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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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02-10-2005, 06:22 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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I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
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02-10-2005, 08:36 PM
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Community Rank: Adventurer 
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Bloomington, MN
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
I love the "hello" theme on your World Showcase pages.
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02-10-2005, 09:13 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
<font color="blue"> Very nice, I also like the hello theme. I have one question, Where did you get the Troll? </font>
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02-10-2005, 10:30 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: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
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<font color="blue"> Very nice, I also like the hello theme. I have one question, Where did you get the Troll? </font>
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Thanks!!! I have been having a writer's block type thing going on . . . I just couldn't get any GOOD ideas for pages . . . finally, I did some good shopping and got good ideas!!! 
Marcie --- I had an old picture from Epcot of the troll in Norway (the only one I had with no one in it!  ) I printed it up and then cut him out and stuck him on!!! I also did a search for Epcot photos and found a photo just like the one I had (on MousePlanet was it?).
I made a few of the die-cut looking items (like all of the big flags, the Eiffel Tower, Roman Colliseum, the beer stein, just to name a few) myself by finding the clip art or a picture of the die cut online then printing it on photo paper or card stock and cutting them out. It was time consuming, but they turned out pretty decent!!!
The "Hellos" I did by looking up the translations online, copying and pasting into a Word document at at least 36 point font and printed it on photo paper!!!
I didn't realize it until just now, but I did A LOT of time searching around online for stuff for these pages!!!  |
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02-10-2005, 10:54 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
<font color="blue">Thanks Sarah, I'll have to visit MousePlanet. </font>
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02-10-2005, 11:29 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colonia, NJ
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 2,517
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
Love your pages, Sarah!! I just went back to look at your Eiffel Tower - you did that??!!! That is so cool! Everything was very cool - great job!  |
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02-10-2005, 11:37 PM
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Dopey's biggest fan!
Join Date: May 2004
Location: China Spring, TX
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
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Love your pages, Sarah!! I just went back to look at your Eiffel Tower - you did that??!!! That is so cool! Everything was very cool - great job!
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I will admit . . . what I did with the Eiffel tower was print it out from a picture of a die cut I found online, then cut it out. The hard part was cutting out some of the really small pieces, but I used a razor blade for those (so it was real quick and easy!) |
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02-11-2005, 01:33 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
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
Those are excellent - thanks for sharing!  |
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02-11-2005, 05:10 AM
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The Original BagMan
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Shalimar, FL
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
Fantastic Job Sarah!!! Thanks for sharing.....
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02-11-2005, 08:10 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 got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
I love it!!
Tell me! Where did you get the country names? Did you cut them yourself??
Also...all that Buzz stuff...where did THAT come from?!?!?
I want to start stocking up for my next scrapbook...which is lightyears away at this point!
Thanks! Great job!
Jennifer
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02-11-2005, 11:08 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posts: 7,569
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
I love the Epcot laser cut on your first page! Where did you EVER get that?
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02-11-2005, 11:54 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: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
The country name die cuts I got at MouseMemories.com . . . they had a pack with all 11 countries for something like $3.99, but I can't find it on their site now!!!  They sell them individually (and have some cool new ones too) for 79 cents each!!!
I got the Epcot laser cut from ScrapYourTrip.com . . . it was only $1.50!!! I got a few other laser cuts and things from them as well for future pages!
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02-11-2005, 12:39 PM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Long Island, NY
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 4,168
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
Oh Sarah, those are 2 very dangerous websites. I'll definitely be putting a dent in the ole credit card on those sites after my trip in May. I even found great stuff for my Vegas trip I took last year. Thanks for those links!
Peggy
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02-11-2005, 01:45 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colonia, NJ
Concierge Level: 2
Posts: 2,517
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
I love MouseMemories and now I have another site to add to my scrapbook Favorites list!! Thanks!!
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02-14-2005, 01:38 PM
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Community Rank: Passenger 
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 36
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Re: I got some decent pages done FINALLY!!!
Awesome pages!!! Great job! Thanks for sharing.
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