Christmas Special 2013

Disneygraphy Magazine Christmas Special - Dec 2013
Magazine
hristmas pecial
Christmas Past: Aurora’s Christmas Wishes, Mickey’s Winter
Wonderland, March of the Wooden Soldiers...
Christmas Present: Dreams of Christmas, Cavalcade de Noël...
Christmas Future: The Concept Art of Frozen
Walt Disney and the story of the Nutcracker and much more....
A Non-Commercial Disneyland Paris © Fanzine
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“rowing up isn’t simply growing old. rowing up is when you don’t
believe anymore.”
alt isney
All the articles in this special edition of
Disneygraphy Magazine deal with Christmas in Disneyland Paris. We will explore
the sources of many Disney related traditions that
find their
origins with
Walt Disney and the
things he
loved. In his
depiction
of the holiday it is evident that
Walt Disney
loved the
Yuletide season, the nostalgia and all
things that
are associated with it.
Christmas is a time for family, a time of
good food and lights during the darkest
and coldest days of the year.
The stories in which Diane Disney Miller reminisces of the days when her father
would stage grand surprises for her and
her sister Sharon at the Disney Family
home are lovely to read about. Her memories of those first special Christmases at
Disneyland are beautiful. One can only
wonder what it must have been
like.
Walt Disney started many
of the Christmas traditions
in those early years in
the park that are still
part of the Holiday
Season to this day.
Walt showed us what Christmas can mean
to us through many Disney Productions
and through the festivities he planned at
Disneyland.
As a man of
many traditions, and
like us, one
foot in the
past and one
in the future, Walt
started festivities and
shows in
Disneyland
that are still
alive today.
Some, like
the Candlelight procession are a
pure American affair. Others, like the March of the
Wooden Soldiers, which is featured in this
issue of the magazine, crossed the ocean to
our own beloved Disneyland Paris.
In a world that’s changing rapidly it’s good
to hang on to these traditions. What better
way to celebrate Christmas than watching
a Christmas parade in Disneyland Paris, or
any of the other parks, with the ones you
love.
Or stay at home, put an extra
log on the fire and watch a
Disney Classic like Snow
White or Bambi, while you
wait for Santa to drop by...
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We love to visit Disneyland Paris at any given time of the year, but the
most special time to visit the park to us, is during the Holiday season. There
is something special about the colder weather when you can’t wait to dine
at Walt’s, the beautiful decorations in the park, the Christmas shows and
the Christmas Music loop in Main Street. After a long day in the park it’s
nice to stroll through Disney Village and buy some roasted chestnuts or
perhaps a little Gluhwein to get warm again. Only to finish the day back at
Sequoia Lodge to get really warm beside the large fireplace in the Hotel.
This love of the Park, Disney and the Holiday season tranfers to our home
as early as possible when our home transforms in our own little piece of
Main Street U.S.A. at Christmas time...
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andles in the window,
shadows painting the ceiling,
gazing at the fire glow,
feeling that gingerbread feeling.
recious moments, special people,
happy faces, I can see.
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Disney and Christmas simply are the
perfect match when you’re a dreamer
and nostalgist. In every Disney park, the
Christmas overlay adds even more magic and these parks seem the only places
where there is hope for peace on earth.
The Christmas season really is the most
magical time of the year and in Disneyland Paris it seems to be getting better
every year. Some elements have disapeared, some have been fine-tuned and
some are totally new. The true magic of
Christmas will always be the most important ingredient. It really is magical
to see first timers discover the snow on
Main Street and for just a while believe
the snow is real. Once you’ve experienced a Disney Christmas there is a
risk you keep coming back every next
year, probably for the rest of your life.
Well, at least that’s what happened to
us. Luckily for us dreamers,
the Christmas season starts
early at Disneyland Paris.
Walking down Main Street during the
Christmas season, especially after nightfall is magical to me. It is so easy to
transport yourself to the Victorian era
and the Victorian ideas for Christmas.
The yule feast has many, many origins, but in the Victorian era our idea
of Christmas as we know it today was
formed. It’s also those aspects of Christmas that most resonate with me personally. Disney to me is more than cartoons
and characters just for kids. Disneyland
is an experience that I treasure after
each and every visit. Through Disneyland I have come to know the values
and ideas of the person Walt Disney and
so much resonates with my own values.
What Disneyland is to me culminates
during the Holiday season and it is this
feeling that we really wanted to share
with a Christmas Special of our maga-
zine. I hope you will
enjoy our efforts.
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Decorations and Festivities
Mickey’s Winter Wonderland March of the Wooden Soldiers Aurora’s Christmas Wishes
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Decorations and Festivities
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La Cavalcade de Noël
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It’s a Small World Celebration
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Meet Santa Claus
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Disney Dreams of Christmas
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The Concept art of Frozen
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Walt Tribute
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Editorialp7
Main Street Gazette
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Travel Guide
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Mickey’s Christmas Carol (1983) p32
Walt Disney and The Nutcracker p54
Visions of Sugarplums
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Emporiump98
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“She went through life with a determination to inspire and entertain. She was her
father’s daughter, a creative force with the
perseverance to follow dreams and make
a difference,”
Walt Disney Family Museum press release
Wish-list for Santa Claus
In Memoriam
Diane Disney Miller
1933-2013
Daughter of Walt and Lilly Disney,
Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother.
President of the Board of Directors of the
Walt Disney Family Foundation
In Santa’s Village at the edge of Frontierland near the Train Station, children
can meet Santa Claus during the day. In
preparation of your visit to Santa you can
write your own personal wish-list.
At the Northwest Passage shop you can
ask for a special Disney enveloppe. Write
your adress on the enveloppe so Santa
may answer you and put your wish-list in
the enveloppe.
You are now ready to go to the Santa
Claus Village and meet Santa in his Chalet. Before youtr visit you can deliver your
letter to his post office in his village.
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the festivities are as follows:
New Years Eve at Disneyland Park
If you are planning to spend New Years
Eve at Disneyland Park you’re in for a
magical day at the happiest place in Europe. Here’s a list of the entertainment
planned for 31-12-2013:
* Fountains Animations: 6 times during
the evening
* Christmas Castle Moments: 3 times
during the evening
* Magical Christmas Wishes: 3 times
during the evening
* Disney Dreams®! of Christmas: 5:45pm
(daily guests)
* Countdown: 11:59 pm
* Disney Dreams®! of Christmas: 00:00
* All day: Promotional features to be projected on a huge screen (artists/fireworks/
schedule/program). Stage located in Backlot.
