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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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My friend and I were at DTD last week and wanted to look into the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique experience for her granddaughter during our upcoming October trip. One mom we talked to mentioned that they had brought a princess dress with them and had planned on doing just the hair and make-up package. Well long story short the mom said she got "sucked into buying the whole package". My friend has already made a couple princess dresses for her granddaughter for our trip(she's a great seamstress ) and doesn't want to feel pushed into purchasing a dress when they are doing the Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique experience. Anyone have experiences good or bad with Bibbidi Bobbidi Boutique?
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We've done it twice and both times brought our own dresses. Not once were we ever "pressured" into upgrading our package, in fact no one even mentioned it, so I'm not sure how that happened to the other mom.
I have never heard of anyone feeling pressure at BBB before. I know a lot of people who have broought their own dresses and I have never heard a complaint. Maybe it was her daughter that sucked her in and not the cast member? I would have the girls arrive in the dress already so they don't see all the dresses on the wall and want one.
We have brought our own twice and they didn't even offer us any of there items. We were even given a booth the change there like the ones that purchased there. No pressure at all, in fact it was the opposite. We wanted to purchase shoes and it was like it was a hassle to get her size!
We had our own home made tinkerbell dress and we were never pressured into buying anything we did not want. I think they went over our options but there was no pressure. Maybe the lady is an "easy sell" and got caught up in the moment and then had buyers remorse.
Another totally positive experience here. Daughters have done BBB several times, although admittedly not recently, and each time was a positive experience with no pressure whatsoever. Its always possible to get a CM whose a little overzealous but our experiences have always been nothing but great there.
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I've never heard of any of those things before. My mom's friends had their daughter go to BBB and they said it was a great expierence for her and they all loved it!
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I have never heard anyone mention feeling pressured into buying a dress. When my daughter was young I always had her wear her own dress and had never felt pressured into upgrading. My daughter is now 19 so it has been sometime since I have been to BBB but I can reassure you my girlfriend has taken her young daughter in 2010 and December 2011 and said she didn't have anyone ask her about doing more than make up and hair while she was there. First I ever have heard of such an incident..
We've also never been pressured to purchase a dress. We've taken out niece twice and both times brought outfits from home (once was a Cindy dress, the other we just brought a princess outfit.) I booked the coach package both times and they never even asked if I wanted to upgrade it.
GL! I wonder if perhaps the mom felt pressure from her child to buy the dress rather than the BBB CM's??
We bring our own dress for my daughter when we go and have never been pressured at all. The first time we went we did the entire package, but since then we have purchased our dress prior to going for my daughter.
Absolutely no pressure at all when we were there in November
As a matter of fact I even saw a family downgrade their package once they got to the check in podium wiryhout any trouble or pressure.
We have been there numerous times, one time we did go and we had planned on the castle package but the other times we always did just the hair, nails and makeup and we never had anyone pressure us to buy the dress...we even got tons of compliments on the dress we brought.
I took my little one in November 2011 and we didn't really have a plan one way or the other when we got there. I believe I had booked the middle package as it included the nails and my daughter loves having her nails done. She saw the Cinderella Dress and fell in love with it and when I say that it is putting it very lightly as she wears the thing every day. I did end up doing the Castle package but I asked to upgrade since she loved the dress so much. The whole thing came with shoes, another crown, wand, and a picture package. I know its a bit expensive and if she didn't wear her dress everyday on our next trip in April we would just do the hair and she'd wear her Cinderella dress but since she wears it all the time Grandma is getting her a new get up for her birthday.
I visited with a friend and his daughter and the CM spoke to the Dad first and asked him what he wanted that day, they did not ask the child. They got just the hair and nails option and they never even tried to sell him anything else. In fact, when Victoria pointed at a princess dress and said, "Oh Daddy, isn't that pretty!" the CM said to her, "It's not as pretty as the dress you're wearing."
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