Song Details
One of the most notable aspects of the song is that all but three of the princesses' original voice actresses reprise their singing roles. Unsurprisingly, due to the age of the films, Adriana Caselotti, Ilene Woods and Mary Costa do not reprise their roles as Snow White, Cinderella and Princess Aurora. Notably, Lea Salonga, who provided the singing voice of both Princess Jasmine in Aladdin and Mulan in Mulan reprises both roles in this song. The rest of the princesses also retain their original singing voice actresses from the films.
Each princess sings lyrics that reference their own story. For example, one of Snow White's lines is "Someday my prince will come, it's certain as the sunrise," one of Cinderella's lines is "One day the slipper fits, then you see the love in his eyes," one of Belle's lines is "So the story goes, never die the rose...," Pocahontas' primary line being "The colors of the wind will lead my heart right back to you..." Jasmine's line being "There's a whole new world waiting there for us," and Mulan's primary line being "Reflections in a diamond sky come shining on through."
In the Princess Wishes Disney on Ice show, the line "The colors of the wind will lead my heart right back to you" is changed to "The music of the wind will lead my heart right back to you," since Pocahontas is not featured in the show. The show also changes the line "So the story goes/Never die the rose" which is sung by Belle in order to give Aurora a solo line. In the show, it is changed to "Once upon a dream/Wish and it will seem."
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