Disney Princess | |
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Created by | Andy Mooney |
Original work | Animated films |
Owner | The Walt Disney Company |
Years | 2000–present |
Print publications | |
Book(s) | Disney Princess Chapter Books A Jewel Story |
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Magazine(s) | Disney Princess |
Films and television | |
Film(s) | Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams |
Animated series | |
Games | |
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Extension | Palace Pets [1] |
Clothing | Disney Fairy Tale Weddings collection |
Official website | |
https://princess.disney.com/ |
Disney Princess, also called the Princess Line, [2] is a media franchise and toy line owned by the Walt Disney Company. Created by Disney Consumer Products chairman Andy Mooney, the franchise features a lineup of female protagonists who have appeared in various Disney franchises.
The franchise does not include all princess characters from the whole of Disney-owned media but rather refers to select specific female lead characters from the company's animated films, including only protagonists of animated films from Walt Disney Pictures, with twelve characters from the Walt Disney Animation Studios films and one character from a Pixar film, with the term "Princess" for the franchise being used as a title in a way unrelated to the royal title, being used as a term for specific heroines who have shown notable inspiring qualities. [3] The thirteen characters in the franchise consist of Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Moana, and Raya. [4]
The franchise has released dolls, sing-along videos, apparel, beauty products, home decor, toys, and various other products featuring some of the Disney Princesses. [5] Licensees for the franchise include Glidden (wall paint), Stride Rite (sparkly shoes), Fisher-Price (plastic figurines), Lego (Lego sets), Hasbro and Mattel (games and dolls). [6]
Standing in line in the arena [of a Disney on Ice show], I was surrounded by little girls dressed head to toe as princesses...They weren't even Disney products. They were generic princess products they'd appended to a Halloween costume. And the light bulb went off. Clearly, there was latent demand here. So the next morning I said to my team, "O.K., let's establish standards and a color palette and talk to licensees and get as much product out there as we possibly can that allows these girls to do what they're doing anyway: projecting themselves into the characters from the classic movies."
—Mooney, on his creation of the Disney Princess franchise as reported by The New York Times [7]
Former Nike, Inc. executive Andy Mooney was appointed president of The Walt Disney Company's Disney Consumer Products division in December 1999. [8] [7] [9] While attending his first Disney on Ice show, Mooney noticed that several young girls attending the show were dressed in princess attire—though not authentic Disney merchandise. [10] "They were generic princess products they'd appended to a Halloween costume", Mooney told The New York Times . Concerned by this, Mooney addressed the company the following morning and encouraged them to commence work on a legitimate Disney Princess franchise in January 2000. [7] Walt's nephew, Roy E. Disney, objected to the creation of the line, as the company has long "avoided mingling characters from its classic fairy tales in other narratives, worrying that it would weaken the individual mythologies." [2]
The original Disney Princess line-up consisted of Snow White, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Esmeralda and Mulan. Esmeralda was removed soon after. [11] Tinker Bell was also removed; she would go on to headline the sister franchise series Disney Fairies . This was the first time the characters would be marketed in a separate franchise from their original films. Mooney decided that, when featured in marketing advertisements such as posters, the princesses should never make eye contact with each other to keep their individual "mythologies" intact. "[Each] stares off in a slightly different direction as if unaware of the other's presence." [7]
In an unconventional manner, Mooney and his team launched the Disney Princess line without utilizing any focus groups and with minimal marketing. By 2001, Disney Consumer Products (DCP) had generated about $300 million, but by 2012, the division had increased revenue to $3 billion, making it the top seller of consumer entertainment products globally. [12] DCP issued princess product licenses to Hasbro for games, Mattel for dolls, and Fisher-Price for plastic figurines in 2000, allowing the franchise to meet the $1 billion mark in revenue in three years. [6]
