Summer may be upon us, but a frosty chill has descended over Disneyland Paris – and it promises to delight lovers of Disney’s hit movie Frozen.

Visitors to the French park this summer can expect snow and ice in abundance along with Olaf, one of the film’s stars and arguably the world’s most famous snowman, as part of the park’s Frozen Summer Fun celebrations which kicked off today and will run until September 13.

Last weekend I, along with my 12-year-old daughter Dani, enjoyed a sneak preview of the snowy delights awaiting Frozen fans to Disneyland Paris, with a host of special features.

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We sang our hearts out at the new Frozen sing-along show, which in true Disney style was a polished production with an impressive ice-themed stage set and cast of characters who came bounding down the stairs of the auditorium before jumping on to the stage and getting the music going.

Performers in the Frozen Summer Show at Disneyland Paris

“I refuse to sing” Dani had defiantly declared as we took our seats, but I knew it wouldn’t take long for the Disney magic to work its wonders and she was soon joining in enthusiastically as we raised the roof with our lusty renditions of some of the film’s most enduring hits.

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The appearance of Olaf was the cue for his soppy summertime ditty In Summer, as giant beach balls were playfully thrown into the audience to spark the summer spirit.

But the climax was the Oscar-winning classic, Let it Go, made all the more evocative as a proverbial blizzard of soapy snowflakes floated down upon us aswe belted out the final verse in a rousing finale.

All too soon, the 18-minute show was over – just as we were fired up to sing our hearts out with a passion that would have made TV choirmaster Gareth Malone proud, but with six to 12 performances a day, budding singers can let themselves go time and time again.

A Frozen-themed parade at Disneyland Paris

There’s no escaping the Frozen effect on the park, with regular appearances by royal sisters Anna and Elsa on special Royal Welcome carriage rides where they waved to armies of little girls in lookalike dresses.

Clearly, the princess look of the moment is Anna’s striking ice-blue snowflake dress or Anna’s fetching green and pink ensemble, on sale in the numerous shops across the park, which were obviously doing a brisk trade in them despite the hefty 70 euro price tag.

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The princesses also charmed the crowds on their icy float during the daily Disney magic parade as it trundled through the park along with other Disney favourite characters. Such was its pull, crowds started gathering in the best vantage points up to an hour before it started.

Characters from the Frozen film at Disneyland Paris

It was a similar story for the nightly Disney Dreams! show. This is no average sound and light display, but an extravaganza of fireworks, lasers and fountains perfectly choreographed with images projected on to Sleeping Beauty’s Castle that in one instant transformed its turrets into rockets blasting off into the sky and in

another the Arctic backdrop of Elsa’s ice palace where her image appeared to sing Let it Go.

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Disney bosses are expecting Frozen Summer Fun to pull in the crowds, and it certainly won fans in Dani and her eight-year-old friend Lily who voted Olaf their favourite character.

Dani liked the clips of different Disney films, while Lily enjoyed the sing-along, adding: “It had all the characters and snow too. I loved singing the songs because I knew all the words.”

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But you can’t talk about Disney without mentioning the rides and Big Thunder Mountain was the enduring favourite.

Word of advice though – it’s worth using the Fastpass system to beat the queues. At one point the wait was two hours; enough to chill the fire of any Frozen enthusiast.