Qianjiang Evening News hourly news reporter Chen Xinyi
Belle had not yet fallen in love with the beast, and the teapot and teacup mother and son were still not used to the curse on their bodies, and they watched with surprise as they were filled with boiling water. Rabbit Star Dew was lying on the bed, still wearing those pink satin dancing shoes, maybe she really became a ballet dancer in her dreams? Donald Duck no longer frowned, he hugged the blanket, showing a rare soft, gentle side...
The Cabinet of the Sancao Family "seals" Disney characters, most of which are purchased from the Shanghai Disneyland souvenir shop
Mikusa (not her real name) home is a small fairytale castle, which is just a few corners of her house. In addition, the three cabinets "seal" Disney characters, most of which are purchased from the Shanghai Disneyland souvenir shop.
Mikusa (not her real name) home is a small fairytale castle
She is 24 years old. Two years ago, Sancao applied for an annual pass for Shanghai Disneyland. At its craziest, I travel back and forth between Hangzhou and Shanghai almost every week. Roughly speaking, she punches disneyland about twenty times a year.
Recently, Disney Lingna Belle's new IP image has received attention as soon as it is launched, the original price is more than 300, and it cannot be bought to a few thousand yuan; Universal Studios Beijing has opened, and the words have been hot searched for many times, and tourists have spent 11,000 yuan to enter the park during the National Day; and the French Pudefu (mad country) has also officially signed a contract with Dali, Yunnan Province, which will create a world-class performing arts theme park.
What's the magic of a theme park?
Shanghai Disneyland. Photo by Chen Xinyi
Transform into a princess
How can I tell if a guest is a Disneyland player? Look at the clothes.
Dressed in regular clothes, in a hurry, and occasionally wailing "I'm so tired," this is probably my first visit to Disneyland. This was the case in the year of the opening of the park in 2016, getting up at more than five o'clock in the morning to queue up, setting up the ambition of "playing all the popular projects at once", running wildly under the reminder of the radio "don't run", experiencing the queue that starts at one hour (Shanghai Disneyland also once queued for 7 hours on the news), and finally felt: Just this? Never again!
Advanced players are no longer obsessed with projects, they are more like a small shop. At Shanghai Disneyland, there are nearly 30 souvenir shops. Mickey and Minnie Mouse ear styles are especially popular in hair bands. There are many small backpacks, and zippers can also hang dolls and badges. After purchasing the annual pass in 2019, Sancao once loved to be "fully armed".
She is a lo-girl (who loves to wear lolita costumes), and this intricate, dreamy costume can be integrated with the cartoon characters: lace lace layer by layer, in the fresh strawberry pattern, pink-brown doll Shirley Rose sticks out of her head; Princess Tsumtsum series Anna, who has two mung bean eyes, seems to live in the rose garden outlined by the hem.
The parade takes place every afternoon, the music plays, all the bright colors emerge, and the doll characters bounce around the park to the music, waving to the audience from time to time. Mikusa held up the doll of the kitten Geraldoni, and on the float, a character covered his mouth in surprise, patted Geraldoni next to him, and pointed at Mikusa. Geraldoni spotted her and immediately gave Mikusa a flying kiss.
Geraldoni is a vinegar-only kitten. Courtesy of respondents
Geraldoni is a vinegar-only kitten. Mikusa's friend Nai Nai (not her real name) once took a photo with Geraldoni carrying a bag from Duffy the Bear. Geraldoni pointed to the bag and then to himself, stomping his feet in a hurry, silently questioning why she didn't love herself. On the same day, Nai Nai bought Geraldoni's coin purse, and when she touched it again, Geraldoni clapped his hands all the way and kept comparing love.
On the video site, there are many similar and doll interaction videos, and players are relishing the reaction of the characters. Ling Na Belle, a new character who debuted at Shanghai Disneyland at the end of September, has been on the hot search for "don't like to be called" and "social cow X syndrome".
This little fox likes to greet people with their hands dancing, and when he is called "Er'er", he will cover his ears, spread his palms, and point four fingers in turn, which means: Please call the full name Ling-Na-Bei-Er.
Lingna Belle. CFP courtesy of the figure
The most immersive gameplay only appears in October. October is Halloween at Disneyland, and only this month can adults dress up as characters.
Mikusa put on a brown wig, a small circle of twisted braids around the top of her head, and a green beauty with beautiful pupils lining the long green skirt. She seems to be Princess Anna.
Fairytale prices
However, in Disneyland in October, there are not many "wild princesses" like Mikusa. The princess dress she wears comes from a brand that works with Disney and costs between three thousand and six thousand yuan per set.
In contrast, Disney tickets are not expensive. If you only enter the kindergarten on weekdays, the adult single-day ticket is 399 yuan, the annual pass is 1399 yuan, and you only need to go 5 times a year to "return the money". But really want to experience the feeling of fairy tales, this is only the threshold.
Mikusa spent her birthday at Disneyland, where she booked a birthday room at the Disney Hotel. The hotel and Disneyland face each other across the river, there is no need to cross the river, Mickey and Minnie Mouse wear purple dresses to take a photo with her, Goofy accompanies her to breakfast, accompanied by dancing at the table. In the evening, an exclusive ferry takes Mikusa to the park to watch a fireworks display. It was the peak summer season, and she paid nearly two thousand yuan for her birthday room.
