The top little fox in front of you, with clear blue eyes staring intently at you... In 2 minutes, Ling Na Belle is just for you.
You deserve it. Woke up by the alarm clock at 5:30 a.m. on weekends, took the first subway and rushed into the park non-stop, and then queued for more than 5 hours, in exchange for 2 minutes of interaction and a group photo.
It is rare to have such a close distance, the details are magnified, and you are close enough to recognize that its purple little dress has a tie-dye-like process, and the fox's pink fur is also rumored to be "weed" so that it is not so oily and shiny, and the petite man about one meter six looks a little big.
△ At about 7 o'clock in the morning of March 26, people entered the door and began to "sprint"
In between the moments, the little fox has waved at you in a friendly way. For a while, you leave your age and the real world behind, hold hands, coquette, embrace solidly like friends, and any door of the fairytale world opens from her arms, and you step in.
On March 6, Shanghai Disneyland officially announced the official return of the Disney Character interactive experience, and after three years of the epidemic, guests can once again come forward and "stick" with dolls. On social platforms, people posted a large number of stories of hugging, talking and taking photos with Disney friends.
As the "top stream" born in 2021, Ling Na Belle, who opened the interaction for the first time, was more crazy "sought after", and the interaction once had the meaning of racing - than who got up earlier and ran faster than who opened the park, so as to embrace earlier.
Dissent abounded, fans and interactive tourists talked about their own happiness, but there was no shortage of voices on the Internet that did not understand: "Isn't it just a doll?" Idle? ”
On March 26, the reporter came to Shanghai Disneyland to queue up to experience an interaction with Ling Na Belle, felt the pink bubbles on the scene, and heard many stories between tourists and Ling Na Belle. As far as the eye can see, it is people and the little fox who make their own strange moves and amuse each other, it is someone who has red eyes and even tears after being hugged, it is someone who is not satisfied with interaction and spends a whole day "squatting" where the little fox appears: "commuting", "morning exercise", floats, "cleaning railings", colorful celebrations...
△ Ling Na Belle "wiped the railing"
Out of sight, the fairy tale world does not use currency, but the real world cannot escape reality and desire.
The high value of the little fox has also attracted the attention of all parties, some people shoot videos to earn traffic, and some people use rules, time and a little luck to master the "wealth code" of real money - for example, after winning the purchase right of selected goods, annual pass users can use 399 yuan to buy the original price of 499 yuan M size Ling Na Belle dolls (fans call "M Bei"), selling them at the original price to make a profit, and many will choose a premium price - Ling Na Belle's fans across the country still have market stock. It is worth mentioning that many of the people who resell goods are iron fans of Disney and Ling Na Belle, and love and interests bind them deeper to the little fox.
Love, healing, desire, curiosity, emptiness, outside the fairy tale world, people have their own stories.
Willing "hard work"
For many people, interacting with Ling Na Belle has healing powers, which makes them willingly get up early, sprint, queue up, and spend.
On the morning of March 6, Shanghai Disneyland officially announced that the Disney Character interactive experience officially returned, and after three years of the epidemic, guests can once again come forward and "stick" with dolls.
△ Ling Na Belle hugs the tourists
As a new member of the Duffy family, who was only born in Shanghai Disneyland in September 2021, the popular little fox Ling Na Belle opened up for the first time. According to relevant reports, as early as 2021, when they could only look at each other across the yellow line, the interactive queue would have to queue for 2 hours at every turn. This time, you can touch the real little fox, and people are even more excited.
The sudden official announcement made the girl Vivi the first lucky one to hold Ling Na Belle. It was Monday, and at half past eight on the release of the open interactive news, she was picking up Ling Na Belle "to work" with many people at Disney Plenty Hall. Suddenly, she saw Ling Na Belle tilting her head and reaching out to her to "ask for a hug", and after a moment of blank mind, her body involuntarily rushed forward and was the first to throw herself into the arms of the little fox.
