Has Frozen lost some appeal with certain age groups?

[Donald Duck888]

I am really curious if this is something across the board or if it is just around here. My daughter is now 9 and of course a couple years back she was very much into frozen. Now it seems since she entered 3rd grade it is the opposite. All the Frozen clothes she has she wont wear just says "Frozen is for little kids".

Now I will also say that she is still angry that they replaced one of her favorite rides, as she called it "the troll ride" with Frozen so that may be part of it for her at least.

I am just curious if this is something common at this age (no previous experience with 9 yr old girls lol) or if it is unique to this part of the country or just to my daughter and her classmates.

I figured I would ask it in this forum section as I would think it might effect the new ride if it is widespread.

 

[angryduck71]

I have a nine year old boy, so my perspective is different... LOL, but I read elsewhere that whereas a few years ago, the Frozen stuff was flying off the shelf, it's not now. BUT, the ride is obviously very popular now.... I'm betting when the sequel comes out (and if it's good), it'll be all the rage again.

 

[bigbabyblues]

My kids aren't interested in Frozen at all either, but they are 15 and 13-yo boys. I have no interest in Frozen and would have no desire to ride FEA even if the wait time was 20 minutes.

I don't think it will affect the ride much. I don't think many attractions appeal to every single person who enters the parks. Some people will want to ride just to see the changes, some people will ride just because it is there and they can, and some people are willing to wait 5 hours for it.

 

[JimmyV]

I will speak only to the ride. I think Disney is miscalculating the public's demand for 1970's style ride through attractions, no matter how good the animatronics are. I think that they missed huge opportunities with Little Mermaid and Frozen and have built attractions that will not wear well with age and will turn off a lot of people. Especially kids as they age. Some of Disney's classic rides have stood the test of time because they were cutting edge when they were introduced, and became "classics" before they could be shunned. Small World is an example. It is unquestionably a classic ride and remains a "must do" for many, many people. But if that ride did not exist, and was introduced today in its current form, the reaction would be: "Huh? You must be joking." But because it was once a state of the art ride, it grew on people and remains a classic today. But when a 10 year old kid today goes from Forbidden Journey to Escape from Gringotts to Spider Man to Transformers to Star Tours to Everest, to Soarin' and even to 7DMT, a ride on Little Mermaid and FEA is going to fall flat. Of all of these rides, Little Mermaid and FEA are the two that kids are going to age out of the most. Just as they do with Pooh. Compared to the other state of the art rides that kids get to do, I can't see that there is anything about these two new rides that will keep kids coming back as they age. So yes, I definitely think that they built a ride that will result in kids aging out of it. But they will be back when they have kids of their own!

 

[scrhsa]

Having gone through 3 girls, I can tell you that a couple of years is a LONG time to kids. For us, not so much. They are TOTALLY different creatures at 6/7 and 9 years old. They also get bored and over inundated with things just like us. My girls changed "obsessions" all the time. My youngest(poor thing ) was always late to the game. She was 3/6 yrs behind her sisters and when she finally got into something the other two were way over those "baby" toys. I also believe that Frozen is finally running out of steam--thank goodness!!!

 

[Keyser]

Something that happened with both of my daughters (one is currently about that age, one is older) is that they suddenly became very "age conscious", starting around 2nd grade. It seems that other kids at school or wherever will sometimes declare that "X is for kids". And then, they aren't allowed to like X any more without getting ostracized. And, this seems to be true for all the kids: whatever X is can go from being moderately popular one day to being "only for babies" in about a week's time. Oh, and sometimes 1 month later, they seem to have all forgotten that X was for kids and they're all back to liking it... Some of this is, I think, natural for kids as they grow up - they want to show that they're older, so anything that might identify them as being younger gets rejected, regardless of whether they actually like it or not. It doesn't necessarily get any better as they get older, unfortunately. Maybe this is just our experience/our community, but that's what I've seen...

The funny thing is, once I talked to my kids about it, I have found that often, they still like whatever X is and they are only saying that they don't want it because of the peer pressure - they would still prefer to wear/play with/watch/whatever X. Honestly, this has led to some good conversations about peer pressure with one of my daughters. Sometimes they really have outgrown whatever the thing is, but in other cases, they decide they can still do it, just maybe not as much in some circumstances.

Bringing this discussion back to the rides, one of the nice things about WDW is that it's separate enough from everyday life that they don't feel inhibited about doing something there that other kids might make fun of them for if they were here. For instance, there are rides at WDW that my kids (including the teenager) will want to ride when we go as a family, but if they were with a group of their friends they would all act as if they're "too old" for it.

That said, yes, I expect that Frozen will lose some popularity with kids who used to love it as they grow older (this is true of almost everything - I remember when Dora the Explorer was THE big thing for my girls, but they did indeed grow out of it...). And, with Frozen not being as current of a movie, as new kids are growing up and see it, they probably won't latch onto it quite as much. But, I expect it will maintain long-term popularity as much as any of the other princess movies has.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

My 7 year old is still really into Frozen and she is beyond excited I was able to get FP for the new ride for our upcoming trip ... but I suspect those couple of years can make a big difference

Plus things just run in cycles - Frozen opened in November of 2013, so that is already 2.5 years ago so it really isn't the "new" thing anymore

But obviously the lines for the new ride show there is some level if interest still there

 

[anneboleyn]

I am really curious if this is something across the board or if it is just around here. My daughter is now 9 and of course a couple years back she was very much into frozen. Now it seems since she entered 3rd grade it is the opposite. All the Frozen clothes she has she wont wear just says "Frozen is for little kids".

