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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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07-13-2006, 04:20 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 400
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Homemade Autograph books done
They may not be the best looking things in the world, but they'll get the job done at a fraction of the cost of the ones at WDW.
I started with this
And here is the finished product. . .
A rubber band to hold back the signed pages and a blotter page. . .
All ready for signatures
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07-13-2006, 04:43 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Mar 2005
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
I think you did a great job! Is that Disney paper you used? Because if not, it sure is appropriate Mickey colors! Have a great time on your trip, I hope you get plenty of autographs to fill up your book.
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07-13-2006, 04:56 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boise ID
Posts: 14,396
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
Cute book! How did you make/attach the blotter page?
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07-13-2006, 05:40 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
Location: Maryland
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 14,723
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
I bet it holds alot more autographs than the Disney version! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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07-13-2006, 06:46 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
It is a Disney-themed paper that I picked up at Scraps, Etc.
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07-13-2006, 06:47 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
I attached (with glue stick) an extra long cover on the back. I cut a piece of card stock to the size of the paper and glued it inside the "tail" of the back cover sheet.
HTH
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07-13-2006, 06:48 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
I don't know how many sheets the Disney book has, but mine has 70 acid-free, lignin-free microperforated pages.
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07-14-2006, 01:22 PM
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PassPorter Message Board Manager
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Community Rank: Legend VIP 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Maidstone, Kent, UK
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
That looks so [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]
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07-14-2006, 01:34 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boise ID
Posts: 14,396
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
Very cute!! Thanks for the info. I'll have to ask DD if she wants one for our next trip, and then get busy making it!!
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07-15-2006, 12:14 AM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Maryland
Posts: 3,451
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img] You did a Great job! I love the paper...Disney
all the way. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/woot.gif[/img]
You may find a BIG pen before you leave home too. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/eek.gif[/img]
Save all you can ..$$
How much are those Disney autograph books anyway?
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07-15-2006, 10:06 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Greater Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 400
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
I have already stocked up on the retractable Sharpies (don't want to have to hunt down caps while we're at the parks) for the kids.
Now for the costs of those books. For each book, I spent:
Sketchpad -- $1 (at OfficeMax, but in checking the Mead website it appears that they are no longer in production)
Paper -- $.50 (only used 3/4 of a 12x12 sheet)
Rubber band -- Free (scavanged from the TripTiks I had ordered for the trip)
Cardstock for blotter -- $.03
Glue -- $.06
Total -- $1.60 (give or take)
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07-15-2006, 01:06 PM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: New Jersey
Posts: 1,402
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
Great job!!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/waytogo.gif[/img]
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07-15-2006, 03:34 PM
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Living Seas wannabe
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Jacksonville, FL
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Re: Homemade Autograph books done
Great job!!!
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