"Hands passed through her arms like holding a little chubby cat." In an interview with Gu Yu Lab, Vivi described it as "soft and very warm, just like I imagined." ”
The news spread overwhelmingly, and tourists from the north and south of the world rushed to the park.
In the first few days, the interactive passenger flow was full before 8 am, which also forced some "rolled" tourists to squat outside the park and queue up at 2 am; Many visitors with one-day tickets have to spend hundreds of yuan more to buy early tickets and strive to rush into the park an hour earlier. Because the number of interactive people was "bursting", the little fox had to start "working overtime", and around March 13, his closing time was moved from the original afternoon to more than 8 pm.
△ Tourists waiting to pick up Ling Na Belle "off work"
More people can queue up to interact, but the queue time is often up to five or six hours, and on social platforms such as Xiaohongshu, a large number of "first-come, first-served" experiences begin to appear——
Be sure to arrive before half past seven, line up to "enjoy early" in, try not to bring bags to avoid security checks, after checking the ticket to enter the park, run in the direction of the Fengshengtang tribal house!
△ Ling Na Belle opens her arms to greet the interviewer
Wait for the time to meet
On March 26, with a pre-purchased one-day ticket and early access card, the reporter boarded the first subway on Line 11 to Shanghai Disney Resort.
It was a Sunday morning, and as expected, there were no seats from the downtown stop, and looking around the carriage, you could "catch" the surroundings of Ling Na Belle such as dolls, backpacks, and blankets. Many people have a look on their faces that they haven't woken up until "Terminus, Disney." When getting out of the car, someone started running in small steps.
Time recording is on.
Exit at 7:08, arrive at the park entrance at 7:13, pass security at 7:22, pass tickets at 7:27, and enter the interactive team at 7:32. Holding Ling Na Belle's pink palm, it was 12:46 more than five hours later.
In the meantime, annual pass users are in a row, and entering the park is faster. The queue for one-day tickets is longer, but the speed is fair, and there are many parents who come with their children. The sound of the park music has been raised, and as soon as I entered the door, the reporter followed many people and began to sprint.
I don't want many of them to be "imaginary enemies", and there are also many people running to arrange popular projects and interact with other Disney partners. After discovering this, the reporter slowed down a little, and when he arrived at the Ling Na Belle interaction point in the Abundance Hall Tribal House, he became the third to last group to arrive in the early enjoyment card. The staff kindly reminded: "It takes about four hours for your location to interact. Another staff member said there were about 90 people in line in front of reporters. By about 8:20, the "army" of people who had not purchased early access cards began to arrive at the scene.
△ At about 7:30 a.m. on March 26, tourists lined up outside the Fengsheng Hall
△ On the morning of March 26, Ling Na Belle stood in line at the interactive point
△ The team waiting to interact with Ling Na Belle
At 8:30, the crowd made a commotion. The cry of "Baby" and "Belle" came out first, and then the little fox in a small lilac dress, with its pink paws and wagging its big fox tail, walked out of the wooden door of the store.
Ling Na Belle "went to work".
From Area E outside the crocodile pond, to Area C under the heated wooden shed, to Area B in front of the store, and finally Area A in front of Ling Na Belle, the team moved slowly. You can't see the little fox most of the time in line, but the topic about it is enough to last the hours when people wait to meet him.
"Don't talk about work"
Fang Meng carried a Disney blue merchandise bag containing M shells, called Little Fox "Daughter", and dressed it in a tweed skirt purchased online. This is children's clothing, not so suitable for dolls, the fox's big tail also has some stuck skirts, compared to many specially tailored clothing will leave a hole in the tail - Fang Meng feels that this new skirt is more beautiful. While waiting, the "fox daddy" took out the doll from time to time to brush the hair and skirt.
"Can I hold it?" After staring for a while, the girl behind Fang Meng tried to speak, and after getting the promise, she and her partner excitedly held M Bei and took photos for a while, moving carefully.
