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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-24-2005, 06:03 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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Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
NORAD Santa tracker
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I just checked on his whereabouts a few minutes ago and had just flown over Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany (the inspiration for Cinderella Castle, by the way!) and was in Paris (looked like London was next on his radar!)!!!
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12-24-2005, 06:23 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: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
I can't watch the one with him flying over the carrier in the Persian Gulf without crying. Born an Army Brat, always an Army Brat...I wish all of our service men and women (and their families) a very Merry Christmas this year with heartfelt prayers for a spirit of peace while they serve our country! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/angel.gif[/img]
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12-24-2005, 08:11 PM
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Magic Happens!
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: E. Stroudsburg, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 29,184
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Re: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
He's in Rio de Janeiro now!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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12-24-2005, 08:37 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
Oooh! He's in Newfoundland/Labrador now!!!! I'd better get in my jammies - he'll be here soon! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smileysanta.gif[/img]
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12-24-2005, 11:58 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: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
Thats really neat!
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12-25-2005, 12:25 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 2 hour plane ride from the Magic
Posts: 2,761
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Re: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
He's in St. Louis Missouri right now! What are the odds of that? [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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12-25-2005, 11:55 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Slate Belt, PA
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 15,346
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Re: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
DJ sent this email (with a little help from Mama [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]) last night and got a reply pretty quickly:
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:-----Original Message-----
From: Chrissi <xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx>
To: tracking@noradsanta.org
Sent: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 20:51:17 -0500
Subject: Dear NORAD -
Dear NORAD ~
Thank you very much for working late this Christmas Eve to track Santa to
make sure he stays safe so he can come to our house and eat our cookies and
drink our Coca-Cola and leave us some presents. My Mama says to tell you Merry
Christmas and drive safely on your way home tonight.
Sincerely,
~ Donovan James [Xxxxxx] (and my mama, too), age 3 1/2
P.S. Mama helped me make my email to send you, but she just typed. I said
all the words.
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(I had to edit it some before we sent it because he was worried about Santa flying over military installations and oceans [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]):
NORAD volunteer tracker's reply:
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From: noradsanta05@noradsanta.org [mailto  radsanta05@noradsanta.org]
Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 9:46 PM
To: xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
Subject: Re: Dear NORAD -
Merry Christmas Donovan and Mama,
You are more than welcome. Santa will love your cookies and Coca-Cola I am sure. Santa is currently in Coco Solo, Panama. He is flying at an amazing rate of speed and is on schedule to be in your area between 10pm and Midnight. Make sure you are in bed and asleep so that he can stop by there with your gifts. Have a Merry Christmas.
Sincerely,
NORAD Santa Tracking Team
http://www.NORADSANTA.org
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DJ was so far beyond excited after receiving his email response from NORAD! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] He was bouncing off the walls with excitement! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] This is such a cool thing for a little boy - to track Santa and be able to email NORAD to find out when he'll arrrive. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] The NORAD volunteers deserve a great big helping of Christmas cheer and applause for their hard work last night! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] |
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12-25-2005, 11:56 AM
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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: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
We used to see Santa be tracked by NORAD on Armed Forces TV when I was a kid in Germany.... Thanks for the link Sarah - brings back great memories.
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12-26-2005, 09:32 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
Posts: 42,304
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Re: Don\'t forget to track Santa!!!
My kids loved tracking him on the computer!
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