As I mentioned in an earlier post about Disney Princess Aurora, the limited release Sleep Beauty Platinum Edition Blu-ray DVD will be available in stores starting TODAY, just in time for early Holiday shopping.    I was surprised to read that Sleeping Beauty is “Disney’s most expensive animated feature to date“; I thought for sure a movie like Cars would have had a much larger budget.  I guess that is something of a testament to how esteemed Princess Aurora is in the pantheon of Disney Princesses.

Here’s a rundown of the news on the release of Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition DVD:

• Boston Herald: Sleeping Beauty: 50th Anniversary Platinum Edition

• Market Watch: The Magic of Walt Disney’s Sleeping Beauty Comes to Life on Blu-Ray

• Star-Tribune: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ gets high-def makeover

• if Magazine: Exclusive Profile: ‘Sleeping Beauty’ Awakens a New Era for Disney Blu-Ray

• DVD Talk: Sleeping Beauty: Two-Disc Platinum Edition
• Digital Camcorder Redux: DVD Release of the Week: Sleeping Beauty

Aurora is better known by the title of her film, Sleeping Beauty. People who remember Aurora from Sleeping Beauty will remember that she mainly wears a blue dress in the film, but for some reason, upon her incorporation into the Disney Princess team, her primary clothing color changed to pink. Not just any pink. Pepto Bismol pink. And that same vile shade of pink is used not only on Aurora’s clothes, but also on most Princess-related merchandise. This particular shade of pink is my main problem with Princess Aurora. This shade of pink is also a big reason little girls LOVE the Disney Princesses. I am not sure if Aurora is as popular as Belle and Ariel, but I have a feeling girls’ dresses in that shade of pink are really, really popular.

Ok, I am a bit cranky today and don’t feel like turning this post into a rant about awful shades of pink, so I will leave a few links for your enjoyment and post more on Aurora later.

• Princess Aurora stationary and games for Princess Parties
• Sleeping Beauty Castle paper model
• Grown-up girls may like Royal Doulton’s Sleeping Beauty Figurines
• Sleeping Beauty postage stamps from Grenada
• Sleeping Beauty Platinum Edition Blu-ray disc will be released in Fall 2008, just in time for Christmas!