Just like us, Montréal’s Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth knows the summer of Barbie is here to stay well beyond the season. In partnership with Mattel, the luxury hotel recently launched Canada’s first official Barbie Dream Suite, available to book from now through September 2024. Keeping the powerful pink energy of the movie alive, step into a pair of plastic heels and join us as we tour Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth’s official Barbie Dream experiences.
Like the film’s journey from the real world, we first traverse to Montréal and ride the Fairmont elevator to the seventeenth floor. Arriving at the room, we’re immediately transported to Barbie Land, as distinctive dreamhouse-hued doors beckon us in.
The room’s two spacious bedrooms, two bathrooms, kitchenette and living room are infused with plastic-perfect design touches. We’re surrounded by original Barbie artwork and vintage Barbie dolls, who keep us company throughout the room. We pinch our younger selves at the sight of a life-sized Barbie swing set in the living room.
The Fairmont and Mattel have put care into each of the room’s transporting experiences. We pour ourselves a drink in the custom-designed pink glassware, flip through Barbie coffee table books, and turn on the bedroom’s light switch, branded in Barbie pink of course. The doll-studded movie vinyl soundtracks our stay, which we spin on the room’s record player and dance the night away to with a decorative disco ball.
Next, we head to the Barbie Boutique at Marché Artisans for a shopping spree of Barbie-pink merch – think hot pink sunglasses and plush bathrobes. The boutique also carries nostalgic favourites like dolls, playsets, toy planes, cars and even the Barbie Dreamhouse itself.
A pop-up Barbie Sweets Shoppe awaits guests down the hall, while Roselys hosts a Barbie-themed Afternoon Tea on Saturday afternoons. By night, we sip on Barbie-inspired cocktails from the hotel Bar, Nacarat.
Reflecting as we check out, Fairmont The Queen Elizabeth’s escape to Barbie Land is truly dream-like. The room indulges our younger spirits while empowering our grown-up selves, embracing the summer of Barbie well into 2024. —Julia Dumbrell
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