About Mickey’s Royal Friendship Faire

“Mickey’s Royal Friendship Faire” immerses guests in a 23-minute royal musical celebration on the Cinderella Castle stage at Magic Kingdom Park. Mickey Mouse and his pals unite in a tale of friendship featuring songs and characters from Disney’s contemporary classics “Princess and the Frog,” “Tangled” and “Frozen.”

“In ‘Mickey’s Royal Friendship Faire,’ 15 Disney characters from different stories come together to showcase how diversity and the discoveries you make through friendships shape who you are,” said Show Director, Walt Disney World Entertainment, Tara Anderson.

From the land of the bewitching bayous, Goofy has invited Princess Tiana and Prince Naveen to add a little spice of New Orleans jazz to the party.

Donald Duck brings some new friends he met in the land of the enchanted woods, where Daisy Duck introduces us to her special guests, Rapunzel and Flynn. Finally, Mickey Mouse shares a surprise with Minnie Mouse, as he has traveled to the land of the mystic mountains to invite Olaf, Princess Anna, and Queen Elsa, who swirls a blast of her icy magic.

The celebration culminates in a grand dance, marked by a magical daytime fireworks finale.

Mom Maven’s Thoughts

I thoroughly enjoyed the Mickey’s Royal Friendship Faire, as did the rest of the audience around me. It is nice to see a show with characters from newer Disney movies mingling with the Fab 5. The storyline is engaging and relevant without being preachy. I love that there are “thugs and ruffians” helping to represent “Tangled” along with Rapunzel and Flynn (Eugene). Of course, any time guests get to see Anna, Elsa and Olaf, the crowd goes wild. The show is performed several times a day. Check your times guide or My Disney Experience app for showtimes.
If you can’t get to the Magic Kingdom any time soon, my friend, BigFatPanda has a wonderful video of the entire show. If you would like to see the show in person, Email me. I am a Certified Disney Vacation Planner with Destinations to Travel, an Earmarked Disney Travel Agency. My planning services are free to you!

Have a Magical Day!

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Located just past the Liberty Square entrance to Fantasyland, the Tangled Rest Area is a highly themed area that includes bathrooms, tables, seats and…charging stations! I am so excited about the charging station because back in October while I was at the New Fantasyland Blogger Event, Tom Skaggs, Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and resorts asked us what they had missed in New Fantasyland. At first we couldn’t think of anything and then several of us said, charging stations. Everyone has smartphones now a days and most of us use them to take pictures of our kids and instantly share them on social media. Unfortunately, our batteries don’t survive a long day in the park, and charging stations would not only help parents but in the end, it would be good PR for Disney because more people will be able to share their pictures from Disney World-showing their friends how much fun they are having. He asked how to hide the charging stations into the theming and we said, “in trees”. This is exactly how they did it in the Tangled Rest Area! I am excited to think that we not only got to make history in the Magic Kingdom that weekend but we also influenced theme park design going into the future.

Charging Stations

The Tangled themed rest rooms are large and dare I say, beautiful inside and out.

Tangled Restrooms

You and your children can even search for Pascal and his friends along the creek bank.

Next time you are at the Magic Kingdom, stop by and take a rest in the Tangled Rest Area, I hear it is even more beautiful at night!

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Jam to a Scottish jig as a group of royal contenders from the latest Disney•Pixar film, Brave, competes to win the heart of headstrong, sharp-shooting Merida, making her ice debut! Experience a show-stopping performance as Sebastian breaks out of his shell for one night only to take waves with Ariel.  A chorus of harmless hooligans from Tangled unleashes musical mayhem when they get a visit from the  sassy and spirited Rapunzel and her charming ally Flynn.  And, get your feet moving as the Beast and his castle’s enchanted entourage take center stage in a spectacular show for Belle. It will be a rockin’ remix of royalty when Disney On Ice brings this superstar line-up to Tampa.

Tickets are on sale now from the Tampa Bay Times Forum Box Office and readers of The Mom Maven can save $5.00 on select performances by using code MOMD13 when ordering. Offer not valid on Rinkside Dining or VIP seats. No double discounts. Not valid day of show. Not valid for Sat. 3pm or Sun. 1pm performances. Make sure you are subscribed to The Mom Maven because you don’t want to miss my Disney on Ice ticket giveaway coming up in a few weeks!

Disclosure: This is a sponsored post. I am receiving 4 tickets to see Disney on Ice Presents Rockin’ Ever After. All opinions are 100% mine.

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The show opened with Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy welcoming everyone to the show. The first story was The Princess and the Frog, the magical tale of Tiana and Prince Naveen. Tiana’s dream of owning her own restaurant is one of the dreams that keeps the pair searching for a way to become human again. I love the music in this show and this led to some beautiful ice skating numbers.

Mickey and friends came back out and found a glass slipper that led us to the next story which was of course, Cinderella. The Cinderella story was well portrayed the acting and skating were great, especially the antics of the step sisters. Intermission took place in the middle of the Cinderella story, which felt a bit odd. After Cinderella, Mickey and friends came out again and this time Goofy found a crown and placed it on a stand. When no one was looking Flynn Ryder came down from the roof of the forum and stole the crown! This set the story of Tangled in motion.

Tangled was definitely the highlight of the entire performance. The skating and aerial performances were amazing! The skaters portraying Maximus, the horse did a great job too. You really believed there was an ice skating horse in the show. As we exited the forum everyone was talking about how beautiful the Tangled section was.

Here is a video overview of the show, since I know my words can’t do it justice.

