In October, I realized that my boys didn’t know their princesses. And, so, for the past 2 and a half months I have schooled them. Trained them. At times practically sat on them to make sure they watched every single princess movie they didn’t know at Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic. And short of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (which, mind you, I did “borrow” from the library, but it was VHS and I couldn’t tame the tracking because the tape was in such bad shape) they were able to completely follow the Princess sequence last night at Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate. So well, in fact, that Middle proclaimed the Princesses were his favorite part. (More specifically, when Mickey became Minnie’s prince was his “actual favorite part.”)
So, I’m feeling pretty proud that the boys are now prepped to charm with their Princess knowledge. But, of course, there’s always something, right? And tonight that something happened to be that it was my husband’s first ever Disney on Ice. And he didn’t know his princesses. In fact, about half-way through the sequence (a bit before Tiana danced on the ice) he leaned over and commented, “are all of these people supposed to be Disney stories?”
Which made me realize that I now have less than 2 months to school my husband on the princesses. Because there is no way I’m going to retell each and every story to him as we run up to each princess asking for an autograph or picture while at Disney World.
Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate celebrates some of children’s favorite holidays through the characters of favorite stories. It begins celebrating Unbirthdays (of course with the Mad Hatter, Alice and the White Rabbit, as well as Pinocchio, Gepetto, and the Fairy), and continues celebrating Halloween (with a collection of evil villians like Captain Hook and Cruella DeVille), Valentine’s Day (that’s the Princess segment, of course), summer vacation and, of course, Christmas.
Now, this is where I have to bring up the fact that such a big deal was made over celebrating Christmas. In fact, most of the holidays mentioned were commercialized religious holidays. And it really wouldn’t bother me, had there been even one tiny mention, or even one little song that mentioned so many of the other holidays left out. Holidays like 4th of July, Cinco de Mayo, Thanksgiving and, of course, Chanukah. Those are all holidays of celebration. And while I understand that most preschoolers don’t recognize the celebration in those holidays, wouldn’t it be great to help to introduce others to these celebrations? Even with one song sung by a few characters that recognizes that there are hundreds of things to celebrate?
Okay, I’m now down off my soapbox. Because the show was absolutely fantastic. The kids were mesmerized. The huz was concerned because he didn’t see movement from Middle for nearly the entire show. But that non-movement translated to complete focus and fascination of such a sensational spectacle. The music, the fireworks, the sets, the costumes, the characters. Everything was so real to the kids.
By-the-way, Big’s favorite part was the Christmas celebration. When I asked him it only confirmed what I already knew. When Jessie, Buzz and Woody skated out with the toys he jumped out of his seat with excitement.
Oooooh. WDW here we come! I’m just so excited to see my kids there.
Disney on Ice: Let’s Celebrate is at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia through January 3. You can get discount tickets with coupon MOM at comcasttix.com. Follow this link for more information.
I’m a Feld Family Activator (through Mom Central). As an FFA, I received tickets for my family to attend Disney on Ice last night. Many thanks to FELD Entertainment and Mom Central!
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