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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:
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Moving on with the current of the years.
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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.
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We plan to surprise DD (4) with new Cinderella and Rapunzel dresses for her birthday in June since she outgrew the toddler sized ones. We go to WDW in October. I looked at the dress up clothes at Target, Wal-Mart, etc.. and they are poor quality. DD already has the toddler sized versions of them and I know they don't wear well.
Where did you buy your princess dresses?
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We bought our DD(3 1/2) her sleeping beauty dress at Disney Store Outlet for about $40. I know you mentioned walmart but that is where I have seen the rapunzel and cindy dress for $20 lately. I am picky about the costumes but for $20 I didnt think they looked half bad for a character dinner. I may get the cindy dress for my DD for our June trip, it will be hott so I doubt she will wear it for a long period of time. I have also seen some cute princess dresses online through the halloween stores online sites. My DD LOVES Ariel and wants that dress of course for her BBB day I cant find the Ariel ballgown ANYWHERE so we will have to suck it up in october and buy that one in the park. Good luck she will love anything you get I'm sure.
I cant find the Ariel ballgown ANYWHERE so we will have to suck it up in october and buy that one in the park. Good luck she will love anything you get I'm sure.
Did you check Kohl's? I did order 3 dresses from there (I had the good coupon!) but I am taking 2 back. I might keep the Cinderella one. However, I still wanted to see where other people shopped. I wish we had a Disney store here! It closed sometime in the last 10 years.
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Did you check Kohl's? I did order 3 dresses from there (I had the good coupon!) but I am taking 2 back. I might keep the Cinderella one. However, I still wanted to see where other people shopped. I wish we had a Disney store here! It closed sometime in the last 10 years.
Thanks for looking I actually didnt know Kohl's sold the dresses .....thanks for the idea and yes the ariel ballgown is non-exsistant apparently anywhere but WDW resort. lucky me... $70 dress in the MK, cha-ching.... thank goodness my sister works for disney and gets a discount
We buy them for my daughter at the Disney Store. They are still cheaper than buying them at Disneyworld. We just bought my daughter her princess Merida dress and now we'll have to back a bag of just dresses for our 13 day trip in August. She wants to bring Cinderella, Rapunzel,Snow White, & Merida. My wife is doing her hair, she can do it just like BBB now which saves a ton of money.
I just looked, and Kohl's has a regular Ariel costume, but no ballgown. I might keep the Cinderella costume I bought from Kohl's and get the dress up one from WalMart since it's not like she is going to wear it all day.
I just bought a sash that says "princess" on it ($3.99) at Michael's, and hair extensions ($1 for 6), in addition to little things I will give DD as a gift each day.
Same here, I buy them when they are on sale at the Disneystore online. Have you also looked on etsy? They have some cute custom clothing including Princess dresses. I've seen (and bought) some really cute outfits for our Disney trips on there.
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Esty fan here as well although I couldn't seem to find anything "princess costume wise" that I just loved .I hope a princess "store" pops ip on etsy in the future. My DD has got some cute day wear Disney clothes though for our upcoming trip can't wait to see people's reactions yes my name is Jennifer and I am an etsy addict ....LOL
I just was happening to be skimming through eBay yesterday and found a new, unused Ariel ball gown ,the one you get in the MK, for cheap and it was fee shipping so I snatched it up I hope it's good when it arrives.I will post back when I get it in the mail but check around eBay you may get a bargain.
Another place I've seen a lot of gently used costumes is at children's consignment stores. There are also a couple of big consignment sales that last for about a week in the spring and again in the fall. Like you, I don't think the quality of the costumes at Walmart and Target is very good, but I've seen several costumes from WDW and the Disney Store at the consignment sales in my area. There is one store in particular here that has a Halloween sales event on a Saturday in early October to promote the sales of the Halloween costumes.
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I cant find the Ariel ballgown ANYWHERE so we will have to suck it up in october and buy that one in the park. Good luck she will love anything you get I'm sure.
and yes the ariel ballgown is non-exsistant apparently anywhere but WDW resort. lucky me... $70 dress in the MK, cha-ching.... thank goodness my sister works for disney and gets a discount 
yes my name is Jennifer and I am an etsy addict ....LOL
I hope it's good when it arrives.I will post back when I get it in the mail but check around eBay you may get a bargain.
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