Go to DisneyOnIce.com to see if Dare to Dream or any other Disney on Ice production is heading to your area soon. You won’t be disappoinyed.

Disclosure: I received 4 tickets to Disney on Ice as a thank you for working with the production to spred the word about the show on my social media channels. All opinions are 100% mine.

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“2010 was a banner year for The Walt Disney Studios, and we are thrilled that the Academy has chosen to recognize both our animated blockbusters Toy Story 3 and  Tangled and our live-action hits Alice in Wonderland and TRON: Legacy for their artistry, technical achievements and storytelling,” said Rich Ross, chairman of The Walt Disney Studios.

Toy Story 3 marks only the third time in history that Academy members have honored an animated film in the Best Picture category. It also earned a nomination for Adapted Screenplay – making it the fourth consecutive screenplay nomination for a Disney•Pixar film. The Toy Story trilogy’s tally of Oscar nominations now stands at nine.

Commenting on the announcement, John Lasseter, chief creative officer for Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, said, “To have Toy Story 3 represented in the Best Picture category is a great honor, and a fitting tribute to director Lee Unkrich, producer Darla Anderson, screenwriter Michael Arndt, and all of the talented people at Pixar, who worked so hard to live up to and exceed the standards and expectations of Toy Story fans and moviegoers all over the world.”

A summary of nominations for The Walt Disney Studios is as follows:

Toy Story 3
Best Motion Picture of the Year – Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) A Pixar Production
Darla K. Anderson, Producer

Best Animated Feature Film of the Year – Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Lee Unkrich

Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “We Belong Together” from Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Music and Lyric by Randy Newman

Achievement in Sound Editing – Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney) Tom Myers and Michael Silvers

Adapted Screenplay – Toy Story 3 (Walt Disney), Screenplay by Michael Arndt. Story by John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

Alice in Wonderland
Art Direction – Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney), Robert Stromberg (Production Design), Karen O’Hara (Set Decoration)

Achievement in Costume Design – Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Colleen Atwood

Achievement in Visual Effects – Alice in Wonderland (Walt Disney) Ken Ralston, David Schaub, Carey Villegas and Sean Phillips

Day & Night
Best Animated Short Film – Day & Night (Walt Disney) A Pixar Animation Studios Production Teddy Newton

Tangled
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song) – “I See the Light” from Tangled (Walt Disney) Music by Alan Menken; Lyric by Glenn Slater

The Tempest
Achievement in Costume Design – The Tempest (Touchstone) Sandy Powell

TRON: Legacy
Achievement in Sound Editing – TRON: Legacy (Walt Disney) Gwendolyn Yates Whittle and Addison Teague

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Wii

In the Wii game you can:

• Twist the Wii remote to let Rapunzel’s hair rejuvenate flowers, and press the “A” button to swing into action and help Flynn climb out of caverns.
• Collect enough sun drops in a level so that Rapunzel’s hair can continue to grow.
• When playing as Flynn use the “B” button to clear brush and attack enemies. For a “smash attack” use a swinging down motion with the Wii remote.

Sounds like fun for the whole family!

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The winners of the Tangled t-shirt prize packs were entries 83, 41, 76! The Pascal prize pack goes to Gianna entry 83. The Rapunzel prize pack goes to Karen entry 41. The Flynn prize pack goes to Jolynn entry 76. Congratulations to all of the winners!

I have several other giveaways going on right now. Click here to see them all.

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Don’t forget to enter my Disney’s Tangled giveaway which ends 11/24/10.

Please remember to vote for me daily. We are doing pretty well but voting has slacked off some and there are 10 more days to go!

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I will be sharing more Tangled info and sneak peeks with you as the premiere approaches. Today we are kicking off with a huge 3-in-1 Tangled giveaway. What is a 3-in-1 giveaway, you ask? Well there are 3 different prize packages available in 1 giveaway post. You may enter any or all of the giveaways. The winners will be chosen by Random.org so you may win up to 3 different prizes if you are real lucky!

Rapunzel Prize Pack
A Rapunzel t-shirt in the winner’s choice of size and a pack of Tangled Silly Bands.

Flynn Prize Pack

A Flynn t-shirt in winners choice of size and a pack of Tangled Silly Bands.
Pascal Prize Pack

A Pascal t-shirt in winners choice of size and a pack of Tangled Silly Bands.

The Silly Bands

Cool prizes huh? So now…how do you win? Remember-you can do each entry 1x for each prize pack (except for Facebook entry) and every comment must include which character’s prize pack you want ie “I’d like to win the Flynn pack because my son would love this t-shirt.”

Mandatory 1st Entry leave a comment telling me which prize pack you want and why you want it.

Bonus Entries

1. Like Tangled on Facebook then come back here and leave me a comment that you liked it (1 entry possible)
2. Subscribers, GFC friends and Networked blog followers each get 1 entry (9 entries possible)
3. Tweet about this giveaway. Use any/all of the following Tweets 1xper day (72 entries possible-leave a separate comment with each tweet’s URL in it)

• @MomMaven I want to win a Rapunzel prize pack from Disney’s Tangled http://bit.ly/9aq3CO #win
• @MomMaven I want to win a Flynn prize pack from Disney’s Tangled http://bit.ly/9aq3CO #win
  
• @MomMaven I want to win a Pascal prize pack from Disney’s Tangled http://bit.ly/9aq3CO #win

All t-shirts are available in Youth and Adult sizes Small, Medium, Large and Extra Large. Any comments without a character’s name in them will be deleted. The winners will be chosen at noon on November 24th.

This giveaway is now closed.

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