We went to see Disney On Ice last weekend in Vegas. We see it every year. Last year they introduced silks for a portion of the show, similar to what I've seen in the previews for Cirque Du Soleil's Crystal. This year the silks were back as well as juggling, but this year included a lot more firsts:
- The skater who played Migel from Coco did a triple toe, twice. Previously, the highest jump we ever saw at a Disney on Ice show was a double axel.
- There were acrobatics done on a fast track trampoline set up on the ice.
- There were 'ice ramps' set up on and skaters using hockey-ish blades (pretty sure these guys do inline trick skating and transitioned to ice rather than figure skating or hockey transitioning to ramps)
- Back flip seen in many other ice shows, but I've never seen on in Disney on Ice. This year was different and the skater who played Kristoff from Frozen did one.
The showing we went to was packed full. The audience was huge. That's not always the case at previous shows we have been to. It's usually popular but this time it really looked sold out. So I'm not sure if it was the new tricks they added that brought out more people or if it was the newer Disney movies - Moanna, Coco. Or if it was because of the new Frozen that just came out so maybe people were hoping/thinking it would be adapted to ice already (usually it takes 2 years between the movie and the ice show version). Or maybe it was just the showing time - this year we went to a later showing and usually we do matinees. Whatever it was, the house was packed and it was a lot of fun.
- The skater who played Migel from Coco did a triple toe, twice. Previously, the highest jump we ever saw at a Disney on Ice show was a double axel.
- There were acrobatics done on a fast track trampoline set up on the ice.
- There were 'ice ramps' set up on and skaters using hockey-ish blades (pretty sure these guys do inline trick skating and transitioned to ice rather than figure skating or hockey transitioning to ramps)
- Back flip seen in many other ice shows, but I've never seen on in Disney on Ice. This year was different and the skater who played Kristoff from Frozen did one.
The showing we went to was packed full. The audience was huge. That's not always the case at previous shows we have been to. It's usually popular but this time it really looked sold out. So I'm not sure if it was the new tricks they added that brought out more people or if it was the newer Disney movies - Moanna, Coco. Or if it was because of the new Frozen that just came out so maybe people were hoping/thinking it would be adapted to ice already (usually it takes 2 years between the movie and the ice show version). Or maybe it was just the showing time - this year we went to a later showing and usually we do matinees. Whatever it was, the house was packed and it was a lot of fun.