Making good on their promise to further develop the Tinkerbell/Fairies line, Disney Online, a part of the Disney Interactive Media Group, has recently announced that the plane to Pixie Hollow is now boarding.  Guests must be under this height to ride this ride.

Disney’s newest Virtual World allows players to create their own Fairy to take flight alongside Tinkerbell and other Fairy friends.  The goal is to help bring about the change of seasons through meeting friends, playing games, and collecting items in nature.

Features include:

• Play Talent Games — Help fellow Fairies bring about the change of seasons by playing talent mini games; help fish travel upstream with Silvermist and the other water Fairies, or light up fireflies with Iridessa and the light-talent fairies
• Collect Curious Things — Find and collect useful items like leaves, flowers, and rare mainland trinkets; use them as ingredients for crafting, to shop in the treetops and to earn badges
• Craft Incredible Creations — Create your own Fairy fashions and accessories by playing crafting games
• Earn Special Badges — Earn colorful badges that showcase your adventures and accomplishments in your personal Leaf Journal. Plus, when you earn a badge, everyone around you will see your accomplishments

“Pixie Hollow is an online destination where fans of all ages can become a Fairy and go to live in a magical world of Tinker Bell and her friends,” said Steve Parkis, senior vice president, Disney Online. “More than 7 and a half million Fairies have already been created and, until now, have been all dressed up with no place to go. Now, in Pixie Hollow, Fairies can join their friends, take flight and live their very own Fairy adventures.”

Pixie Hallow is a free-to-play title, but players may choose to upgrade their game experience buy purchasing a monthly $5.95 membership fee.  Benefits of membership include being one of the first to preview and play new games when they open in Pixie Hollow.  Members get a sneak peek at all games before non-member players.  Members will be able to craft individual and unique outfits for their character.  Paying members have access to the Fairy fashions and furnishings, allowing them to trade collected items for tops, bottoms, sashes, and shoes.

While Pixie Hollow is a standalone youth game, as with most things Disney, there are a number of real world tie-ins that not only encourage activity on the PixieHollow site, but also release exclusive in-game content.  Disney’s new Clickables™ Fairy collection will unlock special content in PixieHallow allowing players to make online Fairy friendships and add unique virtual clothing, accessories, and decor items to their collections.  Players may also earn in-game achievement points via a separate handheld LCD game that allows them to earn Tink points offline that can be used in-game for butterfly friends that fly with their Fairies in PixieHollow (in game pet).

The new free-to-play virtual world has opened a few days before Disney’s upcoming October 28th DVD and bluray release of Tinker Bell.

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