Tiana became the first additional character to the Disney Princess franchise officially on March 14, 2010, taking Tinker Bell's short-lived place as the ninth member. Her "coronation" took place at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in Midtown Manhattan. [11] [13] Tinker Bell was already heading up another franchise, Disney Fairies, starting in 2005. [11]
Rapunzel was crowned and inducted into the franchise as the tenth member on October 2, 2011, during "Rapunzel's Royal Celebration", a special event in London. Also attended by the other Princesses plus the Fairy Godmother and Flynn Rider, it included a procession through Hyde Park concluding with a ceremony at Kensington Palace in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, a residence used by the Royal Family since the 17th century and whose residents included Diana, Princess of Wales and Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon. Disney hosted the event in cooperation with Historic Royal Palaces, a British nonprofit organization that maintains the State Rooms. [14] [15] [16]
On May 11, 2013, Merida became the first Pixar character as well as the eleventh member of the franchise series in a coronation ceremony in front of Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, United States of America. [17]
In May 2019, Moana was added to the line-up as the twelfth member of the franchise without having a coronation ceremony, but rather being included in new future merchandise. [18]
In August 2022, it was announced that Raya from Raya and the Last Dragon would be inducted as the thirteenth member in the franchise during World Princess Week at Disneyland Paris. [19] [20] In January 2023, she was included in some Disney Princess products and has been later added in August that year among the other princesses on their official website. [21] [22]
At different points, Tarzan's Jane Porter, Enchanted's Giselle, and Frozen's Anna and Elsa were considered to join line-up but didn't officially join. [11]
A line of Disney Fairy Tale Wedding gowns were designed by Kirstie Kelly, based on the Princesses, and were available in January 2008. [23]
In 2012, the Princesses were given modern redesigns. While some like Tiana and Rapunzel just had added glitter on their outfits, others like Belle, Ariel, and Jasmine received new hairstyles or modified outfits. The most drastic of these was Cinderella, who was given side-swept bangs and an outfit with sheer sleeves.
With Target Corporation as its marketing partner, Disney held the first National Princess Week on April 23, 2012. During the week, there was the release of The Princess Diaries on Blu-ray and The Very Fairy Princess book. [24] Harrods already has a Disney Store within, followed by their Christmas theme, Disney Princess, by having Oscar de la Renta designed dress for the Princess on display. [25] In August, the dress was on display at the D23 Expo before being auctioned on November 13 to benefit Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity. [26]
Mattel added a Barbie princess-themed line in late 2010 and the fairy tale-based Ever After High in 2013. With these competing lines and an expiration of the brand license at the end of 2015, Disney offered Hasbro a chance to gain the license, given their work on Star Wars , which led to a Descendants license. DCP was also attempting to evolve the brand by marketing them less as damsels and more as heroines. In September 2014, Disney announced that Hasbro would be the licensed doll maker for the Disney Princess line starting on January 1, 2016. [6]
The June 2013 release of the Disney Princess Palace Pets app from Disney Publishing led DCP to turn Palace Pets into a Disney Princess franchise extension, with the release of the Palace Pets toy line in August from licensee Blip Toys. The line was also selected by TimetoPlayMag.com for its Most Wanted List Holiday 2013. [1] In 2015, Disney Publishing released the animated short series Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets . The short journey to the magical world of Whisker Haven, a secret realm deep in a fairy tale land between the Disney Princess kingdoms. [27]
Disney Consumer Products and Interactive Media launched the Princess Comics line, which was started with Princess Comics graphic novels by Joe Book, in August 2018 at Target with Hasbro figures and Hybrid Promotions apparel. This expansion featured Belle, Jasmine, Ariel, Rapunzel, and Pocahontas. [28]
