For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration

For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration: show at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World — showtimes, live status, and planning data on MouseHub.

Visitor sentiment

4.3· 346 Google ratings

The MouseHub take

For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration is a thirty-minute stage show at the Hyperion Theater in Echo Lake, and it retells the movie with two Royal Historians of Arendelle doing the narration. Clips from the film play on a screen behind them, the lyrics come up when the songs start, and the whole house is expected to sing. Anna, Elsa, and Kristoff turn up in person to close out the numbers, and the finale ends with stage lighting and foam snow falling over the seats. The show opened on July 5, 2014 at the Premiere Theater in Streets of America and moved to its current home in June 2015.

Most trips slot it into the middle of the afternoon, when air conditioning and a seated half hour do as much work as the show does. Families with young kids get characters at close range without waiting in a ride line, and the historians pitch their jokes over the kids' heads at the parents. The guests who come out unhappy are usually the ones who wanted another ride, or who have heard "Let It Go" enough times already.

At a glance

Best for
Families with young kids, and anyone who wants a cool, seated half hour in the middle of a Hollywood Studios afternoon.
Skip if
You have one day here and headliners still to get through, or loud rooms full of singing children are your idea of a bad time.
Ride type
Indoor stage show with an audience sing-along
Intensity
Seated throughout, with no motion and no drops. Loud music, audience singing, stage lighting, and foam snow at the finale.

The good

  • The air conditioning does half the work
    A cool, seated half hour in the middle of a Florida afternoon buys back more of the day than the show itself does.
  • Two Royal Historians play to the parents
    The pair narrate the story with jokes aimed over the kids' heads. Adults who walked in resigned tend to walk out laughing.
  • Singing along is less awkward than it sounds
    Lyrics come up on the screen for the big numbers, and a dark theater full of strangers takes the edge off singing in public.
  • The snow finale lands with the kids
    Elsa closes the show and foam snow comes down over the seats. Small children talk about that part for the rest of the day.
  • The line disappears at showtime
    The theater takes in the whole standby line at once, so a queue that looks daunting from outside is seated within a few minutes of the doors opening.

The bad

  • The wait outside has no shade
    You stand in the open until the doors open, with little cover from the sun or an afternoon storm.
  • Frozen fans have seen all of it
    The clips come straight from the movie and the story holds no surprises. Older kids who know the soundtrack start checking the time.
  • The humor is broad on purpose
    The historians work in puns and pratfalls for the full thirty minutes. Guests hoping for the movie played straight find the bit grating.
  • Cast members pack the rows tight
    Staff fill in every seat in a row at a busy show, so you sit shoulder to shoulder with whoever came in behind you.
  • The volume is a lot for sensitive kids
    Amplified music plus a theater of children singing at full voice makes the finale hard going for anyone who struggles with noise.

Veteran tips

  • Skip the Lightning Lane here
    This sits in the second Multi Pass group at Hollywood Studios, so a pass here spends a slot that Tower of Terror or Toy Story Mania would use better. Standby seats most of the house anyway.
  • Show up about fifteen minutes early
    Doors open ahead of the posted time, and arriving a quarter hour out gets you in with the first wave instead of baking in the sun. Later than that and you take what is left.
  • Sit in the middle of the house
    The screen hangs high enough that front-row seats spend the show looking up. Middle rows keep both the screen and the stage in view.
  • Use it as the afternoon heat break
    Aim for a show between noon and four. Thirty minutes of air conditioning in the worst of the heat does more for the rest of the day than another lap of the park.
  • Check the times before you plan around it
    The performance schedule shifts with the season, so pull the day's times in My Disney Experience rather than working from your last trip.
  • Park the stroller before you get in line
    Strollers do not go into attraction queues at Walt Disney World, so leave yours in the marked parking outside. Guests issued a Stroller as a Wheelchair tag can keep theirs.
  • Wheelchairs and ECVs stay put
    The show is listed May Remain in Wheelchair/ECV, so there is no transfer to make. Video captioning, handheld captioning, and assistive listening are all available.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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