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Disney Parks to livestream first Cinderella Castle lighting of holiday season

Queen Elsa from “Frozen” uses her incredible powers to transform Cinderella Castle into a glistening ice palace. for the holidays. Joined on the Forecourt stage by Princess Anna, rugged mountain man Kristoff and Olaf, the summer-loving snowman, Elsa bestows this gift onto the people of Magic Kingdom with colorful snowflakes, fireworks and a special effects spectacle bathing the castle in 200,000 shimmering white lights. Magic Kingdom guests are treated nightly to the dramatic “A Frozen Holiday Wish” stage show.

Credit: Matt Stroshane, WDWNews

Credit: Matt Stroshane, WDWNews

Queen Elsa from “Frozen” uses her incredible powers to transform Cinderella Castle into a glistening ice palace. for the holidays. Joined on the Forecourt stage by Princess Anna, rugged mountain man Kristoff and Olaf, the summer-loving snowman, Elsa bestows this gift onto the people of Magic Kingdom with colorful snowflakes, fireworks and a special effects spectacle bathing the castle in 200,000 shimmering white lights. Magic Kingdom guests are treated nightly to the dramatic “A Frozen Holiday Wish” stage show.
By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Nov 8, 2018

Queen Elsa is going to put her touch on Cinderella’s Castle again this year, and you don’t have to be in sunny Florida to watch her freeze the iconic building.

Disney is taking fans of the theme park there virtually with a livestream of Magic Kingdom's "A Frozen Holiday Wish" during Thursday night's Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party.

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“A Frozen Holiday Wish” is the nightly castle lighting show where Queen Elsa gives a gift to those in the park and coats the castle into an ice palace.

The livestream will start Thursday at 6:10 p.m. EST on the Disney Parks' YouTube channel.

You can also take part virtually by sharing your favorite Disney holiday vacation photos on Twitter by using the hashtag #DisneyParksLIVE. Some of the photos will be shared on the livestream.

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