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I don’t know how Disney keeps convincing me that I need to care about Frozen merchandise in October, but here we are.

Frozen Fan Fest is back, and I have already mentally earmarked at least three things from this list that I absolutely do not need and will probably buy anyway.

Disney’s kicking off this year’s celebration with a brand-new Disney Off the Page Adventures story called The Night Before the Royal Fitting, debuting on Disney Kids YouTube this month. It’s a storybook-style animated short following Anna after her engagement, as she and Elsa get Arendelle ready for a big occasion. If you’re the type who’s already counting down to Frozen 3, which hits theaters in November 2027 (yes, we still have a while, I’m sorry), this is a nice little bridge to tide you over.

New toys and playsets

The toy lineup this year leans hard into imaginative play, which, fine, is exactly what Frozen toys should do. The Disney Frozen Slumber Sister Set from Mattel brings Anna, Elsa, and Olaf together with 14 bedtime-themed accessories, tied directly to the new short. There’s also a Singing “Ice Powers” Elsa Doll that recreates the moment Elsa builds Olaf, which is a genuinely sweet detail to bake into a toy instead of just slapping her face on another generic doll body. For anyone with an 18-inch doll collection already in the house, the Frozen Snow Queen Elsa Outfit from American Girl recreates her Fifth Spirit transformation, and there are matching Anna and Elsa Cuddle & Care Sets with Bitty Baby dolls for the younger crowd who aren’t quite ready for the whole “destined elemental spirit” plotline yet.

If your household runs on chaos and glitter already, the Icy Magic Phone adds lights and icy sound effects to pretend play, and the ZURU Slime Mart Disney Shopping Basket lets kids build squishy, icy, cake-shaped slime creations, which sounds like either the best or worst purchase decision a parent could make depending entirely on your relationship with cleaning slime out of carpet.

For the holiday crowd specifically, there’s also a festive Olaf plush with numbered countdown pockets and a Sven-shaped marker, perfect for anyone who wants Olaf personally supervising their December countdown. And if you’re into building rather than buying pre-made, LEGO Olaf and Bruni’s Picnic Fun gives you two actual LEGO figures plus a picnic blanket setup that doubles as a little Frozen display piece once playtime’s over.

Apparel, accessories, and a few surprises

The apparel side covers a lot of ground this time. There are Adidas cleats inspired by Elsa, Anna, and Arendelle, releasing this month, for anyone who wants their soccer game to have a little kingdom-of-ice energy. Amazon’s Merch on Demand is also in on the celebration, with an Expressions of Olaf design pulled from the Once Upon a Snowman short, plus a customizable Elsa Fifth Spirit Snowflake T-shirt available in a genuinely wide range of colors and styles. There’s a Frozen Sleepwear Set for girls with a snowflake pattern and coordinating lettuce-edge trim, which is exactly the kind of detail that makes matching sister pajamas feel like an actual outfit rather than just pajamas. And if bedtime stories are more your household’s thing, Disney Frozen: A Royal Sleepover brings Anna, Elsa, and Olaf into a nighttime adventure complete with games and a few unexpected visitors, while I am Elsa, a new Little Golden Book, gives the whole family a gorgeously illustrated retro-style read.

World of Frozen gets its moment too

If you’re planning a trip to either Hong Kong Disneyland Resort or Disneyland Paris, World of Frozen is leaning into this celebration with its own exclusive offerings. Hong Kong gets exclusive mini music boxes, and both parks carry mini figurines for anyone building out a collection. Disneyland Paris is pairing all of this with its own Snowflake Festival, bringing in a selection of merchandise you won’t find anywhere else. And for the scrapbookers among us, both locations are offering exclusive postcard designs featuring Arendelle-inspired artwork, which you can actually mail straight from mailboxes inside World of Frozen itself. I’m not saying mailing yourself a postcard from a fictional Norwegian-inspired kingdom is a personality trait, but I’m also not not saying that.

Between the new short, the toy wave, the apparel drop, and two actual parks leaning into their own Frozen-themed lands, this is a genuinely stacked celebration for a franchise that, frankly, never really needed convincing to sell me something. Consider this your heads up to budget accordingly before you start scrolling through product links yourself.

We’ll keep tracking Frozen news as Disney rolls out more ahead of Frozen 3, so check back with Theme Park Scope for what’s coming next.