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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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I am curious to see what are the reasons others do it.
I do my scrapbooking as a hobby, it gives me the chance to be creative, to share my work and to leave it behind for other generations to come.
When I am doing it I feel free, that the sky is the limit, when I see my creation I love it because it is uniquely me!
How about you? Why do you scrapbook? Please share your thoughts!
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Basically everything you just said sums up why I love to scrap. I think having the chance to show my photos in a creative way is the main reason I scrapbook. I love looking at my photos in my book when I'm done and thinking about how much fun I had or recalling a story behind the picture.
There are endless possiblities when you scrap and I love how no 2 books will ever be the same.
I love to scrapbook my photos because it tells a story about the photo. I have gotten to the point that I hate looking at pictures just stuck in an album. You don't get the story of the pics that way.
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I've never really thought about why! I think all the reasons everyone else has listed fit me to some extent. I just love being able to create something that (I think) is beautiful, interesting, or fun to look at. I've never had much artistic capability in the form of drawing, painting, sculpting, singing, or playing an instrument. But this, I can do. When it comes to scrapbooking I feel like an artist.
And as someone else mentioned...it's much more interesting to look at a scrapbook than a photo album!!
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I get to be creative. It also helps me relive my trip or the memories in the photo. For me, the act of scrapbooking is more memory inducing than just looking at photos or looking at an album.
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I like the fact that not only do you utilise pictures, as you would in a photo album, but you also can incorporate souvenirs and "other" things - for example, instead of a page just of pictures of a restaurant, you also can have some of the Mickey-confetti that was on your table, a napkin, a mickey straw, etc. It adds a lot to it, and I think it also will help you remember better. 20 years from now, if you look through a photo album, you'll remember some things, but looking at a scrapbook page, you would get much more vivid, succint memories.
I scrap because it's my opportunity to be creative, but it's also a much better way of remembering your vacations - you get to use souvenirs in your scrapbooking in a way that you can't with just photo albums.
I scrapbook for many reasons. To relax, to zone out, to express myself. When I scrapbook, I feel like a little kid in art class. There is no wrong way! Just let your creativity flow!
For lots of reasons. many already mentioned here. I've always collected bits and bobs on my travels, love taking photos. and being creative. So scrapbooking seemed a great way thoses and preserve and re-live memories. It's a great way to chill and be a kid again (getting messy)
I scrapbook as a gift to others. My friends and family look to me to provide them with memory books for sharing. The albums I make for my family are my gift to future generations. I am a little crafty but definately not as creative as many PP on the boards so I don't have spectacular books but ones with stories told in pictures and journaling with memory triggers such as tickets, maps and other momentos.
When I first heard of scrapbooking, I thought it was silly, time consuming, expensive, and something I wouldn't be interested in. My DDs actually got into it before me, and I really enjoyed seeing what they did. It sparked my interest. My SIL had a scrapbooking store and that really got me addicted!
I just love it. I love to be creative and try new things. I also like to have my photos organized instead of in a box or on my computer! I crop with a group of friends and family and it gives us a change to be together. And it's a little reality escape - I can't always be on vacation or at a fun event, but scrapbooking the photos lets me relive it again.
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