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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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11-14-2005, 08:08 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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I\'ve got a Secret........
Santa that is!
Do you guys do this at work?? It's one of my favorite things about teaching - I love the fun and camaraderie among my colleagues.
We draw names, and then in December - for five days we give our person a small gift of some sort ($0-4/day) along with a little poem or note. On the sixth day - we have a little party after school, and try to guess who's got who! Then we give our person their larger gift (around $15).
We sent a sign up sheet around today - and gave little hints as to our likes/dislikes/collections, etc. EVERYONE knows what's tops on my list, but our cook is also a Disney addict (although not an online one). She listed Disney as her first interest - AND - I picked her!!
Yay! I know where I'm shopping!! (Of course - only the big gift can say Walt Disney World - she knows I'm heading out in 2 weeks!!!!)
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11-14-2005, 08:14 PM
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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: I\'ve got a Secret........
COOL! Makes your job pretty easy for gift getting, eh? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
When I worked at a day care in Maine, we did "secret santa" . . . although it was kind of dumb since there were about 10 of us total that worked there. It wasn't so "secret" . . . [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smirk.gif[/img]
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11-14-2005, 08:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Whitefield, NH
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 13,599
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
Our staff is really small too Sarah - we've only got 8 people! The principal, guidance counselor, secretary, 3 teachers and 2 paraprofessionals.
Everyone is so into it though - so people are good hiders - I figured mine out last year because of when the gift appeared. I always waited till sometime mid day to leave mine when/where no one was looking.
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11-14-2005, 08:26 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 31,940
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
we did secret santa in HS on the drill team. It was really nice.
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11-14-2005, 08:29 PM
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PassPorter and WDW Addict
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Texas
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,489
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
We do Secret Santa at our school too and I so enjoy it! We will be getting our picks soon...can't wait!
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11-14-2005, 08:32 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 18,767
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
We are doing the sign up for our secret Santa next week. We do this every year and I really enjoy it!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smileysanta.gif[/img]
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11-14-2005, 08:34 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
Sounds like fun! I don't even know if my new store has a Christmas party! Probably should find that out. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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11-14-2005, 08:53 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Northwest Florida Panhandle/Lower Alabama
Posts: 568
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
Since I became a SAHM/self-employed I miss this ssssoooo much... I've always had so much fun doing it!
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11-14-2005, 08:57 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 27,451
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
We will be having Secret Santa - we will be drawing names tomorrow. Our department will also adopt-a-family, which I find to be the most rewarding!
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11-14-2005, 08:58 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Dreaming of the Future
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 24,867
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
My office did secret santa last year but a few of us who are not part of the "popular" crowed were never invited to join in. it was quite upsetting the day they did it to keep seeing people open things and figuring out that the 5 of us were not included.
This year no exchange is allowed in the office and no xmas cards are allowed either.
Its sad when people ruin a good thing just because of personal feelings.
Amy
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11-14-2005, 09:00 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
We do Secret Santa's at school too. Always a lot of fun.
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11-14-2005, 09:46 PM
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Go Red Sox!! :D
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Rhode Island - Red Sox Nation
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 27,451
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
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My office did secret santa last year but a few of us who are not part of the "popular" crowed were never invited to join in.
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Boy, Amy, these co-workers of yours sound more & more like my junior high school students only more rediculous because they should know better!!
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11-14-2005, 10:21 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: May 2001
Location: CT
Posts: 321
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
We have Secret Santa, too - we draw our names during set-up week in August, so I've been picking up a few little things here and there [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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11-14-2005, 10:22 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,478
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
We do a Yankee swap, Marie. But the Secret Santa sounds like a blast!
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11-14-2005, 11:35 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
Posts: 4,812
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Re: I\'ve got a Secret........
You should give an mickey head antennae topper!
Maggie
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