With a two and three year old setting the pace for this adventure, we fully expected to have to…read moreleave half way through the show with their short attention spans, little bladders, and the show time falling right in the middle of nap time, BUT from the moment we arrived they were in complete awe. The moment you enter the arena doors, there is a vendor who will take your pic with Minnie & Mickey Mouse (a cut out I think it was), and vendor's selling little pink tiaras, and glowing, flickering cups full of dip-n-dots ice cream, pizza, pretzel's, and drinks. A lot for the Littles to take in!
Inside the arena it's cool (but not really too cold), and big and you can just FEEL the energy. There are hawkers walking around selling all sorts of glowing, moving toys, blinking cups, and of course more food. We had tickets for aisle seats and we arrived pretty early so we ate our popcorn, cotton candy, and dipping dots (because what else are you going to eat when you are at Disney on Ice?) while waiting for everyone else to arrive and trip over us. Once the show began, the Littles never took their eyes off the ice. I actually missed most of the show, I spent it watching all their different faces and reactions. And it was worth the ticket price.
The show was fun, and fairly fast paced through most of it with a storyline that covered many (maybe most, I can't remember, that whole my attention was diverted to the Littles) of the Disney characters, through holiday and birthday themes, and lots of color. The Littles did get a little scared when the Halloween with Jack Skellington and The Disney Villain scene played, which was a little darker and menacing (for their age).
Overall, the Littles did very well. There was some lap hopping, but not the run around, scream because they can't get down, oh look my new best friend in the row behind me, pet the strangers head, oh gawd we gotta leave trip I thought it was going to be. It was a nice adventure that ended super quietly, as they were asleep five minutes after we pulled out of the parking lot! We would definitely like to do this again :o)
Tips: About 10 rows up is probably one of the best places to sit. You are up high enough to see the whole floor, but not so high that you feel removed from the action.