Great Ice Odyssey
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Disney on Ice
Disney On Ice is a touring ice show produced by Feld Entertainment under agreement with The Walt Disney Company. Aimed primarily at children, the shows feature figure skaters dressed as Disney cartoon characters in performances that each derive their music and plot from elements collected from...
show produced by Irvin
Irvin Feld
Irvin Feld was the head of Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus and founder Feld Entertainment. He was a music promoter who is credited with discovering Paul Anka.-Biography:...
and Kenneth Feld
Kenneth Feld
Kenneth Jeffrey Feld is the CEO of , which owns Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, Disney on Ice!, and He is also the producer of several Broadway plays. The business was started by his father Irvin Feld and Ken became CEO upon his father's death in 1984. He has three daughters, two...
, as a follow-up to Walt Disney's World on Ice. It first opened in 1982.
Plot
It is a time of celebration at the Magic KingdomMagic Kingdom
Magic Kingdom Park is one of four theme parks at the Walt Disney World Resort located near Orlando, Florida. The first park built at the resort, Magic Kingdom opened Oct. 1, 1971. Designed and built by WED Enterprises, the park's layout and attractions are similar to Disneyland in Anaheim, California...
for it is the 55th anniversary of Mickey Mouse
Mickey
Mickey is a common name, derived from Michael. The word may refer to one of the following:-Fictional characters:* Mickey Mouse, a Disney cartoon character* Mickey Goldmill, a character from the Rocky franchise...
& Minnie Mouse
Minnie Mouse
Minerva "Minnie" Mouse is an animated character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney. The comic strip story "The Gleam" by Merrill De Maris and Floyd Gottfredson first gave her full name as Minerva Mouse. Minnie has since been a recurring alias for her. Minnie is currently voiced by actress Russi...
's relationship. After the park closes for the evening, Tigger, Winnie the Pooh and many other characters come out to celebrate the happy occasion.
Unbeknownst to them, however, The Evil Queen from Snow White
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
, in her Castle of Sorrow, dislikes the idea of happiness and asks The Magic Mirror, "Magic Mirror On the Wall, tell me who dares to be more full of happiness than me." The Magic Mirror informs her of Mickey & Minnie's celebration; displeasing her. She plans to end their happiness before midnight.
Meanwhile, Mickey & Minnie make plans of their own: to celebrate their occasion, they would do so with a big dress ball, with a special guest—Prince Charming, who has been searching for his true love. Cinderella is pleased to go to the ball, but her jealous stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella will not stand for it, so they destroy her dress and leave her to clean up the mess they make. However, her Fairy Godmother appears to fix everything, by instantly cleaning up the mess and by turning Cinderella's old dress into a brand-new, more beautiful gown and a pumpkin into a magnificent coach with which for her to get to the ball on time.
In her castle, meanwhile, The Evil Queen is working to come up with a spell to turn happiness into misery. She finally decides on enchanted ruby amulets to do the trick and summons a pair of ravens. She puts an amulet around each of their necks and dispatches them to test the amulets' powers on the first victim they find.
Mickey and Minnie plan to invite The Three Little Pigs to the ball as well, and they drive off in Goofy's jalopy
Jalopy
A jalopy is a decrepit car, often old and in a barely functional state. A jalopy is not a well kept antique car, but a car which is mostly rundown or beaten up. As a slang term in American English, "Jalopy" was noted in 1924 but is now slightly passé...
to do it, but the pigs are hesitant, because they are being threatened by The Big Bad Wolf. The first pig takes refuge in his house of straw, then in the second pig's house of sticks, and finally, the third pig's house of bricks, as the first two houses fall victim to the wolf's blowing them down, but as the wolf reaches the Practical Pig's brick house with a machine, the queen's ravens arrive and use the amulets around their necks to put the wolf under their spell.
The ravens bring the now-terrified wolf before the queen, who then asks The Magic Mirror confidently of her plans to eradicate the two mice's happiness, only to be threatened by more bad news of not one, but two more happy couples: Donald Duck & Daisy Duck and Prince Charming & Cinderella, so the queen sends the ravens to the ball to ruin their joy for good.
The ball commenced with a grand parade. No sooner do Mickey, Minnie and the prince arrive than Cinderella's own arrival steal the heart of the prince. The ball commences, but it does not stay commenced for long, for as the clock strikes midnight, the queen's spell is cast, suspending everything in time. Meanwhile, the ravens arrive and kidnap the ladies (with Goofy in tow). When the spell wears off and everyone comes out of their trance, Mickey, Donald and Prince Charming not only find their respective ladies vanished, but everything happy turned to sorrow. Cinderella's Fairy Godmother then appears to inform them of the whereabouts of the ladies in the queen's Castle of Sorrow, so they all set off on their journey to save the day.
