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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-10-2006, 09:15 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
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I\'ve got a story for you.....
OK, most of you probably know that as of Wednesday we had sold our house. Yea! The family we sold it to started moving into it yesterday (Thurs). Around dinnertime last night we get a call from our realtor. Apparently the heat was not working in the house. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] DH offered to send me over to see if I could figure something out since I'm the one that has usually dealt with the HVAC problems and was the one to put the thermostat in. So I make the quick run over to their house and look at everything I know to do....and of course none of it helps. The husband is on the phone with their inspector to see if he has any ideas while I'm there, and my DH is trying to contact an HVAC guy we know to see if he has any ideas. It was looking like they might stay in a hotel their first night in town. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] We figured out that the problem probably cropped up because the gas was turned off in our name Wednesday but wasn't put in their name until Thurs....so it was off for about 24 hours.
So that's the background of the story---
While I'm working on the problem I mention that I had come over after the closing to leave the plant (some tulips in a Delft pot) and had checked the thermostat then to make sure it was on good settings. The wife looks at me and says, "you left the flowers?". Me: yes, didn't you see the note? Her: the only note was from our realtor Me: What? I left a note in the plant that said 'hope you enjoy living here' from our family. Her: no, it wasn't there. I was just shocked [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]....it seems their realtor took my note out and left his own making it look like he left it!!!!! I was so flabbergasted.....I told them that they should say something to him because that was the rudest thing ever. I don't think he thought we'd ever talk to them and would never know. It just sucks when you try to do something nice and someone just ruins it.
Here's the bad part for him.....
He's been trying to market himself as specializing in our old neighborhood. He's going to have a hard time with it...because I'm going to be telling all my friends there, this story and I'm sure they'll spread it around. It doesn't pay to be dishonest.
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02-10-2006, 09:18 AM
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Location: Philadelphia
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
I would have given the guy a call and told him that the new owners loved the plant he gave them.
It never ceases to amaze me how audacious some people can be.
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02-10-2006, 09:21 AM
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img] Oh my gosh! Some people totally amaze me.
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02-10-2006, 09:23 AM
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Community Rank: Legend 
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
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it seems their realtor took my note out and left his own making it look like he left it!!!!!
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Just when you thought people couldn't sink any lower. He's a complete ______ (you fill in the blank). I hate people like that.
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02-10-2006, 09:38 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Mesquite, TX
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img] How Rude !!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
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02-10-2006, 09:42 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
What a rude man. I would definitely be calling the company and talking to his boss!!
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02-10-2006, 09:56 AM
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Community Rank: Legend
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Location: Dreaming of the Future
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
That is so Rude [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/mad.gif[/img]
I hope their heat comes on soon!
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02-10-2006, 10:13 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
What a jerk!!! I would call and say something. That is just rude.
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02-10-2006, 10:22 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
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Location: Alabama
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
Unbelievable!
Danielle
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02-10-2006, 10:51 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
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Location: Maine
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
I would definitely call his boss and complain.
I would not want a slimy dude like that working for my company . . .
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02-10-2006, 11:41 AM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
What a jerk! I would have called and said not so nice things to him if it were me! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img]
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02-10-2006, 11:46 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
I would call the company he works for and inform them of what he did. He is RUDE!
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02-10-2006, 11:48 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer
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Location: Houston
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
What a SLIME!!!! I cannot believe how sleezy people can be. Wow.
Good story, though. I've already told two people. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/thanx.gif[/img]
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02-10-2006, 12:10 PM
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RED SOX NATION!!
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/ukid.gif[/img] UNBELIEVABLE!!
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02-10-2006, 12:14 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Chapel Hill, NC USA
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Re: I\'ve got a story for you.....
I tried calling his Broker-in-Charge earlier, but he's out until later this afternoon. I do intend to tell him about what he did.
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