* The Disney Channel screen will show
a great clip of magical moments at Disneyland Paris as well as the screen on
stage. The clip includes advertisings for
each of the happenings of the evening.(Parade-Concerts-Dance party-Fireworks)
* New year’s Eve announcement : 4 times
during the day
* Pop-Rock BGM (Park Wide except Backlot) - same as last year
* Disney’s Stars ’n’ Cars… as never seen
before!: 7:30 pm & 8:30 pm : Additional
Characters, VIP Characters with Cinema
overdressings, Dedicated music for the
evening
* The Lucky Video Dance Party: 9:00 pm
to 11:00 pm
* Let’s Groove: 11:00 to 11:59 pm
* Countdown: 11:59 pm
* The Happy –ever–after New Year’s Eve
Spectacular! (Fireworks): 00:00
* Let’s Groove: 00:05-01:00
New Years Eve at Disney Village
New Years Eve at Walt Disney Studios
If you are planning to spend New Years
Eve at Walt Disney Studios if a Hollywoord Cinema party is more your thing,
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At Disney Village there is even more entertainment during the day, so there’s
more than enough to choose from:
* Khriss Come & Dance: 7:00 pm, 8:00 pm
& 9:00 pm
* Les Gnomikys: 7:30 pm, 8:30 pm & 9:30
pm
* Concert & Music Party: From 7:30 pm
* Music Party: From 10:00 pm
* Cherry Swing & Heart Live: From 7:30
pm at Billy Bob’s
* New Year’s Eve Fireworks: 00:00
Disneyland® Hotel receives Best Hospitality
Award
Recognition continues for the exceptional
levels of quality enjoyed at Disneyland®
Paris, with a new award following on from
the 2012 Brass Ring Award (Best Live Production – Disney Dreams®!) and a 2013
World Travel Award (Europe’s Leading
Themed Resort – Disneyland Paris).
Marne-la-Vallée, 5 December 2013 – The
Disneyland Hotel, flagship establishment
at Disneyland Paris, recently took top
honours during the annual Trophées de la
Clientèle des hôtels 4 à 5 étoiles [4- and
5-star hotel guest awards]. Now in its seventh year, the ceremony was presented
by the Colloque National des Directeurs
d’Hôtels [national meeting of hotel general managers].
unique experiences for each guest and to
uphold Disney’s hospitality legacy.
‘We’re really proud to receive this award
because it recognises the quality of the
welcome we offer guests. Ensuring guest
satisfaction is extremely important for us
because we aim to create a relationship
with each visitor. We work hard every
day to create new and innovative experiences to which only our Cast Members1
have the secret,’ explains Joe Schott, Senior
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer.
Disneyland Paris has France’s fifth largest
hotel capacity, with 5,800 rooms and an
occupancy level higher than the industry
average (79.3% occupancy for 2013). Over
the last four years the company has undertaken an ambitious renovation plan to
further improve guest comfort and services. More than 2,000 rooms and 500
bungalows have already been renovated
and modernised. From 2014 onward the
1,100 rooms at Disney’s Newport Bay Club
will also be progressively renovated and
reimagined. Guest satisfaction at the relevant hotels has increased by an average of
10 points2 thanks to the significant investments involved.
The Best Hospitality Award is only the
most recent award presented to Disneyland Paris. In late 2012 the resort’s new
Disney Dreams! show was recognised as
Best Live Production during the Brass
Ring Award ceremony hosted by the
prestigious International Association of
Amusement Parks and Attractions. In
2013 the World Travel Awards also recognised Disneyland Paris at Europe’s
Leading Themed Resort.
The prestigious Victorian-style hotel led
the field of 850 competing establishments
to win the Best Hospitality Award. One of
five different awards presented by the organisation, this distinction provides recognition for the company’s efforts to create
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Christmas in Disneyland starts early November, you can plan your vacation so that you can experience one or two `Mickey’s Magical Fireworks and Bonfire’ shows on Lake Disney and be there at the premiere
of the Christmas Season! There is a risk of being in Christmas mode
long before the rest of your friends neighbours or family and you might
have to decorate your house earlier than expected. Be prepared there
may not be any Christmas trees on sale!
Make reservations for restaurants, Christmas is magical but it can be
crowded.
Do not expect to be able to do ride every attraction you want, just enjoy
the atmosphere,
keep calm and use Fast Passes ! Do not forget, now is the time to get
up early for the Extra Magic Hours when you’re staying at a Disney or
Partner hotel or own a Dream Pass.
If you want to see ‘Magic on Parade’, the wonderful ‘Christmas
Cavalcade’, ‘Disney Dreams of Christmas’ or any other show, get
to your positions at least half an hour in advance. Don’t try to
push other guests away when you’re too late; it’s not very Christmasy or polite and very anoying.
The atmosphere in the parks and hotels can be quite contagious, there’s nothing you can do against it so do not try to
fight it.
Just be extra jolly and have the most magical Christmas time !
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More images from La Cavalcade de Noël on Disneygraphy in this gallery....
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ickey’s hristmas arol (1983)
Mickey’s Christmas Carol is obviously based on Charles Dickens classic Christmas story
“A Christmas Carol”. Disney’s cartoon adaption also found it’s genesis in a 1974 Disneyland record entitled “An Adaption of Dickens’s Christmas Carol”. Both Disney versions
follow the classic story fairly faithfully with just a few goofs here and there and a slightly different ending.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol was produced
by the Walt Disney Studios in 1983. The
animated short was the first original
Mickey Mouse theatrical cartoon produced in over 30 years since the last short
1953 film “The Simple Things”.
Casting
Rounding up Mickey and his gang for the
production was only the beginning. After 30 years a new team would have to be
assembled to create a feature that would
stand proudly next to the animated Mickey cartoons of the past. Burny Mattinson
(producer/director) was responsible for coordinating the production. Bernie started
working in the Disneyland mailroom the
same year as his star Mickey made his last
Big Screen appearance. He worked his way
up in the Disney company through various jobs for many of the Disney classics.
One of Burny’s first tasks was matching
the Disney personalities with the familiar
names in Charles Dickens classic Christmas Tale. When your audience knows
your actors almost as well you do you
want to make sure everyone is cast in just
the right role.
This was necessary because the Disney
Characters would play a part from the
Dickens Story, and not themselves. The
film would ultimately feature a similar
cast of characters as the 1974 audio musical with the exception of the first and
the last of the Christmas
Ghosts.
In the audio musical, the
Ghost of Christmas
Past
was Merlin from
The
Sword in the
Stone instead
of
Jiminy
Cricket
while
the Ghost of
Christmas Yet to
come was the Queen
from Snow White
and the Seven
Dwarfs in her
hag guise.
Miserable and greedy old miser, Ebenezer Scrooge
(Scrooge McDuck), gets a fright in this original
production drawing.
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In Victorian England, Ebenezer Scrooge
is a bitter old moneylender who doesn’t
like fun, joy and everything that embodies
Christmas. He only likes to make money,
a much as possible, not spending a penny too many. In his office, everything is
cold and nasty, and Scrooge won’t even
pay the money to heat the place properly.
He has one cleck, Bob Cratchit, who is underpaid and has to work in these horrible
conditions. One evening, Scrooges nephew Fred walks in to ask his uncle over for
Christmas dinner. After an unfriendly
conversation with his uncle, Fred leaves
Scrooge’s office after wich Bob asks for an
early evenning off. After much hesitation
Scrooge complies and leaves for home
himself.
