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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-27-2006, 02:10 AM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 636
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I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Hello all! Some of you might remember me from quite awhile ago. I just wanted to say that I've missed this place but had to leave for awhile(more than a year).
My significant other and I are no longer. My first trip ever to Disney World (I wrote about part of it here) was spent with her and therefore being around anything Disney oriented was too painful. In all honesty, I still have a hard time doing/enjoying some of the Disney oriented things I once did. I know it might sound silly, but I feel like part of it got ruined in the "divorce"(we lived, often times worked, and otherwise spent our lives together for three years).
Thankfully because of friends, family, and focusing on new goals I've been able to pick-up the pieces and begin to reshape my life.
While I'd like to say we've been successful in being friends, I honestly don't know if that will happen. It's been more then a year since she moved out and I still have some unresolved anger. Unfortunately I found out a lot of our relationship was built on untruths and manipulation on her part. While she admits she was wrong for that and that she's in need of help...I don't know that I can believe her NOR that its even worth it to continue communication.
In any case, please know that I've NEVER forgotten SO many of you...Statelady, Chezp, Tara O'Hara,Colexis Mom, Joy J, goofy4goofy, and joyjoy just to name a few. I hope to see what you've all been up to now. I always felt "at home," here and I'd like to begin getting back in touch with my love of all things Disney.
Thanks for listening to me ramble.
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02-27-2006, 02:25 AM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 190,285
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Amber, it's so good to see you back. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img] I'm sorry to hear about everything that's been happening in your life. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
The important thing is you're back and, as you said, getting back in touch with your love of all things Disney. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 06:17 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 22,002
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/welcome3.gif[/img] [b]Back Amber!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 06:58 AM
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RED SOX NATION!!
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Connecticut
Concierge Level: 9
Posts: 136,854
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back Amber [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
I'm sorry things took a turn for the worse, but we're here to pick up your spirits [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 07:41 AM
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Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Tulsa, OK
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 21,627
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/welcome3.gif[/img] Back Amber
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02-27-2006, 08:14 AM
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Community Rank: Trailblazer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Maine
Posts: 5,893
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back!
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02-27-2006, 08:21 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
Posts: 12,431
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back Amber! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 08:27 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posts: 13,817
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/welcome3.gif[/img] back Amber! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 09:50 AM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back, Amber! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] I hope we can take some of the sting out of this past year and help you get back your Disneyitis!
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02-27-2006, 09:51 AM
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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 Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome Back Amber!
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 10:16 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Boston, MA
Posts: 1,742
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/zwavin.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 10:56 AM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: New York, NY
Posts: 35,829
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back. This is the place to rediscover the World
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02-27-2006, 11:32 AM
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Facebook Addict
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Philadelphia
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 39,682
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back! Hope we can help you recapture the Magic!
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02-27-2006, 01:05 PM
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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: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Welcome back Amber!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grouphug.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/fairy2.gif[/img]
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02-27-2006, 01:13 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: San Antonio, TX
Posts: 636
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Re: I\'ve Been Gone a LONG time
Thank-you all SO much for your kindness and welcoming me back.
It really does help to know that so many of you are still here, still loving Disney, and best of all...still amazingly great people. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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