The two girls, one wearing a star-dainy hairband and the other carrying a Duffy backpack, liked several Disney characters, including Ling Na Belle, but because they did not live in Shanghai often, they decided to set aside half a day to check in "Ling Na Belle", Disney's hottest project.
△ Tourists holding Ling Na Belle and taking photos under the flower trees
The topic unfolded naturally, and the people before and after joined the "group chat" together. Everyone shared all kinds of insights about Ling Na Belle——
"Dui Dui, Ye Qi, Xiao Jiu (the title given by fans to different Ling Na Belle cast members), which one did they target in the last hot search incident?"
"Some people don't really want to arrange, they just want to shoot videos to attract traffic to their accounts, and then sell goods. No way, Belle's traffic is high. ”
"How do you interact for a while? It's very simple, if it doesn't work, you can praise it beautifully, and then hug and take pictures with it. ”
While chatting, someone talked about work, but was interrupted by a laugh: "Oh, don't talk about work in the happiest place on earth." ”
They turned to talking about the annual pass: "I recently stopped the annual pass, otherwise if you live in Shanghai, it is still a good time to live in Shanghai!" ”
Some girls from other places said: "Come and shop when you are tired from work, how stressful!" ”
Fang Meng, as a Disney iron fan, shared the most "star chasing" experience. During the casual conversation, he said that a set of dolls' clothes cost more than 200 yuan, "To raise a daughter, you have to be willing to spend money." He turned out the photo album and showed all the styles of Ling Na Belle in the dust cabinet at home, different sizes, and one did not leak. There are also several M shells that need to be bought by lottery, and they are dressed up in different customized clothes, "The daughters raised by different families are different." The girl behind Fang Meng smiled and sighed - there were several people holding M Bei before and after the team, some wearing Han clothes, gauze skirts, clothes and pants, and the same dolls showed different temperament.
Fang Meng, a 35-year-old Shanghai native, lives in Putuo District, and works on weekends and weekends, giving him a lot of time to come to Disney. "When it's empty, it will come, once a week, and it's fun to do nothing. The Unlimited Diamond Annual Card is a great deal, and I can come in with a swipe of my face. Fang Meng said that there are many "parents" who love Ling Na Belle as much as him, some live close, some work flexible hours, often come to Disney, and have become friends with each other. Because they don't queue up to play the project, it's purely to feel the atmosphere of the park, watch the "daughter" or draw the signature of special goods, and their mentality here is very relaxed.
If they have time, they will also huddle for the little fox during the parade of floats. Huge floats slowly drove past Paradise Avenue, shouting Ling Na Belle's name, holding the little fox's doll above their heads and forming a pink wave to the music. Little foxes often sense, bounce and wave their hands, or give them another high-five, and a grand joy can infect them for a long time.
△ Before the float parade starts, tourists wait on the side of the road. In order to have a better location, they had to come here early
△ During the float parade, tourists raised the Ling Na Belle in their hands
The joy of being able to embrace is doubled. Shanghai Disney's official announcement of interaction came suddenly, Fang Meng could not come over on the first day, and on the second day he queued for 6 hours to get the opportunity to interact, "You can know it yourself, it is very soft and comfortable, it is too cute." Fang Meng said with a smile that every time he bought a new dress for the little fox, he thought of bringing it over to show it a hug and make it happy.
Once during a float parade, he held up a Ling Na Belle doll wearing a Sakuragi Hanamichi costume, which was seen by the little fox, and it poked the Disney character Keqian on the side to look at it together, and then made a shooting action in response to Fang Meng.
At that moment, the heart of the "old father" was hit hard.
"Like a dream"
The team moved slowly, and Ling Na Belle was close in front of her. The little fox takes a break of about 20 to 30 minutes to interact, and then returns to work after 10 minutes, passing through the merchandise section on the way, a process fans call "commuting." It is possible to have a short interaction without waiting in long lines, which is the second most important option for many tourists. They waited on its way, holding up their phones and stretching out their hands, and the little fox ran all the way over, hula-la-sweeping their palms one by one, and laughing everywhere they went.
