Signs of Disney Obsession
One of the tell-tale signs
of a true Disney princess fan is that she has been to Disneyland at least once
in her life, with going to Disney World at the top of her bucket list. Out of all the places Nani wanted to go for her
twenty-first birthday, she picked Disney World.
Talk about “Where Dreams Come True!”
Since she lives in California, Brooke has a year-round pass to
Disneyland and has been to Disney World several times. When she goes to Disneyland, she is involved
in the popular pin trading system, actively searching out pins from her
favorite childhood TV shows like Bear in
the Big Blue House to add to her already blossoming lanyard.
Die-hard Disney fans are more
involved in showing their love for their favorite princesses. They still listen to the soundtracks. Nani related a story that when she was playing
some party music on her iPod while driving to the club with her friends, the next
song shuffled to a Disney one. Fans
don’t let embarrassing situations like this keep them from loving Disney. Lucy shared that before she was married, she
used to keep The Little Mermaid movie
continuously playing in the background while her roommate and she studied. Jazz barely stopped to think as she listed
the objects she still has of her princess, “I have figurines… a wash cloth, a
wallet, a backpack, a cup, a lunch bag, a blanket.” She slept with a Jasmine plush doll until she
was ten, and Aladdin was the first Blu-Ray
movie she bought. She even swapped beach
towels with her friend so they could have the princesses that they wanted. With a nod, she finished, “I’m a Princess
Jasmine hoarder.” Similarly, Rebecca
says “both rooms at college and at home” are “Pocahontas and now Princess and
the Frog,” complete with bedspreads, wall stickers, and more. Brooke bonds with
her baby sister through watching Disney Junior with her, gaining a new excuse
to watch Disney.
Kaitlyn, my little sister,
is obsessed with Disney just enough to keep her sanity. Besides adoring the movies and singing along
with the songs, she has two shelves displaying every Disney couple doll set,
both vintage and contemporary ones from the Disney Store. The other night, she added two more. Of her favorite princess, she has multiple
ornaments, a Limited Edition Disney Store Wedding Doll, dinnerware, a wall
poster, and the costume. She also spends
her evenings looking at websites that promote Disney merchandise or that share
fan art about the characters. She gets
to relive her love for them and enjoy some pretty art in the process. When she learned about the newest princess
movie Frozen, she counted on the
calendar until she could see it on opening day.
As mentioned previously, girls
experience a special bond with a certain Disney princess, and after this choice
is made, it affects the girl for the rest of her life. Analyzing why girls are drawn to specific
princesses can reveal much about their personalities and reflect how they carry
themselves as adults. The following is a
more detailed look at how Disney princesses have impacted my eight
interviewees.
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