Blogging Disney has featured the world of Pixie Hollow on three previous occasions.
Pixie Hollow is located in the most sought after, family friendly, private community directly across the street from the Disney Resort. Whether you walk 10 minutes to the Mickey and Friends FREE tram that takes you to the front gates of the park, or 15 minutes to Downtown Disney, you just can’t beat the location.
In August 2011, I blogged about the Disney Fairies Magazine and the Disney Fairies Fly mobile app: Tinker Bell and Disney Fairies Magazine.
In September 2011, I promoted the TV premiere and home video release of the Pixie Hollow Games movie with links to online games and contests. Pixie Hollow Games, Contests, and More!
And in July 2013, I gave a detailed review of one of my favorite Disney apps: Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique.
Are you surprised there’s so much happening in the tiny, magical world of Peter Pan’s temperamental fairy sidekick? Don’t be!
Introducing the Garden Fairy Chloe, screenshot from disney.go.com/fairies/
Fans of the Disney Fairies franchise have always known the world of Tinker Bell and her friends is more than just movies, magazines and mobile apps: it’s a vast multiplayer online universe where you can create your own fairy avatar, play games, design fashions and interact with thousands of other Tinker Bell fans.
Err, well…it used to be, anyway.
As it happens, Disney shut down the Pixie Hollow online world in September 2013, just two months after I raved about the Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique app (which I came THISCLOSE to spending real $$$ playing). But on September 19th, Pixie Hollow vanished, and along with it, the Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique app.
Boutique closet, screenshot from Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique, copyright Disney
What about Disney Fairies Fly and the Disney Fairies Magazine? Are they still around? Nope. All gone. Poof. It’s as if they never existed.
Of course, Disney can delete Pixie Hollow from the internet and remove the games from the App Store, but my blog posts are still online. I didn’t even know Disney purged the Disney Fairies universe until I received several comments from readers who couldn’t find the Fashion Boutique in the App Store. The comments were from angry Fairies fans who loved the fashion boutique app but couldn’t download it on new devices and were unable to recover the game after accidentally deleting the original download.
As a Fashion Boutique fan, the frustrations of other gamers inspired me to investigate the vanishing app. The internet isn’t always the easiest place to find things that no longer exist, but after a fair amount of Googling, I found an FAQ explaining Disney’s purge of Pixie Hollow and its related apps.
Unfortunately, the FAQ page is a JPG image, making it inaccessible to screen readers and devices without image support, and the text can’t be read and indexed by search engines. To help the distraught Fairies fans who come to Blogging Disney looking for answers, I’ve copied Disney’s official FAQ below.
Thank you for being a flutterific part of the Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow community and for your loyalty.
Pixie Hollow accounts have now been automatically closed, and can no longer be accessed.
Pixie Hollow Online Game
Guests with paid Memberships should have received an email with information about their Membership including refund details. If you have any additional billing-related questions, please contact us at billing@pixiehollow.com or (877) 787-4943. Billing support will no longer be available after November 18, 2013.
Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique has also been removed from the App Store as of September 19, 2013.
When did Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow close?
Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow closed on September 19, 2013.
Why did Pixie Hollow close?
Disney Interactive is committed to offering high-quality, entertaining play experiences in both online virtual worlds and mobile apps. At this time, we are shifting our development focus towards other online and mobile play experiences, such as the Disney Fairies website and a growing selection of Disney Mobile apps. We deeply appreciate your enthusiasm and loyal support for Pixie Hollow and sincerely hope you will continue to enjoy the large variety of online and mobile play experiences Disney offers – with more to come soon!
Can I still access my account and my Fairy/Sparrow Man avatar(s) and items?
Unfortunately, you can no longer access your account to Pixie Hollow or log into the Pixie Hollow virtual world.
Why can’t I purchase or re-activate my membership?
Pixie Hollow closed on September 19, 2013. Memberships are no longer available for purchase.
I had a recurring paid membership for Pixie Hollow. What happens now?
As of August 20, 2013, your credit card or PayPal account was no longer charged a recurring payment for Pixie Hollow. Guests with paid Memberships received an email with information about Memberships including refund details. Pixie Hollow closed on September 19, 2013. You can no longer access your account to Pixie Hollow or log into the Pixie Hollow virtual world. Billing support will no longer be available after November 18, 2013.