On April 27, 2021, Disney launched the Ultimate Princess Celebration. This year-long event brought back the princesses' classic designs and included many special events, products, and performances. Despite not being official, Anna and Elsa from the Frozen franchise were included in parts of the celebration; [29] they were removed from their temporary inclusion in the collection at the end of August 2022. [4] When the celebration launched in South Africa on April 29, 2021, Sofia from Sofia the First and Elena from Elena of Avalor were also included in its territory, though in a lesser capacity than the other princesses. [30] [31]
In January 2022, Mattel regained the license to produce lines of toys and dolls for the brand. [32] [33]
The official canon of Disney Princesses consists of the female protagonists from thirteen selected Disney films, most of whom have royal ties within their fictional universes. They were given an official number in the franchise line-up based on the chronological order in which their films were released, starting with Snow White as the first and original Disney Princess and Cinderella as the second, followed by Aurora and so on. [34]
No. | Name | Film | Year |
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1 | Snow White [35] | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs | 1937 |
2 | Cinderella [36] | Cinderella | 1950 |
3 | Aurora [37] | Sleeping Beauty | 1959 |
4 | Ariel [38] | The Little Mermaid | 1989 |
5 | Belle [39] | Beauty and the Beast | 1991 |
6 | Jasmine [40] | Aladdin | 1992 |
7 | Pocahontas [41] | Pocahontas | 1995 |
8 | Mulan [42] | Mulan | 1998 |
9 | Tiana [43] | The Princess and the Frog | 2009 |
10 | Rapunzel [44] | Tangled | 2010 |
11 | Merida [45] | Brave | 2012 |
12 | Moana [46] | Moana | 2016 |
13 | Raya [22] | Raya and the Last Dragon | 2021 |
Name | Film | Year |
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Tinker Bell [11] | Peter Pan | 1953 |
Esmeralda [11] | The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1996 |
Area | Park/Resort | Location | Featured Princess(es) | |
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Name | Type | |||
Disneyland Resort Anaheim Resort, Anaheim, CA, US | Disneyland | Royal Hall | Greeting | Multiple |
Snow White Grotto | Snow White + Multiple | |||
Frontierland | Pocahontas | |||
New Orleans Square | Tiana | |||
It's a Small World Mall | Ariel (2023 live-action version) | |||
Disney California Adventure | Napa Rose (Breakfast only) | Dining/Greeting | Multiple | |
Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa | Grizzly Peak | Greeting | Raya | |
Walt Disney World Bay Lake, Orlando, FL, US | Magic Kingdom | Princess Fairytale Hall | Multiple | |
Cinderella's Royal Table | Dining/Greeting | Cinderella, Snow White, Aurora, Ariel, Jasmine, Rapunzel | ||
Enchanted Tales with Belle | Show/Greeting | Belle | ||
Ariel's Grotto | Greeting | Ariel | ||
Town Square | Snow White | |||
Liberty Square Gazebo | Merida | |||
Agrabah Bazaar | Jasmine | |||
Epcot | Akershus Royal Banquet Hall | Dining/Greeting | Multiple | |
France Pavilion | Greeting | Aurora, Belle | ||
Germany Pavilion | Snow White | |||
Morocco Pavilion | Jasmine | |||
China Pavilion | Mulan | |||
Journey of Water | Experience/Greeting | Moana | ||
Disney's Hollywood Studios | Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage | Show | Belle | |
Walt Disney Presents | Greeting | Ariel (2023 live-action version) | ||
Disney's Animal Kingdom | Discovery Island | Pocahontas, Moana | ||
Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa | 1900 Park Fare | Dining/Greeting | Cinderella, Tiana | |
Garden View Tea Room2 (Breakfast only) | Aurora | |||
Disney's Wilderness Lodge | Artist Point | Snow White | ||
Disney's BoardWalk Resort | Trattoria al Forno2 (Breakfast only) | Ariel, Rapunzel | ||
Tokyo Disney Resort Urayasu, Chiba, Japan | Tokyo Disneyland | World Bazaar | Greeting | Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Rapunzel |
Fantasyland | Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel | |||
Critter Country | Pocahontas | |||
Tokyo DisneySea | Arabian Coast | Jasmine | ||
Mermaid Lagoon | Ariel | |||
Disneyland Paris Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy, Paris, Île-de-France, France | Disneyland Park (Paris) | Princess Pavilion | Single random | |
L'Auberge de Cendrillon | Dining/Greeting | Cinderella and 2-3 others | ||
Disneyland Hotel | La Table de Lumière | Belle and 2-3 others | ||
Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Penny's Bay, Lantau Island, Hong Kong, China | Hong Kong Disneyland | Royal Reception Hall | Greeting | Random |
Adventureland | Jasmine, Mulan, Moana | |||
Frontierland | Pocahontas, Tiana | |||
Shanghai Disney Resort Pudong, Shanghai, China | Shanghai Disneyland | Adventure Isle | Raya | |
Storybook Court | Random | |||
Aulani Ko Olina Resort, Kapolei, Oahu, HI, US | Aunty's Beach House | Experience/Greeting | Moana |
