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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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04-29-2006, 10:30 AM
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Community Rank: Traveler 
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Arkansas
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
I know this sounds dumb but here goes. Do you just print these designs on t-shirt transfer paper and add them too your shirt? Do I have your permission to use them?
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04-30-2006, 12:29 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter 
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
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I know this sounds dumb but here goes. Do you just print these designs on t-shirt transfer paper and add them too your shirt? Do I have your permission to use them?
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It's not dumb - don't worry!!
Yes, all you have to do is print out the image onto T-Shirt Transfer paper. Make sure that you have your printer set at your best printing level and make sure that you are printing the image "mirror imaged" (or reversed, same thing). All these images are out in the public domain, and every site that I've gotten them from says they are free for all to use. So go make t-shirts to your hearts delight.
Of course, be careful for the addiction!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
I've made SO many shirts now that DH is getting a wee bit irritated they won't all fit in the suitcases. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img] [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]
(And, I'm not done yet, either!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])
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04-30-2006, 02:23 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: In the state of Disney Dreaming!
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,572
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
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Of course, be careful for the addiction!!
I've made SO many shirts now that DH is getting a wee bit irritated they won't all fit in the suitcases.
(And, I'm not done yet, either!!)
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Very [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] shirts! I can see why you're addicted!
How well do the pictures hold up? I've never made any homemade t-shirts with computer images.
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04-30-2006, 07:20 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
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How well do the pictures hold up? I've never made any homemade t-shirts with computer images.
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All the images that are on the links I've listed earlier are really high quality.
I haven't had any problems with ANY of the images I've used on our shirts; I've even enlarged some of the images and the resolution stays great.
Have fun!!!
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05-01-2006, 11:25 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 10,481
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........UPDATE with links to designs...
THOSE ARE GREAT! How did you make those! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I would love to make one for myself!
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05-04-2006, 03:08 AM
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Community Rank: Day-Tripper
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 9
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........UPDATE with links to designs...
I wanted to have a special shirt made for my trip in 2 weeks and now I have some ideas! Thanks for posting the links!! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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05-05-2006, 04:21 PM
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Community Rank: Legend 
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: East Bridgewater, MA
Posts: 16,143
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........UPDATE with links to designs...
Those are really cool!
And I had the same "dumb" question as alismom, so I'm glad she asked you answered. I could see it becoming addictive!
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05-06-2006, 08:43 AM
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Community Rank: Scout 
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
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I simply used my Paint program to erase and fill in, and then personalized them for us.
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O.K., for me this isn't simple. What's a paint program and does it come pretty much standard or did you install the program? I love the star wars shirt and would like to make myself a personalized one! (Notice my avatar, I lifted your idea, minus your name of course. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])
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05-07-2006, 07:22 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
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I simply used my Paint program to erase and fill in, and then personalized them for us.
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O.K., for me this isn't simple. What's a paint program and does it come pretty much standard or did you install the program? I love the star wars shirt and would like to make myself a personalized one! (Notice my avatar, I lifted your idea, minus your name of course. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img])
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Paint is a program that came pre-installed within my Windows XP.
I just made you a "Michelle" and PM'd it to you.
If you need other names, or want a different font, or something, just PM me, Michelle. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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05-07-2006, 11:20 PM
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Community Rank: Scout
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 4,613
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
You are an angel! [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/angel.gif[/img] (Now, I really am going to bed now! Jana and I have been PMing for the last 1/2 hour, I'm so psyched about the shirts!)
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05-08-2006, 01:15 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
Here's a few things that I'm getting asked a lot:
1. Make sure that you wash your t-shirts WITHOUT fabric softener or dryer sheets; this will interfere with how your transfer reacts to your shirt. It may look alright now, but it could start cracking or disintegrating in the wash.
2. I use Avery t-shirt transfer paper (white or light colored);it works best on WHITE t-shirts, although I've successfully used cream, lite blue, and bright green.
3. I use my HP 7210 to print out all my images. Print out using your best quality, and make sure that you print it mirror imaged (or reversed).
4. I am more than happy to help answer any questions that I can, but please understand that I am still learning. [img]/ubb/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] I'm also more than happy to help personalize any of the images that I can. Some are too complicated to erase some of the text embedded on fancy graphics, but I'm hoping to learn how to change them in time.
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05-08-2006, 02:51 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,498
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
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Here's a few things that I'm getting asked a lot:
1. Make sure that you wash your t-shirts WITHOUT fabric softener or dryer sheets; this will interfere with how your transfer reacts to your shirt. It may look alright now, but it could start cracking or disintegrating in the wash. I'm not sure if you should avoid fabric softener/dryer sheets each time you wash your shirts, so I recommend you just avoid them.
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I believe they mean just to not use the fabric softener or sheets when you first wash the shirt; it will leave a residue that interferes with the printing process. You can use fabric sheets after you have made your t-shirt.
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]
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05-08-2006, 04:29 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 28,861
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
[img]/ubb/images/graemlins/yeahthat.gif[/img] That's correct. Just don't wash the shirts using fabric softener before doing the transfer.
If you're applying the transfer to a shirt you've owned for a while and have used fabric softener on it in the past, just wash it once or twice without fabric softener before doing the transfer.
And that also means dryer sheets!
Eileen
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05-08-2006, 04:35 PM
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Community Rank: Globetrotter
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
Posts: 3,294
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
Yup, I already updated my original post to reflect that, thanks guys.
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05-08-2006, 06:00 PM
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Community Rank: Traveler
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 460
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Re: T-shirt designs for our trip...........
Thanks. You rock!
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