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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-01-2006, 08:07 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: May 2000
Location: Toms River, NJ
Posts: 3,062
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Have you Google Local\'ed?
That is, have you gone to http://local.google.com, typed in your address and CAREFULLY and slowly zoomed in as far as you can, to look at your house in photo detail from outer space? Some places you can't zoom in too far, others you can see the car in your driveway.
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04-01-2006, 08:35 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Longfellow's "Jewel by the Sea"
Posts: 14,165
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
I :heart: Google Maps with passions beyond compare. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/love.gif[/img]
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04-01-2006, 09:06 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 285
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
you could only see the street names and odd shaped streets, darn......i wanted to see a car in my driveway thanks for the tip tho
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04-01-2006, 09:07 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: Have you Google Local\'ed?
Too Cool I googled the Port Canaveral area and found The Disney Terminal and the Disney Magic or wonder! How neat!
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04-01-2006, 09:11 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img] They have my house wrong, the arrow is pointing to my neighbour's neighbour, but it's close.
The Disney World one is super cool! I put it on Hybrid and followed the Monorail from MK to Epcot! Man, I want to go back! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] (couldn't get MGM or AK though. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/pout.gif[/img])
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04-01-2006, 09:17 PM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 95,254
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
I could see my house very clearly, but it's an old shot as all of the area behind our home in the subdivision has now been developed.
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04-01-2006, 09:27 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 285
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
what is the address for WDW? i feel like a laymen asking, but i havent ever written a letter to the World lol...btw i figured it out.
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04-01-2006, 09:29 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,481
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
That is sooooo cool! I found my house, my parents house and WDW [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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04-01-2006, 09:30 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NC
Posts: 12,270
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
Very cool! Now I know where the main road is in comparision to our apt. building!! (we're in the back and it's always bugged me where we are as compared to the road [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/roflmao.gif[/img])
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04-01-2006, 09:34 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Wooster Ohio
Posts: 243
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
I love google use it all the time!
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04-01-2006, 09:38 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Kissimmee, Fl
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 25,061
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
I have checked this out before and yup, my car is parked out front lol.
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04-01-2006, 09:50 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Las Vegas
Posts: 285
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
just to let everyone know, some of the images are at least 2 years old...........but we did find all of our family's houses, some were a little off, but they are older homes. all i really want to look at is WDW, but i dont know where to find the addy....help please! ill give you a webcookie
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04-01-2006, 09:57 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: Have you Google Local\'ed?
Yes!!! I have done Google Earth and MSN Live Local (or is it Local Live?) . . . and it is so ADDICTING!!!
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04-01-2006, 10:26 PM
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Community Rank: Legend
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: North Central Ohio
Posts: 21,629
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
Darn, it doesn't have a satellite image close enough in our area to really see anything. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
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04-01-2006, 10:31 PM
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Wannabe Snowbird
Join Date: May 2002
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 34,137
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Re: Have you Google Local\'ed?
[ QUOTE ]
just to let everyone know, some of the images are at least 2 years old...........but we did find all of our family's houses, some were a little off, but they are older homes. all i really want to look at is WDW, but i dont know where to find the addy....help please! ill give you a webcookie
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Just type in Disney World. It puts you right in the Seven Seas Lagoon! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] Then, it's even more cool if you click on the Hybrid link.
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