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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Fantastic work! I love the fact that there are so many photos of all of you together. We always come home and "discover" that the photographer is always missing...I don't have a favourite page - they are all wonderful. Thanks so much for sharing.
I love how you double and triple mat every picture. I think that has been something missing from my layouts. You get so much on each page, are most of your pictures 4X6 or 3X5?
I love how you double and triple mat every picture. I think that has been something missing from my layouts. You get so much on each page, are most of your pictures 4X6 or 3X5?
Almost all of my pictures begin as 4 x 6, but I will cut them down to fit what I want to do on the page. The last picture is a 5 x 7.
Wow, I am SO impressed, Stephanie's album and a 52 page album in two weeks and you did such a great job. Equally impressive is that you have a June 09 book done and it's only July 09. Man, I think I'm doing good if I get it done in a year!
I had a lot of fun looking at your pages and saving some to my computer to scraplift ideas. It was fun to see AKV rooms. I like the couch! Those layouts are so cool, you really captured the feel for AK lodging (even though I've never seen the villas, your layouts had the AK "feel"). I really liked the pool pics and also the World Showcase in blues and browns. What a pretty color combination. Fun to see segway pics, too. My DH did that a few years ago so that brought back fun memories. Really neat colors on the last page of your book. That's cool pattern paper that compliments the the photo! Thanks for taking the time to take pics of the layouts and share with us.
Maybe I can channel your energy through this post and get the last few pages done in my June 2008 vacation book...
Oh Cam....it's great...and you are making me feel totally guilty that I haven't even printed the pictures from our June trip yet!! I guess I should get on that huh??
Wow, your book looks fantastic! It looks so professional, you should do that for a living! Not only is your book awesome, but the pictures you took were so good, it must have made it easier to come up with great layouts. The pics are just wonderful! When I finally get around to completing my book, I'll definitely be looking to you for ideas!
OMG, each of your pages is gorgeous!! So many fabulous photos.
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2009 Disney pages: 62 pages, 2006 album complete. 2007 Disney pages: 4 pages
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so much for looking and all your wonderful compliments. My family always loves the books, but you all can truly appreciate the work that goes into them. again!
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Not only is your book awesome, but the pictures you took were so good, it must have made it easier to come up with great layouts. The pics are just wonderful! When I finally get around to completing my book, I'll definitely be looking to you for ideas! 
so much for looking and all your wonderful compliments. My family always loves the books, but you all can truly appreciate the work that goes into them. 
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