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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-02-2005, 12:49 PM
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Store cupboard rations
What do you usually keep in your store cupboard or freezer, so that you've got it on hand, just in case you ever need it?
Our cupboards always have lots of canned soup and canned fruit in, as well as readymade sauces and our freezer always had frozen vegetables and things like frozen prawns in the winter especially, so that we can always make dinner from what's already in the house - like tonight!  |
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03-02-2005, 12:52 PM
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Re: Store cupboard rations
in the cupboard, canned soups, tomatoes in various states, chocolate chips and grapenuts (can't live without them)
freezer - veggies, basil puree cubes (for pesto), Oberweiss ice cream and cheese tortelini for emergency dinners
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03-02-2005, 01:05 PM
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Re: Store cupboard rations
The cabinets always have plenty of pasta, Ragu pasta sauce, canned soups, and of course formula and baby food. The freezer always has ground beef, chicken breasts, and shrimp. |
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03-02-2005, 01:11 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Re: Store cupboard rations
The pantry is full of canned soups, vegetables, fruits,sauces, rice, macroni and spaghetti. The freezer has lots of chicken, fish, steakburgers and ground beef. I hate going to the store, so I go as little as possible, but when I do it's several hundred dollars to check out.
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03-02-2005, 01:31 PM
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Location: Columbus Ohio USA
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Re: Store cupboard rations
Soup, noodles in various forms in the pantry. Frozen Mexican dinners in the freezer. Unfortunately everyone in my family hates to cook.
Suzie
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03-02-2005, 01:33 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Manchester NH
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Re: Store cupboard rations
Soups, pasta, sauce, and some canned veggies. Our freezer has frozen dinners, veggies, and on Sunday's I usually cook a little more, and keep individual servings of left-overs for lunches for the week.
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03-02-2005, 01:58 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
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Location: Las Vegas
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Re: Store cupboard rations
What's not in the cupboards? I've always got all necessary baking ingredients, cake mixes & school snacks in one; spices, mixes (sauces, brownies, etc) & peanut butter in another; and soups & various canned goods in the other. The freezer has a steady supply of halibut, salmon & chicken, plus whatever else I pick up at the store. Wow! Guess I've got no reason for not cooking!
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03-02-2005, 02:14 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
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Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Store cupboard rations
Cupboards - dried whole wheat pasta, pasta sauces, green chile, granola bars, powerade, soups, beans
Freezer - salmon, popsicles, waffles, frozen lunches.
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03-02-2005, 02:22 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Re: Store cupboard rations
Pantry: baking supplies, cake mixes, pasts sauces, pasta, rice, soup, canned fruit, applesauce, veggies, chefboyardee pizza kits
Freezer: right now there is swordfish, tuna steaks, pizzas, pretzels, and chicken nuggets
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03-02-2005, 02:24 PM
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Join Date: May 2004
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Re: Store cupboard rations
I have so much in my cupboards!!! Sometimes there are things hidden that I think I DON'T have any of because they aren't visible, so I buy more . . . so there are quite a few things I have in multiples. Lots of canned food and such still left over from Hurricane Ivan . . . and we ALWAYS keep a few gallons of drinking water handy!!!
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03-02-2005, 02:33 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Location: UK
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Re: Store cupboard rations
We have soup, tinned tomatoes, pasta, rice and cous cous.
Karen
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03-02-2005, 02:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: Store cupboard rations
I'm really bad about not stocking the cabinets and freezer! I go grocery shopping every week for just that week. I can't think for enough ahead to buy things for the future. And I can't let meat or cheese sit in my refridgerator for longer than a week b/c if it does I won't eat it. I've discovered I have a lot of weird issues with food  But around here where we live you don't necessarily need a stocked cupboard. Not enough bad weather to warrant it. And the chinese place always delievers. The time it did snow we called just to see and sure enough, 30 minutes later we had chinese food at our door  |
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03-02-2005, 03:10 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
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Re: Store cupboard rations
I don't have a cupboard, I have a grocery store!!! My MIL is always coming to get something from me! Since Y2K, I learned to manage a well-stocked pantry, which has been a good thing w/ DH off work. I buy pretty much everything only when it's on sale (like milk) then freeze or whatever to store it. I am very lucky to have *lots* of space to store things in (I now have a "Princess Pantry"...DDs old playroom/closet thingy with purple walls, princess stencils and Disney princess stick-ons on the walls...I  my new pantry!  ) The people at the grocery store sometimes wonder about me when I come through the checkout with 30 bags of frozen veggies! |
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03-02-2005, 09:48 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: Store cupboard rations
We always have lots of canned pears, since both the kids and I love them. In the freezer always waffles and usually frozen pizza.
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03-03-2005, 05:32 AM
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Re: Store cupboard rations
We've got soups, spaghettios, tomato sauces, pasta, cake mixes, rice. It's stocked pretty good. The freezer has lots of meat, frozen chicken nuggets, pizza, and the all important ice cream |
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