2018 Completed Pages Scrapbook Challenge - Page 34 - PassPorter - A Community of Walt Disney World, Disneyland, Disney Cruise Line, and General Travel Forums
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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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You three are awesome! I am just finishing a 6 year (was suppose to be 3 year) term as chair of my church's staff-parish relations committee. At times it seemed like I was working full time again. With that done I will be spending lots of time on the may scrapping projects I have waiting. Is there a forum for these topics on PDL?
No, but I've created a Facebook group:
Crafting Challenge Group (PassPorters)
Please join us there! We're just getting started, but I hope to have members posting their own goals for the year and showing off completed projects--any kind of craft is welcome.
You three are awesome! I am just finishing a 6 year (was suppose to be 3 year) term as chair of my church's staff-parish relations committee. At times it seemed like I was working full time again. With that done I will be spending lots of time on the may scrapping projects I have waiting. Is there a forum for these topics on PDL?
Wow, it sounds as if you've been working flat out!
You can always post on PDL and ask about setting up a forum - a lot of other people have done that already and various ones have been added in...
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I finished 4 pages in the last couple days, just trying to squeeze in a bit more before we leave for my sister's for New Year's Eve weekend. This is probly it for the year unless I somehow manage to get more done tomorrow, between grocery shopping, manicure, and packing, so unlikely.
Anyway, this puts me at 190/200--95% of my goal, and I'm pretty happy with that.
I finished 4 pages in the last couple days, just trying to squeeze in a bit more before we leave for my sister's for New Year's Eve weekend. This is probly it for the year unless I somehow manage to get more done tomorrow, between grocery shopping, manicure, and packing, so unlikely.
Anyway, this puts me at 190/200--95% of my goal, and I'm pretty happy with that.
How are the rest of you doing?
That's great work Ginger!
I did another couple of pages before we went away for the weekend to put me on 1,093 pages. I think that's probably it for the year for me as well....
Great work, Ginger and Cheryl!
I got two more pages done today to bring my total to 335. I may get a few more made over the next three days. We'll see.
Long time, no posting, scrapping friends. Looks like the last time I updated here was August, when I was at 110 layouts completed. I just finished one today--DS has two friends doing a overnight Smash Bros marathon, so I am staying in the studio. Current total is 123/200. I am upset that I didn't scrap more this year--but life.... Just finished my first year back in full-time employment so there is just less time for fun stuff. Happy Holidays!!
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Be sure to post your 2019 Goals at the new Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/386835672137051/ , Crafting Challenge Group (PassPorters).
It's a closed group, but anyone can join. See you there!
This will be my last update here on my scrapbooking goal for 2018. I managed two more pages today and now have completed 339 pages. I originally set my goal at 250 but once I reached that I upped it to 300. I'm quite happy with what I've accomplished this year. See you all on the Facebook page.
This will be my last update here on my scrapbooking goal for 2018. I managed two more pages today and now have completed 339 pages. I originally set my goal at 250 but once I reached that I upped it to 300. I'm quite happy with what I've accomplished this year. See you all on the Facebook page.
You're right to be happy with what you've achieved this year Cam - you've truly smashed your original target.
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