All over Disney World, you can see young girls dolled up like Disney Princesses. There's Belle and Ariel, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and Jasmine... The Disney Princesses have become a major marketing theme at WDW; they even have their own website where you can play games and watch videos (oh, and shop for princess gear).
The packages aren't cheap. The least expensive, at around $50 includes only a princess-style hair-do and a tiara. A full makeover, including a princess dress and shimmery make-up, runs between $189 and $250.
For a very special treat on a Disney-rific vacation, and for a little girl who really wanted it, I guess I can understand spending the money. You know, for a once in a lifetime princess makeover.
But, it was so hot and humid in Orlando in July. No adult, other then the cast members employed by Disney, would even think of wearing a polyester dress and uncomfortable princess shoes while caked in an inch of make-up with their hair pulled back in a tight bun with a tiara. I could understand why we saw so many of the little princesses crying.
(Jasmine and Cinderella)
1 comment:
I love this. OTOH, I think it's terrifying what we're doing to our young ones with television and media. They think they need to be princesses when in reality they'll be average, probably size 14 women who struggle with weight and self-esteem. Poor, poor princesses.
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