All the princesses are available for meet-and-greets at Disneyland Resort in California. Additionally, in 2006, as part of the "Year of Million Dreams" celebration, the Fantasyland Theater began hosting the Disneyland Princess Fantasy Faire, a show featuring "Lords" and "Ladies" who taught young boys and girls the proper etiquette to be a Prince or Princess and featured appearances from the Disney Princesses. In 2010, Rapunzel was given a Tangled meet-and-greet location. The Carnation Plaza Gardens bandstand, adjacent to Sleeping Beauty Castle, was closed to replace a new Fantasy Faire area in the Spring of 2013. [47]
Fantasy Faire | |
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Disneyland | |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | March 3, 2013 |
Replaced | Carnation Plaza Gardens |
Website | Fantasy Faire |
Magic Kingdom | |
Name | Princess Fairytale Hall |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | September 18, 2013 |
Replaced | Snow White's Scary Adventures |
Website | Princess Fairytale Hall |
Shanghai Disneyland | |
Name | Storybook Court |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Soft opening date | May 7, 2016 |
Opening date | June 16, 2016 |
Website | Storybook Court |
Hong Kong Disneyland | |
Name | The Royal Reception Hall |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Soft opening date | December 13, 2017 (temporary) |
Opening date | December 14, 2017 (temporary) November 21, 2020 (reopened) |
Website | The Royal Reception Hall |
Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
Name | Princess Pavilion |
Area | Fantasyland |
Status | Operating |
Website | Princess Pavilion |
Ride statistics | |
Attraction type | Meet-and-greet location |
Theme | Gothic-inspired village & fair |
source | [48] |
The Fantasy Faire area at Disneyland officially opened on March 12, 2013, as the permanent home for the Disney Princesses, consisting of a Royal Hall, a Royal Theatre, Maurice's Treats food cart, and a Fairytale Treasures gift shop. [48] [49] The theater features two small shows based on Beauty and the Beast and Tangled. The hall is used for meet and greets with the princesses, which have a rotation schedule with three princesses scheduled to appear at a time. [48]
The current Princess character dining offering at Disneyland is the "Disney Princess Breakfast Adventure" at Napa Rose at Disney's Grand Californian Hotel & Spa. [50]
At Walt Disney World, the Princesses are available for meet-and-greets in more specific locations. Character dining for multiple Princesses is located at Cinderella's Royal Table at Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom and at Akershus Royal Banquet Hall, which is named after Akershus Fortress in Oslo and is set inside a partial recreation of the fortress/castle at the Norway Pavilion at Epcot. Snow White, Dopey, Grumpy, and the Queen can also be met at "Story Book Dining at Artist Point with Snow White" at Artist Point at Disney's Wilderness Lodge. [51] Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Ariel and Rapunzel, along with Prince Eric and Flynn Rider, could also be met at the "Bon Voyage Adventure Breakfast" at Trattoria al Forno at Disney's BoardWalk Resort, but it is yet to resume. [52] Similarly, the Perfectly Princess Tea party at the Garden View Tea Room at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa featuring Aurora is also yet to resume following the pandemic. [53] In April 2024, 1900 Park Fare at the same resort reopened with "Wish Makers Enchanted Dining" featuring Cinderella and Tiana, among others, including Aladdin and Mirabel from Encanto after having previously hosted "Cinderella's Happily Ever After Dinner" (formerly known as the "Cinderella's Gala Feast Dinner") featuring Cinderella, Prince Charming, Anastasia and Drizella before the pandemic. [54]
Several Princesses are also found in their respective pavilions around the Epcot World Showcase, such as Snow White in Germany, Mulan in China, and Belle and Aurora in France. On September 18, 2013, a new meet-and-greet attraction called Princess Fairytale Hall opened in Fantasyland at the Magic Kingdom behind Cinderella Castle. [48] [55] [56]
A meet-and-greet location for a single Disney Princess is located at the Princess Pavilion near It's a Small World. In addition, Paris' Disneyland Park also hosts a Disney Princess character restaurant, L'Auberge de Cendrillon (Cinderella's Inn), beside Le Château de la Belle au Bois Dormant (Sleeping Beauty's Castle) in a building similar to a classic French inn and resembling Cinderella's Castle from the film. Since 2023, princesses and their princes have greeted guests at the character restaurant La Table de Lumière (Lumière's Table) in the Disneyland Hotel.
