For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration
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Echo Lake (2015–Present)[1]
| For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration | |
|---|---|
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 Elsa and Anna, as seen in the show | |
| Disney's Hollywood Studios | |
| Area | Street of America (2014–2015) Echo Lake (2015–Present)[1] |
| Coordinates | 28°21′23.45″N 81°33′34.59″W / 28.3565139°N 81.5596083°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | July 5, 2014 |
| Replaced | The American Idol Experience |
 Lightning Lane available | |
| Disney California Adventure | |
| Area | Hollywood Land |
| Coordinates | 33°48′28″N 117°55′06″W / 33.8078239°N 117.9182662°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | January 7, 2015 |
| Closing date | April 17, 2016 |
| Replaced | Muppet*Vision 3D |
| Replaced by | Mickey's PhilharMagic |
| Disneyland Park (Paris) | |
| Name | Chantons La Reine des Neiges |
| Area | Frontierland |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | June 1, 2015 |
| Closing date | January 7, 2018 |
| Replaced | Tarzan: The Encounter |
| Hong Kong Disneyland | |
| Name | Frozen Festival Show |
| Area | The Pavilion |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | June 11, 2015 |
| Closing date | October 4, 2015 |
| Shanghai Disneyland Park | |
| Name | Frozen: A Sing-Along Celebration |
| Area | Fantasyland |
| Status | Operating |
| Soft opening date | May 7, 2016 |
| Opening date | June 16, 2016 |
| Ride statistics | |
| Attraction type | Live stage show |
| Designer | Walt Disney Creative Entertainment |
| Theme | Frozen Olaf's Frozen Adventure (Christmastime; Florida) |
| Music | Kristen Anderson-Lopez (music and lyrics), Robert Lopez (music and lyrics) & Christophe Beck (score) |
| Duration | 30 minutes (Florida)[2] 20 minutes (Paris)[3] |
| Show hosts | Aria and Erik (Florida) |
 Wheelchair accessible | |
 Assistive listening available | |
 Closed captioning available | |
For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration is a musical show based on Disney Animation's 2013 computer-animated musical feature film Frozen and the songs from the film, located at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Shanghai Disneyland Park. It was also formerly hosted at Disney California Adventure, Disneyland Park in Paris, and Hong Kong Disneyland. The show is presented as a recounting of the plot of Frozen as told by the official Arendelle historians. It includes appearances from Princess Anna of Arendelle, Kristoff and Queen Elsa of Arendelle.
Disney's Jollywood Nights
The show premiered at the Premiere Theater in the Streets of America section of Disney's Hollywood Studios on July 5, 2014, during the 2014 Frozen Summer Fun.[4] The show moved into its current location at the Hyperion Theater in Echo Lake on June 17, 2015,[1] the former home of The American Idol Experience.
On July 25, 2020, since Walt Disney World reopened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all stage shows such as Finding Nemo - The Musical, Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular, Beauty and the Beast Live on Stage, and Festival of the Lion King had not returned due to a dispute between the Actors' Equity Association and Walt Disney World.[5] On September 26, 2020, For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-along Celebration returned to Disney's Hollywood Studios, reopening on October 5, 2020.[6]
During the Christmas season, the show adds five minutes to include an appearance from Olaf singing "That Time of Year" from the 2017 animated featurette, Olaf's Frozen Adventure.
On November 12, 2023, Disney's Hollywood Studios announced a new show, What's This? Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas Sing-Along, which would be performed evenings in the Hyperion Theater, during the new Disney's Jollywood Nights holiday event. The Frozen show would continue its regular schedule during the holidays.
Disney California Adventure version
On January 7, 2015, the Muppet*Vision 3D theater in Hollywood Land at Disney California Adventure began operating as the Crown Jewel Theater and presented the show as part of the park's "Frozen Fun" event.[7] Although the event officially ended on May 15, 2015, the venue held the Frozen sing-along show until April 17, 2016. It was then closed, and the theater was renamed the Sunset Showcase Theater with a movie preview in May 2016. Since April 2019, the Sunset Showcase Theater has been showing Mickey's PhilharMagic.[8][9]
Disneyland Paris version
The stage is in The Chaparral Theater in Frontierland under Chantons La Reine des Neiges, the first version featuring Olaf. Shows run several times daily with separate French- and English-language presentations.[10] It first ran from June 1 to September 13, 2015, as the summer event,[11] but was scheduled to return on November 14, as part of the Christmas event.[a] However, due to a terrorist attack in Paris on November 13, 2015, both Disneyland Paris and Walt Disney Studios Park were closed from November 14 until November 18.[12] The show ran with several seasonal breaks until January 2018, when it was eventually closed. The theatre now hosts The Lion King: Rhythm of the Pridelands.
Hong Kong Disneyland version
Hong Kong Disneyland features an almost identical show named Frozen Festival Show.[13] The stage is located in the "Black Box" space known as "The Pavilion," between Adventureland and Grizzly Gulch, also the former home of "The Revenge of the Headless Horseman," an exclusive walk-through attraction for the Haunted Halloween event from 2011-2014. It was run from June 11, 2015. Although the event officially ended on August 30, the show continued until October 4.
