“Once Upon a Time” fans were disappointed to hear that the beloved fairy tale would no longer be streaming on Netflix, but the series has received a fairytale ending as Disney has announced that the show will now be added to the Disney Plus lineup.
On Sept. 5, 2020, all seven seasons of the show will will no longer be available in the Netflix catalog, the company has announced. Fans can still pick up right where they left off on Disney+ shortly after.
“Once Upon a Time” seamlessly blended the worlds of fantasy, drama and fairy tales during its run on ABC. Now, it will be bringing its dark take on Disney princesses home to Disney+, beginning on Friday, Sept. 18.
The series follows a young woman with a troubled past is drawn to a small town in Maine where fairy tales are to be believed. For Emma Swan, life has been anything but a happy ending. But when she’s reunited with Henry – the son she gave up for adoption ten years ago – on the night of her 28th birthday, everything changes. The show features a wide selection of classic Disney characters such as Snow White, Captain Hook, Robin Hood, Elsa, Merida and many more.
The show premiered in the fall of 2011 and finished its run in the spring of 2018. in that time, the seven-season series touched on aspects of mythology and literature from around the world, including characters from The Walt Disney vault and beyond.
Netflix has close ties to Once Upon a Time, hosting it even before it was finished airing. Starting in 2015, Netflix was the destination for fans in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland to watch Once Upon a Time, while in the U.S. it added new seasons shortly after they aired.