ST. JACOBS — It was just an ordinary and fairly snowy Saturday for many, but for Madison Letizi, it was the day her dream came true.

The wintry weather was an added bonus because she was Snow Queen Elsa for the day. Elsa is a popular character in Walt Disney's "Frozen" and has the power to create frost, ice and snow.

The 7-year-old Kitchener girl's wish was brought to life by Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario at St. Jacobs Horse Drawn Tours.

Her day as Elsa began with a 40-minute horse-drawn sleigh ride.

"She will remember this for a lifetime," said Chris Letizi, Madison's father.

Madison was two years old when she first developed muscular dystrophy, a degenerative condition that breaks down muscle mass, and scoliosis, which affects the spine.

"This has been a big year for her," Chris said.

Madison underwent two spinal surgeries last summer and fall to straighten her curving spine.

She knows there are many things she can't do but she couldn't be a happier child, said her mother, Jessica Boel.

"She has trouble with stairs and can't run fast and will never be able to play sports," Boel said.

"But she does really well with it," she added. "It doesn't get her down."

Madison had a "coronation" ceremony at the Trading Post, a wooden shack on site next to the horses and sleighs where she officially became the Snow Queen.

She donned a knitted blue cap with a long, white-haired wig braided just like Elsa's and a lush white cape with a pale, blue fringe.

She was the princess with the power of ice in her fingertips.

Madison twirled her silvery wand and nibbled on blue-frosted "Frozen" themed cupcakes.

Saturday morning's blowing snow made it an uncomfortable sleigh ride for her parents. But it made Madison's day more like the world in "Frozen," where everything is frosty, ice-covered and forever snowy.

"It was really fun," Madison said with cupcake in hand.

"I like Elsa because she has an ice palace," she added before whisking away into a crowd of adoring relatives.

Not only did Madison get to be Elsa for a day but she is also going to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., with her family as part of her wish.

"Many kids like Madison struggle with long-term illness," said Emma Letizi, Madison's stepmother. "It's nice to have a light at the end of the tunnel."

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"She is a strong advocate for herself," Chris said. "She was back in school a week after spinal surgery."

"She really pushes herself."

Make-A-Wish Southwestern Ontario granted 68 wishes in 2014. The foundation has granted 1,100 wishes since it began granting wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions in 1986.