That night, Scrooge is visited by the ghost
of his former business partner, Jacob Marley, who died 7 years earlier. After his
death Jacob was forced to spend his afterlife carrying heavy chains forged from
his own greedy ways.. Scrooge looks out
the window and sees many more ghosts
suffering the same fate. Marley warns
Scrooge that he will suffer an even worse
fate if he doesn’t repent since Scrooge’s
greed seems to have no limits. Jacob foretells that Scrooge will be haunted by three
spirits that will help guide him.
The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas past (a small ghost made of fire),
shows Scrooge visions of his past that
take place on or arround Christmas. The
spirit shows all the joyeus things the old
man has forgotten. The last vision shows
a called off engagement with Scrooges sweetheart Belle. An event that set
Scrooge on his greedy path. This vision
is unbearable to watch and Scrooge exinguishes the flame of the Ghost.
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The second spirit, the ghost of Christmas present, is a large joyeaous man that
likes to indulge himself and have fun. He
shows Scrooge how his fellow men spend
Christmas, which is in much contrast as
to how Scrooge spends his. Among them
are his nephew Fred, and his cleck Bob
Cratchit. At Cratchit’s, Scrooge learns that
Bob doesn’t have enough means to support his family. Bob’s sickly young son,
Tiny Tim, whose commitment to the spirit of Christmas touches Scrooge, who is
dismayed to learn from the spirit that he
may not have much longer to live.
The third and final spirit, the Ghost of
Christmas Yet to Come, shows Scrooge
the final consequences of his greed. Tiny
Tim has died. Scrooge has also died,
though there is more comfort than grief
in the wake of his funeral. In addition,
Fred finds benefit from inheriting his
wealth, and Scrooge is even robbed by his
former maid. Unwilling to let this grim
future come to pass, Scrooge begs to be
given a second chance as the spirit forces
him into his deep and empty grave leading all the way to Hell.
Scrooge awakens to find himself in his
bed on Christmas morning, the three spirits having guided him over the course of
one night, and immediately sets out to
atone for his sins, making donations to
the poor, attending Fred’s dinner party,
and giving Cratchit a raise to care for his
family, allowing Tiny Tim to live. Scrooge
spends the remainder of his life a new
man embodying the spirit of Christmas
itself.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol Production Cel Animation Art (Disney, 1983). Hand painted
12 field Walt Disney Studio production cel of Jiminy Cricket as the Ghost of Christmas
Past.
Burny stated that during the production
of the Christmas tale, “Mickey and the
Beanstalk” (1947) was sort of the guidebook for the production. They took the
giant from that production and cast him
as the ghost of Christmas present. Partly
because of the contrast he would bring
to the small Jiminy Cricket as Christmas
past. And so, many familiar faces from
the Disney library of characters would
find a part in the classic tale. For this reason alone it is fun to watch the cartoon
and see who you can spot here and there
in the story of Ebenezer Scrooge.
Animation
The next part of the production would be
to match the characters to an individual
animator. The director felt that animators are like actors and they need to fit
the part of the character. He also felt he
should give parts to any animator would
want to animate a certain character to
bring out the best possible performance.
Mickey Mouse was the perfect choice for
the overworked, underpaid part of Bob
Cratchit. Since his debut in “Steamboat
Willy” in 1928, Mickey Mouse evolved
into an unassuming loveable character.
Walt Disney described Mickey as “Just a
nice fellow, who never does anybody any
harm”. These character traits made Mickey the perfect choice for the part.
Mark Henn animated Mickey and Jiminy
Cricket. Mark wasn’t even born yet when
Mickey made his Big Screen debut, but
he soon proved to be a top class animator
whose work can stand proudly next to the
old animators like Fred Moore. Mark stated that Fred Moore was pretty much responsible for the look and feel of Mickey
as we know him today.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol saw another
debut. Wayne Allwine was the third person to voice Mickey and master Mickey’s
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typical voice characteristics. The first 2
voice actors, being Walt Disney himself
and Jimmy MacDonald. Jimmy had taken
the part from Walt during the production
of Mickey and the Beanstalk when Walt
stated “He was too busy to do the voice of
Mickey anymore”.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol was hailed a
Mickey Mouse’s big-screen comeback,
despite the fact that Mickey only had a
small part to play in the Dickens story.
The main part of Ebenezer Scrooge
would, not surprisingly, go to Scrooge McDuck. Alan Young would make his first
screen debut as the voice of Scrooge McDuck, as part he also played in the aforementioned album. Young would continue
to play Scrooge in nearly every subsequent production to feature the character,
most notably in the animated television
series DuckTales. Clarence Nash was the
only original voice actor in the film as all
the other voice actors had passed away.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol also would be
the last time Clarence Nash voiced Donald Duck.
Reception
Critic Leonard Maltin said that rather
than being “a pale attempt to imitate the
past”, the film is “cleverly written, well
staged, and animated with real spirit and
a sense of fun.” Robin Allan stated that
the film calls to mind the similarities between Walt Disney and Charles Dickens,
in terms of both the work they produced
and their work ethic. However, Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert of At the Movies gave
it “two thumbs down”. Siskel felt there
wasn’t enough emphasis on Mickey’s character and that it didn’t rank with most
of Disney’s full-length animated features.
Ebert stated that it lacked the magic of
visual animation that the “Disney people
are famous for” and that it was a “forced
march” through the Charles Dickens story
without any ironic spin.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol was nominated
for an Academy Award for Best Animated
Short Film in 1984, but lost to “Sundae in
New York”.
Despite the views of some critics, the cartoon would become a classic in the Disney animated canon and a yearly viewing
tradition for many Disney fans.
The cartoon received mixed reviews. Film
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Disney Characters as extras in the movie:
Opening street scene
* The Big Bad Wolf, collecting for charity
* The Three Little Pigs, caroling
Party at Fezzywig’s
* Lady Kluck, dancing with Secretary Bird
* Rabbit children, clapping
* Uncle Waldo; clapping, later dancing
* Grandma Duck; clapping, later dancing
* Horace Horsecollar, dancing with Clarabelle Cow
* Gus Goose, dancing with Clara Cluck
* Angus MacBadger, dancing
* Chip and Dale, dancing
* Huey, Dewey, and Louie, decorating Christmas tree
Closing street scene
* Skippy Bunny and Toby Turtle, playing in the street
* Mother Rabbit and Grandma Owl, standing in the street
* The Practical Pig, chasing two of the Three Little Wolves
* Cyril Proudbottom, pulling Donald’s cart
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very morning during the holiday season of 2011,
ickey would drive out to greet the first guests of the
park during the agic ours.
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Apart perhaps from Charles Dickens “A
Christmas Carol”, “The Nutcracker and
the Mouse King” is one of the most beloved Christmas stories around. The original tale was written in 1816 by E. T. A.
Hoffmann, and most famously adapted
for ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
The Nutcracker Ballet
In 1891, world renowned choreographer, Marius Petipa commissioned Peter
Tchaikovsky to compose the music for Alexandre Dumas’s adaptation of Hoffman’s
tale. Its first performance in 1892, was a
complete failure – both the critics and
the audience disliked it. Since then, The
Nutcracker has been the most widely performed ballet in the world.