Can I still redeem a secret code I got from a Disney Fairies toy?
Pixie Hollow closed on September 19, 2013, and code redemptions of any kind for Pixie Hollow are no longer available. Please contact us at billing@pixiehollow.com for additional help.
I had purchased a Pixie Hollow game card, but I never redeemed it. What do I do now?
Pixie Hollow closed on September 19, 2013, and Membership for Pixie Hollow is no longer available. If you have purchased a Pixie Hollow Game Card at Target or Toys R Us retail stores, but have not yet activated your Game Card online, please contact us at billing@pixiehollow.com or (877) 787-4943 for additional help. Billing support will no longer be available after November 18, 2013.
Pixie Hollow Create A Fairy
I have a Membership/Free Trial code (either from a Game Pass or DVD insert). Can I still use it?
Pixie Hollow closed on September 19, 2013, and Membership of any kind for Pixie Hollow is no longer available. Please contact us at billing@pixiehollow.com for additional help.
Is the Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique mobile app also closed?
Disney Fairies Fashion Boutique was removed from the App Store on September 19, 2013. If you have already downloaded the game on your device, you can continue playing it with more limited functionality.
Will there be any Disney Fairies online games coming out in the future?
You can continue to play flitterific games and activities right here at the official Disney Fairies website! More Fairiy fun will be added regularly!
| Pixie Hollow Bake Off | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Kate Kondell |
| Directed by | Elliot M. Bour |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Jan Hirota |
| Editor(s) | Lisa Linder |
| Running time | 6 minutes |
| Production company(s) | DisneyToon Studios Arc Productions |
| Distributor | Disney–ABC Domestic Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | Disney Channel |
| Original release | |
Pixie Hollow Bake Off is a six-minute short, based on the Disney Fairies franchise, produced by DisneyToon Studios. It aired in the United Kingdom on October 20, 2013, on Disney Channel. It is based loosely on J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan stories, by way of Disney's animated adaptation.[1]
Plot[edit]
Tink challenges Gelata (Lisa Faulkner in the UK version and by Giada De Laurentiis in the US version) to see who can bake the best cake for the queen's party. There are a group of baking fairies, the main one being Gelata. The baking fairies always make exactly the same cake for Queen Clarion's Arrival Day party, for the last 399 years.
Tinker Bell has an idea for a different kind of cake, which Gelata takes as a challenge... hence, the bake off. Tink and her friends compete against the baking fairies. In the end, Tink's cake looks very appealing, but finds out looks aren't everything.
Cast[edit]
- Mae Whitman as Tinker Bell
- Giada De Laurentis as Gelata (US Version)
- Lisa Faulkner as Gelata (UK Version)
- Lucy Liu as Silvermist
- Raven-Symoné as Iridessa
- Megan Hilty as Rosetta
- Pamela Adlon as Vidia
- Angela Bartys as Fawn
- Jeff Bennett as Clank / Fairy Gary
- Rob Paulsen as Bobble
- Jane Horrocks as Fairy Mary
- Anjelica Huston as Queen Clarion
Release[edit]
The special debuted in the United Kingdom on The Disney Channel on October 20, 2013. It was later featured as an exclusive bonus disc accompanying the Blu-ray release of The Pirate Fairy in 2014, which included 10 extra mini-shorts of around 1–2 minutes. The special was released widely through Disney Movies Anywhere.[2][3]
Pixie Hollow Last Minutes Movie
References[edit]
- ^Falconer, Daniel (October 16, 2013). 'Lisa Faulkner Exclusive Interview - 'The Pixie Hollow Bake Off''. Female First. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ^''Pixie Hollow Bake Off' Now Available on Disney Movies Anywhere'. Chip and Co. July 3, 2014. Retrieved June 23, 2015.
- ^Milligan, Mercedes (July 1, 2014). 'Disney Fairies Flit to DMA'. Animation Magazine. Retrieved July 11, 2014.
Pixie Hollow Last Minutes Season
External links[edit]
Pixie Hollow Last Minutes Song
- Pixie Hollow Bake Off on IMDb