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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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OK, back on the scrapping wagon! I got 10 pages done today. Total of 12 so far this year but that number is gonna rise!!
Only two more pages and my May 2009 WDW book is done. I should be able to complete that tomorrow. Helps with the hubby out of town on business!
I am waiting on my pictures to arrive from the cruise. Mom wants her book as soon as possible so all other projects will have to wait until I get those two books done (one for me/ one for her).
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OK, back on the scrapping wagon! I got 10 pages done today. Total of 12 so far this year but that number is gonna rise!!
Only two more pages and my May 2009 WDW book is done. I should be able to complete that tomorrow. Helps with the hubby out of town on business!
I am waiting on my pictures to arrive from the cruise. Mom wants her book as soon as possible so all other projects will have to wait until I get those two books done (one for me/ one for her).
Dawn, when you do 2 books of the same trip, are the books the same or do you change them up a bit? I'm wondering because I'd like to make books for me and my DD of our various trips together.
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Look what a little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo can do!
Dawn, when you do 2 books of the same trip, are the books the same or do you change them up a bit? I'm wondering because I'd like to make books for me and my DD of our various trips together.
Kim: The first time I did a book for me and and the one for my mom I changed it up a bit. For the past two trips I keep the designs the same, they have been much easier. I do page kits for all the pages and then once it is time to put them together, it's an assembly line method. Lots of prep work but goes together so much easier.
I'm up to 45 for the year. But I'll probably hold here for a while. I don't have a good way to leave my Cricut out, so I left spaces for headlines and titles while doing the DC book. But now I need to go back and cut them out. Since I counted the pages as "done" when the pictures and journaling were done, I will be finishing without adding to page counts. I have a few pages still do do from the start, but not many.
Okay, you are all inspiring me. I'm almost done with our last WDW trip and have a ton of Karate pages to do. I think I'll try knocking them out this weekend and now I'll have to since I put it in writing.
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You guys are inspiring me too - I so want to get cracking, just have to get the decorating done first...
We're trying to get a head start! I figure you'll leave us in the dust once you can start scrapping again. Can't wait to see your Egypt (and airport ) pages.
I went to a two-day crop benefitting a local crisis pregnancy center. I was able to complete 42 pages. I was so excited. I got so much work done, had fun visiting with friends, and helped a VERY worthy cause....all at the same time.
My total is now 85 for the year, but now I will have to slow down for a while. I'm hosting 2 parties at my house in the next month that I have to get ready for, and tax season is upon us. I'm an accountant and responsible for a lot of tax work and end of the year work for my company.
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!) So I think my total stands at 21 for the year.
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