Review: Disney on Ice: Worlds of Fantasy

Disney On Ice - Worlds of Fantasy

Worlds of Fantasy is a Disney on Ice show that is currently touring Australia. Prepare yourself for a magical hour and half of colourful costumes, dexterous moves and fantasy story ideas covering some of the favourite Disney characters.

The show starts with Mickey and Minnie, along with Donald and Goofy greeting the audience in the trademark red car.

Mickey And Minnie make an entrance

The red car gets broken and that is an invitation for the crowd favourite Mater to come onto the stage with the rest of the Cars characters and perform their sequence. This is followed by the Little Mermaid sequence and the Lion King sequence then rounds it up before the intermission. After the 10 minute intermission there is only one sequence featuring the cast and characters from Tinkerbell.

For local Queensland fans, there are two notable events:

The show stars Queensland’s own skating superstar in Daniel Harries, who performs as the evil Scar from The Lion King, among other characters. And on the FRIDAY JULY 1 show at 1.45pm, local skaters from the Iceworld Figure Skating Club will perform a pre-show. A troupe of 42 based at Acacia Ridge will perform their show, A Disney Dream, at 2pm.

Our family loved the show. Both the kids (and the grandma) were rapped with attention. And what kid wouldn’t? Look at the people behind!

The crowd is enthralled!

The show, from a parent’s perspective, is a little long on both sides of the intermission. If both the Tinkerbell and Lion King sequences are shortened by 5-10 minutes each, it would stop the little ones from fidgeting and restless. We could hear heaps of kids around us who were little tired from having to sit in the same place for so long. Attention span, even for a colorful show like this, can be a hard beast to conquer for little ones.

Other than that, the show seems to target girls more than boys (as was in evidence at the show where we went). Tinkerbell and Little Mermaid are girl favourites, and little boys only had the Cars show. Lion King seems to be too old to bother girls or boys.

Disney on Ice Stage

Finally, here is the usual crib about excessive and expensive merchandising at the show? $15 for a bucket of popcorn? Or candy floss? If you are a family of four, on an average income, you better start saving if you want the kids to splurge at the show itself. The show and its characters are a hit with the audience, so the pester power of kids will be hard to ignore.

WHAT: Disney On Ice presents Worlds of Fantasy

WHEN:

In Brisbane:

Thursday, June 30 at 11am

Friday, July 1 at 11am and 2.30pm

Saturday, July 2 at 11am, 2.30pm and 6pm

Sunday, July 3 at 11am and 2.30pm

WHERE: Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Boondall. You have to pay $10 for parking.

TICKETS: Ticketek on 132 849 priced from $28*

WEB: www.ticketek.com.au/disneyonice

For other cities, please see the full schedule here

CraftGossip attended the show courtesy of Disney On Ice

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Last month I shared some tips for teaching the alphabet to kids and why going in alphabetical order isn’t the best way to do it. Honestly a lot of learning at this age has to do with play, so let’s look at some fun alphabet activities that kids can do that will help them learn the alphabet.

Activities that get kids moving and learning at the same time are ideal for preschool, and Forward with Fun has a few great ideas, like this fly swatter letter recognition game (which you could also use for numbers, words, all sorts of things you’re learning) and a beginning sound stomping game.

Another fun alphabet game you can do at home or adapt for wherever you are is this printable alphabet scavenger hunt from Play Party Plan. They’ve got a list of items to find and also a blank printable you can write your own list on, or let kids write down what they find for each letter.

Or do a literal letter scavenger hunt like this one from Happily Ever Mom. This one uses the letters from an alphabet puzzle but you could also use magnet letters or just cut out shapes of letters. It also adds the fun of doing it in the dark and hunting with a flashlight, but you can also do it with the lights on if you want.

This alphabet sensory bottle from Parenting Chaos is made with a set of alphabet beads and would be fun to keep in the classroom or have in the car or for quiet times.

Use what you have to make an alphabet learning activity, like this one made with Duplo blocks from Playtivities. You can stick letters to the sides of blocks (or write them on) and just play with them, use them for letter recognition and talking about sounds, and eventually spelling and reading, too.

Turn letter learning into craft time by making a big letter out of a bunch of little letters with this activity from Meaningful Mama. If you don’t get magazines anymore check with your local Buy Nothing group, or your local library may have some they’re looking to get rid of.

I think most preschoolers love dot markers, so these free alphabet dot marker worksheets from Daydream into Reality would be a great thing to download and print out. This is a great set because it includes uppercase and lowercase letters, and some have letter tracing practice while others include something that starts with that letter that kids can color. Work with one letter at a time or the letters in the child’s name and then provide the whole set as a quiet time activity.

Another great set of alphabet worksheets that isn’t free (and would also be good for older kids) is this set from My Nerdy Teacher. These worksheets include letter tracing and recognition activities, as well as objects to color.

I also love these alphabet roads printables from Messy Little Monster, which kids can use with cars to trace the letters (they could also be playdough mats you use to form the letters in the shape shown, or trace with a dry erase marker).

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