Disney Castle Collection
If you are anything like me, you have wished upon more than one star to be a real-life Disney Princess. You have dreamed, day-dreamed, your heart as wished, yet still you don’t wake up as a Disney Princess. This Shop Disney release is the part of my collection that allows me to at least have castles at an arm’s reach.
One day I was casually scrolling through my explore page on Instagram and I came across a gorgeous Cinderella themed post that had the large Cinderella castle in it. I had never seen this before and I was very interested in purchasing my own. I read the caption of the post and found out that they were still available from the Shop Disney website. At that time, there were already two that were released, one for Cinderella and the other was Elsa’s Arendelle castle. I added the Cinderella castle to cart without hesitation and checked out. When it arrived in the mail it did not disappoint. The colouring and details were amazing, it was worth every penny, and I knew right then and there that I was going to need one for each princess that I collect.
Shop Disney started releasing figurines of castles from a number of different Disney Princesses last year. This is a series of 10 castles that have been releasing bi-monthly since they were initially released in 2020. The collection includes not only light-up figurines, but pins, puzzles, ornaments and journals. There is also an oversized hardcover book which has detailed photos and descriptions of each castle. So far, they have released 8 out the 10 series and collectors are impatiently waiting for the last two to come out later this year. Cinderella, Elsa, Rapunzel, Snow White, Aurora, Mulan, Jasmine, Ariel, Merida and Belle are the princesses who make up this entire collection.
With each castle that they have released I personally feel that they have only upped their game from the previous one. Although I can truly say that I love all of them, I would have to say that my favourites are Ariel, Snow White and Jasmine’s castles.
I know that the price point on these figurines have made a lot of people shy away from the collection and that is completely understandable as they retail for $149.99 USD each. However, if you are able to buy the one for your favourite princess I recommend doing so as they are all beautiful. The ornaments make for a much more affordable option as they are $29.99 USD, but these sell out fast and you may have to purchase them second market. I myself, have opted to only collect the large light-up versions for 6 out of the 10 released. I am patiently waiting for the Belle castle which is set to release before the end of the year.
Although the series is almost over, I would love to see Shop Disney continue to make figurines of different places from a variety of Disney movies. How cute would the house from Alice’s dream be?