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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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06-01-2006, 11:51 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Next question...am I spreading myself too thin?
As if "thin" and "myself" could *EVER* be in the same sentence! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/rofl2.gif[/img] Anyway, I do the tie-dyes (and have more ideas for non-WDW designs on the way! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] ), I'm a Leaving Prints scrapbook instructor, Xyron instructor, been sewing boutique dresses, making hairbows, and now am thinking of adding quilling products (papers, tools, kits) to my "line". My mom thinks I've got too much going on, but other than the dresses, I like everything else! She thinks I should dump the tie dye, but that's one of my fave things to do. I have it all lumped in under Gray Gables Designs, but she thinks I should spin off and not include it all in the same website. Are there "too many notes" on some websites? Can someone have too many things they love to turn other people onto?
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06-02-2006, 12:11 AM
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Batman's Gal/Mickey's Pal
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Owensboro, KY USA
Concierge Level: 6
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Re: Next question...am I spreading myself too thin?
All those lines seem related to me and as long as you are enjoying them, I wouldn't see a reason to spin any off. I also enjoy websited that offer me a variety rather than just a very few selections.
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06-02-2006, 10:05 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 8,784
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Re: Next question...am I spreading myself too thin?
They all seem related to me. I'd keep them all under the same website.
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06-03-2006, 10:30 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: SW MO
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 10,461
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Re: Next question...am I spreading myself too thin?
Just checked out your site. Looks good to me. It shows that you are one creative lady.
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06-03-2006, 12:23 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: NE Ohio
Concierge Level: 8
Posts: 11,856
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Re: Next question...am I spreading myself too thin?
Just looked over your site. It looks very good. You're one busy lady. Everything on it is related. I'd leave it the way it is.
Liz
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06-04-2006, 09:23 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Chicago
Posts: 4,812
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Re: Next question...am I spreading myself too thin?
Is any one of the categories a better seller than the other? If they are all occasional jobs (like a tie dye shirt every once in awhile, etc.), then keep them all. If one of the categories keeps you busy, then maybe stick with that. I guess the question I would ask myself is: Is the quality of the product suffering because of the bredth of your business. If yes, you may need to cut back. If no, then it is fine.
A suggestion for your webpage would be to have buttons or links on the side near the top that takes you to each "category". So a "Tie dye Tshirt" button and a "Scrapbook" button and a "Boutique Clothes" button and a "Custom Invitations" button. etc. That way people do not have to scroll through 3 pages to find what they want.
Maggie
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06-08-2006, 07:53 PM
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Community Rank: Wayfarer 
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Boston
Posts: 127
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Re: Next question...am I spreading myself too thin?
Nice photos and layout. I like the suggestion about categories; my only other feedback would be to use a more "readable" font for the product descriptions.
Good luck with all!
Ali
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