A Disney Princess meet-and-greet location called Storybook Court is operational and is located at Enchanted Storybook Castle. [48]
Hong Kong Disneyland's Castle of Magical Dreams has a meet-and-greet location being The Royal Reception Hall for the Disney Princesses.
The Aulani Disney Vacation Club resort at the Ko Olina Resort in Hawaii also hosts Kakamora Chaos with Moana at Aunty's Beach House, its kids club. The experience includes traditional Hawaiian children's games as well as the Kakamora Relay from her homeland of Motunui. [57]
Princess Party Palace (formerly known as The Princess Power Hour) was a programming block on Toon Disney from 2000 until 2007. It used to air episodes of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin.
The Disney Princesses' television appearances were compiled into the Disney Princess Collection, a series of compilation VHS cassettes containing episodes from Aladdin and The Little Mermaid, as well as two Beauty and the Beast specials. A later DVD series, Disney Princess Stories, featured content similar to the previous release.
Belle had her live-action television series Sing Me a Story with Belle . The first eight Disney Princesses also appeared on the animated TV series House of Mouse . Cinderella, Belle, and Snow White also made cameo appearances in the TV animated series Mickey Mouse . The television special The Little Mermaid Live! starred Auliʻi Cravalho as Ariel. [58] The 2022 TV special Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration starred H.E.R. as Belle. [59]
In early 2007, Disney announced Disney Princess Enchanted Tales, a new series of direct-to-video features that feature new stories for the Disney Princesses. The first film in the series, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams , was released on September 4, 2007. It is a musical film featuring a new tale about Princess Jasmine and the first new tale about Princess Aurora since the original Sleeping Beauty. Originally, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: A Kingdom of Kindness was announced as the first film in the series, which contained a different Princess Aurora story and had a Belle story rather than a Princess Jasmine story. Disney made this change without any sort of notice.[ citation needed ] The series was cancelled, and only Follow Your Dreams exists. [60]
The TV series Once Upon a Time , which aired on Disney-owned ABC, featured live-action versions of Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Aurora, Mulan, Ariel, Rapunzel, Merida, Jasmine, and Tiana. Snow White and Belle are the main characters, while the rest make recurring and/or guest appearances. Beginning in season 7, Cinderella, Tiana, and Rapunzel are the main characters. Many of these characters are patterned after the Disney versions, but a few draw inspiration from older stories.
