5 Reasons Why DLP Should Bring Back Pirates and Princesses

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This Spring, Disneyland Paris welcomed a brand new festival to our beautiful home: Pirates and Princesses. There was a lot of speculation surrounding what the festival would entail when it was first announced and Disney fans eagerly awaited the start of the season. I was in Disneyland Paris Sunday evening, Monday and Tuesday morning so I finally got to experience the hype surrounding this festival. Sadly, this season is leaving us at the end of May so I’m going to share with you 5 reasons why I think DLP should bring back this spectacular festival in the future.

Make Your Choice
With memorable dance moves, dazzling costumes and an amazing catchy song to boot – its no surprise that this Parade is definitely my top reason for wanting the Pirates and Princesses season back. Choose your side as Team Pirates and Team Princesses go head to head; showing off their dance moves, all led by Jimmy Ocean and Betty Rose respectively. The Parade is packed with vibrant colours and immersive-ness and I can guarantee that you’ll have the song stuck in your head and that’ll you be doing the dance moves for days.

Betty Rose and Jimmy Ocean –
For me, these two colourful, lively and loveable characters are another big part of why I want the Pirates and Princesses season back. I was lucky enough to catch Make Your Choice five times (not enough) during my recent short trip and I only stood on the Pirates side for one of these times. For that reason, I didn’t really get much of a connection with Jimmy Ocean but that doesn’t mean to say that he didn’t do an amazing job of leading Team Pirates. Being Team Princesses meant that I got to build a strong connection with Betty, whose loving and fun personality soon had so many people (including me) proclaiming themselves as members of ‘Team Betty’. Both Betty and Jimmy’s enthusiasm added to the fun atmosphere of the Parade, and the festival in general.

Costumes –
There was a lot of controversy first surrounding the costumes. People were divided on their opinions of them and many were left sceptical. However, witnessing the festival in real life and seeing the beautiful costumes made me fall in love with them. With it being Spring, the Park is currently in full bloom, so the flowers that embody the costumes fit in well with the theming. There’s only two costumes that still don’t sit right with me, but I won’t name them… (It’s Snow White’s and Belle’s. No offence.)

Theming and Snacks –
As I mentioned, the Park is beautifully Spring themed with gorgeous flowers and flower displays of various Disney characters and for me, the Pirates and Princesses festival seemed to fit in perfectly with this theme. Spring is all about colour and vibrancy and this festival is definitely packed with both of these. It’s a known fact that Disney goers will go crazy for themed snacks and I can confirm that I am one of these people. The Pirates and Princesses cupcakes and ice-creams that are available during this season are tasty and further add to bringing the festival more alive and getting guests into the Teams spirit. However, I will say that these didn’t curb my craving for more Disney themed snacks.

The Inclusion of Elena of Avalor and Sofia the First
Though I haven’t watched either of these shows (I know, I’m awful), it was amazing to see the inclusion of these two Princesses in the celebrations. These are obviously very rare characters to have around so for them to be represented through their own daily Parade was very refreshing and pleasing for plenty of people.


As I mentioned, this festival is due to leave us in a few weeks but I have everything crossed that we will have it back again at some point in the near future. Don’t forget to let me know in the comments whether you’re Team Pirates or Team Princesses…

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