The Royal Wedding Collection - seriously?

jpanimation · Post by **jpanimation** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 7:27 pm

Royal Wedding Collection? Wait, so does that mean these slip covers are an abusive waste of taxpayer's money?

Linden · Post by **Linden** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:12 pm

Plus, did you guys see the cute little Kate Middleton paper doll you can dress up in Disney princess dresses, courtesy of our favourite company?

http://family.go.com/disney/pkg-disney- ... er-doll-t/
It appears you can dress her in the dresses of Snow White, Aurora, Ariel (that horrible pink one

), Cinderella (ball gown and wedding gown), and Belle. It's really, really disgusting (though not surprising) that they'd stoop this low, but for some reason, I can't help but think the doll and dresses themselves are kinda cute.

SWillie! · Post by **SWillie!** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 9:42 pm

I don't understand why that's "low." It's not like they're charging for it. Little girls will love it.

Victurtle · Post by **Victurtle** » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:50 pm

It's not low at all.

Same goes for the slipcovers, disney doesn't appear to be charging extra for them.

Linden · Post by **Linden** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 7:48 pm

SWillie! wrote:I don't understand why that's "low." It's not like they're charging for it. Little girls will love it.

Of course little girls would love it. I would've. I think it's cute now, as much as I dislike it. But it's low because it's cashing in on two real people's wedding. They're making it seem like Kate is a fairytale princess, which, while she might look like one, is complete nonsense. They're dressing her up in their own outfits. It just upsets me, but I can understand if it doesn't upset you or Victurtle. I guess I'm just sensitive about these things. Does this upset anyone besides me?

Oh, another reason why I don't like it is because I did a research paper a couple years ago on how the Disney Princess line affects girls. And it was kind of scary how girls can get about princesses, pretending they're princesses all the time and living in that world. Of course, most if not all of that comes from bad parenting. But still, I think treating princesses today as if they're the same as Disney princesses would reinforce a girl's ambition to become a princess, which I don't feel is a healthy goal for a modern-day girl.

EDIT (to avoid double posting): The thought just occurred to me. Did Disney make a big deal out of Diana and Charles' wedding? I wasn't around then.

SpringHeelJack · Post by **SpringHeelJack** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:27 pm

I think it's dumb, certainly, but these sorts of things always have shameless cross promotions, and Disney was never a company to pass up a shameless cross promotion.

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Thu Apr 28, 2011 9:31 pm

Linden wrote: Of course little girls would love it. I would've. I think it's cute now, as much as I dislike it. But it's low because it's cashing in on two real people's wedding. They're making it seem like Kate is a fairytale princess, which, while she might look like one, is complete nonsense. They're dressing her up in their own outfits. It just upsets me, but I can understand if it doesn't upset you or Victurtle. I guess I'm just sensitive about these things. Does this upset anyone besides me?

Shame on Disney for cashing in off this event. I think it's disgusting. They're not even the US's monarchy, their ours up here in Canada.

To be honest, this wedding is starting to turn into a freak show. I've been looking at some of the photos on the CTV website of all the so-called Royal "fans" camped outside of Westminster Abbey, wearing Union Jacks and sleeping out on the street like a bunch of homeless people. It's supposed to be a celebration for two people that are in love - not a Star Wars premier. I really don't know what happened to the times when people would just dress-up in nice clothes and be out on the streets in an orderly manner the day of the event, and just waving small flags rather than being dressed up in them (which, isn't it against protocal to "wear" a flag?)... but this? Camping out 3 or more days to get a good view of, like what, maybe 2 minutes of Kate in her dress? C'mon. What the hell happened to society?

Seems like everyone is in this "I got to be there", "I got to get it first", "I got to beat myself in the chest like a gorialla and rub-it in the faces of all my acquaintances" mentality. And they've got to text it/Tweet it to all their friends.

EDIT (to avoid double posting): The thought just occurred to me. Did Disney make a big deal out of Diana and Charles' wedding? I wasn't around then.

Probably not. It's all thanks to the internet and social media. Sad. Very sad.

Having said all this, since they are our monarchy, I may tune in a little bit to the wedding, but I'm much more interested in watching Space Shuttle Endeavour's final launch tomorrow.

KubrickFan · Post by **KubrickFan** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 1:25 am

Barbossa wrote:
Probably not. It's all thanks to the internet and social media. Sad. Very sad.

Having said all this, since they are our monarchy, I may tune in a little bit to the wedding, but I'm much more interested in watching Space Shuttle Endeavour's final launch tomorrow.

I don't think it's all the internet's fault. Disney wasn't that big in 1981 when Charles and Diana married, and home video wasn't either.

