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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Maybe it was overworked! The poor little cutter won't turn on anymore and I've had to return it to Provo Craft for a possible repair or exchange. I've been working on making an autograph book for our October trip. Since this is my first attempt, I thought I would "limit" the pages and have a theme book for just our character dining experiences. And because I usually go a bit overboard, this book is taking on a life of its own! The book is so thick that I'm going to remove the spiral wires and use big rings to keep it all together! Here's a little preview of what I've been working on:
My opening page:
Some of the characters that haven't made it onto their pages yet:
Our first character meal will be:
I'll put a few more in the next post.
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A Fairy Godmother wannabe -
Look what a little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo can do!
I can't wait to eat in the Castle - it will be my first time. I really wanted these pages to be special.
Here's the opener:
and some of the Princesses we hope to see:
I made these girls and I'll probably use them in my Akershus section:
Hopefully I'll get my Cricut back in time to finish the characters that I wanted to do and also some of the lettering that I had planned on using. I'll try to post more pictures as I finish the book.
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A Fairy Godmother wannabe -
Look what a little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo can do!
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Now if you can't get it fixed and have to get a new one, I understand that Provo Craft Cricut Expression Machine - Hallmark Scrapbook has an Expression without any cartridges for $189.99. If my baby bug wasn't so new I'd jump on that. Just enabling.
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Your pages are so pretty! How long have you had it? Now I'm worried that mine may give up the ghost from overwork too!
It's not very old - Just about long enough to be out of warranty! I've probably had it for about 18 months and didn't really use it much until recently , after I got all the Disney cartridges. I had been having trouble for a while with the power and getting it to turn on. I called their help line and they sent me a new power cord. That doesn't seem to be the problem (if I can get it to come on at all, it shuts off when I push any of the buttons - maybe there's a short somewhere?) They had me send it out to Utah ($$ shipping) and they will look at it to fix, if it will cost over $50, I will have the option to fix or they will send me a refurbished one. I asked if I could "upgrade" at that point and get the bigger model or a price break on one of those but that's not an option. Darn! So now I just wait...
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A Fairy Godmother wannabe -
Look what a little Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo can do!
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My poor Cricut died!
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I hope they get it back to you quickly, but it did do it's job well.
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Sorry to hear about your Cricut. 
Disney - 9.2012
Michelle - with my step sisters!
I've probably had it for about 18 months and didn't really use it much until recently , after I got all the Disney cartridges. I had been having trouble for a while with the power and getting it to turn on. I called their help line and they sent me a new power cord. That doesn't seem to be the problem (if I can get it to come on at all, it shuts off when I push any of the buttons - maybe there's a short somewhere?) They had me send it out to Utah ($$ shipping) and they will look at it to fix, if it will cost over $50, I will have the option to fix or they will send me a refurbished one. I asked if I could "upgrade" at that point and get the bigger model or a price break on one of those but that's not an option. Darn! So now I just wait...
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