Frozen Fun: Olaf's Snow Fest

So it's been a while since I last posted.  I blame the holidays!  I didn't get to visit the parks nearly as often as I would like in the last couple of months.  

Anyway, I have gotten to visit DCA's new Frozen Fun area a couple of times and thought it would be good to share a few things I've learned.  

The first time we went, it was a very early preview and when we saw Olaf, we made a beeline for the queue.  Outside.  Yep, Olaf's first meet and greet appearance was in front of what was to be Olaf's Snow Fest.  Sorry for the blurry nighttime picture...

Later, Olaf moved into his new home in Arendelle.  The snow play area recreates a town square with a frozen fountain, wooden pieces for building a snowman, and the occasional flurry.  The snow can get a bit icy, but they have people break up the ice with shovels and rakes.  

If you are so inclined, you can sled down a snowy hill!  This is of course another line inside the play area.  Go straight there if you want to try it!  

If that's not your cup of tea, there is also a small merchandise shop and snack bar.  The snack bar serves up meatballs, corndog bites and hot chocolate as well as other grab and go snacks and treats.  They also sell a build your own snowman kit, which we got to try for FREE yesterday!  It's a $5.95 value.  My friends and I were sitting at a table when approached by a cast member who made a full presentation, lol!  

If you want to meet Olaf, you will have to queue up outside, get a pager, then you can do whatever you like until paged to enter the queue inside.  The wait was about 90 minutes altogether that day, but the kids got to go on a ride in the meantime.  Sometimes they have a second queue up to enter the area, so be sure to check with a cast member.  

Frozen has also taken over the dance party, which is now called Freeze the Night.  I only ventured into it looking for Marshmallow, lol!  We found him over by the former arcade.  There is also an odd Jenga type game off to one side.  Not sure why that's there or what the purpose of having it next to Marshmallow is.  There is also an ice carving show where Laserman used to perform.  

The Muppet Theater is now the Frozen Sing Along, but I have yet to experience it due to it's popularity.  Wandering Oaken's is an outdoor merchandise area outside the theater.  I have also not been over to see Elsa and Anna or to draw Frozen characters in the Animation Building.  I'm experiencing a little Frozen fatigue, but eventually I will try and get to that.  This experience is supposed to be for a limited time while the parks transition to the 60th celebrations, but we'll see!