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Disney Princess is a Walt Disney Company franchise, based on fictional characters who have been featured as part of the Disney character line-up. The members of the franchise are Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, Tiana and Rapunzel. The franchise has released dolls, sing-along videos and a variety of other children's products, apparel, home decor and a variety of toys featuring the Disney Princesses. Even Though Rapunzel isn't on the disney princess website as of February 10th, but she's still in some of the disney merchandises.
History
In early 2000, when Andy Mooney was hired by Disney's Consumer Products division to help combat dropping sales, the idea for the Disney Princess franchise was born. Soon after joining Disney, Mooney attended his first Disney on Ice show. While waiting in line, he found himself surrounded by young girls dressed as princesses. “They weren’t even Disney products. They were generic princess products,” he mused. Soon after realizing the demand, the Disney Princess line was formed.
Despite limited advertising and no focus groups, the various Disney Princess items released became a huge success. Sales at Disney Consumer Products rose from $300 million in 2001 to $3 billion in 2006. In 2009 the anticipated sales are $4 billion.
Character list
Official princesses
| Name | Voice actress | Disney film(s) appeared in | Representative song | |||||||||||||
| Snow White | Adriana Caselotti | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) | "Someday My Prince Will Come" | |||||||||||||
| Cinderella | Ilene Woods | Cinderella (1950) | "A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes" | |||||||||||||
| Jennifer Hale | Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002) Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Aurora | Mary Costa | Sleeping Beauty (1959) | "Once Upon A Dream" | |||||||||||||
| Erin Torpey Cassidy Ladden (singing voice) |
Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007) | |||||||||||||||
| Ariel | Jodi Benson | The Little Mermaid (1989) The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea (2000) The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning (2008) |
"Part of Your World" | |||||||||||||
| Belle | Paige O'Hara | Beauty and the Beast (1991) Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) Belle's Magical World (1998)" |
"Beauty and the Beast" | |||||||||||||
| Jasmine | Linda Larkin Lea Salonga (singing voice, Aladdin and Enchanted Tales) Liz Callaway (singing voice, Return of Jafar and King of Thieves) |
Aladdin (1992) The Return of Jafar (1994) Aladdin and the King of Thieves (1996) Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams (2007) |
"A Whole New World" | |||||||||||||
| Pocahontas | Irene Bedard Judy Kuhn (singing voice) |
Pocahontas (1995) Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998) |
"Colors of the Wind" | |||||||||||||
| Mulan | Ming-Na Lea Salonga (singing voice) |
Mulan (1998) Mulan II (2005) |
"Reflection" | |||||||||||||
| Tiana | Anika Noni Rose | The Princess and the Frog (2009) | "Almost There" | |||||||||||||
| /Rapunzel | Mandy Moore | "Tangled" (2010) | "When Will My Life Begin?" | ""
Unofficial princessesOther Disney characters have appeared in franchise merchandise, but are not considered part of the Disney Princess franchise.
On the Princess Collection 2 CD, songs by Maid Marian (Robin Hood), Nala (from The Lion King, who later becomes queen at the end of the film) and Megara (Hercules) are included. On the Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Once Upon a Dream DVD, sing-along segments with Megara (Hercules), Princess Minnie (Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers), and Princesses Mei, Ting-Ting and Su (Mulan II) are included. On the Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Enchanted Tea Party DVD sing-along segments with Alice (Alice in Wonderland), Maid Marian (Robin Hood) and Princess Melody (The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea) are included. Sing-along segments with both Alice and Princess Melody are included in the Disney Princess Sing Along Songs: Perfectly Princess DVD as well. Original songsAside from the pre-existing princess songs from the films, there have been original songs produced for the Disney Princess franchise. All of the songs are sung by the princesses, with the exception of "Where Dreams Begin", which is sung from the perspective of the eight princesses, (before Tiana and Rapunzel came) but not by the princesses themselves, and is merely credited as being sung by "Disney Princess".
