Radio Metro Arena, Newcastle – Tuesday 5th Oct 2015. Reviewed by Rebecca, age 9 years
There were lots of children dressed up as their favourite Disney character, they were playing with dolls and light up toys that they had brought and everyone was very excited listening to the Disney music. When the introducer started to talk about when the show was going to start there was a buzz going round the arena, then Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Pluto and Donald came on the ice and everybody cheered.
They introduced Toy Story, the green soldiers came out first and did a really cool dance, there were loads of them but they kept in time, marching on the ice without anyone falling over. The costumes were amazing; Lotso, Ham, Rex and Slinky were gigantic characters. Ken and Barbie did a great dance with lots of lifts, Kens hair was plastic like it was painted his head. Lots of cardboard children came running through the nursery and started pulling Mr and Mrs Potato Heads eyes and nose. Woody and Jess were there too, they all did lots of the songs to tell the story it was really good.
The next story was Ariel; it wasn’t as long as Toy Story. Children from the audience had a chance to take part as they got in a boat that was pulled along the ice by two fish. The costumes were very colourful and exciting and it was hard to find a particular one to look at as they were all amazing. A massive Ursula came on to steal Ariel’s voice, she was quite scary, and a great affect was the scroll used to get Ariel’s voice, it came down on a wire from the ceiling! Actual real bubbles appeared from the ceiling as well, it was like really being under the sea.
Then it was half time, plenty of things to buy from the stalls and get extra candy floss or popcorn. Soon everyone was back buzzing for the next part of the show.
Mickey and Minnie welcomed us back again with the clever idea of driving a car on the ice as if they were going on holiday, however they broke down and as if by magic Mater appeared! Then what I thought was really good was that Sally and Lightning McQueen came on and there was lots of sparklers and fake fireworks which really gave realistic car noises. There was a scene with lots of cars dancing on the ice but this went on for quite a long time, the tricks were good but I found this scene a bit boring after a while. This time there were traffic lights in the ceiling!
Next it was everyone’s favourite…FROZEN…again great effects, realistic market carts, a water fountain, castle backdrop, drapes, rising staircase, snow falling down, snowflakes light up the ice. They even managed to make everything look like it turned to ice with a thin curtain coming down over the castle and blue lighting. The highlight of the costumes were Elsa and Anna’s light up cloaks, it was like the cloaks reacted with the emotions of the story e.g. when Anna got turned to ice her cloak turned blue. Olaf was very cute, sadly no Sven the reindeer which I think was a shame.
Overall it was a fantastic show, the special effects were awesome, the characters were very realistic and I can’t wait for the next Disney on Ice show!!