The TV series Sofia the First premiered on January 11, 2013, on Disney Junior. Cinderella appeared in the first film, Once Upon A Princess. Jasmine, Belle, Aurora, Snow White, Mulan, Tiana, and Merida appeared on the show. Ariel and Rapunzel appeared in the TV specials The Floating Palace and The Curse of Princess Ivy, respectively. However, Sofia is a minor princess and not in the royal court. She is voiced by Modern Family star Ariel Winter. In 2017, the TV series Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure debuted with the television film Tangled: Before Ever After serving as the pilot. In December 2020, it was originally announced that Tiana and Moana would have spin-off TV shows, both airing on Disney+, with Moana: The Series debuting in 2024 and Tiana set for a later date. However, in February 2024, Moana: The Series was transformed into Moana 2 , which is set for release on November 27, 2024, while Tiana will still be airing on Disney+ at a later date. [61]
In the films Maleficent (2014) and Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019), Elle Fanning plays Aurora. [62] [63] Lily James portrays Cinderella in the eponymous 2015 film. [64] Emma Watson is seen as Belle in the 2017 film Beauty and the Beast . [65] Naomi Scott stars as Jasmine in the 2019 film Aladdin . [66] Liu Yifei appears as Mulan in the eponymous 2020 film. [67] Halle Bailey plays Ariel in the 2023 film The Little Mermaid . [68] Rachel Zegler has been cast to portray the title character in the upcoming 2025 film Snow White . [69] Catherine Laga'aia has been announced to play Moana in the upcoming 2026 film of the same name. [70]
The Princesses, along with Anna and Elsa (and Moana, who was not included in the franchise until the following year), make guest appearances in the 2018 film Ralph Breaks the Internet . This film marks the first direct interaction between the characters in an animated Disney feature. [71] Rich Moore and Phil Johnston, the directors of Ralph Breaks the Internet, said that a film focusing on the Disney Princesses could be made depending on the audience's response and "if there's a good story to be told." [72]
In 2021, Disney Channel began to air shorts in the Chibi Tiny Tales series, a loose follow-up to Big Chibi 6 The Shorts , based on the Disney Princess franchise. The first episode, "Moana As Told By Chibi", was released on August 27, 2021. [73]
An animated Lego special, Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest , was released on Disney+ on August 18, 2023. The special stars Snow White, Ariel, Tiana, Rapunzel, and Moana, in an adventure to stop the evil plans of Gaston (the main antagonist of Beauty and the Beast ). [74]
The Princesses, excluding Merida, appeared in the short film Once Upon a Studio (2023) in celebration of Disney's 100 anniversary. [75]
Disney Princess Chapter Books
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In Kilala Princess , a Japanese fantasy/romance manga produced by Kodansha that debuted on Nakayoshi in April 2005, a girl named Kilala and her adventures to find her kidnapped friend with the help of the first six Disney Princesses (Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, and Jasmine). However, Kilala herself is not considered part of the franchise.
On February 24, 2016, a Disney Princesses anthology ongoing comic book's first issue hit the stands. The series is published by Joe Books. [76] Joe Books expanded Disney Princess to a graphic novel line as an exclusive for Target along with a Hasbro figure line and a Hybrid Promotions apparel line. [28]
Disney Princesses have appeared in various other media, such as video games, including Disney Princess: Enchanted Journey , Disney Princess: Magical Jewels , and Disney Princess: My Fairytale Adventure . [77]
Rapunzel can be found as a playable character in the 2013 game Disney Infinity . Disney Infinity 2.0 has the addition of Merida and Jasmine. However, Merida is also included with Stitch in the Toy Box Starter Pack. Disney Infinity 3.0 has the addition of Mulan.
All Disney Princesses are also playable characters in the mobile game Disney Magic Kingdoms , with Cinderella, Aurora, Pocahontas, and Rapunzel being part of the main storyline, while the rest are limited time characters.
Almost all the Disney Princesses, with the exception of Cinderella and Pocahontas, are playable characters in the role-playing game Disney Mirrorverse . [78]
Ariel, Belle, Rapunzel, Moana, Mulan, and Tiana appear as villagers in Disney Dreamlight Valley , with Merida, Cinderella, Aurora and Jasmine set for future updates.
Jasmine, Belle, Ariel and Mulan are all playable characters in the kart racing game Disney Speedstorm .
In the Kingdom Hearts game series, the seven "Princesses of Heart", are young ladies with entirely pure hearts who would open the way to Kingdom Hearts if gathered together. Five of these maidens include the Disney Princesses being Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, and Jasmine. The remaining Princesses of Heart are Alice from Alice in Wonderland and game series' heroine, Kairi. While both Ariel and Mulan are not Princesses of Heart, they are instead party members of their respective worlds. The Disney Princesses make various appearances throughout the series:
As of 2024, five Disney Princess films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant":
Fantasmic! is a nighttime show at Disneyland and Disney's Hollywood Studios. The show formerly operated at Tokyo DisneySea. It features fireworks, characters, live actors, water effects, pyrotechnics, lasers, music, audio-animatronics, searchlights, decorated boat floats, and mist screen projections. The narrative of Fantasmic! is a voyage through Mickey Mouse's imagination that culminates in a battle against the Disney Villains.
