Disney has done it again! Minnie’s Masquerade, the latest Mickey Mouse Clubhouse preschool DVD which debuts today, is wildly entertaining and has quickly become my 4 1/2 year old daughter’s favorite — thanks in (a huge) part to the amazing Mickey Mote.
Shaped like Mickey ears, the Mickey Mote is a kid-friendly remote control that allows children to play interactively while watching the video. The Mickey mote has to be programmed before it can be used. Even though the instructions to do this are super easy, it did take me a while to figure it out and Vanessa was getting a bit frustrated. Good thing, the movie comes with a paper mask which my daughter wasted no time decorating.
As I was about to give up, I decided to use the TV’s remote control instead of the DVD’s to program the Mickey Mote and we were ready to go!
Soon after the first episode started — it has 5 and one of them has never been seen before — Vanessa was able to use el Mickey Remoto to answer a question about which shoes Minnie should wear to the masquerade by pressing one of the four color-coded shapes on the remote. You have to select the Discovery Mode feature in order to use the Mickey Mote and choose one of two levels of play depending on your child’s age.
The best part for our bilingual household is that there’s a Spanish (and a French) track which includes all of the content in the Discovery Mode feature. I’ve always been a huge fan of anything Disney and ever since it became essential that the media my children consume be in Spanish, they’re pretty much #1 on my list. The translations are impeccable, which never ceases to amaze me even though I know know better than to expect any less from Disney.
The Mickey Mote can be used with any Disney Preschool DVD which includes the Discovery Mode feature.
You can win one of your own by entering our giveaway. Also, here’s a $5 off coupon for you to buy your own Minnie’s Masquerade with Mickey Mote DVD.
THE GIVEAWAY!
This giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to the winner: ReggieMan!
We have a one Minnie Masquerade with Mickey Mote DVD to give away to one lucky winner. To enter, please tell us why you think your child would enjoy having a Mickey Mote.
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Disclosure: We received a sample to review the product. All opinions are our own.
You wouldn’t believe how obsessed my DD is with Minnie and Mickey. I mean, like she sees Mickey everywhere!
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My son is in love with anything Mickey Mouse and with pushing buttons, jaja! Plus I do everything possible to have him watch the programs he likes in Spanish with me and English with his Dad.
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Since my daughter Sofia was born we have only watched shows or DVD’s in Spanish (i.e. Plaza Sesamo, DVD’s my cousins have brought me from Spain). We live about 5-10 minutes from Disneyland and everytime we pass by “la casa de Minnie y Mickey” Sofia goes nuts. This set would be amazing to add to our collection, especially since she loves Minnie and Mickey.
My son would love to win this, not only because he likes mickey mouse but because that remote is so cute
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She would love a Mickey Mote because she loves Mickey and Minnie Mouse and is always trying to use the regular remotes to watch TV and movies.
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they love mickey and minnie.
my daughter loves pressing buttons, so this would be fun.
My daughter would enjoy this because she LOVES Mickey Mouse.
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My son would enjoy having a Mickey mote because he loves our remote he likes to change the channels on his own thanks for the chance:) ashleygatewood@mail.com
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This looks so, so fun! My girls would love this!
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My son would enjoy the mickey mote because he can use it with the mickey dvd we already have plus this one!
My 2 year old is in love with the color PINK and feel in love with Minnie the first time she saw here. We just celebrated her 2nd bday with a Minnie party of course. She would LOVE this DVD! And her OWN remote??? Heaven
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This gift would be perfect for my niece (sorry…my own children wouldn’t enjoy it as much – too old and too young). Isabel loves coming over to play make over games and this would be a blast!
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my niece loves all things disney!
We love Disney! My daughter would love this because she would get to interact with the show.
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my kid loves Mickey.
My guy would love to have his own very special remote!
My daughter loves gadgets like that!
Hannah smiles at the mouse ears!
I have 3 boys under age 7 and they LOVE LOVE LOVE Mickey Mouse!! They also LOVE technology. Thanks for the wonderful opportunity to WIN!!
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I want to win this for my friends daughter!
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My niece loves anything that interacts with the TV so she would love this
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Cause he thinks things like this are cute
my kids love disney,so they would love this
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My kids love disney everything
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My grandson loves Nickey Mouse
my daughter loves trying to play with the remotes
My grandson loves anything to do with Mickey Mouse and Disney. He would have a blast with this.
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All my kids just love mickey mouse and taking remotes!
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