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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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03-11-2005, 02:04 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Lafayette, LA & BCV
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Oh it is sooooooo...
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03-11-2005, 02:07 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
Send some of that sun a little further this way!!! We've got them same temps, but it's mostly cloudy!!!  |
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03-11-2005, 02:11 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
That's awesome, Monica!!  You are so lucky!! I can't wait for Spring to come!! It's very cold here still! |
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03-11-2005, 02:13 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northern Ohio
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
It is cold and snowing here.  The only thing keeping me happy is knowing that we are going to FL in 2 weeks for spring break!  |
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03-11-2005, 02:15 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
Sun starting to come out over here....
Gotta work 8PM to 4AM tonight... But will be up early tomorrow to enjoy this good weather for the weekend...
Still gotta re-grease the bearings on the boat trailer and it's ready for the water!!! [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/7/7_3_109.gif[/img]
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03-11-2005, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2004
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
I know what you mean Monica. I am in New Orleans (well, Metairie really) and we have the same great weather. I really don't want to be inside at work today. I'm heading to lunch now to enjoy the sunshine.  |
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03-11-2005, 02:17 PM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
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I know what you mean Monica. I am in New Orleans (well, Metairie really) and we have the same great weather. I really don't want to be inside at work today. I'm heading to lunch now to enjoy the sunshine.
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03-11-2005, 02:20 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
Hey, I'll have some of that weather too!  |
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03-11-2005, 02:23 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
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Sun starting to come out over here....
Gotta work 8PM to 4AM tonight... But will be up early tomorrow to enjoy this good weather for the weekend...
Still gotta re-grease the bearings on the boat trailer and it's ready for the water!!! [img]http://smileys.*************.com/cat/7/7_3_109.gif[/img]
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So . . . just as I was going to post a response of "How the heck is there sun on either side of us here, and we are missing it?" I looked out the window and like a miracle . . . most of the clouds have gone and it is beeeeee-utiful out!!! Now . . . if I didn't have to do all this laundry and packing!!! But, for Disney, I must sacrifice some sun today!!!  |
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03-11-2005, 02:27 PM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
You're much warmer than us. We're only getting into the high 50s today, sunny with a 20mph wind. Tomorrow's the annual Heartwalk and I'm thankful the nice weather is expected to continue for that. One year it rained and we had to do laps inside. With several thousand participating, it was just too crowded for that.
Enjoy your beautiful weekend!
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03-11-2005, 02:32 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
It is cool here maybe 30 and partly sunny. It was about 20 yesterday and snowing so the temps today feel nice. The snow is melting so I guess that is good. Spring break is this week at Michigan State so they will have to come back to these unseasonably cold temps! I can't believe baseball season starts in less then a MONTH!
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03-11-2005, 02:35 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
So everybody down south stand outside and wave at us northerners so maybe some of the warmer air will come our way! We got *dumped* on again yesterday and are very near the snowiest Winter *ever* (I think we're at #3 right now)
Enjoy working in your gardens!!!
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03-11-2005, 02:36 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
Well, it is snowing here and very cold!!! And we're expected to get 2-6 inches more tomorrow . . . BRRRRRR!
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03-11-2005, 03:08 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
Send some of that up our way! The wind is blowing like crazy here! And it goes from cloudy to sunny in a split second b/c of how fast the winding is blowing and the clouds are moving.
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03-11-2005, 03:10 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Oh it is sooooooo...
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Send some of that sun a little further this way!!! We've got them same temps, but it's mostly cloudy!!!
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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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I need to be home working in my yard (which is what we will be doing tomorrow but I want to get an early start)and getting everything spruced up for spring. We are having someone come over on Sunday to vaccuum our pool and test the water so we can put the chemicals in and put the solar cover on it to warm the water. Hopefully by this time next month we will be swimming!!! 
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