Jun 15, 2015 thehappyhousewife.com Pixie Hollow Giveaway Disney Fairies. Mine sure do! They have the dolls, the dress-up clothes, and now they have the Disney Fairies Pixie Hollow game to play online. I love to find safe, fun, and educational games for my kids and Disney delivers with their Pixie Hollow. For those of you who don’t know, Pixie Hollow was on online server, originally launched in 2008, where members would create their own fairies (or sparrow man, but honestly that just wasn’t as much fun) and go on adventures around Pixie Hollow.
Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden opened in 2009 at Disney World in Florida as part of the 16th Annual Epcot® International Flower & Garden Festival. It was near the entrance of the Mouse Gear gift shop in Future World.
On March 21, 2009, an official ribbon cutting ceremony for Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden announced the new play area for children ages 2-5 and their families.
The Fairy Garden featured topiary replicas of Tinker Bell (the best friend of Peter Pan), Fawn (the Nature/Animal Fairy), Iridessa (the Light Fairy), Silvermist (the Water Fairy), and Rosetta (the Flower and Garden Fairy). Also dotting the gardens were the tools and treasures of the fairies as well as a tea kettle fairy house where Tinker Bell lived.
The opening tied in to the direct to DVD animated feature, “Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure” and later Disney fairy movies, the “Pixie Hollow” animated series, and subsequent spin-off movies.
During the ribbon cutting ceremony five young women playing the part of Tinker Bell and four of her fairy friends Fawn, Iridessa, Rosetta, Silvermist appeared to the crowd but did not talk, because they can’t speak outside of Pixie Hollow. However, after the opening ceremony Tink and her fellow fairies quietly played with the day’s honorary pixies.
“I promise to do my best to protect the environment and to always be green. And I also promise to honor Nature. And I believe in Never Land. And I believe in fairies.” — The Pixie Pledge (taken by honorary fairies)
Every day at 2 p.m. children are invited to dress in their favorite fanciful frocks and be part of a grand Fairy & Princess Processional through the colorful surroundings.
As visitors walked the lush grass pathway (ForeverLawn) through the Fairy Garden, they were reminded to clap their hands if they heard a baby laughing because that meant a baby fairy was being born; to flap their arms if they heard the sound of a bird; to move their arms forward as if swimming if they heard the sound of water; and if they heard a tiny little bell tinkling, to put one hand to their head and look to the left and right for a fairy.
In 2012, Tinker Bell and her fairy friends returned to the Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival with an expanded Fairy Garden called Winter Woods that offered a white-and-green palette and new texture to Pixie Hollow with its evergreen forest. The Fairy Garden was still open as of 2014.
Along with the Fairy Garden, Disney provided children a chance to meet and greet with Tinker Bell and her fairy friends in person.
At Disneyland, a Pixie Hollow meet-and-greet area opened on October 28, 2008, near the Matterhorn bobsleds, where guests are able to interact with Tinker Bell and her companions.
On July 28, 2011, Tinkerbell and her fairy friends returned to the Magic Kingdom at Tinker Bell’s Magical Nook, located at the Adventureland Veranda. Tinkerbell, Vidia, Iridessa, Silvermist, Terence, Rosetta, Fawn, and Periwinkle (Tinkerbell’s sister) were on display. That attraction closed on May 20, 2014, but there is now a new meet and greet area for Tinker Bell minus her fairy friends located in Town Square Theater in Main Street USA.
NOTE: The Pixie Hollow franchise also inspired a popular Internet portal where visitors could interact with Tinker Bell and all of her friends – Fawn, Iridessa, Rosetta, Silvermist, Bess, Fira, Lily, Beck, Prilla, Rani, Vidia, Fairy Mary and Queen Clarion. Unfortunately, the online Pixie Hollow gaming site was closed on September 19, 2013.
Pixie Hollow is the secret world where Fairies live and work to create the four seasons to take to the Mainland. The four areas are called Spring Valley, Summer Glade, Autumn Forest and the Winter Woods.
The Pixie Dust Tree is at the heart of Pixie Hollow. It’s visible from everywhere and its roots spread across the entirety of Pixie Hollow. Queen Clarion lives in the Pixie Dust Tree, watching over the whole of Pixie Hollow.
In the original novel by James M. Barrie, Tinker Bell is a fairy and she uses fairy dust, not pixie dust. The transformation from Fairy to Pixie came about with the Disney animated film “Peter Pan” (1953). When Tink was upset, she called people, “Silly Ass!”
“Peter and Wendy” (1911) Chapter 3 COME AWAY, COME AWAY!
“It was a girl called Tinker Bell exquisitely gowned in a skeleton leaf, cut low and square, through which her figure could be seen to the best advantage. She was slightly inclined to embonpoint [plump hourglass figure] .
A moment after the fairy’s entrance the window was blown open by the breathing of the little stars, and Peter dropped in. He had carried Tinker Bell part of the way, and his hand was still messy with the fairy dust.
“Tinker Bell,” he called softly, after making sure that the children were asleep, “Tink, where are you?” She was in a jug for the moment, and liking it extremely; she had never been in a jug before.
“Oh, do come out of that jug, and tell me, do you know where they put my shadow?”
The loveliest tinkle as of golden bells answered him. It is the fairy language. You ordinary children can never hear it, but if you were to hear it you would know that you had heard it once before.
Tink said that the shadow was in the big box. She meant the chest of drawers, and Peter jumped at the drawers, scattering their contents to the floor with both hands, as kings toss ha’pence to the crowd. In a moment he had recovered his shadow, and in his delight he forgot that he had shut Tinker Bell up in the drawer.”
Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden
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200 Epcot Center Drive
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Pixie Hollow Meet and Greet at Disney World
Pixie Hollow Meet and Greet at Disneyland
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Meet Tinker Bell at Town Square Theater
Meet Tinker Bell & a Fairy Friend at Pixie Hollow
Pixie Hollow Fairy Garden Photos
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Pixie Preview – Tinkerbell (Video)
Meet the Fairies – Disney World 2013 (Video)
Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure – 2009 Trailer (Video)
Born in Philadelphia, Jerome Alphonse Holst worked 30 years as a librarian. He has since retired and lives in Thomasville, North Carolina. Mr. Holst is also the author of the children’s books “Norman the Troll,” 'Norman the Troll and the Haunted House,' and 'Gretchen and the Gremlins.' In addition, he penned the fantasy novel “The Adventures of Glinda Gale,” a retelling of “The Wizard of Oz' and the reference text “The Encyclopedia of Movie and TV Insults.” .
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Blogging Disney has featured the world of Pixie Hollow on three previous occasions.
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.
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.
Create A Fairy Avatar
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.
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.
Pixie Hollow World Create A Fairy And Fly
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.
Disney Pixie Hollow Create Your Own Fairy
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!