A Freezing Teaser: First Look at Disney’s Frozen!

Today, Disney released the first teaser trailer for its upcoming animated feature Frozen, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of The Snow Queen.

And guess where this teaser trailer appeared.

On Weather.com.

If you think about it, it does make sense.  Because at weather.com, they had this weather outlook forecast before playing the trailer, so it was a clever bit of advertising.

Video from YouTube.

Pros: the two characters are adorable!  I absolutely fell in love with the caribou/reindeer character, even though I know nothing about him so far.  According to the Disney Wiki, the snowman is named Olaf, and the reindeer is named Sven.  So can I buy myself a Sven?  He’s so cute! 




Such a cute face!
Video screencapture taken from the included video.

Overall, this is a great sneak peek that really grabs your attention with the two cute characters and amusing antics.

Cons: of course, this is a teaser trailer, which means it’s part of an advertising campaign made to tease us and gain our interest about a movie’s existence.  The real trailer will give us more information about the plot, characters, and more important stuff.  The first trailer for Frozen will be played before Monsters University, which opens this Friday (who’s going?).  So while the teaser is adorable, it doesn’t quite give me all the information I want, as expected.

Why I’m pumped for this movie: I fell in love with The Snow Queen story after watching a different animated film of it years ago, so when I heard Disney was making their own adaption of the tale, I got really excited. 

You could say as excited as I got for Brave.  However, I don’t know much about Frozen at this point as I did for Brave, so I’m actually even more excited because I knew too much about Brave.

I’m also excited because this is another fairy tale story, which is Disney’s expertise in animated movies.  Idina Menzel is voicing Elsa the Snow Queen (and villain? *big grin*), and I absolutely love Idina.

So at this point, let’s just say I cannot wait for Disney’s Frozen!



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See ya all real soon!

What did you think of this first sneak peak to Frozen?  And which character do you think is cutest: Sven (yes!) or Olaf?  Tell me in the comments below!

Did You Know These Disney Facts?

Oh My Disney, one of the best Disney blogs on earth, posted these Disney facts that you probably haven’t fully realized yet.  When I first saw the blog post, I figured I’d probably know them all.  I was wrong – a few caught me off guard!  Here are my favorites, the ones that I didn’t realize, but feel free to check them all out at Oh My Disney.

Number one, Cinderella’s last name is probably Tremaine.

Cinderella and her stepmother
Image from the Disney Wiki.

Why?  Well, that’s the name Disney gave to her stepmother, and most likely, when Lady Tremaine married Cinderella’s father, her last name changed.  I had sort of realized this but not fully.  Now it’s weird to think about.

Moving on, then

Number two, Belle and Prince Adam are living without enchanted objects right now.

At the end of the movie...do you see any enchanted objects?
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What?  No!  Who’s going to sing “Be Our Guest” with lines like, “Ask the dishes!” and "While the flatware's entertaining"?

Number three, for you Toy Story fanatics, here’s a shocker for ya: Woody probably had a owner before Andy.

Andy's thinking the same thing...
Image from the Disney Wiki.

Why?  Because he’s a toy from an older show.  I don’t fully understand this because I don’t watch Toy Story that much (the talking toys scared me when I was younger).  But maybe this just means that Andy’s dad handed him down or something.  Still, shocking, right?

And finally, this one just made me laugh.  At the end of Mary Poppins, one of my absolute favorite musicals and Disney films, Mr. Banks is wearing a hat with a hole in it.  Throughout the entire song “Let’s Go Fly a Kite” in fact.

Wanted to get a .gif of Mr. Banks during the song but couldn't find
one, but this .gif image looks like a great reaction.  So I figured it'd work.
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And as OMD puts it, what if it rains?

That’s all for now.  Did you know these facts I shared with you?  The others at OMD?  Share with me in the comments!

Until next time, ttfn!

Character Magic: Gaston Being…Well, Gaston

Welcome back for another segment of Character Magic: Making Memories in the Park, or for a shorter version, Disney Characters in Character!  If either title of the series isn’t obvious enough, this series deals with cast members portraying beloved Disney characters and doing a fine job of it, keeping in character while creating memorable magic for guests.  So far, I’ve only shared with you a sweet video of Snow White.

Today, I’m here to share with you a video of Disney’s most self-centered villain.

Gaston.

Video from YouTube.

I absolutely love how this cast member approached his character.  He’s got the whole arrogant vain attitude we expect from Gaston, just toned down a bit, and he even acts afraid of the Beast.  I especially enjoyed the fact that he both quotes from his movie but also says things that his character would say just not from the movie.  Like the Walt Disney World guests in the video, I was laughing or chuckling at nearly everything he said.

