Disney on Ice - Review

Well, as I promised last week here is a review of Disney on Ice which we saw on Saturday in Malaga ...

Well firstly I need to comment on the directions ( or lack of them ).... The event was held at Palacio de Deportes in Malaga. Now according to google maps that was at junction 235. The show started at 4 and we went to a nearby shopping center for lunch first aiming to leave at approx 3. Unforuntatly the restaurant we picked for lunch was the slowest in the world and so by the time me and my friend got our two excited toddlers back in the car it was 3.30 ... still the Palacio was only 5 mins down the road, so we should be okay ...right?

Wrong!!

Off we went looking out of exit 235. We actually saw the building on our right and the next exit was 234 ... after a quick debate in the car we decided we are both sticklers for written directions and therefore we should carry onto 235. We realised the error of this when passing 234 and seeing a sign for the palacio. Urrrggghhh .... why, why, why can't google give us correct directions ...

Oh well, we though, we'll just get off at 235 which will prob be correct as well ... right?

Wrong!!

Because, 235 didn't exist. Hmmmm ... thanks Google! 236 existed and we got off there, but it took us all the way into Malaga and then out again in the opposite direction. At this point it was 3.45 and our two toddlers were getting a bit upset that the building with the princesses was now whizzing away from us in the opposite direction! Suddenly we saw a sign for the Palacio and veered off the main motorway onto another ... after 5 mins there were no more signs for the Palacio and we were still heading in the wrong directino. Fantastic signage ...well done Malaga!

With no other option, we headed back to the shopping center where we started, turned around and back to exit 234. Now remember at exit 234 there was a sign for the palacio. Well there were actually two lanes, one signed and one not. Yet our written directions told us specifically to follow the one not signed... we did and arrived. Again, well done Malaga ... great signing! Once we arrived at 4pm parking was an issue .... in the end we chucked the car on the pavement and ran in, arriving at our seats as the first skater hit the ice!

So, with all the getting there drama over, how was the show? Well it was lovely. Obviously the skating was lovely and due to my crash course in skating over 4 years of watching Dancing on Ice, I could appreciate and recognise many of the techniques including when Cinderella did a headbanger!

Basically the show was split into small stories, each one introduced by Mickey, Minnie and Tinkerbell. First up was Aladdin and we saw him dance his way around the market, meet the Genie and finally Princess Jasmine. Next came Snow White who danced around her wishing well, met the 7 dwarfts and had a dance with her Prince .. ... and so on ... you get the idea. Ariel was colourful and my daughter was delighted to see Flounder the fish on ice. There were also thousands of bubbles .... Mulan was striking and Cinderella very funny as the two ugly sisters crashed and bumped their way across the ice and into the audience. The highlight was definitly sleeping beauty and a huge fire breathing dragon who was defeated on ice by the handsome prince. The show ended with all the princesses dancing round Cinderella's carriage which was alight with fireworks.

Each segment was short enough to hold attention, and although it was 6 when we left the stadium the show didn't feel like it had lasted as long as it did.

An absolute delight for both parents and little ones .... a definite 9 / 10 .... one mark deducted for the rubbish signposts!!!

Disney on Ice is still on in Malaga, then in Barcelona from 25th - 28th Feburary, Madrid from the 4th - 7th of March and Seville from the 18th of March ....