Disney On Ice: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs

Disney's Snow White On Ice (formerly known as Snow White On Ice) is a Disney On Ice show that premiered in 1986 and toured until 1992 to celebrate its 50th Anniversary. The show was remade as an entirely new show in 1994 which toured until 2001.

## Show Summary

### 1986 Version

#### Act 1:

The show begins with our host Mickey Mouse taking us to the library with several other Disney characters joining in including friends from Alice in Wonderland, The Jungle Book, Winnie the Pooh, and Peter Pan. All of these cameos lead into a special story about the very first animated feature: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Snow White, the fairest of them all, lived in a castle near a dark forest where the Evil Queen hates her. The only person who can cheer her up is the Huntsman who always felt sorry for her and did whatever he could to cheer her up. One day when the Queen was especially angry, she headed into the dark forest where she met the kind and caring Doc who encourages her to keep having hope in her wishes. Snow White wasn't the only one he met, he met a group of six other dwarfs in the forest: Sleepy, Bashful, Grumpy, Sneezy, Happy, and Dopey. Together they joined as a family and accidentally discovered a diamond mine.

As the years passed, Snow White stayed in the castle and remained kind as always. One day, a handsome Prince of the realm met her and they met in secret where they would talk and dance. One day, the Evil Queen accidentally encountered the Prince and forced him off the land. The Evil Queen summoned the great mirror of the ice and asked who the fairest one of all was. The Mirror always answers with her, but today it answered with Snow White. The Queen asked the Huntsman if he could kill Snow White, threatening his life as well. He warned the Princess about the Queen's anger and encouraged her to escape into the forest.

Snow White managed to escape to the Seven Dwarves' cottage as far away as possible. As the Dwarves came home, they were surprised to find a stranger in their home. Snow White told them her tale, and they all agreed to let her stay. A big celebration was held in her honor.

#### Act 2

The Evil Queen returns to the rink and summons the Mirror of the Ice to see if she's again the fairest of them, but Snow White still reigns supreme. The Evil Queen realized that if she wants something right, she needs to do it herself. So she makes a potion that turns her into an old beggar woman.

The Evil Queen (now in her disguise) heads to the old cottage and offers Snow White a magic apple, and it's an offer she can't refuse, even with the audience against the Queen's spell. The Dwarves head home, they realize Snow White is dead and put her in a glass coffin and try to defeat the Evil Queen in her beggar form, ultimately getting struck by lightning. While the Dwarves succeded in defeating the foe, they realized they had nowhere to pay respects to the Princess. So they put her in a glass coffin somewhere in the forest so she could be near the forest creatures. The Prince had heard of the activity and paid his respects by singing of his love for her. After, he slowly leaves and gently kisses her. The kiss awakened the Princess, and a royal celebration was held to celebrate the newlywed Prince and Snow White. The Huntsman also was there thanks to the Queen's death.

### 1994 version

#### Act 1:

The show begins with our host Mickey Mouse taking us to the library with several other Disney characters joining in including snippets from The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Little Mermaid, and The Lion King. All of these stories lead to a special story about the very first animated feature: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Snow White, the fairest of them all, lived in a castle near a dark forest where the Evil Queen hates her. As the years passed, Snow White stayed in the castle and remained kind as always. One day, a handsome Prince of the realm met her and they met in secret where they would talk and dance. The Evil Queen encountered the Prince and asked the Hunstman to force him off the land while the Prince promised Snow White that he would return. The Evil Queen summoned the Magic Mirror on the wall and asked who the fairest one of all was. The Mirror always answered with her, but today it answered with Snow White. The Queen ordered the Huntsman to kill Snow White, threatening his life as well. He took her into the forest but, instead of killing her, he warned the Princess about the Queen's jealousy and encouraged her to run away, hide in the woods and never come back. Snow White managed to escape to the Seven Dwarfs' cottage as far away as possible.

The dwarfs work in a diamond mine, but when it is almost sunset, it is home from work they go. As the Dwarfs come home, they are distracted by their house with lights on, door open, and smoke that comes out from the chimney, so they sneak into the house to know what is inside. The whole house is clean. Sneezy sneezes very loudly which causes his brothers to fall into the floor. When they hear a moan from upstairs, they send Dopey up, but when Snow White, covered by a bedsheet, yawns, and stretches while she is sleeping, Dopey panics, runs downstairs, and tries to tell them that there is a monster. They go upstairs to attack the monster but are surprised to find out that it is instead a girl. Snow White told them her tale, and they all agreed to let her stay. A big celebration was held in her honor as she and the Dwarfs sang and danced while they learned to clean the house with the help of Snow White.

#### Act 2

In the morning, Snow White tells the story to the Dwarfs about her dreams of meeting her prince, later as they go off to work, they warn her to beware strangers while she kisses each one on the head. When Grumpy warned her not to let nobody or nothing in the house, she knew he liked her so she kissed his head, as he pretended that he didn't like her kiss because he didn't mean for anyone to notice that he liked her.

The Evil Queen returns to the rink and summons the Magic Mirror to see who now is the fairest of them all, but Snow White still reigns supreme. The Evil Queen decides to go herself the dwarfs' cottage to kill her. So she makes a potion that turns her into an old beggar woman and makes the poison apple.

At the cottage, when Snow White makes a gooseberry pie for Grumpy, she sings her love for the prince until the Queen (now in her disguise) interrupts and offers her a poison apple. Before she eats it, she tells the audience she wonders if she should, as the audience tries to avoid her from eating it. When she hesitates, the Queen, determined to win, pretends to faint, so Snow White helps her and brings the glass of water. The Queen thanks her for being so good, she tricks her into believing this is a magic wishing apple, one bite and all her dreams will come true, so Snow White trusts her. When she takes a bite, she begins to faint, staggers into the cottage and falls. Laughing wildly, the Queen believes that she will be buried alive, but when the Dwarfs are home from work, they see her and find out that she had hurt Snow White, so they chase the Queen from the forest to the rocky mountain. She tries to kill them with the boulder but when she gets shattered by lightning, she meets her doom.

While the Dwarfs succeeded in getting rid of the Queen, they realized they had nowhere to pay respects to the Princess. So they put her in a glass coffin somewhere in the forest so she could be near the forest creatures. The Prince, who had searched far and wide, had heard of the activity and paid his respects by singing of his love for her. After, he slowly leaves and gently kisses her. The curse was broken when the kiss awakened the Princess. Snow White's dream finally came true as a royal celebration was held to celebrate the Happily Ever After of the Prince and Snow White joined by the Dwarfs, Mickey, all of his friends, and the Disney Couples from the Library.

## Stories and Characters

### Hosts:

* Mickey Mouse
* Donald Duck (1994-2001)
* Goofy (1994-2001)
* Minnie Mouse (1994-2001)

### Stories Represented:

* Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
* The Jungle Book
* Alice in Wonderland
* Winnie the Pooh (1986-1992)
* Peter Pan (1986-1992)
* Beauty and the Beast (1994-2001)
* Aladdin (1994-2001)
* The Lion King (1994-2001)
* The Little Mermaid (1994-2001)
* Cinderella (1994-2001)
* Fantasia (1994-2001)
* The Story of Robin Hood (1994-2001)
* The Rescuers (1994-2001)

## Trivia

* This is one of the shows that had 2 different versions. Others including 100 Years of Magic and Dare to Dream.
* The original version of the show provided much more detail on the original story with the second being a straight-up retelling.
* This is the only Disney on Ice appearance of Clarabelle Cow.