Disney on ice — what to expect?
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Anonymous
| How long ahead of time should we arrive? How cold is it inside? Can we take food in? Anything else I should be prepared for? |
Anonymous
| ALL the little girls wear princess dresses. Doesn’t matter the theme (except when we went to see Frozen on ice—then everyone was Elsa). So bring one that fits over your dd’s Clothes—I would do long sleeves, but it’s rarely a coat and hat temperature. Be prepared to be begged for giant light up whirly toys at $30-$60/each. If you can afford it, great. If your budget is stretched, go to the dollar store ahead of time and get a bunch of glow in the dark necklaces and bracelets for less than $5. The food thing depends on the venue, I believe. I’m pretty sure I brought in some food as well as the glow bracelets because we were low on money at the time, but just small treats and not our meal. |
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We have been to the on at Mason a few times. You can get there like 30-60 min ahead I believe but you don’t have to. You can breeze in 15 min before too. The line moves very quickly and then it is just looking at souvenirs and face painting and other upcharges. I feel like about 15-20 min before there is a little pre show crowd hype and then more waiting. They don’t let you bring food in - like can’t bring Ina cooler - but no one ever took my diaper bag snacks away. I think they expect that people with little kids might have some goldfish or crackers to help kids. We usually ate something in the car before going in and then lunch after.
It is not super cold. It is not warm. But you don’t need a jacket. A light sweater or long sleeves is fine. Lots of kids in costume. Lots of light up stuff. The music is insanely loud. If you have headphones you might want to bring them. My kid is not noise sensitive and even she covered her ears. It’s great and we love it. |
Anonymous
| What's the cost for semi decent seats? Looking at the February show. |
Anonymous
| Be prepared to spend a fortune! |
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We loved it with our 3 year old last year. It is so well done. Here are some thoughts:
-It is cold. We brought a blanket for DD and I wore long sleeve (maybe a fleece?) -The girls are all dressed up. Our daughter wore an Elsa dress (we saw Frozen on Ice so almost everyone was in Frozen costumes; I assume for the general Disney on Ice it will be other princesses but definitley wear a costume if she is into that). -It is hideously expensive. You thought the seats were bad? LOL - just the beginning. The dolls/crap they shill are so expensive and of course everyone is buying one...same with food. I don't know if you have bring in food (we went in another city). Love the dollar store idea and just whip that out of your bad instead! -Don't need to arrive too much ahead of time. Nothing happens before the show starts (except the vendors trying to get you to buy stuff). |
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We’ve gone a few times. We got a coupon for the one at George Mason for last week so tickets were only like $13 each- high up but it’s not that big there so it really doesn’t matter. I think I got the coupon at Dunkin Donuts and you had to drive to the box office and buy the tickets in person. When we got tickets for downtown it was more more expensive. At Cap One we bought light ups outside before going inside- I bargained with the guy and got 2 for $10. But you can do dollar store things too. We usually eat before and at Mason they do not care what is in your purse so you can bring some snacks in- Cap One is much more annoying about bringing food in depending on who checks your bag.
It’s a little cold but you don’t need full blown jackets. I have to prep my kids that I am not buying the $20 snow cone in the Olaf cup etc. It’s a really good time! Most girls wear princess dresses and my son wore a Disney shirt. |
Anonymous
It's SO fun, we love it. 
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Anonymous
| Thank god moms of boys do not have to do this nonsense. |
Anonymous
My boys love Disney on Ice. There are male characters too. How absurdly sexist. Do you only bring your kids to monster truck rallies or something? |
Anonymous
You’re awful. |
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We've been to two at The Patriot Center/Eagle Bank Arena in the last five years. My daughter wore long sleeves under her Elsa dress each time even though it turned out that it was warm enough both times where she could've done without it.
Unless you plan on buying something ahead of time, you can get there about 10 minutes early. The vendors walk around throughout the show, so you should have that conversation with your child ahead of time if you don't plan on getting anything. I spent more on the light-up snowflake wand the first year than I spent on the ticket, but we took it with us the second year...and with us to Disney World for the firework shows. |
Anonymous
+1 we went last feb, and my "gender typical" son loved it, including toy story and mickey, as well as ariel and Elsa/Anna. |
Anonymous
I’m sure my son would love it but lucky for me this idiotic princess culture isn’t marketed to humans shoved in his face the way that it is for girls, so he’s never expressed any interest and I’ll never have to deal with it. It’s not sexist. It’s just a fact that this crap is marketed heavily to little girls. There is superhero crap that’s marketed to me, but not nearly as aggressively. |
Anonymous
+1 |