Purple Van

[retired and happy]

What has happened to the Purple Van? I miss all those out of the way shots of things I've never seen at WDW.

 

[Memph1s]

Yea I miss them too. I think their ad deal with the Dis expired. I had the thread bookmarked and now I get an error msg about invalid thread. I think the Dis pulled the thread. While it was a great informative thread it was also advertisement for owners locker. You can still get a lot of the info from John's blog /

 

[Tri-circle-D]

Hey, you are right!

I hadn't thought about this thread in a while.

I just checked to see if I could find it, and the whole thread is gone.

And, it was a big one.

A mystery!

I did find this thread:

What Happened to the Purple Van?

Apparently, our friend with the purple van was also posting over on the Canadian board.

And they missed him first.

I wonder what happened?

TCD

 

[lumpydj]

Yesterday, we ran into JDVM, the Purple Owners Locker guy, at Epcot. He mentioned that the "Everyday Adventures of the Purple Van" thread has been retired. JDVM would have preferred to continue it, but Disney is uncomfortable with non-Disney commercial interests using Disney for business purposes.

I thought JDVM did a wonderful job of advertising for Disney, and that his posts were always very positive about WDW. But at the same time I can see why Disney is uncomfortable with an outside commercial entity using Disney to advertise its product.

Sounds like Disney asked him to stop.

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=2570622

 

[jenscourt]

I have been wondering what happened to the purple van for a while. Thanks for the update!

 

[Magicbus]

I saw the Purple Van yesterday. Didn't get close enough to talk to John though. That's too bad that he had to stop posting his pics. He opened my eyes to a lot of neat stuff that I just never noticed. Because of him I try to notice the little things. We need to find someone that spends most of his time driving around WDW.

 

[Lil' Lisa]

I saw the Purple Van yesterday. Didn't get close enough to talk to John though. That's too bad that he had to stop posting his pics. He opened my eyes to a lot of neat stuff that I just never noticed. Because of him I try to notice the little things. We need to find someone that spends most of his time driving around WDW.

I can think of someone...

 

[Mamalisa58]

Nearly missed my turn & crashed when I saw the Purple Van this past Sunday. John I miss your photos!

 

[night_guy]

Yea I miss them too. I think their ad deal with the Dis expired. I had the thread bookmarked and now I get an error msg about invalid thread. I think the Dis pulled the thread. While it was a great informative thread it was also advertisement for owners locker. You can still get a lot of the info from John's blog /

The blog is not there anymore.