare the rest of us 
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01-19-2005, 12:01 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: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
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3. Pushing a shopping cart full of groceries through the snow is hard work!!
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Ugh, I hate this one!! Especially when I used to have a baby/toddler in the cart at the same time!
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01-19-2005, 12:03 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northern Ohio
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,426
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
Oh and I forgot the excitement of trying to find a spot on the treelawn to put your garbagecans when your treelawn is mounded high with snow.....
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01-19-2005, 12:10 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 2,584
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
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6. The yucky grayish-white color your car turns from the salt on the road (and you can't wash it off or your doors freeze shut...)
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Yup! Our van doors are frozen shut frequently! The heat from inside the vehicle warms up the door edges just enough to freeze our doors almost nightly. And I can't remember the actual color of my van anymore!  |
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01-19-2005, 12:55 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: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
The heat bill is hitting us. We just got a delivery of oil today! Wonder how many $$ that's going to cost me  |
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01-19-2005, 01:46 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: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
Number 11. DH CAN'T WORK!!! and he's at home driving me crazy!!! No, I do NOT "fix lunch". If DDs can make their own sandwiches, by golly, so can you!!!  I'm such a good wife |
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01-19-2005, 02:09 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,481
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
I have one:
You need to get up 10 minutes earlier to scarp your windshield off (for those of us who aren't lucky enough to have a gararge!) Here isn't Lansing, MI it is actually ILLEGAL to leave your car running unattended. They will ticket and FINE you!  |
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01-19-2005, 02:14 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: South Jersey
Posts: 1,336
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
You forgot trying to get a toddler dressed, then into hat, mittens, and coat is like alligator wrestling.
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01-19-2005, 02:17 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: second star to the right
Posts: 13,308
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
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You forgot trying to get a toddler dressed, then into hat, mittens, and coat is like alligator wrestling.
[/ QUOTE ] And I thought we were the only ones practicing this sport!!!! |
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01-19-2005, 03:11 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northern Ohio
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 4,426
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
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You forgot trying to get a toddler dressed, then into hat, mittens, and coat is like alligator wrestling.
[/ QUOTE ] And I thought we were the only ones practicing this sport!!!!
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 Then they remember they have to go to the potty  |
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01-19-2005, 03:17 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
My biggest beef with winter is that it lasts so l-o-n-g! I like having 4 seasons, but I just wish Winter took it's fair share and was only 3 months long.
Another Winter Pet Peeve: having to remember to plug the car in (the block heater, not really the car ) every night so that the oil in the engine gets heated enough that you can start the car in the morning. That, and it's dark in the morning when I wake up  |
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01-19-2005, 03:25 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
Now THIS is why I hate winter!!
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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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01-20-2005, 10:34 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
 PassPorter Guide Author
Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
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I have one:
You need to get up 10 minutes earlier to scarp your windshield off (for those of us who aren't lucky enough to have a gararge!)
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I was going to say that - and the fact that you usually end up getting sick in winter.... or is that just me?  |
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01-20-2005, 11:33 AM
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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: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
Wait a sec!!!!!!!!!!!! Are you okay, Cheryl?!?!?! It seems like just yesterday, you loved Winter!!!
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01-20-2005, 02:59 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
Posts: 5,641
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Re: Top 10 Reasons I Dislike Winter
Cheryl,
First, WOW!
Second, I think you just gave me 10 good reasons I prefer living in a warmer climate.
Those of you living in the snow and ice... you have my admiration. You're heartier stock than I.
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