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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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12-27-2005, 03:12 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
Concierge Level: 6
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not a scrapping question - but I know you creative types can help
Since some of us (namely ME) are so creatively challenged --
The antenna on my car does not stay up when I turn the car off - it retracts -- so no topper there -- but I would like to use my toppers - possibly even in the car - what would be some good ways to use them??
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12-27-2005, 03:21 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: not a scrapping question - but I know you creative types can help
I got some of those small no-tangle rubber bands in black (the plastic ones) and looped one over each ear, then strung a thread through where they meet between the ears and hung it from my mirror. I also have them as pencil toppers. In my office, I have a round flower pot dish that I put florist foam in, then stuck in staggered lengths of dowels with the toppers on them. I scattered river stones around the bottom to cover the foam (and weight it down), although I'm going to have to go to a bigger pot soon. I've also seen people use them on dowels in the car flower vase things.
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12-27-2005, 07:42 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2000
Location: Connecticut Shoreline
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 8,250
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Re: not a scrapping question - but I know you creative types can help
My car has no antenna (it is built into the window) so I was at a loss with what to do with my antenna topper. So, my DH took a strong needle (a very thick one) and thread some fishing line into it. He was able to push the needle through the antenna topper so with the fishing line that came out of the top, I was able to hang it from my mirror (kept it kind of tight, so the swinging wouldn't bother me). I just tied a knot in the fishing line that was at the bottom of the antenna topper. Hope this makes sense.
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12-27-2005, 10:47 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Posts: 10,721
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Re: not a scrapping question - but I know you creative types can help
You could probably make a cute Disney shadowbox with them too.
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12-28-2005, 06:07 AM
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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: not a scrapping question - but I know you creative types can help
My antenna is a non-retractable one, but I don't put the toppers on because people around here like to steal things like that . . . [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif[/img]
SO . . . what I do is get a bunch of round elastic (I have black and white and you can find it in the sewing section of Wal-Mart). I use a big sewing needle and poke a hole somewhere near the top (or if it wearing a hat, somewhere on the back of the brim of the hat - except for the Santa Mickey one), lace the elastic through and tie it at the top, then hang it from my rear-view mirror!
For the hat-wearers, like I said, I poke a hole in 2 places on the back of the brim of the hat, lace the elastic through, tie it up, put a couple of little spots of Super Glue along a small section on the back of the hat and stick the elastic to it (so it will hang right)
For Santa Mickey, I just lace a piece of elastic through the part of his hat where it bends . . . for the ones that are just the ball with ears (like the Valentine's Day and Easter ones), I put a little dab of Super Glue or hot glue at the bas of each ear on one side and stick the ends of a strand of elastic to it!
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