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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-20-2005, 11:30 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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What a way to wake up!!
Last night I was sound asleep when I awoke to what sounded like 3 gunshots on the corner of my street. DH jumped up (he's a cop and he thought they might be gunshots as well) he grabbed his gun and badge and ran outside to see what was up and if he could help if someone was actually shot and it turned out to be 3 drunk early twenty-something guys throwing M-80s (large and very loud firecrackers) into the park across the street at 2:30 a.m.!!! He yelled at them a little for having no respect for the people sleeping and then sent them home (one of the guys actually lived on our street  ) and they apologized saying they were sorry, they were a little drunk and they didn't realize what time it was!!! I was a nervous wreck with him out there and me not knowing what was going on! I don't like thinking about what he does for a living much less seeing it! (Although for now he is not on the street as much since he was promoted to Detective) Needless to say it took me a while to get back to sleep last night and I am exhausted now!! Thank God it was just some stupid kids and no one was actually shot. Ahhh!! The joys of living in the City!!  |
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06-20-2005, 11:37 AM
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Facebook Addict
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
uggh... How long did it take you to fall back asleep after that commotion?
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06-20-2005, 11:40 AM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
It was at least 4:30 before I got back to sleep!! |
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06-20-2005, 11:56 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Chester County, PA
Posts: 1,214
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
Thank god it was only firecrackers...I have seen on the news alot of crime going around us lately. When will it ever stop?
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06-20-2005, 11:58 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
How scary! Thank goodness it was only firecrackers!
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06-20-2005, 05:09 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Newtown Square, PA
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
Gosh that's scary!!  I'm so glad that it wasn't gunshots!! |
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06-20-2005, 06:45 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Michigan's Upper Peninsula
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
Oh, no. What a way to wake up, for sure!! Glad it wasn't gunshots!! |
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06-20-2005, 06:53 PM
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Club Ichthyologist
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Merrimack, NH
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
Too much booze + people in their teens and/or early 20's = dumb, thoughtless and oh yeah dumb  |
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06-20-2005, 08:41 PM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
What I find amusing is, if he's like me, when he got back to the house, put everything up, and layed down, he probably fell right back to sleep...
Job Security is what we call it 
Glad it was only fireworks... |
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06-20-2005, 08:51 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Hawai\'i
Posts: 2,862
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
Oh my goodness! 
I give you credit, at least you fell back asleep!
I would have been a nervous wreck!
Thank goodness, no one got hurt!
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06-20-2005, 09:16 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
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06-20-2005, 09:54 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Posts: 4,751
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
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06-20-2005, 10:45 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: central Iowa
Posts: 11,837
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
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06-21-2005, 03:55 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: UK
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
Oh my goodness how scary! Thank goodness it wasn't gunshots though.
Karen
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06-21-2005, 08:38 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Virginia
Posts: 2,081
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Re: What a way to wake up!!
If it makes you feel better there are idiots just like them in the country too. The folks in our area either shoot off fireworks or their shotguns in the air at all hours of the day and night!
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