'Frozen' Gingerbread Castle Returns to Contemporary Resort for Holidays

Due to the popularity of Frozen (though, Cinderella and Rapunzel's wait times have finally overtaken Anna and Elsa's), the Frozen-inspired gingerbread castle has returned for a second year to the Contemporary Resort!

All photos taken by Molly Blaeser for The Disney Freak's Blog.

The castle is located on the 4th floor, in front of the 'it's a small world' mural on the other side of Contempo Cafe. Because the Contemporary gets most of its lighting from outside through huge windows, going in the daytime is best for good lighting.

The castle is also inspired by Alice Davis' designs for 'it's a small world,' apparent in the stylized look of Elsa, Anna, Kristoff and Sven.

New to the castle this year are the Snowgies from "Frozen Fever."

Olaf appears next to a sand castle. I enjoyed the hidden Nemo!

 

The bakery team also hid 15 Olaf silhouettes throughout the castle. I overhead lots of children pointing them out to each other and keeping track of how many they'd found.

To the side of the display are holiday sweets for purchase. Check out the video below for Cast Member Alexander's top picks.



See you all real soon!

Disney Crime Scene at Target!

Due to today being the last day of Christmas, I figured it appropriate to share this Disney Christmas-themed crime scene video. Yes, I meant to share it earlier in December, but never got around to it/forgot about it.

My friend Mark posted this video to my Facebook wall on November 23. Along with it, he wrote:

Molly -- I came upon a terrible crime scene in Target the other day. I don't know what to make of it, but I thought you might know. What do you think?

Twelve Days of Christmas: Disney Yule Log!

Christmas Day may have passed, but the season is just beginning! (Those twelve days of Christmas refer to the following twelve days of Christmas!)

To continue the Christmas mood music, here is a lovely Disney yule log video. Put it on repeat, connect it to your TV, sit back and enjoy.

Make sure to watch for the special guest appearance at the end – it’s magical!

Image via giphy.com

Happy holidays!

Merry Christmas: 'Jingle Bells' Mashup

Merry Christmas to all! Enjoy this holiday mashup video of Disney characters singing the classic "Jingle Bells."


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My Disney family and myself wish you a happy holiday!

And Walt does too!
Image from waltyensid.tumblr,com

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Sing a Song, Hear a Story

For Christmas 2012, YDF and MDF each found a very cool CD in their stockings, gifts left there by Santa.

For MDF, it was the CD Songs and Story: The Littler Mermaid.

For YDF, it was the CD Songs and Story: Tangled.



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I’d seen other CDs in this series at Walmart and Target but hadn’t ever bought one, not really interested.  So when YDF and MDF each got one, I was curious and suggested we listen to them a few days later as we waited for the guests to arrive for our annual New Years Eve party.  Gave them something to do while they waited and gave me something to blog about for later.

Video from YouTube. The Disney Freak’s Blog original video.

My thoughts overall: the CD is great in terms of the story part, where a narrator narrates (no way!) the story of your favorite Disney movie.  However, in terms of the song part of the CD, it seems to depend on the CD you get. 

For YDF’s Tangled CD, the songs were all from the movie and featured the original voice actors.  There was one song that I guess was inspired by the movie, which was fine.  I enjoyed it. 

For MDF’s The Little Mermaid CD, the songs were the originals from the movie but other singers sung the parts.  Which was disappointing.  I’d rather hear Jodi Benson sing “Part of Your World” instead of some random singer they chose.

Otherwise, great CDs, and I’m going to look for some myself.  I really like the story part, especially since each narration is complete with audio clips from the movie.

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Fairy Tale Christmas Gift!

At the start of December, Fairy Grandmother asked me what I wanted for Christmas.  Not sure, I put off replying (and I was also pretty busy with finals and work).  Then she emailed me again to say that I would get coal if I didn’t let “Santa'” know what I wanted.  Chuckling, I told her that well I didn’t really have a Christmas list this year but thinking quickly I said that I was listening to lots of music lately.  So how about some Christmas albums or anything Disney?

December 23rd.  (The world didn’t end!)  More importantly, gift exchange at my aunt and uncle’s house.  At first, I was confused because I hadn’t gotten a present from Fairy Grandmother yet, just one from my cousin (NiCE’s younger sister).  Fairy Grandmother finally found the one from her to me, and I got to work.

Not surprised, I opened first two Christmas CDs – Elvis and Jackie Evancho.  There was one more gift (well two more but only one was a CD I could tell).  Unwrapping it, I grinned in delight.
She’d gotten me the Disney Princess: Fairy Tale Songs CD.

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The songs on the CD are, in order:

1. “When Will My Life Begin?” (From Tangled Soundtrack)
2. “Almost There” (From The Princess and the Frog Soundtrack)
3. “Part of Your World” (From The Little Mermaid Soundtrack)
4. “Something There” (From Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack)
5. “Reflection” (From Mulan Soundtrack)
6. “I See the Light” (From Tangled Soundtrack)
7. “Everyday Princess” (From Bayou Boogie Album)
8. “A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes” (From Cinderella Soundtrack)
9. “Where Do I Go From Here” (From Pocahontas 2 Soundtrack)
10. “Down in New Orleans” (From The Princess and the Frog Soundtrack)
11. “Beauty and the Beast” (From Beauty and the Beast Soundtrack)
12. “I’m Wishing/One Song” (From Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Soundtrack)
13. “I Wonder” (From Sleeping Beauty Soundtrack)
14. (Bonus Song) “The Glow” (World Premiere Song)

My only question is, where’s Jasmine?

Overall I absolutely love this CD, especially the very last song.  It’s simply sweet, and Shannon has such an angelic voice!

That other present I mentioned was a cute photo frame, Disney-themed, that I will share in an upcoming post (I don’t have a picture yet).

See ya all real soon!  What Disney gifts did you get?  I got lots more, which I’ll share as soon as I get pictures!

'Twas the Night Before Christmas....

Video from YouTube.

Merry Christmas from THE Disney Freak and my Disney Family!

A Once Upon a Dream Find!

While working on another post for ya’ll, I was searching Christmas songs on YouTube and stumbled upon this little gem.  It features Christmas favorite Bing Crosby and Disney Princess voice star Mary Costa.  I guess finding it was like well, once upon a dream!

Video from YouTube.

Kind of cute that she wore pink, huh?

Have a wonderful December and a very merry Christmas!

See ya all real soon too!