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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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The countdown you made for your friend's girls is adorable!
I am in the same boat with you on scrapbooking. I tried paper scrapbooking and actually made serveral albums but I don't like to look at them because I see all of the little imperfections. I switched to digital scrapbooking about two years ago and it fits my personality much better!
Thanks! I've heard of digital scrapbooking, only because my neighbor is a scrapbooking fanatic, but what exactly is it?
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Originally Posted by OhToodles!
Great countdown Melissa! I'm with Aimee - no real scrapbooking for me anymore. I love to make books on Shutterfly though.
I've done a bood on Shutterfly a long time ago, and I honestly keep forgetting that they're around. I may have to do one for our big Disney trip in 2012.
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Originally Posted by Linnynad
OMG, that is soooo funny!! I tend to bake and be crafty for other people than for myself too. Here is the reason I think I can come up with. I do my best to be crafty and good with baking, and it shows I care, but if I give it away to someone else, I don't have to look at it everyday. Horrible I know!!!!!
That's a GREAT reason! I honestly felt like I was back in school doing a homework project. That's how much I wanted to make it look good.
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Originally Posted by doccoc2002
I love the countdown for your friends kids! You did a great job!
I have the same problem...
Hi, My name is Diana and I'm a... perfectionist
I tried scrapbooking before and got really fustrated and said forget it! Now, like Aimee, I do the digital ones...a lot easier and not so frustrating!
I'm definitely going to have to look into the digital scrapbooking. It might save me a lot of stress!
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Originally Posted by islandgirl
I love your countdown calendar!!! Some of those Mickey paint chips showed up on a few of my scrapbook pages! LOL They are perfect though!!
I was so suprised to see how many things you can create with them. On that other site, someone framed them and used that as art for her Disney bathroom.
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Originally Posted by countrykid
I can't scrapbook...I just get all mad, I think it looks bad, & I can't make up my mind on how I want to lay it out! Way too much pressure for me! Silly I know & every time I make something I just know its all wrong! My DH thinks I'm anal too! I really wish I wasn't that way! I have never heard on digital scrap booking maybe I'll check that out. BTW we found a Mickey scrapbook at Wal-Mart on clearance so I bought it. I am going to make it a post trip project for my kids & me. My kids are 15 & 12 so they are old enough to do this. I guess if it doesn't look good I can blame the kids right?.... no I'm JK or am I? I am going to the craft store this week to look for stuff for it. I want to get or make index card size pieces of paper for autographs & passport stamps. I thought we could put them in the scrap book next to pictures of the kids getting them.
I LOVE the countdown you made it looks wonderful! What are paint chips
I hope we see you there, we leave in 16 days...but won't have our first day in the parks till Sept.25th. We will be in DTD on the 24th as of right now...plans may change. Anyway it would be cool to see fellow PP at the parks! I love reading your PTR thanks for sharing!!
I'm not too sure about the digital scrapbooking, but hopefully someone can help us out around here. As for the paint chips, they are the little cards that show the paint sample colors, but Disney's just so happens to be in the shape of Mickey heads. I took about 30 of them with me that day! And who knows, we may just run into each other. The 24th is our Magic Kingdom day, but you just never know what may happen.
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Melissa, I hear you on the being a perfectionist especially with scrapbooking. The only one I tried making was Skyler's baby book, and that I'm not even satisfied with(ok, I hope he doesn't kill me when he's older for there being a pooh either Preemie or Newborn leftover diaper in there). I have also resulted in digital scrapbooking or doing the photo books, in digital form. You did a great job on the countdown calendar. It's getting closer.
Thanks so much! You'd be surprised what I kept for Hope's baby book. I figured, if I don't save it then I might regret it, so I kept a lot of shoes, hats, cards, you name it.
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I the calendar! I wish someone had made one for me so I wouldnt have spent the day doing mine LOL That is just amazing! I do love it! I had heard that about the paint swatches from Home Depot or whatever. A friend of mine gave me that tip which I'm sure she stole from that website LOL I do look at other websites but this is the most friendly and easiest to navigate.
Thanks! I wish someone would have made that one for me so I could have given it to them. But the girls are having a blast counting down, and it makes me happy to know they're happy. And yes, this website is way friendlier. Sometimes I'm shocked by what is said over there.
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I switched to digital scrapbooking about two years ago and it fits my personality much better! 
. Horrible I know!!!!!
That's how much I wanted to make it look good.
I think it looks bad, & I can't make up my mind on how I want to lay it out!
Way too much pressure for me! 
Silly I know & every time I make something I just know its all wrong! My DH thinks I'm anal too!
I really wish I wasn't that way! I have never heard on digital scrap booking maybe I'll check that out. BTW we found a Mickey scrapbook at Wal-Mart on clearance so I bought it. 
.... no I'm JK 
or am I?
What are paint chips
...but won't have our first day in the parks till Sept.25th. We will be in DTD on the 24th as of right now...plans may change. Anyway it would be cool to see fellow PP at the parks! I love reading your PTR thanks for sharing!!
And who knows, we may just run into each other. The 24th is our Magic Kingdom day, but you just never know what may happen. 
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