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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 The software our forums run on is just too out-of-date and it poses a significant security risk.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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09-24-2005, 11:06 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Hobby Lobby classes...updated
Well, I've been marketing like mad, but no bites yet. HL kinda hid their Classes board (with my signs), but all 50 brochures were gone today. I went in and sat in the front of the store (pulled the sign out by me) and scrapped for 3 hours today and had about 10 people take brochures from me there. At least I got 8 pages done...all my parents AK photos from their trip in August!  I decided to give my dad a photo album for Christmas with their trip, but mostly his flag ceremony photos scrapped in it. It's an Army album, and my mom has lots of pictures from other ceremonies and things that she can add later. Anyway, that's what I worked on while I was there.
There's still a week for sign-ups, but it's not looking hopeful. I think people in my area still haven't gotten into Hobby Lobby yet and many don't know much about scrapbooking beyond CM. I'm hoping to get a crop going, if nothing else. |
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09-25-2005, 12:01 AM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Niagara Falls
Concierge Level: 3
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
 Here's hoping they all sign up at the last minute. Good luck!!!
Jennifer |
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09-25-2005, 06:32 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,183
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
GOOD LUCK!!!!
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09-25-2005, 10:49 AM
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Community Rank: Trekker 
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Jamestown, NC 27282
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
Good luck from here as well! Scrap away!! Ruth  |
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09-26-2005, 02:18 PM
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Community Rank: Legend Extraordinaire 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Ohio Football Hall Of Fame
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
Good luck Dawn!!!
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09-30-2005, 10:12 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
The night before and still nothing...I'm so confused!  I thought for sure that people would sign up. My mom and I are going anyway (guess I'd better get my class materials together!  ) in case anyone just shows up. I don't know if I hope they do or not...I've been so bummed, I haven't got my brain in gear! |
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09-30-2005, 10:20 PM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Bluffton, IN
Concierge Level: 1
Posts: 2,431
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
I wished I lived close to you Dawn so I could come to your class.  |
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09-30-2005, 11:14 PM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
Posts: 21,228
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
 <font color="blue">I hope it all works out for you. </font>
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10-01-2005, 08:26 AM
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Community Rank: Jetsetter
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Michigan
Posts: 2,183
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
Where at in Ohio are you? We are only 45 min from Toledo. Maybe my mom and aunt can come if you are not too far away from Toledo.
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10-01-2005, 07:55 PM
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Community Rank: Explorer
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Near a Tower of Terror at the moment...
Posts: 13,884
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
Well, bummer, my mom and I schlepped all my stuff today (at least my crop bags work great!) and one lady did finally show up. I gave her a personal lesson (she had never SBed before) and took her on a personal shopping tour out in the Hobby Lobby store. My mom got 3 pages done (was too busy meddling with what I was doing  ) and I did stay a bit longer and got Breeanna's birthday card (for tomorrow) finished...gosh, those Sizzix letters take FOREVER!!! 
So, not a very productive day, and I probably will not be going back unless someone actually calls to sign up (the lady who came won't be back, she just wanted the initial help and they're going on vacation for 3 weeks) It was a lot of trouble packing & unpacking everything twice and transporting it twice.  I just don't get it...I just think the manager isn't that into promoting/advertising (my sign kept getting "buried" in the furniture in the entry way). |
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10-02-2005, 09:41 AM
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Mrs. Jack Sparrow
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Aboard the Black Pearl
Concierge Level: 7
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
<font color="blue">I'm sorry it didn't go so well. Boy do I know what you mean about the Sizzix letters.  Some times it can take 2 hours to do a page with them.
Good luck maybe with the Hoildays comeing folks will want to scrap. </font> |
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10-10-2005, 01:13 PM
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Yeti Chaser
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Way down south
Concierge Level: 6
Posts: 20,411
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Re: Update on my upcoming Hobby Lobby classes
Maybe after Christmas - you know how everybody starts feeling the rush from now until Christmas. Then things slow down a bit. And also people take lots of Christmas pictures that they might want to scrapbook.
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