Queues have up to 2 minutes of dedicated time. You can interact alone, with friends or in groups of visitors. Many tourists have made full preparations, most of them are dressed up dreamily and cutely, such as wearing Ling Na Belle costumes and blankets, and many tourists bring their own dressed Ling Na Belle dolls, placed on the shelves in the interactive area, and point them to the little foxes.
△ Tourists bring their own costumed Ling Na Belle
Of course, there are also many unexpected tricks, such as bringing other dolls to make her jealous, bringing a set of mysterious gifts, opening and discovering that it is a "five-year college entrance examination three-year simulation", or wearing an exaggerated head suit to pretend that you are an alien... They like to watch Ling Na Belle's reaction, which is a kind of souvenir after being filmed, and it is easy to share with the outside world.
The little fox digested these well, hugging sweetly, tilting his head, nodding; However, the more "wild" and "rebellious" it is, the more excited everyone is. In a large number of videos on the scene and social platforms, it will spread its hands wordlessly in front of the test paper of the "five-year college entrance examination and three-year simulation", will lift its small skirt when excited, say that it has a big belly, it will cover its ears, and will pretend to take away the doll shown to it by the interviewer and then pull it back by the "breeder".
In the widely circulated "Erchuang" video, people voice its mental activity, "I really want to throw you into the crocodile pool" and "Do you listen to this human language?" "The little fox can't stand this."
At about 12:40 p.m. on March 26, Fang Meng came to the little fox with M Bei in a skirt. He told Ling Na Belle that he saw the hot search of "picking the inner gut" before, felt the grievances of the little fox, and hoped that it would not be taken to heart. The little fox held his head and nodded again, and gave Fang Meng a big hug. Fang Meng applied to kiss it, and the little fox became naughty again, pretending not to allow and quickly compromised, and let Fang Meng gently hit him on the side. The photo froze and became Fang Meng's new avatar.
Xiao Kuang told reporters that before Ling Na Belle, she liked the same "naughty hanging" Chichititi in Disney the most, because it was "fun", and they also had a large number of interactors. When Ling Na Belle first landed on Shanghai Disneyland in 2021, Xiao Kuang felt that it was "quiet and quiet" and did not care too much, until soon after, she suddenly brushed a video of the little fox "flying" to break the stereotype. After coming from Jiangsu to find out, Xiao Kuang was out of control with it ever since.
On March 26, it was Ling Na Belle's first time to Shanghai Disneyland after opening up the interaction. She held Ling Na Belle's hand, couldn't say anything, there was an uncontrollable smile at the corner of her mouth, and without saying a few words, she began the regular steps of hugging, taking selfies, and taking pictures. In less than 2 minutes, Xiao Kuang came off the field, his eyes red.
"It doesn't seem to be playing well," she sniffled and laughed, "I don't know what's wrong, like a dream." ”
Love is tied to interests
In March this year, the red red panda "Meimei" made its world premiere at Shanghai Disneyland. "Will the 'newcomer' Meimei become the new top?" It has become a question in the minds of many people. But more people have a definite answer in their hearts: Ling Na Belle is still irreplaceable.
"In recent years, among the younger generation, the 'moe' culture has prevailed, and Ling Na Belle has captured this point." Wu Shenggen, associate professor of the Department of Advertising at the School of Journalism and Communication of Shanghai University, once analyzed to the media that the character image launched by Disney caters to the needs of the times and is in the arms of young people.
Li Shuanglong, deputy dean of the School of Journalism of Fudan University, believes that Ling Na Belle is not only regarded as a doll by netizens, but an "anthropomorphic" existence, which meets the expectations of fans and allows fans to live a "cultivated" addiction.
