Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25758988-20150901133630/@comment-25077005-20150904165004

Hmcooper4 wrote: I would think that (disregarding Galavant for the Moment) they would want to fill up as many Sunday's as possible during the Hiatus. Or course, they have to allow for holiday weekends when they expect viewership to be abysmal, and those stupid Awards shows (Sorry, I can't stand the awards shows). But still that would be 1-2 weeks in December, 3 weeks each in Jan and Feb, and possibly 1 week in March. So I would think if you planned on an 8-10 episode arc, or mini-series, that might work.

Another thought would be to have maybe 6 2-hour episodes. I don't know if that would work, but it's a thought. And that's not just for the Nutcracker idea, but just in general. So if the first half of Once Upon A Time ended on November 29th, and began December 6th it could be a four part miniseries for two hours ending on December 27th. As for the Fantasy land (Disney pun intended) it could be like a snow like realm with toy soldiers appearance that is a reference to the Disney film Babes in Toyland. The mouse king or queen could have a full human form that could transform into a demonic rat along with having a army of mouses that use to be human. The ice skating fairies from Fantasia could appear as well along with Periwinkle from the Tinkerbell films. Fritz, and the Nutcracker Prince could be one character. No clue for Drosselmeier yet.