Almost every ballet company from Australia to Europe and Asia to America performs the The Nutcracker during the holiday season.
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Although what is seen on the stage today
is different in detail from the original story, the basic plot remains the same: The
story of a young German girl who dreams
of a Nutcracker Prince and a fierce battle
against a Mouse King with seven heads
begins. When Marius Petipa had the idea
to choreograph the story into a ballet, it
was actually based on a revision by Alexander Dumas. His version reflects more
of what people have come to love as the
Nutcracker Ballet.
Fantasia
There are many connections between
Walt Disney, the story of The Nutcracker
and composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
Best known to audiences around the
world is the use of The Nutcracker suite
in the Disney Movie Fantasia. Fantasia
was the third cartoon feature by the Walt
Disney Studios in 1940. The film consists
of eight animated segments set to pieces
of classical music conducted by Leopold
Stokowski; seven of which are performed
by the Philadelphia Orchestra. The project was started because Walt felt the popularity of his star Mickey Mouse needed
a boost. He decided to feature the mouse
in The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, a deluxe
cartoon short based on the poem written
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and set
to the orchestral piece by Paul Dukas inspired by the original tale.
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
After composer Stokowski showed an enthusiastic interest in the project and was
even willing to work for free, Walt wrote
that he felt “all steamed up over the idea
of Stokowski working with us.... The union
of Stokowski and his music, together with
the best of our medium, would be the
means of a success and should lead to a
new style of motion picture presentation.”
The project soon became much bigger
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The Party Scene
grows high above her. The toys around
the tree come to life while the room fills
with an army of mice, led by the fierce
Mouse King. As the Nutcracker awakens,
he leads his army of toy soldiers into battle with the mice. The Mouse King corners the Nutcracker and battles him oneon-one. The Nutcracker seems to be no
match for the Mouse King.
The party grows festive with music and
dance as godfather Drosselmeyer arrives.
He is a skilled clock and toy maker and
always full of surprises. Drosselmeyer
draws everyone’s attention as he presents
two life-size dolls. They are the delight of
the party, each taking a turn to dance.
The Nutcracker and his army can go on
no longer and are captured by the mice
and their King. Clara makes a final daring charge throwing her slipper at the
Mouse King, hitting him square on the
head. The Mouse King drops to the floor
and the mice run away, carrying off their
leader’s lifeless body.
It is Christmas Eve at the Stahlbaum
house -- A large and grand house with
the most beautiful tree imaginable. The
Stahlbaums are hosting their annual
Christmas party, welcoming the arrival of
their family and friends. The children,
Clara and Fritz, are dancing and playing
as they welcome their friends too.
The children begin to open gifts when
Drosselmeyer presents his to Clara and
Fritz. Although his gift to Fritz is quite
nice, he gives Clara a beautiful Nutcracker
that becomes the hit of the party. Fritz
becomes jealous and, having a bit more
spunk than a boy should have, grabs the
nutcracker from Clara and promptly
breaks it. Clara is heartbroken looking on
as Drosselmeyer quickly repairs the Nutcracker with a handkerchief he magically
draws from the air.
As the evening grows late, the guests depart and the Stahlbaum family retires for
the evening. Clara, worried about her beloved Nutcracker, sneaks back to the tree
to check on him, falling asleep with him
in her arms.
The Fight Scene
As the clock strikes midnight strange
things begin to happen. Clara begins
shrinking as her beautiful Christmas tree
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The Land of Snow
The Nutcracker turns into a Prince and
takes Clara on a journey to the Land of
Snow, an enchanted forest wonderland
where they are welcomed by dancing
snowflakes.
The Land of Sweets
The Prince escorts Clara to the Land of
Sweets where they are greeted by the Sugar Plum Fairy. The Prince tells her about
their daring battle with the army of mice
and she rewards them with a celebration
of dances.
As a finale, the Sugar Plum Fairy and the
Cavalier dance a beautiful Pas De Deux.
The Dream Ends
Clara awakens from her dream and finds
herself by her Christmas tree with her beloved Nutcracker.
mation which still stands up to this day.
Selections from the ballet suite underscore scenes depicting the changing of
the seasons from summer to autumn to
winter. A variety of dances are presented with fairies, fish, flowers, mushrooms,
and leaves, including “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”, “Chinese Dance”, “Dance
of the Flutes”, “Arabian Dance”, “Russian
Dance” and “Waltz of the Flowers”.
Connections
than was originally intended and several
ideas for additional pieces were proposed.
Eventually The Nutcracker Suite was included in the movie.
The movie departed from the story on
which the ballet was based, but supplemented the music with effective ani-
There are many more instances where the
Disney Studios made use of either the story of The Nutcracker, or the Ballet music
or references to its own movie Fantasia.
The 1999 animated short simply called
“The Nutcracker” is a direct adaptation of
the story of the Nutcracker. The cartoon
was produced by Walt Disney Television
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Elmer Plummer Fantasia Pastel Production Drawing Animation Art (Walt Disney, 1940). Alluring color
sketch featuring the mushrooms from the Nutcracker Suite sequence, rendered in pastel on black paper.
Elmer Plummer Fantasia Pastel Production Drawing Animation Art (Walt Disney, 1940). Delightful
color sketch featuring the colorful dancing thistles from the Nutcracker Suite, rendered in pastel on black
paper.
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Animation as part of an episode of Mickey Mouse Works. Later it was incorporated in an episode of the House of Mouse
called “Pete’s Christmas Caper“ The cartoon finds its roots in a live stage Mickey’s Nutcracker, which was performed at
Disneyland’s Videopolis theatre in 1991.
turns the Rat King back into the handsome prince he used to be. No longer
evil, the prince thanks the Nutcracker for
changing him back in time for the ending. The Disney Channel later broadcast
a televised version of the Stage Show. The
stage show used rocked up version of the
classical ballet.
Other Connections
Live Stage Show
The show opens with Minnie Mouse
hosting a Christmas party at her house,
attended by fellow Disney characters
Goofy, Chip ‘n’ Dale, Roger Rabbit and
Tigger, along with human neighbours
Conrad, Tina and Ethel. The story’s narrator then arrives to give Minnie her Christmas present - a nutcracker in the likeness
of Mickey Mouse.
The show continues to follow the story
of the Nutcracker fairly well, with some
changes here and there. Obviously we
can’t have Mickey playing the evil Mouse
king, because that would be too much out
of character for our friend. Instead in this
version we have The Rat King, but with
a twist. Here the Rat king used to
be a handsome prince, but was put
under an evil curse that can only be
undone by the thing rat kings hate
most - sugar. In the animated version the Rat King is played by a
reluctant Donald Duck.