In a dungeon in the Castle of Sorrow, Minnie, Daisy, Cinderella and Goofy are imprisoned. The Captain of the Guards torments them, at Goofy's expense. The captain then knocks himself out against the cell door and the prisoners try to flee after they swipe his keys, but Goofy's progress is a bit too loud for them to go any further before The Evil Queen has her guards put the four back in their cell, whereupon the queen freezes them in a solid block of ice. She then turns back to The Maggic Mirror to ask of her plan. Alas, the mirror only provided still more bad news: Mickey, Donald and Prince Charming are nearing the castle as they head through The Frightening Forest, so the queen sends her guards and The Big Bad Wolf to eliminate the heroes for good, but the heroes defeat the guards easily; Donald surprisingly providing much of the victory. However, The Big Bad Wolf goes to warn The Evil Queen of the heroes' arrival. She then summons the Dragon of the Double Doom to help her do in the heroes once and for all.
Mickey Mouse does battle against The Evil Queen, Donald Duck against The Big Bad Wolf and Prince Charming against the dragon. When the prince slices the dragon in half, two more replace it. At this sight, Donald blacks out. As he does so, however, he completely vanquishes the wolf. The prince, redoubling his efforts, quickly eliminated both demons. Mickey, meanwhile, still had his gloved hands full with The Evil Queen, who keeps eluding him. Soon, Mickey spots several flashlights, which eliminate The Evil Queen, but the three heroes still have the problem of freeing the prisoners from the tomb. Cinderella's Fairy Godmother arrives to provide the solution: only the power of love can melt the ice. So the prince sings of his love for Cinderella. In doing so, the icy cage glows warmly and brightly until the ladies and Goofy are finally broken free!
They do not have much time to greet each other, for they had to hurry; Disneyland is due to open very soon, so they quickly return to Disneyland for an even bigger celebration: the triumph of good over evil.
Featured Disney movies
- Three Little PigsThree Little Pigs (film)Three Little Pigs is an animated short film released on May 27, 1933 by United Artists, produced by Walt Disney and directed by Burt Gillett. Based on a fairy tale of the same name, Three Little Pigs won the 1934 Academy Award for Best Short Subject: Cartoons. In 1994, it was voted #11 of the 50...
- Snow White and the Seven DwarfsSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American animated film based on Snow White, a German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the first full-length cel-animated feature in motion picture history, as well as the first animated feature film produced in America, the first produced in full...
- CinderellaCinderella (1950 film)Cinderella is a 1950 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and based on the fairy tale "Cendrillon" by Charles Perrault. Twelfth in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film had a limited release on February 15, 1950 by RKO Radio Pictures. Directing credits go to Clyde Geronimi,...
- The Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohThe Many Adventures of Winnie the PoohThe Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is the 22nd full-length animated film produced by Walt Disney Productions and first released on March 11, 1977....
Featured skaters
- John Carlow
- PeterPeter CainPeter Christian Cain is an Australian pair skater who currently works as a coach. With sister Elizabeth Cain, he is the 1976 World Junior bronze medalist and a four-time Australian national champion. Their highest placement at the World Championships was 12th in 1977. They competed in the 1980...
and Elizabeth CainElizabeth CainElizabeth Jane "Liz" Cain is an Australian former pair skater and current figure skating coach. With brother Peter Cain, she is the 1976 World Junior bronze medalist and four time Australian national champion.Their highest placement at the World Figure Skating Championships was 12, in 1977. They... - Almut LehmannAlmut LehmannAlmut Lehmann is a German pair skater.With partner Herbert Wiesinger, she is a three-time German national champion and 1973 European bronze medalist. They placed 5th at the 1972 Winter Olympics...
- Herbert WiesingerHerbert WiesingerHerbert Wiesinger is a German former pair skater.He partnered with Marianne Streifler until 1969. They were two-time German silver medalists and placed 11th at the 1968 Winter Olympics. The pair represented the Frankfurter REC club.He teamed up with Almut Lehmann in 1970 and competed with her...
- Jamie-Lynn Kitching
- Susan Brodie
- Larry LaBorde
- Greg and Brenda Ladret
- The Ponces
- Hans Leite