After walking around the castle to enter Fantasyland, I came upon this window. It's near the new Bibbity Bobbity Boutique. It's a gift shop and salon for making little girls look like princesses. They also have a few things for boys, but the main focus is little girls.
I used to wish they had stuff like this when I was a little girl. Sure, we had Disney princess costumes, but nothing like what's been available in the last ten years. When I was a kid, all I had was my She-Ra costume. She-Ra taught little girls to be self-sufficient scantilly-clad women with unnatural hair colors. When I first heard about this place opening up, I wished they had some stuff for adults as well. Then I saw a mother and daughter who had both received makeovers at the salon, and I was glad that it was normally for kids.
So, as you can see, this window is a tribute to some of the major Disney princesses: Snow White, Ariel, Belle, Aurora and Cinderella. Each throne is themed to each princess with an appropriate throne and a momento on the seat representing something important about their story. Snow White's has the flowers she picked in the forest before the huntsman nearly hacked her heart out and an apple like the one she took a bite from that put her in a coma. Happy times; real character-builders.
Ariel's throne is adorned with sea plants a shell, and a turquoise pillow is on the seat with her beloved dinglehopper sitting there. I've never seen "The Little Mermaid 2", but I'm sure at some point Eric told her that it wasn't for her hair. I hope.
I used to wish they had stuff like this when I was a little girl. Sure, we had Disney princess costumes, but nothing like what's been available in the last ten years. When I was a kid, all I had was my She-Ra costume. She-Ra taught little girls to be self-sufficient scantilly-clad women with unnatural hair colors. When I first heard about this place opening up, I wished they had some stuff for adults as well. Then I saw a mother and daughter who had both received makeovers at the salon, and I was glad that it was normally for kids.
So, as you can see, this window is a tribute to some of the major Disney princesses: Snow White, Ariel, Belle, Aurora and Cinderella. Each throne is themed to each princess with an appropriate throne and a momento on the seat representing something important about their story. Snow White's has the flowers she picked in the forest before the huntsman nearly hacked her heart out and an apple like the one she took a bite from that put her in a coma. Happy times; real character-builders.
Ariel's throne is adorned with sea plants a shell, and a turquoise pillow is on the seat with her beloved dinglehopper sitting there. I've never seen "The Little Mermaid 2", but I'm sure at some point Eric told her that it wasn't for her hair. I hope.
Below you can see Belle's and Aurora's throne. Belle's is stocked with some books for when it gets boring and the ladies run out of stuff to talk about. Also, resting on the seat is a red rose like the enchanted one the Beast kept as a reminder of his impending doom, had she not been there. That's one way she can make sure he won't take her for granted.
Aurora's throne has flowers on it (I'm assuming roses since her under-cover name was "Briar Rose") and a ball of blue yarn on a pink pillow. The color symbolism is nice, but I kept asking myself, "Why yarn? Sleeping Beauty never knits." But then it dawned on me that it's there because she pricked her finger on a spinning wheel. Her movie never delves too much into her personality, so it's hard to guess how Aurora might react to seeing something that's made by the thing that nearly killed her being used as a sweet tribute to her.
Also below are Jaques and Gus leading into Cinderella's throne.
Cinderella's throne has two of her girly mice friends (I'm sure they have names, but I don't know them), the blue sash used for her first dress (the one that her stepmother allowed her stepsisters to trash while she was wearing it) and one of her glass slippers. And that gorgeous reflection in the window is yours truly. Please note that even in a window reflection you can see that I don't tan.
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