There are other outings, including references in the Disney/ Square Enix crossover game Kingdom Hearts and one of
the many transformations of Genie from
Aladdin into The Nutcracker. One can
only guess how Walt Disney must have
loved Tchaikovsky’s music. His music continued to pop up in Disney productions
through the years. Apart from Fantasia
the most apparent connection is the use
of Tchaikovsky’s ballet The Sleeping Beauty in Disney’s 1959 movie Sleeping Beauty.
This music from this ballet can obviously
be heard in the background loop at Disneyland Paris “Le Chateau de Belle a Bois
Dormant.“
The most recent addition of the Nutcracker was Pixar’s amazing sequence “Toy
Story Nutcracker” in the new Dreams of
Christmas show at Disneyland Paris, and
World of Colour “Winter Dreams”
in Disneyland. A fun sequence
with the
most original use of
Tjaichovky’s music ever
in country
and western
style among
others........we
love
it..........
After visiting a few lands with
Minnie where the rat king tries
to take over the story, Mickey
puts a stop to this by clouting
him with a bag of sugar. The sugar
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isions of ugarplums
“The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads.”
These lines are from the beginning of one of America’s most beloved poems, Clement Clark Moore’s
“A Visit from St. Nicholas,” (1823). But what, exactly,
is a sugar plum?
Despite the name a Sugar Plum has nothing to do with
Plums. The first sugar plums were likely named by association with the similar size and shape of nature’s plums.
But as sugar plum passed into general usage in the 1600s,
it came to have its own associated meanings quite apart
from fruit. If your mouth was full of sugar plums, it
meant that you spoke sweet words. In the 18th century,
plum was British slang for 100 pounds, or more generally, a big pile of money. And someone who was rich
could also be called a plum. By the nineteenth century, plum has come to mean an especially desirable thing.
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This might explain something
about the political dynamics of the Land
of the Sweets in Act Two of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet. With Marzipan and Chocolate and
Candy Cane in the house, why would Sugar Plum
be the one to rule the kingdom in the absence of the
Prince? But in Tchaikovsky’s day, sugar plum was both
the name of a particular candy and the universal signifier
everything sweet and delectable and lovely.
Even today, when the original referent for sugar plum has
faded into the historical mists, we still recognize its meaning: the excitement, the pleasure, the childlike wonder of
Christmas, all in the shape of a little sugar plum.
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Yield: About 50 teaspoon-sized sugar plums
Ingredients
2 cups toasted walnuts, chopped
1/4 cup honey
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/ 2 teaspoon ground allspice
1/ 2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/4 teaspoon ground coriander
1 teaspoon orange zest
1 cup pitted prunes, finely chopped
1/ 2 cup dried apricots, finely chopped
1/ 2 cut pitted dates, finely chopped
powdered sugar for rolling coating the balls
plum purple disco dust (I got mine from Layer
Cake Shop)
Instructions
Mix all ingredients except the sugar and disco dust together in a large bowl. Optionally, place the whole mixture
in the food processor and process for a few seconds - this
will help everything to stick together, especially if you aren’t the best at finely chopping. (I’m raising my hand high
on this one.)
Form the mixture into teaspoon-sized balls.
Roll the balls in powdered sugar and then roll in disco
dust. Note: If you let the balls sit overnight, the powdered sugar will absorb into the balls and will be
less visible.
source: cupcakeproject.com
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The Parade of the wooden Soldiers is part
of a long-time holiday tradition in The
Magic Kingdom and Walt Disney World.
Until the premiere of the Cavalcade de
Noël, the march of the soldiers was an
integral part of the Christmas Parade at
Disneyland Paris. Each year the soldiers
would march in front of Santa’s Sleigh,
and the parade has lodged itself in our
fondest memories of the holiday Seasons
spend at the park. The tradition of the
March of the Wooden soldiers finds it
root in the Disney production “Babes in
Toyland”, and this movie and its story has
even older roots than that.
Babes in Toyland
The Disney live-action musical Babes
in Toyland was released to theatres December 14, 1961. It was showcased as the
Christmas attraction at Radio City Music
Hall and, over the decades, has been closely associated with the yuletide season. The
story of the movie is loosely based on a
famous1903 operetta by Victor Herbert.
The operetta wove various characters
from Mother Goose nursery rhymes into
a Christmas-themed musical extravaganza. After the success of the stage musical
“The Wizard of Oz”, the creators wanted
to cash in on its success. “Babes in Toyland”, would feature some of Herbert’s
most famous songs - among them “Toyland”, “March of the Toys”, “Go to Sleep,
Slumber Deep”, and “I Can’t Do the Sum”.
The theme song “Toyland”, and the most
famous instrumental piece from the operetta, “March of the Toys”, can be heard
in the background loop for Main Street
U.S.A. during the Christmas season.
Origins
After a three-month tryout beginning on
June 17, 1903 at the Grand Opera House
in Chicago, followed by a tour to East
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he tory of abes in oyland
Everything started the day Tom Tom the
Piper’s Son and Mary Mary Quite Contrary decided that they would get married. They told everyone in Mother Goose
Village about their plans. There was a big
celebration.
Everyone was happy except Barnaby, a
mean crooked man who lived in a crooked house. Barnaby wanted to marry Mary
himself! He told his two helpers, Gonzorgo and Roderige, that he wanted them to
kidnap Tom and throw him into the sea!
After the party, Tom took Mary home.
Gonzorgo and Roderigo hid just outside
the garden of her house. As soon as Mary
said goodnight to Tom and went inside,
they kidnapped him.
But they didn’t throw him in the sea they sold him to a band of gypsies instead!
The day of the wedding they came to
Mary and told her Tom had drowned.
Mary believed them and wept bitterly.
Barnaby tried to get her to marry him. He
even promised her a castle in Spain.
Then Little Bo-Peep lost all of Mary’s
sheep! Now Mary had no way of earning
money and decided she would have to accpets Barnaby’s offer.
Barnaby was so happy that he gave a party
and invited a band of gypsies to entertain.
One of the gypsies was Tom, dressed as a
fortuneteller!
While Mary and Tom were having a happy reunion, the kids decided to go looking
for Bo-Peep’s sheep. They got lost in the
forest of No Return!
Tom and Mary found the kids among the
big scraggly trees that walked and talked.
The trees kept nudging us toward Toyland.
When we reached Toyland, the first person we saw was the nice old Toymaker.
The toymaker was very unhappy. A machine his hepler, Grumio had invented,
just blew up. Without the machine, he did
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not think he could have the toys ready for
Christmas. Grumio made a new invention
- the Poof gun. It turned real things into
toy things.
Tom asked him where he was going to
get big things to make into little toys. The
toymaker was so annoyed he threw the
Poof Gun out the window.
Barnaby, Gonzorgo and Roderigo had followed us to Toyland. When the Toymaker
threw the Poof Gun away, Barnaby got it.
While everybody was asleep that night.
he slipped into the Toymaker’s house and
poofed him!
The Toymaker shrank to toy size. He
was still alive, but he was only six inches
tall. Gonzorgo and Roderigo didn’t like
this and told Barnaby they were quitting.
With two quick poofs, Barnaby reduced
them to toy size and put them in a birdcage. Then he poofed Tom, too!