Storybook Land Canal Boats is an attraction located at the Disneyland and Disneyland Park (Paris) theme parks. Passengers embark on a leisurely paced outdoor boat ride through a winding canal featuring settings from Disney animated films recreated in miniature. The Disneyland version was one of the original attractions when the park opened on July 17, 1955, although the miniature buildings and landscaping were not added until the following year. The version in Disneyland Paris is named Le Pays des Contes de Fées and opened in the spring of 1994.
"If You Can Dream" is the first song that was originally written and recorded specifically for the Disney Princess media franchise. It was written, produced, and arranged by Robbie Buchanan and Jay Landers. It was first released on the album Disney Princess: The Ultimate Song Collection.
A Christmas Fantasy Parade or Christmas Fantasy Parade is an annual parade presented at Disneyland Park in the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The parade is a holiday parade that runs from mid-November until the weekend after New Year's Day. It debuted during the 1995 Holiday Season, replacing the "Very Merry Christmas Parade". The parade features several Christmas themed floats and a catchy soundtrack, along with favorite Disney characters such as Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Pluto, Goofy, Clarabelle, Elsa, Anna, Olaf, Sheriff Woody, Buzz Lightyear, Belle, the Beast, Snow White and her Prince, Princess Aurora, Prince Phillip, Cinderella, Prince Charming, Ariel, Prince Eric, and the Babes in Toyland soldiers. Earlier versions of the parade included Scrooge McDuck, Roger Rabbit, Max Goof, Winnie the Pooh, Tigger, Eeyore, characters from Lilo & Stitch, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Mulan, Aladdin, and also young children.
Tiana Rogers is a fictional character in Walt Disney Pictures' animated film The Princess and the Frog (2009). Created by writers and directors Ron Clements and John Musker and animated by Mark Henn, Tiana is voiced by Anika Noni Rose, with Elizabeth M. Dampier voicing the character as a child. She will appear in the Disney+ series Tiana.
Disney Princess: Magical Jewels is a video game in the Disney Princess franchise that was developed by 1st Playable Productions and released by Disney Interactive Studios for Nintendo DS in 2007. It is designed as a 2D puzzle action-adventure and features the six original Disney Princesses: Aurora, Belle, Cinderella, and Snow White are in the main game, while Jasmine and Ariel are playable in minigames.
The Disney's Fairy Tale Weddings & Honeymoons is a program offering wedding and honeymoon services to couples at the Disneyland Resort in California, the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, the Tokyo Disney Resort in Japan, the Disneyland Paris Resort in France, the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort in Hong Kong, the Shanghai Disney Resort in China, and on the Disney Cruise Line. It operates within the Disney Parks, Experiences and Products segment of The Walt Disney Company.
The heroes and heroines of most Disney movies come from unstable family backgrounds; most are either orphaned or have no mothers. Few, if any, have only single-parent mothers. In other instances, mothers are presented as "bad surrogates," eventually "punished for their misdeeds." There is much debate about the reasoning behind this phenomenon.
Mark Alan Henn is an American animator and film director. His work includes animated characters for Walt Disney Animation Studios films, most notably leading or titular characters and heroines. He served as the lead animator for Ariel in The Little Mermaid (1989), Belle in Beauty and the Beast (1991), Jasmine in Aladdin (1992), Young Simba in The Lion King (1994), the title character in Mulan (1998), and Tiana in The Princess and the Frog (2009). Since all these characters except Simba became Disney Princesses, he came to be known as the "princess guy" around the studio. He directed the short films John Henry (2000) and D.I.Y. Duck (2024). Henn spent a total of 43 years at Walt Disney Animation Studios, from 1980 until his retirement in 2023.