Fan Xiao Jia analyzed to reporters that although there are no works, Ling Na Belle "looks cute, has a distinct personality, and has a clear personality", and the business interaction is like her work, and in the era of fragmented communication, this "work" can be spread more quickly. And the fans who are in it, interact with it like a joke, and there is indeed an "immersive" experience.
In the past year and a half since her "debut", with the popularity of Ling Na Belle, the discussion and analysis and controversy of public opinion have never stopped. In the early days of Ling Na Belle's "debut" through queuing up to buy dolls, people lined up in a long line for "Bei", and when the "2021 Duffy and Friends Christmas Collection" was released, the number of people queuing in the cold winter exceeded 5,000 at most, and some people even called the police due to chaotic order on the spot; Scalpers and counterfeit products have also proliferated. Related: Over 5,000 Disney people line up at 3 a.m. to buy dolls! What is the magic of this "Christmas model"?
Shanghai Disneyland has also changed the way popular products such as Ling Na Belle are sold several times. Such as online registration in advance, lottery and offline purchase for a limited time; Another example is today's qualification to enter the "Long Moon Eclipse" by relying on tickets, and the selected goods purchased by the winning person enter the quota; Taobao has also launched the official flagship store of Shanghai Disneyland, regularly listing related products including Ling Na Belle.
Although most of Ling Na Belle's styles are already relatively easy to buy, because some special products can only be purchased at the Moonshine Restaurant, especially products such as M shells are still scarce, it also breeds a special phenomenon - some of the "iron powder" that goes to Shanghai Disneyland has become a "scalper" for hanging goods. Love and tangible interests bind them even deeper with Ling Na Belle.
Fang Meng is one of them, he once hated scalpers, and gradually "joined if he couldn't beat it". One M shell, the original price is 499 yuan, and annual pass users can buy it at a 20% discount. Annual pass tourists who have come to Disney many times have won more times and can get more special goods, and Fang Meng tends to buy them by lottery. "It must be sold, some people rarely come once and don't win the lot, how happy it is to take one directly from the park." You can earn 100 if you sell it at the original price. ”
In order to get a specific product, some fans will also accept a little markup. Open social platforms such as Xiaohongshu, you can see many "Long Moon Winning the Lot, Does anyone want it?" ", the replies under it often have pricing revealed, many of which are higher than the original price, and transactions can be carried out in the park.
Fang Meng revealed that before the official flagship store of Shanghai Disneyland went online, he could purchase more products from Disney. Last year alone, he earned back the highest level of annual card fees, and also earned an additional profit of nearly 10,000 yuan.
The reporter learned that information circulates faster between Disney fans and tourists who are accustomed to using social platforms, and the new special products on the moon eclipse house may be sold in groups of "stalls" in a blink of an eye, and the "secondary market" is subtly generated, further speculating related goods.
Of course, love that has nothing to do with profit also exists here. The reporter met a Ling Na Belle fan wearing a Lolita skirt in the park, and the four-hour round trip did not stop her from coming here every week.
Xiao Guan hopes that more people can like Ling Na Belle, so every time she wins, she will bring it to friends at the purchase price or trade it to her friends in the park, "She heals me, and she can heal others." I hope that everyone can enjoy this beauty equally. ”
As the sun set, Xiao Guan walked out of the park holding her M shell, she failed to win the draw on this day, but showed Ling Na Belle the new skirt and completed the most important thing of the trip. After another four hours, the park fireworks were raised as promised, and the fireworks were reflected in people's eyes.
In the exclamation, everyone once again believed that they were in the fairy tale country.
(All respondents in this article are pseudonyms)
Every time Ling Na Belle is on the hot search
There are always two distinct voices
Those who were healed by her and loved her were infinitely supportive
At the same time, there is no shortage of "incomprehensible" and "ridiculous"
Even criticism that "not lightly ill"
But
There are also netizens standing in the "middle ground" said
Everyone has their own love and pursuit
No need to lash out
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Source: Oriental.com