“Now,” said Barnaby to Mary, “you and
I are going to be married.” As mayor of
Toyland, the tiny toymaker was to perform the ceremony. Tom slipped into
the workshop and started up all the toys.
Before the Toymaker had time to perform the wedding ceremony, Tom leading
the toys, burst into the room and yelled,
“Stop!”, but Tom and the toys were too
small to hurt him.
Barnaby grabbed the Poof Gun. At the
same time, Mary fired the toy cannon at
him. It hit the Poof Gun, and Barnaby was
reduced to toy size. Now that the fight
was even, Tom was able to capture Barnaby. At this point Grumio arrived with a
new gadget - a Poof Poof Gun! With one
shot he restored everyone to full size. But
not Barnaby!
Tom put him in the birdcage, to be guarded for life by Sylvester, the Goose. Then
Tom and Mary got married and everyone
lived happily ever after!
Coast cities, the original New York production opened on October 13, 1903 at the
Majestic Theatre at Columbus Circle in
Manhattan (where The Wizard of Oz had
played) and closed after 192 performances on March 19, 1904. This was followed
by many successful tours and revivals and
the operetta would remain a popular yuletide favourite over the decades to come.
The story would change somewhat over
time and become more sentimental than
the original. In essence the piece remained
a search for children to discover the true
meaning of Christmas in the end.
The Disney Version
William Norris as a “toy soldier”, 1903
The Disney production would bear little
resemblance to the original operetta, the
plot, and in some cases the music were
rewritten and some of the songs drastically changed. The movie would end up
Joe Hale Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 12-3-61 (King Features Syndicate, 1961). Veteran Disney artist Joe Hale adapts Disney’s Babes in Toyland (1961).
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being more of a comedy, than a search
for the meaning of Christmas. It features
the comic antics of Barnaby’s bumbling
henchmen (Henry Calvin and Gene Sheldon), the befuddlement of the eccentric
toymaker of Toyland (Ed Wynn). Walt
Disney was unhappy with the final product and sought out all of his resources
(which were many), to promote the film.
He had done the same with another film
that had disappointed him, Alice in Wonderland.
Walt’s brother Roy described this kind
of promotion as “cross-pollination”. With
this promotion of the movie, Disney comic books, records, television, the park and
all other resources supported each other. We all know Walt used his television
show to promote Disneyland and his feature films, and “Babes in Toyland” was no
exception.
Merchandising
A read-along
record was
produced for
the movie, as
well as other memorabilia. Over
200 Babes
in Toyland
items were
produced
including hats, umbrellas, board games,
handkerchiefs, cookie jars, tray tables,
dolls, puzzles, records, books and even a
“magic gun”.
In Disneyland Walt opened a Babes in
Toyland exhibit in the Opera House on
Main Street on December 17, 1961, containing some of the sets and props from
the film, hoping it would generate interest
in the just released movie. Also, on December 17, the weekly Disney television
show aired an episode titled “Backstage
Party” using the premise of a Hollywood
film wrap party to showcase some scenes
from the film.
The start of a Tradition
The biggest of these promotional stunts
would become one of Disney’s most beloved and enduring of Holiday traditions:
The Christmas Parade with the giant
wooden toy soldiers and reindeer. At the
time of the movie, Disneyland did have a
Holiday parade, but it was not much more
than a parade of characters than anything
else. Walt’s philosophy was that Disneyland was “dedicated to all the people of all
the nations of the world” and it was not
unusual to invite clubs, historical societies,
and other such groups to participate in
Disneyland events. The parade was really
a salute to “Christmas around the World.”
Together with Ward Kimball, who built all
the toys and everything for the film, Walt
and a few imagineers started work on a
new parade for Disneyland. Walt said,
‘Why don’t…since we need to get control
of the parade anyway….why don’t we make
a giant toy parade?’ Walt had very specific
ideas about how the parade should look.
For one thing he didn’t want the floats
to be too big, so little kids would have to
lean backwards to see anything.
The Toy Soldiers had to be designed as a
costume for somebody to wear, and they
had to look exactly like the toy soldiers
in the film. Apart from the occasional rebuilt, these costumes have remained the
same to this day.
The toy parade came out the same time
as the movie, but despite all of Walt’s
efforts, the film did not do well at the
box-office. The parade however would influence designs for Disney character costumes and helped to standardize how Disney did parades. It sparked the beginning
of the classic Disney parade and with it
some of the nicest Disney traditions.
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“Many a winter’s night she flies through the streets of the town, and
peeps in at the windows; and they then freeze in so wondrous a manner that they look like flowers.”
We have been thinking very hard what we could do as a Christmas Future feature. Since
we can’t look into the future, and we don’t have knowledge of future Christmas plans
at DLP, the only thing we could come up with was Frozen. The movie has already been
released and has been shattering a few records (Go Disney). Many film critics consider
Frozen to be Disney’s best animated musical since the studio’s renaissance era of The
Lion King. We can only hope that this will serve as a prelude of things to come. So in
this feature of Christmas Future we show some of the amazing concept art for the movie Frozen which might serve as inspiration for the next Christmas season at
Disneyland Paris....
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Trapped in Ice: a 70-year journey
Perhaps many people don’t realize this, but
Disney has been trying to make a movie
out of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale of
the Snow Queen since 1943. Development
has been on and off for over 70 years with
many failed attempts to translate the story for the big screen. The story has seen
many incarnations and some of Disney’s
greatest artist have worked on the various
projects (included in this gallery is a great
concept piece of the Snow Queen by Disney Legend Marc Davis). The biggest obstacle was the character of the Snow Queen
herself. Since the movie would have the
Snow Queen as the lead character Disney
felt the Queen would have to be relatable.
1943
The desire to use the story of the Snow
Queen as or within a movie feature started
with Walt Disney himself in 1943. Together with Samuel Goldwyn, Walt had considered the possibility of a collaboration
to produce a biography of Hans Christian
Andersen. Disney had discussed the project with Goldwyn throughout the war
years, during which the two had developed
a particularly close friendship. Goldwyn
would provide the live-action sequences of
the movie, and Walt would of course produce the animation. These animated sequences would include the stories of Hans
Christian Andersen. The stories considered
were The Little Mermaid, The Little Match
Girl, Thumbelina, The Ugly Duckling,
The Red Shoes and The Emperor’s New
Clothes and of course The Snow Queen.
Of the animated sequences Disney was to
provide, one stood out: An adaptation of
“The Snow Queen,” an ethereal 1845 fairy
tale about an evil witch who encases a
kingdom in a never-ending winter.
Disney’s animation department saw great
cinematic possibilities with the source material of The Snow Queen, but the character of The Snow Queen herself was problematic. They were unable to find a way
to make the character relatable to modern
audiences.
Eventually the troubles led to a cancellation of the Disney-Goldwyn project and
Goldwyn went on to produce his own version of the story in 1952. Starring Danny
Kaye as Andersen, the fairy tales were told
in song and ballet in a live-action feature.
