CrAzY Working Mom: Disney on Ice, Our Rink Side Experience

Thursday, April 29, 2010

Disney on Ice, Our Rink Side Experience

Thanks to Feld Entertainment, my family and I attended an awesome event on Saturday, Disney on Ice, Let's Celebrate! I am happy to report that a wonderful time was had by our entire family! We were seated at rink side and the kids couldn't have been more excited when they realized that we were sitting right near the action!

The show began as Mickey and Minnie celebrated a very Merry un- birthday with Alice, the Mad Hatter and gang. Pinocchio, Gipeto, and The Fairy God Mother also teach a very important lesson about telling the truth when the celebration begins. What we loved about this segment of the show was the chase for the mad hatter's hat. Mickey grabs it and it becomes a fun chase between Mickey and his friends pitted against the hatter and his friends. At one point in the show, the chase was in slow motion which was very comical to watch and performed with great execution! Once the Mad Hatter had secured his hat, Goofy found a special hat and coat that looked quite familiar once Mickey dawned it! He then proceeded to try to make his broom move by casting some spells. Fortunately for us he enchanted a whole bunch of brooms who put on quite an interesting show with some pretty spectacular costumes.

Halloween is a favorite holiday around our house. With ghosts, goblins, and candy how can you go wrong?! Mickey celebrated Halloween with the Disney Villains. This performance was fun and ghostly, but not too scary for the little ones. Villains included Cruella Deville, Hook, Maleficent (the witch from Sleeping Beauty), as well as the witch from Snow White who brought a bright red shiny apple for Mickey. Luckily he had his trusty friends (the children in the audience) to advise him against eating the apple that all of the villains tried to bully him into eating.

Next up, Minnie wishes that she can become a princess and meet her prince and have the perfect Valentine. What's a princess wish without a Fairy God Mother? She made all of Cinderella's dreams come true, so surely she could do the same for Minnie, right? This was the favorite segment of the show for both Shelby (my 7 year old daughter) and myself. In this point in this show, we were introduced to each of Disney's princesses and their princes including: Cinderella, Ariel, Mulan, Belle, and the newest princess, Tiana. This was the most technical portion of the show with lots of flips, spins, and so much princess grace! In the end, the princesses show Minnie how to be a princess herself and she is greeted by her prince, Mickey. They join the Royal Ball where the princes all gave the princesses a rose. Fortunately we were seated near Mulan who in turn gave her rose to Shelby!!! It was such a special moment in the show and she was so excited to receive a rose from a true princess.

After the Royal Ball, we joined Lilo and Stitch for a Hawaiian Luau where the show got HOT, literally! Goofy did some ice surfing which the kids and I enjoyed. There was also, of course Limbo and some more spectacular skating and fun. This was one of Tyler (my 4 year old son's) favorite parts of the show with the ring of fire on the ice! He is also a huge Lilo and Stitch fan.

After the Luau, we were transformed into a winter wonderland, complete with snow (which is NOT good if you're trying to eat nachos!). Mickey and friends were joined by Buzz, Woody, and Jesse and the gang from Toy Story! Since my son Tyler is such a huge fan of all things cowboy, he was anxiously awaiting the arrival of Woody and Jesse. He loved this part of the show. A Christmas celebration in April! What could be better?! I loved the holiday sweaters that the cast was wearing in this segment.

Of course you can't have a party without a little bit of Southern fun. We celebrated Mardi Gras with Princess Tiana and the cast of Disney's The Princess and The Frog. Minnie was so charming in her cute dress and her Mardi Gras mask, don't you think?

All in all this performance was a home run. We enjoyed the show. Of course when you go to any event of this magnitude, you'd better bring the pocketbook full of money, because the event souvenirs are not cheap. By the time you buy a program, have the kids' photos made with Mickey, get cotton candy, cokes, popcorn, and pay for parking you'll find yourself spending a pretty penny. But, these sort of events only come around a couple of times a year so it's well worth it!

If you're interested in finding out when the next Disney/Feld Entertainment event is coming to your area, you can click here and check out the schedule of events from Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey to Monster Jam.

I'd like to say a special thanks to Feld Entertainment who provided tickets for the entire family in order for me to be able to give an honest opinion of their show. We have been given no other form or compensation and the opinions stated above are my true opinion. Any claims made by the companies mentioned above should be validated by the companies themselves. To read my full disclosure policy, you can click here.