Live eventsDisneyland ResortMain article: Disneyland ResortAll the princesses are available for meet-n-greets in the Disneyland Resort in CA. Additionally, Snow White has her own ride known as Snow White's Scary Adventures. In 2006, as part of the Year of Million Dreams celebration, the Fantasyland Theater began hosting the Disneyland Princess Fantasy Faire. The show has Lords and Ladies teaching young girls the proper etiquette for a princess and features appearances by the Disney Princesses themselves. Princesses that have appeared include Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan, Tiana, Princess Minnie and Ariel. Young girls will have the opportunity to meet their favorite Disney Princess as they dine in at Ariel's Grotto Character Dining in Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort. The princesses are also featured in parades and shows throughout the resort, including Fantasmic!, A Christmas Fantasy Parade and Disney's Electrical Parade. Walt Disney World ResortMain article: Walt Disney World ResortThe princesses are also available for meet-n-greets in Florida, but in more specific locations. Cinderella and her friends appear at Cinderella's Royal Table in her Magic Kingdom castle, as well as "Cinderella's Happily Ever After Dinner, formerly known as the Cinderella's Gala Feast Dinner, at 1900 Park Fare in the Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa. The other princesses are showcased at the Princess Storybook meal - breakfast, lunch and dinner - at Akershus Castle in the Norway Pavilion at Epcot. This particular meal is known to feature many guest Disney Princesses, including Alice, Megara, Esmeralda, Princess Minnie, Wendy Darling and Jane. Many shows and parades across the property feature the princesses, including Fantasmic, SpectroMagic, Dream Along with Mickey, the Celebrate a Dream Come True Parade, Mickey's Boo-to-You Halloween Parade and Mickey's Once Upon a Christmastime Parade. Bibbidi Bobbidi BoutiqueThis store opened April 5, 2006 at the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney at Walt Disney World. The salon allows girls 3 and up to be transformed into Disney princesses with hairstyling, make-up, manicures, dresses, wands, crowns, etc. A second salon opened in Cinderella’s Castle in the Magic Kingdom on September 10, 2007. Prices range from $45 to $280. Mickey's Pirate and Princess PartyMain article: Mickey's Pirate and Princess PartyOn January 22, 2007, the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort began its first Pirate and Princess Party. This hard ticketed event features "Disney's Enchanted Adventures Parade" and a specially themed fireworks spectacular called "Magic, Music and Mayhem". The parade features the six main Princesses attended by knights and dancers. Each land is themed accordingly to a pirate or princess. Among the themed areas are Jasmine's Court in Adventureland, Ariel's Court in Fantasyland and the Princess Pavilion in Mickey's Toontown Fair. The princesses available for meet-n-greets include Jasmine, Ariel, Aurora, Cinderella, Pocahontas, Snow White and Belle. Disneyland Resort ParisMain article: Disneyland Resort Paris See also: Disney's FantillusionDisneyland Paris features the special nighttime show Disney's Fantillusion which involves the princesses as the finale. The four princesses that appear are Snow White, Ariel, Belle and Jasmine. Disney Cruise LineMain article: Disney Cruise LineThe Disney Cruise Line ships feature musical stage shows which feature the Princesses. Pocahontas, Ariel, Jasmine, Mulan, Tiana, Belle, Cinderella, Aurora and Snow White also appear for meet-and-greets on the ship. Other popular Disney girls appear for meet and greet sessions as well such as Meg, Alice, Jane, Wendy, Esmeralda and Nala. Television and videoDisney Princess CollectionA VHS Collection features Ariel, Jasmine and Belle Ariel's Songs & Stories
Jasmine's Enchanted Tales
Belle's Sing Me A Story
Disney Princess StoriesA DVD Series features the Stories from TV Series Aladdin with Princess Jasmine and The Little Mermaid with Princess Ariel and all-new Stories with Cinderella, Belle and Snow White DVDs
Disney Princess Party PalacePrincess Party Palace (formerly known as The Princess Power Hour) was a television series on Toon Disney from 2000 until 2007. It aired episodes of Aladdin and The Little Mermaid. Disney Princess Enchanted TalesIn early 2007, Disney announced Disney Princess Enchanted Tales, a new series of direct-to-video features that feature new stories for the Disney Princesses. The first movie in the series, entitled Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, was released on September 4, 2007. It is a musical film featuring new tales about Princess Jasmine, and the first new tale about Princess Aurora since the original Sleeping Beauty. Originally, Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: A Kingdom of Kindness was announced as the first film in the series, which contained a different Princess Aurora story, and had a Belle story rather than a Princess Jasmine story. Disney made this change without any sort of notice. Currently, the series was cancelled and only "Follow Your Dreams" exists. Other mediaKingdom HeartsIn the Kingdom Hearts game series, the Disney Princesses are labeled as the seven "Princesses of Heart", a term for young ladies with entirely pure hearts which would open the way to Kingdom Hearts if gathered together. Cinderella, Belle, Aurora, Snow White and Jasmine are featured in the game as five of the seven Princesses. The other two Princesses of Heart are Alice from Alice in Wonderland and game series heroine Kairi. Though featured, aiding him while Sora is in their worlds, Ariel and Mulan are not among the Princesses of Heart. While all seven princesses of heart and all Disney princesses from first to six appear in the first game, only Belle, Ariel, and Jasmine reappeared in Kingdom Hearts II with Kairi, though the others are mentioned. Mulan, however, makes her first appearance as the player visits her world. She serves as a tradeable character in the party similarly how Ariel was in the first Kingdom Hearts. Belle and Jasmine, along with Ariel and Alice, appear in Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories as figments of Sora's memory but their roles as Princesses of Heart are not brought up, and Kingdom Hearts: 358/2 Days when they each meet Roxas. In Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep, Snow White, Cinderella and Aurora feature along with their homeworlds Dwarf Woodlands, Castle of Dreams, Enchanted Dominion. Digital versions of Alice and Jasmine appear in Kingdom Hearts coded. As of now, the only Disney Princesses who have not yet appeared in the series are Pocahontas, Tiana, and Rapunzel. Kilala PrincessMain article: Kilala PrincessKilala Princess is a Japanese fantasy/romance manga produced by Kōdansha that debuted in Nakayoshi in April 2010, which revolves around a girl named Kilala and her adventures to find her kidnapped friend with the help of the first six Disney Princesses, who are Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle and Jasmine. Disney Princess video games
CriticismOn December 24, 2006, Peggy Orenstein published, “What’s Wrong With Cinderella?” in the New York Times. In her article, Orenstein discussed her concerns about the effects of princess figures on young girls. Orenstein used the Disney Princesses specifically to present many of her points. Orenstein also noted the pervasive nature of Princess merchandise and that every facet of play has its princess equivalent. Other sources have also voiced concern that the franchise could give young girls the wrong message. However, other parents say that young girls would eventually grow out of this phase. Notes
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