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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:
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
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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.
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Do you "dress up" for MVMCP?
I have never been to MVMCP, but I have been to MNSSHP.
Do people "dress" for the party? Like do they dress up in Christmas attire?
What should I expect?
I'm so glad you asked this question. I too am going to the MVMCP and wondered if people dressed up. I look forward to the responses on this thread. What night are you going?
I wouldn't say we "dress up" --I usually buy DD a Christmas tee or sweater at Target anyway and that's what she wore last time. I'm thinking of making her shirt this year.
DH and I will wear red so the pictures look decent.
We will, howeover, bring back the Minnie Mouse Santa hats we bought in 05 and wear those to the party. We've brought those back for WDW trips whether or not we went to a Christmas party.
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Last edited by Carousel96; 10-14-2010 at 03:25 PM..
We dressed up a little. I found a holiday Tink t-neck from the Disney Store for myself and then got each of us a red fleece (so we'd look coordinated in the pics). DH also got the Santa hat with Mickey ears on it and I got the holiday headband with ears and a little elf hat. It was fun to be festive!
I should add a p.s., the weather ended up being pretty warm for our party night so I was a little hot in the t-neck until it got later and then we put the fleeces on but probably could've gotten away without them. The night we arrived, on the other hand, it was freezing and we needed winter coats to go to dinner. Just wanted to bring that up because the weather will factor in to what you wear if you get your heart set on something and it's too warm or too cool.
DH and I will wear red. DH will most likely end up in a polo with a jacket if needed. However I do dress up the kids. DD is wearing a red christmas dress and a sweater (if needed) and DS will either have on a long sleeve half zip pull over red shirt or a red polo (depending on the weather) and cargo style dress pants. I like getting pictures with Santa while at the MVMCP. Makes for an awesome christmas picture.
We wore red or Christmas themed t-shirts. I bought a Minnie Santa Hat and Macy bought a Minnie Christmasy Headband a few days before the party that we saw others wearing and liked. You'll see alot of people with the Christmas themed Disney headwear. This is a picture of Macy & I at the DVC Member Mixer with one of Santa's elves. We went to that before heading to MVMCP:
It was pretty warm that year. We also had Christmasy sweatshirts to put on later in the evening when it cooled off.
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Last edited by MontiMouse; 10-14-2010 at 03:53 PM..
We were there past year. We dressed Xmas themed Tshirts. The weather was pretty warm so....only a light jacket at night (red for me and DD and green for DH).
I think I'm gonna buy matching Disney Xmas shirts from etsy. I bought matching Halloween ones to wear during our MNSSHP trip. They looked great in pictures. I'm still debating over short or long sleeve since we're going right after Thanksgiving.
I'm planning on wearing my Christmas Mickey Mouse Ears and I'll have my 2008 MVMCP sweatshirt to put on if I need it. I have a red/green long sleeve shirt that I'll bring and a short sleeve green T-shirt that says I believe on it. That should give me lots of layering choices.
I also have a red scarf, hat and gloves that I'll be bringing.
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