We found $9 tickets to Disney on Ice! Once I realized that my daughter is fully indoctrinated with all things Disney* there was no reason not to spend less than 30 bucks to see it. Ok, so parking is $10, popcorn something insane, Mickey Mouse binoculars another $10 (so cool), and requisite beers for Mommy & Daddy another something something. I’m not adding it up.
Any critique you could possibly drum up for Disney is known: hetero overly regal and magic relationships of light skinned or otherwise uber-typecasted princesses. Cultures are debased, values flaunted, but you know what? My daughter LOVES Snow White. She danced and pointed when Snow White skated on stage. She clapped when Cinderella was tossed in the air by Prince Charming. After we got home she told us all about when (spoiler alert) the Wicked Witch tried to give Mickey Mouse an apple. Noooo Mickey! Don’t eat it!
Our biggest critique, beyond all things Disney, was the line: There’s one thing EVERYBODY in the world celebrates: CHRISTMAS! But even that is forgotten. On the way home Edie exclaimed that she saw Snow White, Mickey Mouse, and Santa Claus, and I once again felt good about our day.
Moral of the story? I wouldn’t spend $75 per ticket. Probably I would think twice before spending $15 on the upper balcony. But that’s just because of cost. Lots of kids love this show and you might as well buy the binoculars too.
*Let me count the ways: Princess & the Frog, Snow White, Mickey Mouse Club, and guess what? Tim Burton’s Nightmare Before Christmas – of which Edie knows two songs, both sung at Disney on Ice.
Comments on: "Disney on Ice: check your social critique at the door" (2)
OK, I know your theme is “check your social critique at the door”, but I had to tell you that I went (accidentally and unknowingly) to a sexy (yes, SEXY) Disney princess-themed party this last Halloween. Attendees included : sexy tinkerbell (who i guess was depicted as fairly sexy originally just to be fair), sexy Belle, sexy snow white, sexy sleeping beauty, sexy Cinderella, sexy Ariel… yes all ball gowns were shortened to just (barely) below crotch level, and yes all had plummeting décolletage.
Personally, there are two problems here which I have always reserved my harshest judgments of character for: pre-packaged Halloween costumes (especially those costing upwards of $70), and Disney princess culture in general. And, putting the two together and adding sexy theme to it is…. well… beyond anything I could really even begin to wrap my head around. I am sure a really interesting thesis topic in here somewhere….
No – that’s disgusting. For all ages, but ESPECIALLY considering the primary princess audience, which is waaay under pre-teen, I’d guess between 2 and 8 years old. Thanks for the comment, uppie!