‘Frozen’ Ride Coming to Disney World; Disney to Bring Real Snow for Holidays 

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The official Disney Parks blog today announced that Disney’s

will find a permanent home at the Norway pavilion in Walt Disney World’s Epcot in the future, replacing Maelstrom, which had been in place since the pavilion was first added in 1988. According to the news, the new attraction ‘takes our guests to Arendelle and immerse them in many of their favorite moments and music from the film.’ Anna and Elsa, who currently offer a meet and greet at the Magic Kingdom after having started at the Norway pavilion, will resume meet and greets at the new attraction when it is constructed. As of now, there is no announced timeframe for Maelstrom’s closure and replacement.

Other parks at the Walt Disney World resort will have an extended dose of

in the short term as well. In addition to the ongoing character appearances at the Magic Kingdom, Queen Elsa will use her powers to transform Cinderella Castle into an ice palace every night starting in early November. Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Olaf in will also appear in ‘Mickey’s Once Upon a Christmastime Parade’ during the Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party hard ticketed event.

Meanwhile at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Disney announced plans to keep elements of ‘Frozen Summer Fun LIVE!’ throughout the holiday season, promising guests can continue singing along to

songs with Queen Elsa and Princess Anna. Wandering Oaken’s will set up shop closer to the show through the holiday season and will feature a larger play area with

entertainment area is also soon expected to take up space at Disney California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort, although nothing has yet been formally announced.

UPDATE: Maelstrom’s final day of operation will be October 5, 2014. The new attraction is expected by ‘early 2016.’

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@RichOBJ granted Frozen might be fast tracked, but surely you see the folly in this. and Disney.

RT @RichOBJ: Chances are it probably won\'t, but we have seen large rides be built in 1.5 years time. Its doable, tho prob unlikely in this …

@ItachiIshtar replace it but had problems finding sponsorship. outside of Morocco, pavilions are supposed to be subsidized by private orgs

@ItachiIshtar highly doubtful. it\'s kind of unclear on who will sponsor the pavilion. IIRC, rumblings were they\'ve already wanted to

RT @Gary_Jerry: I think this about sums it up. #Maelstrom http://t.co/E6Fm5JwgnH

@InsideTheMagic it\'s okay, don\'t beat yourself up. you rarely ever post multiple tweets one right after another anyway.

@tadenman possibly/probably. haven\'t seen the DHS one. but makes sense.

RT @tadenman: @stitchkingdom So basically the parade from Frozen Summer Fun will be integrated into MVMCP....

@DLthings @mttbry oh. but they had that nice Surrell guy from WDI to push secret Star Wars projects. Wonder what he\'s working on right now

RT @ItachiIshtar: @stitchkingdom and you know if it wasn\'t for that pesky Universal/Marvel contract, Thor would have been a meet and greet …

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