Cute: Disney World has teamed with HGTV on a three-minute House Hunters International segment featuring Belle and her main man from Beauty and the Beast. The couple must navigate a neighborhood "where it's tough to find a starter home" and find "a place where the beast's appearance won't scare everyone away and a place for Belle to put the books she's always wanted," according to the voiceover. That neighborhood? New Fantasyland, which will soon open in phases as "a place where mermaids sing, beauties tell tales, beasts roar and elephants fly" and become the largest expansion in the history of the Orlando, Fla., theme park. Anyway, the stunt video was made in spirit of promotional parody, of course, but it's not the first time the House Hunters franchise has, uh, fabricated a storyline.
The Video:
· New Real Estate in New Fantasyland [YouTube via Vulture]
· New Fantasyland [Walt Disney World]