Stars: 4 out of 5
Pros: Great looking stand for Disney ornaments
Cons: Wanted just a one ornament stand for the Year of
Disney Magic series
The Bottom Line:
Disney magic stand
Great for holding ornaments
Not great for series
The Perfect Stand for Holding Twelve Disney Ornaments
I was not at all surprised when Hallmark announced their
plans for a year long series of ornaments with Mickey and friends. After all, their series with the Peanuts gang
was a huge success. And since that
series had a stand, I was expecting Mickey to get a stand of his own. I was a little surprised at the form the Year Of Disney Magic Stand took. I love it,
but I’m not sure I love it for the series.
What kind of stand do you create for a Disney series? Mickey ears, of course. This stand is a big circle with two ovalish
circles sticking out on the sides. The
result is a very good Mickey head. The
circle sticks into a stand at the bottom with screws that hold it into place,
and the ears are attached to the sides with screws as well.
The stand is big – 17.5 inches tall by 20 inches wide. And that’s the idea because it is set up to
hold 12 ornaments at the same time. Two
ornaments go in each ear and two go in the top row of the main part of the
head. There are two more rows in the
head, and they hold three ornaments each.
Now don’t get me wrong, the DisNerd in me loves this
stand. As the box says, you can use it
to hold 12 of your favorite Disney ornaments period, and there is a big appeal
in that. The ornaments can’t be too big
since, even with the size of the stand, you really only have room for an
ornament that is 3 to 3.5 inches tall, maybe 4 inches, depending on where in the
stand you put it. However, there are
still plenty of possibilities, and you could even change it out every month if
you so desired. Many of the Disney
ornaments aren’t Christmas specific, so you could use this display year
round. All these were reasons why I
bought it.
However, the stand was sold as a stand for the Year of
Disney Magic series, and that’s where I’m disappointed. I loved the stand for the Peanuts series,
which featured 12 different backgrounds and was obviously designed to display
one ornament a month. That, to me, was
part of the fun of the series. I was
hoping for a similar stand for this year’s series, and this just doesn’t quite
cut it. I love it for the reasons I
already mentioned, but it’s not what I really wanted.
On the other hand, it looks like the hooks in the stand will
hold all the ornaments in the series so they face the room. Not all the hooks on the Peanuts series
worked right with the stand, so that is an improvement over the series from
last year.
So am I glad I bought the Year Of Disney Magic Stand? Yes, and I will have fun putting Disney
ornaments in it. However, I wish they
had done something smaller for the year long series so I could just display one
a month. As it is, I will probably
display the Disney and the Peanuts series together, but I’m keeping my eyes
open for something even better.
What could be more magical than the entire Year of Disney Magic?
What could be more magical than the entire Year of Disney Magic?
Original Price: $49.95 but discounted to $29.95 during
Ornament Premier weekend
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