Sorry kids!

Mickey Mouse has been canceled. He and Elsa and Woody are taking a backseat to the Philadelphia Eagles this Sunday, because that’s the only game in town. Three Wells Fargo Center performances were canned completely due to the Birds/Seahawks game:

Some of the responses to that tweet are pretty good.

Writes Katie: “WHY? This has now ruined so many of my families plans. This is ridiculous. They don’t play football on the ice last I checked”

Oliver: “Who gives a fuck about Disney on ice”

Nate: “I hear Dallas has space for your performances on that day”

And a bit of logic from Mike: “The overflow and thousands of drunk adults would’ve made it a very awkward and potentially unsafe environment for kids and families trying to attend Disney. And yeah, parking down there would’ve been a nightmare.”

Mike is right; it would have been a terrible scenario. Imagine some seven-year-old kid in a Frozen t-shirt has to walk by the F Lot Crew, then the guy on the microphone screams racist nonsense at her, a big fight breaks out and people start throwing haymakers. An Eagles tailgate atmosphere juxtaposed with Disney on Ice mixes about as well as oil and water, so it was probably the right decision to just axe the whole thing entirely.

On a serious note:

“customers who bought tickets from the Wells Fargo Center Box Office, in person or by phone, or thru WellsFargoCenterPhilly.com, for the 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. performances on Sun, Jan 5, 2020 may exchange them, subject to availability, for any of the remaining Disney On Ice Wells Fargo Center performances.”