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Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol

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Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne panic when their holiday missions go awry, leaving Wayne thinking he’s in BIG trouble with Santa and accidentally revealing other merry mishaps.

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Rachel Wagner Hallmarkies Podcast Dec 4
there are few modern animation that are cuter than Prep and Landing Go to Full Review
Liz Kocan Decider Dec 2
With its TV-G rating, Prep & Landing: The Snowball Protocol is great, kid-friendly holiday entertainment. While it’s likely not going to enter the pantheon of annual holiday re-watches, it’s the ideal show for the under-10 crowd. Go to Full Review
Rob Owen Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Dec 1
Unfortunately, this new story strays from the initial concept of elves who work to prepare the way for Santa, instead focusing more on the characters and their lives when not on the clock, which is not as magical or entertaining. Go to Full Review
Fernanda Camargo Common Sense Media Nov 25
3/5
Where previous stories in this universe felt like uncovering another layer of a shared winter wonderland, this special also touches on summer and romance—and almost misses the mark of the season. Go to Full Review
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Animal K @AnimalKing Apr 27 This is a pretty big nothing of a special. The plot is just Lanny & Wayne mess up a mission. They try to keep it a secret, but then they are called in by Santa for a secret meeting. Where Wayne then proceeds to ty and figure out what secret thing Santa has called him in to talk about, he then proceeds to talk about two missions that went bad, which he assumes are the reason he is there. Which is just lazy writing to cut to two different ~10 minutes shorts, both predictable, and boring. See more Natalie B @NatalieBrown Jan 3 Our kids grew up loving the original two Prep and Landings. This one is absolutely terrible and has totally ruined the series. Full of Disney woke agenda that makes no sense and the plot is simply stupid. Very non-Christmas. We wasted our lives cringing through this show with no laughs or smiles. See more Tim P @Timmay Dec 27 We look forward to the show as a family love the previous iterations and thought that this was going to be another instant classic. It was everything but it is absolute AI garbage slop See more Jay W @RT52162311 Dec 23 This is the direct to DVD sequel era of the "Prep & Landing" series. This feels like the scrapped remains of a ditched Disney+ TV series. The "short" is set up like a clip show with two distinct halves. Neither one of the stories is all that funny nor heartwarming. It might be entertaining for little kids, but not much else. See more dustination P @dustination Dec 20 The animation is nice. The voice acting is pretty good. The story is so-so. It's basically a collection of short stories tied together rather than an all-new adventure. It's an ok way to pass the time, but don't expect a story that's up to par with previous entries. See more S S. @SShol Dec 11 I love the first two specials, but this one seems like a completely different genre. There’s barely any Christmas in this Christmas special, Santa seems darker than previous specials, and there’s no joy in the Wayne character this time around. It’s a set of shorts combined halfheartedly with a musical number (?) and it seems like a random episode of office mates, not a Prep & Landing special after so long. Would not rewatch this third one, and will (very easily) forget it was even created See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis Christmas elves Lanny and Wayne panic when their holiday missions go awry, leaving Wayne thinking he’s in BIG trouble with Santa and accidentally revealing other merry mishaps.
Distributor
Disney Channel
Production Co
Disney Television Animation
Genre
Kids & Family, Holiday, Adventure, Animation
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 28, 2025
Runtime
27m