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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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Since we had our MOA 7 meet at Archiver's last night, I just found out about a deal that Archiver's has going through October. For every $50 you spend at Archiver's in October, you receive 50 free prints from Shutterfly. They email you the code, and you have until the end of November to redeem it at Shutterfly. I rarely shop Archiver's, but since I hadn't been there in a long time, I did stock up on paper and embellishments. Now I can print out more photos for my next album,
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I checked email this a.m. and got the email for my free 50 prints. I didn't quite spend 50.00 on Sat., but obviously I had gone to Archiever's some time before that in Oct. . I use the 30% off coupons to buy my 12 X 12 D-ring albums and I couldn't remember if I went at end of Sept or first part of Oct. It's really nice that you have the whole month of Oct. to get to the 50.00 and don't have to do it all in one shot. That way it doesn't seem like your spending as much...
I've already gotten one code and will probably end up with another when I go to a Scrap Mania on Friday. I've never used Shutterfly so when I signed up for an account, I got another 50 free prints and a free shipping code.
The offer for the free prints runs for purchases between August 12th and October 31st (at least that is the dates on the email I have saved - so check your old purchases to see if you should have gotten a code). Also make sure that you check your spam email box/filter as that is where my email went.
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EEKK!! I deleted my email with a code by accident. I wonder if I can get another one and who in the world would I contact? How could I do that?!
I had problems with the code I received not working. I emailed Archivers through the contact us on their website. The researched the issue (a bad batch of codes from Shutterfly) and sent me a new code. It took about 4-5 days but they got back with me. I wonder if they can verify that code sent to you has not been used and reissue you a new one.
EEKK!! I deleted my email with a code by accident. I wonder if I can get another one and who in the world would I contact? How could I do that?!
I'm sure Archiver's should be able to help you out if you contact customer service. They would have the record on file of what you spent, and they should be able to reissue the code to you. Good luck!
I had problems with the code I received not working. I emailed Archivers through the contact us on their website. The researched the issue (a bad batch of codes from Shutterfly) and sent me a new code. It took about 4-5 days but they got back with me. I wonder if they can verify that code sent to you has not been used and reissue you a new one.
Thanks so much for posting this. I just wrote an email to Archivers via the "contact us" code. I wouldn't have even known where to start.
I had problems with the code I received not working. I emailed Archivers through the contact us on their website. The researched the issue (a bad batch of codes from Shutterfly) and sent me a new code. It took about 4-5 days but they got back with me. I wonder if they can verify that code sent to you has not been used and reissue you a new one.
They sent me a new code!!! How long do I have before it expires, they didn't resend that info?
Michelle, I think it is good until the end of November. If you go to the Shutterfly page and enter your code, it will tell you after you enter it when the expiration date is. I entered my code right away as I was afraid I would lose it or delete it. Good luck!
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. I use the 30% off coupons to buy my 12 X 12 D-ring albums and I couldn't remember if I went at end of Sept or first part of Oct. It's really nice that you have the whole month of Oct. to get to the 50.00 and don't have to do it all in one shot. That way it doesn't seem like your spending as much...
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I deleted my email with a code by accident. I wonder if I can get another one and who in the world would I contact? How could I do that?!
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