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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
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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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.
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I just got my first Passport and I went with the deluxe so that I can add and remove things as I need to and order refills each year instead of a whole book.
I have a few different versions - a spiral WDW, the older DL, the 2013 Cruise Line. I have the new Cruise Line on order in the DELUXE! I can't wait until it gets here. I'm so excited to be able to add and remove things and make my own "individualized" Passporter if we end up doing a land and sea vacation next
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Does anyone know where you can get plain paper sheets for the deluxe?
Thanks.
I believe there is a template on here somewhere to make your own.
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On a different note, if people with the Deluxe Passporter just buy the refills every year/trip, then what do you do with the previous year/trip's pages?
On a different note, if people with the Deluxe Passporter just buy the refills every year/trip, then what do you do with the previous year/trip's pages?
The refill has something of a cover with elastic band. You can remove the refill and use the band to secure the refill vertically with a large rubber band around the whole horizontally if you want to keep it.
I just leave ours in the binder and use it for planning until the new refill is available for our next trip. Then, I remove the old one and discard it.
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I believe there is a template on here somewhere to make your own.
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On a different note, if people with the Deluxe Passporter just buy the refills every year/trip, then what do you do with the previous year/trip's pages?
In the past I've just used a paper cutter to cut the paper in half or had Staples (office supply store) cut it for me. If you cut an 8 1/2" & 11" piece of paper in half horizontally you end up with sheets of paper that are 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" which is just a little smaller than the pages in the Passporter. I also found & bought some 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" paper on Amazon but it's a lot more expensive then just getting a ream of printer/copy paper & cutting it yourself or having an office supply store cut it for you.
As for what I do with the refills I keep them until I have the new ones & then get rid of them. If I used the Passporter as a journal/scrapbook & not just a reference I would probably put a binder ring in both the top & bottom hole & then use the band attached to the back of the cover to keep it from opening up. The refills for the deluxe are the same as the spiral bound books but hole punched for the binder instead of hole punched for a spiral binding & spiral bound.
I switched to deluxe a couple of years ago. When the new filler comes, I put the old one in a large ziptop plastic bag (my must take item for all WDW trips!) and stash it in the closet. That way I can refer back to it for planning or just browsing.
I see a business opportunity here; maybe Passporter needs to produce appropriately-sized plain sheets in packs of 10 or so for those obsessive planners among us.
I see a business opportunity here; maybe Passporter needs to produce appropriately-sized plain sheets in packs of 10 or so for those obsessive planners among us.
Great idea! I agree.
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I love the deluxe! I finally bought one for our last Disney trip and it was so much easier to customize everything. I also added my own spreadsheets and lists. After our trip I bought a few of the old inserts with the pockets at the $2 sale. I gave away the actually guide books to friends who were planning on going to WDW to show them how useful the Passporter guides are, some of them went ahead and bought the updated books with pockets. Then I used the remaining pockets with the binder to plan trips to other places. I am a super organized vacation planner and this has made such a difference!
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