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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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!
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Does anyone have a good site where I can download my pics and get them printed out for a fairly cheap price?
I have tried snapfish, kodak, shutterfly, i have close to 450 pics and its costing me close to 90.00 to either get them shipped or pick them up at a local store, and when i choose that option the prices go up to .20 a pic.
Right now I am trying walgreens but I still don't think that would be any cheaper.
Sorry, I don't have any advice on other sites. Those are the ones I know of too. And I think that's about as reasonable as it gets with regard to price. Maybe you could split them up into smaller 'batches' to print. Or go through them and see if all of them are worthy of printing. Good Luck, and let us know if you find a better deal.
Sorry, I don't have any advice on other sites. Those are the ones I know of too. And I think that's about as reasonable as it gets with regard to price. Maybe you could split them up into smaller 'batches' to print. Or go through them and see if all of them are worthy of printing. Good Luck, and let us know if you find a better deal.
Thank you anyway, believe it or not I have deleted a ton of pics that look alike, no ones looking etc. lol these are from 2009 till now, i don't know how I went that long w/out printing them out.
I remember a site I used years ago, its like art, or cow or something weird like that, and it was like, .5cents a pic and i can't find the site, or i am sure i have the wrong name.
I use winkflash to print pictures and usually I catch the 5cent sale for prints. I think they are doing that sale right now. I also have found they have the best price for shipping. Hope that helps!
If you do use wlagreens make sure you check the sale ad because more often than not they have sales on the online prints! I wait til I have both my cards full and as soon as I see the coupon I download them and then pick them up. Good luck!!
If you do use wlagreens make sure you check the sale ad because more often than not they have sales on the online prints! I wait til I have both my cards full and as soon as I see the coupon I download them and then pick them up. Good luck!!
I wound up using walgreens, thank you, i weeded through the pics again and i got it down to 397.......and with 2 coupon codes the total came out to 58.00, better then 75 and 92.00.Thank you all for your help!!!!!!!!!
I do not print that much, I bought a Program where I put my pics with music, transitions and burn them in DVD and share them with friends in the internet, save a lot of money and people LOVE to see it in the TV and the music!
I also do Digital Scrapbooking with all the same as above and save a LOT!
I do not print that much, I bought a Program where I put my pics with music, transitions and burn them in DVD and share them with friends in the internet, save a lot of money and people LOVE to see it in the TV and the music!
I also do Digital Scrapbooking with all the same as above and save a LOT!
i have a program that came w/my laptop where i can make dvd's with music etc.i started working on it and never finished....but i am also the type of person that likes to scrapbook when i get the chance.......thank you for your help!