At the end of each year, Shanghai Disneyland begins its Christmas season. Photo by Chen Xinyi
At the end of each year, Shanghai Disneyland begins its Christmas season. The chimneys of Mickey Avenue spew out fine foam and fall on tourists like snowflakes. All the characters are dressed up in new Christmas clothes. Before the outbreak, special staff will also paint holly patterns on the hands or faces of tourists.
Anna and Aisha, the protagonists of ice and snow, also appear. Visitors can watch their performances for free, but to take a photo with them, they have to move to the Disney Hotel's GrandView Building. It's a restaurant with a price of more than $500 per person, and the Frozen package is only on the shelves for a month. Mikusa went, and Aisha and Anna appeared in the photo area from time to time, and she successfully took a picture with them. The meal was nearly a thousand yuan.
And in October Halloween, the villains appeared. Like Anna and Aisha, it costs money to take a picture with them. Collecting four group photos and participating in the villain float parade cost more than 500 yuan. Mikusa paid.
According to Caijing, in 2020, "theme park tickets" accounted for only 24% of Disneyland's revenue, while "goods, food and beverages" and "resorts" each accounted for 21%. According to the news of Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts, in the five years since the opening of the park, Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts with Disneyland as the core has received more than 83 million tourists and achieved tourism revenue of more than 40 billion yuan.
"I'm Disney's leek." Mikusa said.
Mickey on the float. Courtesy of respondents
Cute is enough
One of the most recent hot discussions in Disneyland was the dolls of The Rabbit Star Dew and the little fox Linga Belle, who were fired up to ten times the original price, and they all belonged to the Duffy family.
Lingna Belle doll.
The Duffy family is known as the "money-snatching family" in the mouths of paradise lovers. Its full name is "Duffy and his friends", which is also the content of almost all its stories: a bear named Duffy, who knows many animal friends. Mikusa summed it up simply: "The Duffy family just has no story." ”
The Duffy family is not a product of Disney film and television dramas, it is basically packaged and launched by the Tokyo Disneyland operating group, and each character is selected in a fresh macaron color.
The story is scattered on trailers for new characters, small cards attached to souvenirs, and briefly introduces the characteristics of each character: Rabbit Star Dew is a ballet dancer, kitten Geraldoni is a painter... That's all.
On October 15, 2021, at the Shanghai Disney World Store, visitors shop for the Plush Star Dew Bunny Doll. CFP courtesy of the figure
"Cute is enough." Mikusa said. Every once in a while, the Duffy family would put on the shelves a new theme, with the characters wearing different costumes. Mikusa was not interested in the series that had been hyped up, but also collected two rows of cabinet dolls, including the Pastoral Series, the Easter Series, the Halloween Series, and the Christmas Series.
Another example is Donald Duck's ass. Her first favorite paradise character was Donald Duck, and she confessed that she was not familiar with the story of Donald Duck, but when taking photos with the doll characters, it felt so good to rub the duck's ass.
This is not illegal, before the outbreak, tourists can touch the doll, but can not pat their heads. The Disney Store even launched a series of "duck butt" souvenirs, duck butt shaped bags, hair bands, strange but cute.
Mikusa is 24 years old and a freelancer who doesn't really believe in fairy tales. Lately, she's been keen to take pictures of princesses. She could clearly recognize that the Anna in front of her was rapunzel Lepe when they last met. She would also upload photos of the princesses to social networks, and the princess actors would like her. On the actor's account, the princesses who have removed their makeup are having dinner and wearing their usual clothes.
But she didn't feel disillusioned: "The princesses are beautiful, always laughing, looking happy. She once confided in the princess after the loss of love, and the princess comforted her with a smile: she was fine.
It's a pleasure. There are cute characters and happy smiles everywhere, so Disneyland is also called "the happiest place in the world".
Can other parks do it? Nai Nai expressed doubts: "In Disneyland, the staff is very enthusiastic, I don't feel 'out of the play'. It's an immersive experience. Sancao also has a wait-and-see attitude towards Universal Studios Beijing: "Watching the news, I feel that the quality of service is not good enough, so let's improve it." ”
Shanghai Disneyland. GFP image
Nai Nai and Mikusa once met at Disneyland without an agreement. From Hangzhou to Shanghai, it takes only an hour to take the high-speed train, and there are far more Disneyland enthusiasts in Hangzhou than expected. Last October, Mikusa mentioned in the Frozen fan base that he was going to play Anna, and soon someone responded that he planned to play Aisha, who was a Hangzhou student.
In Hangzhou, most of the Disneyland fans Sancao knows are young people in their twenties. Outside of the park, they have similar hobbies: they like to chase stars, like flowers, like to present beautiful cakes, like to have a drink in jazz...
Mikusa loves to travel around the country, sometimes as an idol concert or sometimes as a drama.
There have also been enthusiasts who have withdrawn from this "circle", and she said to Mikusa not euphemistically: spending too much on fun will have a big impact on her own planning and life.
This conversation made Sancao fall into depression for a while, but she believes that the essence of life is not to make herself happy and happy?
"I'll continue to explore Disney's joy!" She said.
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