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Stitch Crashing Disney Classics

Next week sees the UK finally get access to Disney+, the House of Mouse's new streaming service. To get you in the mood today we're sharing a compilation of the promo material for Lilo and Stitch where the popular and cute destructive alien gatecrashes Disney animated classics including Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King. It's a lot of fun and serves as a nice homage to Disney movies too!

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