The “Snow Queen” section, which had
originally sparked Walt’s interest, was ultimately not included. The movie received 6
Academy Award nominations the following year and Disney’s own projects involving Anderson’s stories (including The Little
Mermaid) were shelved.
A Slew of failed attempts
The Snow Queen never stayed at the bottom of Disney’s shelved projects and had
a habit of kicking back into focus. Almost
everyone at Disney loved the concept of
the Snow Queen, but it proved difficult
to translate the dark story into something
Disney worthy. Over the decades that followed after Walt shelved the idea The
Snow Queen was brought back on more
than one occasion.
During the mid-seventies the concept
sprang briefly to live when legendary Disney Artist Marc Davis proposed a frigidly air-conditioned Disneyland attraction
entitled The Enchanted Snow Palace, designed along the lines of the classic Disneyland rides like Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride or
the Haunted Mansion. This version never
made it past the conceptual phase.
During the renaissance of Disney animation following the success of The Little
Mermaid in 1989, the project was given
another go. With veteran animator Glen
Keane at the helm, this version would combine traditional 2D animation with 3D
computer graphics. Keane was responsible for many of the most famous Disney
characters of the Disney Renaissance, including Ariel from The Little Mermaid
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Character designs by Jin Kim
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and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast.
Keane left the project after his treatment
of the material didn’t meet Michael Eisners specifications for the project, and focussed his attention on Rapunzel.
The Snow Queen was briefly considered
as the first “princess” feature for Pixar
animation after a suggestion by Michael
Eisner who loved the concept of the Snow
Queen, but ultimately the project was
shelved again in 2002.
A press-release in March 2006 mentioned
the Snow Queen as part of a non-exclusive, multi-year deal with composer Alan
Menken. The composer was set to develop a stage musical of the Snow Queen
for Tokyo Disney Sea. By the end of august this project however, was back in the
freezer.
The project was revived again around
2008 when Chris Buck pitched Disney his
version of the adaptation. At the time, the
project went under name of Anna and the
Snow Queen, and was planned to be traditionally-animated. By early 2010, the project entered development hell once again,
when the studio failed to find a way to
make the story and the Snow Queen
Character work.
Following the success of Tangled in 2010
the studio would try once more. Less than
a month after Tangled’s release, Disney
announced that The Snow Queen would
be re-titled Frozen and would be released
on November 27, 2013 with the directors from Beauty and the Beast, an army
of artists and John Lasseter as executive
producer. Again the story did not work.
The new crew would have the same difficulties with the source material that had
plagued the production over the past 70
years.
The Snow Queen
Though beautifully described by Hans
Christian Andersen, the character of the
Snow Queen lacks dimension, has unknown motivations and is completely absent from the climax of the story. How do
you make a movie with a lead Character
that is so 2 dimensional in personality?
Hans Christian Andersen’s original version of The Snow Queen is a pretty dark
tale and it doesn’t translate easily into a
film.
The original tale starts when an evil troll
(called the devil) makes a magic mirror
that has the power to distort things reflected in it. The mirror fails to reflect all
the good and beautiful aspects of people
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while it magnifies all the bad and ugly aspects. While trying to bring the mirror up
to heaven to make fools of God and his
angels the mirror slips from the troll’s fingers and falls to earth. On the ground the
mirror breaks into a million pieces that
are blown through the lands by the winds.
They find their way into people’s hearts
and eyes, making their hearts frozen like
blocks of ice, unable to see the good in the
world around them.
The story involves a little boy named Kai
and his childhood friend Gerda. As children Kai and Gerda were told the tales
of The Snow Queen to warn the children
of the hazards of winter. One summer a
splinter from the mirror gets into Kai’s
eyes and his personality changes. The
following winter the Snow Queen is attracted to Kai’s coldness and she kidnaps
him. The queen kisses him twice, one kiss
to numb him from the cold, the other to
make him forget his friends and family. The Queen then takes him to her Ice
Palace near the North Pole, where Kai’s
is content to live because of the coldness
already in his heart. To story continues
when Gerda, heartbroken by Kai’s disappearance, set’s out on a journey to rescue
him from the Snow Queen. At the core of
the story are the values of friendship and
family, and most of all loyalty.
Winter changes into summer
A meeting was held where the storyboards
of the new project were presented to John
Lasseter to hear Lasseter’s thoughts on
the work-in-progress. Production designer
Michael Giaimo, recalled; “That was the
game changer...I remember John saying
that the latest version of The Snow Queen
story that Chris Buck and his team had
come up with was fun, very light-hearted.
But the characters didn’t resonate. They
aren’t multi-faceted. Which why John
felt that audiences wouldn’t really be able
to connect with them.” The production
team then addressed the film’s problems,
drafting several different variations on
the Snow Queen story until the characters and story felt relevant. Finally, the
team decided to rewrite the film’s protagonist, Anna (who was based on the Gerda
character from The Snow Queen), as the
younger sibling of Elsa, effectively establishing a family dynamic between the
characters. With Elsa as the Snow Queen,
the team tried to give really human qualities to the character, but the production
really took of when one small suggestion
changed everything: “What if Anna and
Elsa were sisters?” When the decision
was made to make the Snow Queen Elsa
and our protagonist Anna sisters, that
gave a way to relate to the characters in a
way that conveyed what each was going
through and that would relate for today’s
audiences. This film has a lot of complicated characters and complicated relationships in it. There are times when Elsa
does villainous things but because you understand where it comes from, from this
desire to defend herself, you can always
relate to her. “Inspired by” means exactly
that. There is snow and there is ice and
there is a Queen, but other than that, the
production departed from the original
tale quite a bit.
The scope and the scale, and most importantly the heart of Andersen’s story are
very much present in Disney’s Frozen,
but with the new treatment the curse of
the Snow Queen had been lifted. From
an animated section of a live-action film
overseen by Walt himself through countless animated feature attempts, a possible
Pixar movie, a possible Disneyland attraction and Tokyo DisneySea production and
back again to a feature project, Frozen—a
beautifully animated, delicately told tale
of sisterhood and chatty snowmen—is finally here. The Snow Queen’s journey to
the big screen may have been tortuous,
but, as audiences all around the world are
about to discover, it was more than worth
it. Frozen is downright magical.
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“The coloring styling of Eyvind Earle (Sleeping Beauty, 1959) provided great inspiration
for Frozen, particularly with the costume palette. Deep, rich analogous hues and subtle
temperature shifts balanced with black helped create a distinctive, shape-based look.”
source: the art of Frozen
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EXTRAS
* Yodelberg (2013) (3:33)
This short is advertised as “all-new” and it’s a
head-scratcher, until you learn that it is actually the second episode of Disney Channel’s Emmy-winning current “Mickey Mouse” series of 3½
minute shorts. This oddly-styled, Flash-animated
toon sees Mickey to try to climb the Swiss Alps to
get to Minnie while staying quiet to avoid an avalanche. In this company, at least, this short is decidedly not good, but at least it’s mercifully short.
