Frozen's Elsa and Anna joining Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade?

By WDWMAGIC Staff · Thursday January 30, 2014 7:19am EST · "Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade"

Are Frozen's Elsa and Anna joining the upcoming Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade? According to one of our sources familiar with the situation, the answer is yes.

Due to the huge popularity of the movie and the character appearances at Epcot, a last minute change has seen the introduction of Elsa and Anna to the Princess Garden float, taking the place of Princess Aurora.

Disney Festival of Fantasy, the new Magic Kingdom parade, is expected to debut in mid-March 2014. Disney has not yet officially confirmed any of the characters who will be taking part in the parade.

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Just a wild stab in the dark but there was a smaller Castle Float that could have been repurposed for Frozen with relatively minor overlays. Doubtful I know, but it just might fill the bill.
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That picture makes me sad. I'll miss seeing Alice, Hatter, Peter, and Wendy on the same float. :(

BUT HECK YES FOR FROZEN!!!!!!!!!!! :joyfull:
There won't be a float added. What we will see is an addition to a current one.
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Will the addition include themed pieces related to Frozen, or will it just be the addition of the characters?
Frozen's Elsa and Anna joining Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade?
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I thought Tiana was taking the place of Aurora on the Royal Court float? Ray was added to it no?
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Makes sense. I heard Aurora was frequently late for work and found dozing off during rehearsals. Anna and Elsa are much more reliable.
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That is what had been suggested on this board with the appearance of what looked to be Ray and Evangeline. If that is what they are planning, I think I would rather have Tiana and Naveen there. The idea of putting the Neverland/Wonderland float back in as Frozen is intriguing, but I think I would cry since that was always the float we would most look forward to in CDCT (with much love for Mr. Hatter!) And the glass etching of Walt Disney on the back of that float was pretty awesome. However, I doubt they will bring any of the floats back – there will be those who will rage about reusing old, tired floats when everything else is new (or new to us!) Mid-March can’t get here soon enough!
Maybe Elsa and Anna will join Rapunzel and Flynn?
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From what I remember, Tiana and Naveen were supposed to share the last unit of the garden float with Aurora and Phillip, so they still might be a part of it. I'm curious as to how they would theme Anna and Elsa's side of the float, considering gardens and snow aren't exactly compatible.
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Okay, I will accept this. And I guess Elsa has learned to control her powers?
Maybe Phillip will be battling a dragon anyway…
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About a third of the movie is snow-free. It'd be like having Ariel with legs.
I find it very troubling that Aurora is the one getting the boot... she has a movie coming out this year... What happened to Synergy? Maleficient actually looks good. (The movie. And the character.)
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this parade as a whole unit for this movie
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As soon as it was revealed that there would be a Maleficent unit, I sort of assumed that Aurora would be a part of that and not on the Princess float. I haven’t seen the most recent video, but wasn’t it mentioned that there was a spinning wheel inside of the dragon? Maybe that is where Aurora will end up.