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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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That's a Scrap!: Preserving Your Disney Vacation Memories (Part Two)
That's a Scrap!: Preserving Your Disney Vacation Memories (Part Two)
by Bay Loftis, Guest Columnist and Scrapbook Aficionado
Before You Start Spending Those Disney Dollars
Now for the really fun part -- you've done your preparation in terms of camera choice and a list of photos you really want to get while you're in the middle of the magic. Now you get to think about shopping!
When I started scrapbooking, Disney offered two sheets of acid-free stickers that were appropriate for scrapbook use. That was it! They did have photo albums, but they were filled with the least archive-friendly PVC page protectors, or worse, magnetic pages.
Disney has caught on to scrapbooking, and there are now tons of products available in stores all over the World. You can buy albums, printed papers, pre-printed title blocks, decorative stickers, and even cute, Mickey-icon-shaped paper fasteners (often called "brads"). Entire scrapbook kits are available in an array of styles and prices, with colored, acid-free/lignin-free cardstocks (acid-free/lignin-free papers will not "yellow" or turn brittle as quickly as regular paper) and paper die-cuts of Mickey balloons and Cinderella Castle.
Keep in mind that many of the patterned papers and embellishments available in the World aren't available at your local craft store, so if you see something you just can't live without, go ahead and buy it while you're there. Worst case scenario, you can probably find it online or on eBay for a slight mark-up.
[Note from Jennifer: Another excellent source for Disney-themed scrapbooking supplies is Creative Memories, which has Mickey albums, a disney package of stickers and papers for quick scrapbooks, and a new Princess collection. You can get more information and find a Creative Memories consultant who has these supplies at http://www.creativememories.com.]
If budget is a concern, you should know that you don't have to make your scrapbook using only Disney-themed papers and embellishments. You can find cheaper supplies close to home, and use your own creativity to make your scrapbook pages. The same applies to your individual taste -- if Pooh stickers aren't your particular "pot of honey", use colored pencils to sketch a border that suits your style.
Before You Fill Your PassPockets
The last -- and most critical -- step in preparing to scrap your dream vacation is collecting memorabilia to fill your scrapbook. I'll warn you -- Walt Disney World is full of things to cram into a book. Just the freebies alone will make your head spin and the binding on your album bulge and groan.
One memento to consider taking with you is your door decoration. If you're the sort of person who decorates your door anyway, think "archival" before you start. Using long-lasting, acid-free, lignin-free papers and decorations makes it much easier to pop that sign into your scrapbook. Don't forget to take pictures while it's on the door!
Also take some small envelopes with you for small items. You can buy pixie dust (Mickey-shaped glitter), but the sentimentality of actual pixie dust collected at the back of Cinderella Castle is unparalleled. If you put pixie dust in your suitcase, it may or may not make it into your scrapbook, but if it's sealed in an envelope, it's much harder to miss later on.
Similarly, a large manila envelope or expanding folio for large paper items is invaluable for keeping things safely flat and un-crinkled. If you're really picky, take a shipping tube with you and roll large menus and maps for shipping home.
[Note from Jennifer: Our readers tell us that PassPorter's PassPockets are also excellent for storing items during a trip, plus it keeps them organized chronologically for scrapbooking when you get home.]
A good rule to follow is the "rule of threes": If it's an item you may want to put on a page, get three -- one to cut up, one to mess up, and one to remain intact. Park maps, entertainment guides, festival guides, resort maps, and menus all fall into this category.
Many items that you just want to keep are not strictly archival and may, in fact, turn yellow and brittle over time, but I'm going to recommend that you get them, anyway, for sheer novelty in later years. Napkins, coasters, parking permits, shopping receipts, meal receipts, and paper or plastic bags fall into this category.
Once you get home, you can do several things to try to "fix" the acidity and lignin in these items, to varying degrees of success. The scrapbooking market has a spray that you can purchase (which is really very expensive) called Archival Mist. You can try to buffer these items (except the napkins, which would disintegrate) in a bath of one part water to one part Milk of Magnesia or you can color laser-copy the less "archive-able" mementos.
But truth be told, you can simply tuck these things into one of many clear envelopes or "sleeves" to affix to your scrapbook in its original condition.
Some things you might like to pick up as additions to your scrapbooks:
- Postcards
- World Showcase Passports
- World Showcase KidCot crafts
- Stickers (the individual sort that Cast Members give away all over the World)
- Character autographs
- Swizzle sticks from resort lounges
- Safety trading cards (We first encountered these during our November, 2003 trip and got them from Cast Members at various attractions -- they're illustrated safety tips on baseball-card sized snippets of cardstock)
- Character meal priority seating slips
- Attraction photo slips (the kind you get after you've had a photo taken on a ride, but haven't decided yet if you're going to buy it)
- Pleasure Island wristbands
- Special ticket event wristbands (Mickey's Not-So-Scary Halloween Party, etc.)
- Pressed pennies and quarters
- Pixie dust
These are just a few things to help you get started. Your own tastes and fond memories should dictate what you collect for your scrapbook, so don't hesitate to start a collection that deviates from this list!
Websites & Other Sources for Scrapbooking Tips
- The PassPorter Message Boards have a forum devoted to crafts! http://www.passporterboards.com/foru...-scrapbooking/
- An excellent beginner's how-to article by Maureen Spell is at http://www.scrapjazz.com/topics/Scra...tting_Started/
- One of the most popular scrapbook websites, Two Peas In A Bucket -- http://www.twopeasinabucket.com
- Magazines and periodicals that you may want to read are often available at stores all over the U.S. Check out Creating Keepsakes, Better Homes & Gardens' Scrapbooks Etc., Memory Makers, Paperkuts, or Simple Scrapbooks for lots of advanced technique instruction and inspiration.
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Bay Loftis is a free-lance writer whose art and articles have appeared in publications such as "Better Homes & Gardens Scrapbooks Etc.", "Legacy" Magazine and "Memory Makers" idea books.
Last edited by Jennifer Marx; 01-26-2010 at 10:19 AM..
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