Mickey's Pirate and Princess Party was a hard-ticketed event held throughout the months of January through June at the Magic Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida outside Orlando. A smaller version was also planned for Disneyland Paris Resort in 2011, but was cancelled. This event combined two of The Walt Disney Company's franchises, the Disney Princess line and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise.
Rapunzel is a fictional character in Disney's animated film Tangled (2010). Based on the title character from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale of the same name, Rapunzel is a young princess kept unaware of her royal lineage by Mother Gothel, a vain woman who kidnaps her as a baby to hoard her hair's healing powers and remain young forever. Raised in a secluded tower, Rapunzel escapes with a wanted thief who promises to help her see the elusive floating lights in time for her 18th birthday, in exchange for a crown she has hidden from him. She is voiced by actress and singer Mandy Moore.
Disney Princess: Enchanting Storybooks is an art-based video game published by Disney Interactive Studios and developed by THQ that players can play on the uDraw GameTablet for the Wii. The game is based on various princesses from Disney animated films, including Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Cinderella, Rapunzel, and Tiana. It was released on November 15, 2011 for the Wii and Nintendo DS.
Whisker Haven Tales with the Palace Pets is an American animated short series animated produced by Disney Publishing and Ghostbot Studios. It is based on the Disney's Palace Pets, a spinoff of the Disney Princess franchise. The series is directed by Alan Lau and written by Shea Fontana. It premiered on the Disney Junior watch app and subsequently aired on Disney Junior. The animated shorts were made available through the accompanying app as of 2019 “Palace Pets in Whisker Haven,” which also included activities and games featuring the Palace Pets.
Lego Disney is a Lego theme based on the various Disney Princesses and Disney characters involved in different Disney films and television series. It is licensed from Walt Disney Pictures. The theme was first introduced in 2016 and was re-branded theme from the Lego Disney Princess line in 2017. The toy line was accompanied by several shorts and television specials based on Lego Disney.
Disney Stars on Parade is the current parade in Disneyland Park at Disneyland Paris. The parade premiered on 26 March 2017, as part of the park's 25th anniversary celebration. The parade celebrates the discovery of the lands of imagination, represented by various Disney and Pixar films, such as Toy Story, The Jungle Book, The Lion King, Finding Nemo, SleepingBeauty, and Frozen.
Happily Ever After is a fireworks and projection mapping show which debuted at the Magic Kingdom on May 12, 2017. Unlike its predecessor, Wishes: A Magical Gathering of Disney Dreams, the show includes projection mapping, lasers, and searchlights, in addition to pyrotechnics, featuring characters from a wide array of Disney films, and music arranged by Tim Heintz. The show's theme song of the same name was written by Adam Watts, Melissa Peirce, and Andy Dodd, and performed by Angie Keilhauer and Jordan Fisher; it is adapted from Hong Kong Disneyland's 10th anniversary celebration and Shanghai Disneyland's Mickey's Storybook Adventure.
Sleeping Beauty is a Disney media franchise that began in 1959 with the theatrical release of the animated film Sleeping Beauty, based on the homonymous fairy tale.
Castle of Magical Dreams is the centerpiece castle at Hong Kong Disneyland. It replaced the park's previous centerpiece, Sleeping Beauty Castle, as part of the park's 15th anniversary celebration. The castle's design pays tribute to the 12 Disney Princesses and 2 Frozen queens: Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna, Elsa, and Moana. It is the third attraction to open as part of the park's multi-year expansion from 2018 to 2023.
Wondrous Journeys was a projection mapping and fireworks show at Disneyland that debuted on January 27, 2023. It premiered alongside World of Color: One as part of the Disney 100 Years of Wonder celebration to commemorate the centennial of The Walt Disney Company. The show contains a large assortment of songs and characters from the entirety of the Walt Disney Animation Studios feature film canon.
Lego Disney Princess: The Castle Quest is a 2023 animated streaming television special based on both the Lego Disney toyline and Disney Princess franchise. It is a crossover between several characters featured in films produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, and the first Lego special based on the franchise. In the special, five princesses have been transported to a mysterious castle and must stop Gaston from taking over their individual kingdoms.
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