Now I will also say that she is still angry that they replaced one of her favorite rides, as she called it "the troll ride" with Frozen so that may be part of it for her at least.

I am just curious if this is something common at this age (no previous experience with 9 yr old girls lol) or if it is unique to this part of the country or just to my daughter and her classmates.

I figured I would ask it in this forum section as I would think it might effect the new ride if it is widespread.

My daughter just turned 9 this month, and she is definitely over Frozen. She was OBSESSED with it when it first came out...now she refuses to even listen to the music.

She also does not want to do the Frozen ride on our upcoming WDW trip, which is fine with me. I will gladly use our FP for Soarin' instead lol

 

[SaintsManiac]

My daughter will be 6 in August and while she still loves her Frozen bedroom decor and toys, she has moved away toward the Monsters movies and full on Zootopia mania. She has not watched Frozen in a long time, but she said she's very excited about the ride.

Either way, I aboslutely love Frozen. It's in my top 5 Disney movies and I even listen to the soundtrack by myself in the car.

They can't escape it with me around!

 

[MichiganScott]

Frozen, like so many other wonderful things (Disney and otherwise), will lose hardcore fanatics at about the same rate as it gains them. I.e. kids will grow out of it and kids will be born and grow into it.

 

[Aeweddle]

Still going strong with my five year old with no sign of fading. Seems to be lessening a bit for my friends who have older girls (3rd-4th grade).

 

[JDUCKY]

The thing to keep in mind is that more children will be born over the next few decades and each o e will have a first-time viewing of Frozen at some point, most likely. Esp. after the sequel is released. Whole new generations of Disney fans have yet to be born. That's what Disney counts on, not continued following of specific characters or attractions from existing guests.

 

[jspicci]

My daughter is 10 now and not really into Frozen either. She was a huge fan when it first came out, but with so much frozen stuff out there...she lost interest. I'm sure she will still enjoy the FEA ride all the same.

 

[tink9702]

My DD is 5.5 right now. She's pretty much obsessed with Frozen. BUT she wasn't when it first came out, she was too young. I really think it's obsessive from age 4 to age 7 from what I've seen/experienced. By 8, all princesses are starting to be less cool.

 

[minnie mum]

I don't have little girls any more ( they're in their 30s now). But I do remember one thing from their childhood. Kids are fickle. One year it's one thing. The next year it's something else. Remember cabbage patch dolls?.Drove myself crazy that one Christmas trying to find two of the ugly little things. Another year Strawberry shortcake. And then came the Barbie years before something else grabbed their attention. I don't think it's any different now with Frozen. Before A&E there were all kinds of other princesses that girls were obsessing over. It's been over 2 years- that's a Loooooong time for young girls to concentrate their adoration on one thing. They're overdue for something new.

I don't think that necessarily will translate into a lack of interest in FEA right now. Plenty of people will want to see what it's all about, and that should carry it for a couple of years. BUT the fact that the ride offers nothing of compelling interest may result in lack of ridership in the not too distant future. And the massive M&G Hall? They'll have to come up with a new use for it.

 

[cmarsh31]

Yes and no - my DD (8) LOVED all things Frozen two years ago and now won't wear princess shirts, etc. However, Minnie Mouse is still widely accepted (she currently has the Jamberry Minnie Mouse nails on). That said, when we go in Feb, we will DEFINITELY do all we can to ride FEA - she's definitely not over the whole thing in general (she's totally girly so princesses just rock her world in general). I am glad we went all out on our last trip when she was 6 (H&V breakfast for Disney Jr, 1900 and Akershus, A&E, Tales with Belle, etc) bc I'm not sure it will be quite the same when she's almost-9. I'm betting the 3-6 crowd will still LOVE all things Frozen in years to come.

 

[Juliet25]

My 8 year old was never into the princesses very much. Neither was her older sister. She was 6 when Frozen came out, so prime age for Frozen-mania. It really wasn't ever a thing for my girls. But I think by 9 the princess thing has run its course for most girls.

ETA: My hairdresser took her girls (3 and 5, I think) and they were all about the princesses, particularly Anna and Elsa. I think Frozen has staying power. Our whole family enjoyed the sing along in HS.

 

[Megara5115]

I have a friend with five and four year old girls and they still love it. I have a boy but I'd say 8/9 (he is now almost 11) is when he really started to move away from stuff like Cars that he loved when he was younger. I'd say it's pretty normal

 

[Donald Duck888]

This is interesting. It appears from what I am seeing here that my daughter is not alone in this change of what she likes. I think as others have said their kids are that she will be interested in the ride when we go in Dec though. I also agree that the classic characters are still "cool" as Pluto is all the rage with her right now lol.

 

[CampbellzSoup]

I would say that a majority of the people who go to Disney are still going to see Frozen things. Avid fans like us are tired, as we want new broader things outside the same film being shoved down our throats

Where is my zootopia!?