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Date: Saturday 23 October Adventurers: Me, Cheryl (37) and DH Mark (45) Destination: The O2 in London Celebration: seeing Disney on Ice: 100 Years of Magic
I wanted to share with you the photos we got from Disney On Ice, which we went to see last weekend at London’s O2. It’s a show that I think has been around for a while now, from what I can gather, but it’s the first time we’ve seen it. I know it’s certainly been to the UK once before, but we didn’t get to see it then. We really lucked out with the tickets to this, as when they went on sale a number of months ago, I was able to secure front row seats!
This won’t be a traditional trip report as such – instead it will be a photo report, with the pictures telling the story for you. Enjoy!
When we arrived there was just a castle backdrop....
First on to the ice were everyone’s favourite mice, Mickey and Minnie, and Goofy...
.... followed rapidly by Donald, who had rather worryingly been let loose on machinery, with poor old Chip and Dale in tow!
Having found a mysterious lamp, Aladdin and Abu (very cleverly done! ) appeared, joined shortly by the Genie, who seemed to multiply, until his doubles took over the whole rink!
We next headed under the sea to enjoy a very short re-telling of Finding Nemo, featuring some of your favourites from that movie, including Nemo, Dory, Marlin, and of course Bruce, who was just fantastic!
Mickey and Minnie appeared in their finery to introduce the next act...
... which was a wonderful re-telling of Beauty and the Beast, including all of Be Our Guest, which was perhaps one of my favourite parts of the show.
This neatly led into a medley, where various princesses appeared with their princes. It was an interesting choice of who appeared, with Pocahontas, but no Princess Aurora, which I found a little odd.
Next was a very popular appearance of the characters from Toy Story, and some help from Goofy. The box they bought on to the rink contained our friend Buzz Lightyear!
Mickey, Minnie and Donald introduced us to the next segment of the show....
... which was It’s A Small World, complete with the castle changing into the facade from the attraction and individual floats on the ice, representing various elements of the different scenes. I loved it, but of course Mark wasn’t as keen to hear that song that he loves so much...
This was the finish to the first half, with Mickey arriving on scene in a balloon – a very fitting ending to act one!
Here, I’ll take a break from the trip report and give you guys an intermission, as this has got kind of long with all the photos, but I’ll be back soon with part two...
Wow, this looks like an awesome show! I wonder if it will be coming to our parts anytime soon...
Edit* They don't have this show coming near us But they do have a Princess one, which is a no go And a Toy Story 3 on ice. That one might just be doable I really love the idea of this one though, Cheryl. I like how they mixed in a bunch of movies/themes over just one story.
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Thank you so much for the memories Cheryl. We went to see this last year and we really enjoyed the show. I for one did not think you posted too many pictures at all - and I can't wait for part 2. As Griffin mentioned, the one coming soon to us is Princess Wishes, which we saw a couple of years ago. And having read what you wrote, I'm thinking that Disney on Ice isn't as popular as some people might think. I've been able to get very good seats on extremely short notice as well. I know the Princess Wishes one we saw, we went to on a Saturday and Abby enjoyed it so much that when we got home, we convinced my mother to go to a show with us and once she agreed, we were able to buy really good seats for the very next day.
Oh thank you for Lumiere! He looks handsome as ever!
I have to say I found the placement of Dory's eyes a little, um, disturbing Please tell me that is a camera angle issue.
Ok so I see big Bruce and so what in the world did Genie come out in?
Thanks for sharing, looking forward to Act II
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Oh thank you for Lumiere! He looks handsome as ever!
I have to say I found the placement of Dory's eyes a little, um, disturbing Please tell me that is a camera angle issue.
Ok so I see big Bruce and so what in the world did Genie come out in?
I didn't mention about the placing of Dory's eyes, but : you are 100% right with where they are. We noticed it quite early on when she came on....
The second part of the show started with Mickey’s band, and the main characters were all dressed in yellow and bed to coordinate with the band, as you can see:
The Blue Fairy then descended to the stage...
... which led into a Pinocchio portion of the show, including Gepetto, the whale and the villains. Once again, it was all very well done:
Then Mickey re-appeared to be joined by Stitch, who did a guitar solo and then had to beat the gong to signal the start of the next segment...
... which was Mulan. This was, to me, a surprising choice, as it’s not one of the more famous or – dare I say it – more loved films, but I really enjoyed it and certainly learnt about the story of the film, which I’ve never seen...
Next, the Incredibles arrived and, with the help of some very clever effects, showed off their superpowers in turn:
Then it was the start of the finale to the show, with the Lion King – and I was absolutely enchanted by Pumbaa especially, as I’m sure that his front legs had to be the skater’s hands? I say that, as it can’t have been two people in there, as at times, Pumbaa was just on his rear legs....
To end the show, all the skaters made an appearance back on the rink and children were invited up to shake their hands, which was a really neat way to end it:
All in all, we loved the show and I’d thoroughly recommend it to anyone. One of the highlights was the way it had so many much loved films featured in it and the whole thing hung together perfectly. If anything, I only have one complaint – where’s my skating donkey boy? Eeyore, we need you in a future Disney on Ice!
Hope you enjoyed it - and if you do get the chance to see a Disney on Ice show, then do - as you can see, they're amazing!
Thank you so much for all the pictures Cheryl. As usual, you do such a wonderful job with them. Although out of all the segments of this particular show, IMO they could get rid of The Incredibles portion - I found that to be boring. I have yet to even see the entire movie - I always fall asleep during it.
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But they do have a Princess one, which is a no go 
And a Toy Story 3 on ice. That one might just be doable 
I really love the idea of this one though, Cheryl. I like how they mixed in a bunch of movies/themes over just one story.
: you are 100% right with where they are. 
We noticed it quite early on when she came on.... 
I say that, as it can’t have been two people in there, as at times, Pumbaa was just on his rear legs.... 
Eeyore, we need you in a future Disney on Ice! 
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