Mickey’s Christmas Carol 30th Anniversary Special Edition (Blu-ray/DVD + Digital Copy)
Ring in the holidays with a new 30th
Anniversary Special Edition of Mickey’s
Christmas Carol. Disney’s timeless tale
sparkles like never before on Blu-ray and
Digital Copy, with fully-restored classic
holiday shorts, plus all-new bonus features.
Make the season merry as Mickey, Goofy,
Donald and all their pals star in a heartwarming retelling of Dickens’ unforgettable holiday tale. Ebenezer Scrooge
(Scrooge McDuck) is far too greedy to
understand that Christmas is a time for
kindness and generosity. But with the
guidance of some wise ghosts (Goofy and
Jiminy Cricket) and a bunch of newfound
friends, Scrooge learns to embrace the
spirit of the season. Share this wonderful
holiday treat with the whole family.
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Two-disc set (1 BD, 1 DVD)
Digital copy (as download)
DVD copy
Slipcover in original pressing
* The Hockey Champ (1939) (7:28)
Donald Duck plays ice hockey on a frozen lake
with his nephews Huey, Dewey, and Louie, and attempts to outsmart them.
* Pluto’s Christmas Tree (1952) (6:46)
One of the last and best shorts in Mickey’s original run, this fun cartoon brings Chip ‘n Dale inside Mickey’s home, to Pluto’s irritation, via the
Christmas tree that Mickey chops down.
* The Art of Skiing (1941) (7:54)
One of Goofy’s narrated how-to shorts, this aims
to teach you the art of skiing (pronounced “sheeing”) with a series of gags putting Goofy in the
midst of mishaps.
* Corn Chips (1951) (6:57)
Chip ‘n Dale crash Donald’s house when he’s making popcorn. Inevitably, war ensues.
* short: The Hockey Champ (1939)
* * songs from the movie
* one note however. Absent from the eaxtrs is the
making of Mickey’s Christmas Carol that acompanied the cartoon on it’s release.
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Mickey and Minnie under the mistletoe
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Thumber is tmuping anxiously to unwrap
his present on Christmas morning.
All these tees and more are available at Disney
Clothiers in Main Street U.S.A. at Disneyland Paris.
Decorate your Christmas Tree Disney
style with these Disney Christmas figures.
Donald, MIckey., Minnie and Stitch available in Santa outfits.
* Available throughout the park in various shops,
or at La Boutique du Chateau, the Christmas store
in the Castle.
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Main Street U.S.A. Christmas Tree Ornaments
Love the new Christmas Tree on Main
Street U.S.A. as much as we do? Take a
good look at all the ornaments in the
tree. Various Ornaments are available in
smaller versions for your own Christmas
Tree at home.
* Available throughout the park in various shops,
or at La Boutique du Chateau, the Christmas
store in the Castle.
Maleficent’s Fury - Tim Rogerson
From Disney artist Tim Rogerson comes
this beautiful work of art. Featuring Maleficent in all her glory, this canvas gallery
wrap is a limited edition piece. Signed by
the artist, be sure to get yours before they
are all sold out.
•Limited Edition Hand-Embellished Giclée on
Canvas or Chiarograph on Paper
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•Signed by artist Tim Rogerson
•Comes with Certificate of Authenticity
•Size: Canvas - 24” x 18” | Chiarograph on Paper 20” x 15”
* Available at Harrington’s Main Street U.S.A., Disneyland Paris
came from very humble beginnings, growing up on a farm in Marceline, Missouri.
The informative and approachable narrative details Walt’s service in World War
I, his early ambitions to be an animator,
and the creation of Mickey Mouse. From
there, the story chronicles Walt’s major
film developments, including Snow White
and Bambi, and the genesis of Disneyland and Walt Disney World. The book is
heavily illustrated throughout with character art and photos of Walt. The text is
also augmented by quotes from Walt himself, which makes it seem as though he’s
telling his own story. Aspiring animators,
Disney fans, and dreamers of all kinds
will be inspired by Walt’s ambitions and
achievements.
•Hardcover: 64 pages
•Publisher: Disney Press (September 29, 2009)
•Language: English
•ISBN-10: 1423121058
•ISBN-13: 978-1423121053
•Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 8.2 x 11.3 inches
Disneyland Paris Attraction Pins
Walt Disney - His life in Pictures
If you are interested in the man Walt Disney and want to learn more about his life
Diane Disney Miller’s 1959 book The story of Walt Disney comes highly recommended. Sadly this book is out of print,
but you can occasionally find second
hand copies online.
If not the book Walt Disney - His life in
pictures is still available through online
services like Amazon. Not written by Diane, but apporoved (and she wrote the introduction). You can learn about the man
behind the mouse. You’ll learn that Walt
Pins of various attractions (La Tanière du
Dragon, Le Carrousel de Lancelot, It’s a
Small World, Space Mountain, Nautilus,
Thunder Mesa Riverboat Landing) are
now available in Disneyland Paris to add
to your collection.
* Available at Harrington’s Main Street U.S.A. and
other shops at Disneyland Paris
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‘Disney Dreams of Christmas’ debuted on the tenth of last November Just a few days
before ‘ World of Color: Winter Dreams’ in California Adventure opened.
There are quite a lot similarities between these two shows but there is one thing you
only find at Disneyland Paris; our Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant that serves as
the center of this wondrous show.
Just like Disney Dreams this show is made with fountains, projections, lasers, truly wonderful music, amazing fireworks and lots of Disney magic that leaves you with a smile
in your heart, well, and one on your face that will only disapear after just a few hours.
Before we start, put on your Light Ears and glow with this show!
Disney Dreams of Christmas is hosted by Olaf the snowman, by now a well known
character from Frozen.
This show celebrates the Holiday Season with scenes from Frozen, Classic Disney Animation a heartwarming ode to ‘It’s a Small World After All’, a hilarious Toy Story Version of the Nutcracker, a Sing-a-Long in different languages and ofcourse, a stunning
finale. This show goes from beautiful to emotional and ends with the best Christmas
party ever. To be honest, we’ve never experienced this much Christmas within the span
of 20 minutes, and it’s amazing.
As always, after you think the show’s over there’s more to come and for a while, Central
Plaza , Main street and the Christmas Tree at Town Square become part of the show so
don’t forget to look around you!
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 wish...  wish ... wish, there was some sort of lassical
oliday take to capture the pirit of the eason as interpreted by sjaikovski and performed by oys....
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More images of Disney Dreams of Christmas on Disneygraphy in this gallery....
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Our very good friend Silvia was kind enough the create some original art for this
issue of Disneygraphy Magazine.
Tinkerbell on page 2 and the Gingerbreqad Mickey and Minnie on the back of the
magazine are her work. You can fiind more art by Silvia on her Flick page.
Furthermore: the maleficent linedrawing
we used on this page was created by
Tim Rogerson. his final artwork is
featured in Emporium.
several fonts used in the magazine:
Aeronaut, nautilus, craftsmen ornaments
are from david acchino. the fonts can be
bought at his website.
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