My favorite line has to be: “I’m not afraid of that Beast, I just have other things I need to do.”

See ya all real soon!

(PS – is it just me, or do Gaston’s gloves remind you of dishwashing gloves?  That’s always bugged me about his Park costume.)

Ursula the Ghost Host

Doesn’t it make you smile when the voice actors of your favorite Disney characters still got “it” in them?

Take Pat Carroll, for example, the unforgettable voice of Ursula.

She recently attended this event called Spooky Empire’s May-hem, where she was requested to read the well-known lines of the Ghost Host of the Haunted Mansion.  In Ursula’s voice.

Let’s just say, she rocked it.

Both videos from YouTube.  Click here for the full Q&A session with Pat, over 30 minutes long, I warn you!

This is absolutely amazing.  The fact that she can still do those awesome laughs sends chills down my spine!



Reaction: Evilly perfect.
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See ya all real soon!

What If Ariel Wasn’t a Redhead?

The Disney Mermaid, obviously, loves mermaids.

And her favorite one is Ariel.

She especially loves her because like Ariel, she has bright red hair (though, as she was commenting the other day, Ariel’s is too pinkish to be legit).

But what if Ariel wasn’t a redhead at all?

Because originally, she was going to be blonde.

Check out the below video to see what Ariel would have looked like as a blonde.  Thoughts?

Video from YouTube.

Well, I definitely prefer her as a ginger!

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ttfn!

A Puzzling Achievement

When I arrived home for summer break, my siblings couldn’t wait to show me the latest surprise present from Grandma.  It was a jigsaw puzzle.  And the reason they were so excited to show it to me was because the puzzle image showed tons of Disney merchandise, arranged in a really cool collage.

Called The Disney Treasury, this puzzle consists of 550 pieces (easy, right?) and was distributed by Golden.  Find it for sale here, if you’d like one.  My grandma bought it used from someone, so I don’ know the price, but online it’s being sold for $15 or so.

Well, anyway, the first week and a half home, I spent the time deep-cleaning out my room of any junk and reorganizing practically everything.  So MDF was especially upset because she wanted to get this puzzle started, and apparently everyone had agreed that they weren’t going to start it until I could help them.  I am THE Disney Freak, after all.

One day, my fellow horse-loving friend came over to hang out, as we were both home from college (while all the rest of our MN friends were still in school).  Typically, when she visits, we watch a movie she hasn’t seen yet and do a puzzle.

So as expected, we did a puzzle.

And which one was lying around waiting to be done?

The Disney Treasury.

Of course.

King Louie’s Still Got the Beat!

Extremely recently, I posted about the upcoming show ‘Mickey and the Magical Map,’ coming to Disneyland’s Fantasyland Theater.  In fact, said post had a title basically the same as this one’s (find the difference?).

In that post, I shared with you a clip of a backstage rehearsal of The Jungle Book number “I Wanna Be Like You” used in the show.

Well, literally two days ago, InsidetheMagic.net (get used to see them mentioned a lot around here!) shared even more exclusive sneak peeks at the show.  One of the videos they posted shows a preview of a dress rehearsal for the show, including the King Louie piece, now complete with costumes and set!

And, sorry Dewey, but the stilted dancers aren’t giraffes.

Video form YouTube. Check out the InsidetheMagic.net article for another cool behind-the-scenes video! Random, but in the thumbnail, Flynn looks like he’s just seen a ghost!

The screen (er, I mean, the magical map) looks great.  However, Yen Sid did look a bit…unfinished?  Something just seemed off with him.

I really really love the “I Wanna Be Like You” number, especially with the colorful jungle set!  I thought it was interesting that the trumpet player wasn’t the same guy from before -- and yet the article has a picture with the original guy.  And did some of the dance moves for Louie change?  Well, I still love it anyway.



Love this set so much!
Video screencapture by THE Disney Freak and
taken from the included video.

And the ending scene (of the video) with Flynn and Rapunzel, Pocahontas, and Mulan almost gives me chills.  It’s very well-done.  I had a hard time understanding what Pocahontas was singing – “I See the Light” with our Tangled stars or “Just Around the Riverbend”?  I’m not sure.



Such a great scene.
Video screencapture by THE Disney Freak and
taken from the included video.

All in all, I am really excited to see this show – online, of course, and hopefully someday at Disneyland.  While I don’t expect it to replace Fantasmic! as my absolute favorite show (really, anything Disney), I do think Mickey and his magical map will become a new favorite of mine.

See ya all real soon!