You'd think Disney is wrong for offering these, but with so much wedding related crap being made and offered, they know there's a market for it.

bruno_wbt · Post by **bruno_wbt** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 10:11 am

Advice Fit for a Princess

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Congratulations William & Kate! Now that the pair is officially a Mr. and Mrs., we thought it would be a good idea to get some advice from the experts. Who better to offer Kate tips and guidance on being a princess than the Disney Princesses themselves? Take a look at what some of our most treasured characters had to say. Read more at the Disney Parks Blog: http://bit.ly/mw8TiC

WonderlandFever · Post by **WonderlandFever** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:23 pm

LOL that video was too much! Weird thing is that we met all those girls except for the Cinderella one at my last visit to WDW in February.

Wonderlicious · Post by **Wonderlicious** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 3:36 pm

bruno_wbt wrote:Who better to offer Kate tips and guidance on being a princess than the Disney Princesses themselves? Take a look at what some of our most treasured characters had to say. Read more at the Disney Parks Blog: http://bit.ly/mw8TiC

So according to that, Kate has to...

(a) Believe/hope/call Fairy Godmother.
(b) Whistle a lot.
(c) Do some extensive archaeology.
(d) Read some really awful novels.
(e) Hopefully not have the same nightmare more than once.

MJW · Post by **MJW** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 4:48 pm

Wonderlicious wrote:
So according to that, Kate has to...

(a) Believe/hope/call Fairy Godmother.
(b) Whistle a lot.
(c) Do some extensive archaeology.
(d) Read some really awful novels.
(e) Hopefully not have the same nightmare more than once.

Don't forget she needs to learn to bake (with help from the forest creatures) as Prince William is sure to hunger for Gooseberry pies! Or is it apple pies that make the men folks' mouths water?

ajmrowland · Post by **ajmrowland** » Fri Apr 29, 2011 11:35 pm

Wonderlicious wrote:
bruno_wbt wrote:Who better to offer Kate tips and guidance on being a princess than the Disney Princesses themselves? Take a look at what some of our most treasured characters had to say. Read more at the Disney Parks Blog: http://bit.ly/mw8TiC
So according to that, Kate has to...

(a) Believe/hope/call Fairy Godmother.
(b) Whistle a lot.
(c) Do some extensive archaeology.
(d) Read some really awful novels.
(e) Hopefully not have the same nightmare more than once.

As amusing as those sound, I believe it's more this

a)Ask for and accept help from other people sometimes
b)Keep a calm head and a good tude, even during a crisis or some very tedious housework
c)Work hard
d)Intelligence
e)have *some* ambition

singerguy04 · Post by **singerguy04** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:32 am

I can't help but wonder what Ariel, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Rapunzel had to say. Maybe they're not fans...

SillySymphony · Post by **SillySymphony** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 12:44 am

Description: We were thrilled to host hundreds of wedding watchers at today's Royal Sleepover event at Disney's Wedding Pavilion, which included a live broadcast of the Royal Wedding, a sendoff from Fairy Godmother, and a whole lot more. Read more at the Disney Parks Blog: http://bit.ly/lnl1HD

*I'm surprised Disney didn't promote the Princess Diaries movies, especially the second one, "The Royal Engagement." I immediately thought of the Prince William scene when the wedding was first announced.

Wonderlicious · Post by **Wonderlicious** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:44 am

singerguy04 wrote:I can't help but wonder what Ariel, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Mulan, and Rapunzel had to say. Maybe they're not fans...

From what I heard...

Ariel couldn't speak during the filming and was more concerned with snogging Prince Eric so that she could get her voice (and overall dignity) back. Rapunzel was to be approached, but Mother Gothel intervened with a sleazy song-and-dance number. Disney camera crews arrived at the Sultan's palace to find that Jasmine had disappeared somehow. Pocahontas was scheduled to appear but had to give into parental and societal pressure over seemingly congratulating the rulers of the "savages" who almost wiped out their society. Mulan was filmed speaking words of encouragement and utter wisdom, but her part was exised since she isn't technically a princess, and because her words were considered "too deep" by one studio executive.

Oh, and Giselle, now a successful artist in New York, has now become a firm anti-monarchist and Marxist after four years reflecting upon her home society and the problems brought upon it by its dysfunctional royal family.

DancingCrab · Post by **DancingCrab** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:48 am

LOL, I can't really blame Ariel. Looks like Kate was doing some snogging herself though...

(The little girl just completes this picture. Frame worthy really. LOL)

AshJenny · Post by **AshJenny** » Sat Apr 30, 2011 7:20 am

DancingCrab wrote:LOL, I can't really blame Ariel. Looks like Kate was doing some snogging herself though...

(The little girl just completes this picture. Frame worthy really. LOL)

This picture just made me laugh so hard!!

Where did you find it???

Barbossa · Post by **Barbossa** » Sat May 14, 2011 2:54 am

I saw three of the movies with the slipcovers at the local Costco:
The Princess and the Frog
Snow White
Beauty and the Beast

However, I wanted to post this is at was quite amusing...
CNN: Royal wedding gets Disney treatment on the Web

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