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New Kids Remote Control Playhouse Disney Mickey Mote & DVD Sets

November 12, 2010 by Momstart 5 Comments

My children Zoe and Miles love to watch Playhouse Disney. We don’t have cable so our only opportunity to watch it is by DVD, or the occasional visit to grandma’s house. They are also very familiar with technology and can operate any remote in the house. However, they can recognize when something is special or meant for them. Disney created the New Mickey Mote and sent us one to review along with two compatible movies. You’ll be surprised to find that we did actually have a little trouble setting up the remote. The reason for that is because we couldn’t find an actual remote with an IR signal to the DVD player directly. Why, because we have been using a universal remote for all of our devices for over a year and we’ve moved within that time. We tired to use the universal remote to program the Mickey Mote but it failed. So while my husband is looking for the right kind of remote Zoe, Miles and I went ahead and watched the DVDs, Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Numbers & Rounds, and Handy Manny Big Construction Job Review.

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Numbers & Rounds Review:

Zoe and Miles both enjoyed watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Numbers & Rounds, I even heard both of them counting. If I remember correctly it was watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse where Miles first learned how to count.

About Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Numbers Roundup features more than 100 minutes of content with five exciting, numbers-themed adventures. Mickey Mouse Clubhouse is the #1 program on Playhouse Disney as well as the #1 series with children between the ages of two and five years. Bonus features include a never-before-seen (until 1/1/11) bonus episode as well as the Discovery Mode feature.

Fun Fact- Mars Puzzle

Handy Manny Big Construction Job Review:

About Handy Manny: Big Construction Job:
Handy Manny: Big Construction Job is a fun-filled, full-length adventure that takes Manny out of Sheet Rock Hills and to a new construction project out of town! Introducing new tools, new songs and a never-before-seen episode, Handy Manny stars Wilmer Valderrama (TV’s “That 70’s Show”) as the voice of Manny. It is a top 5 television series with preschoolers 2-5, and is an Emmy®-nominated show, set in a multicultural, multi-generational community and follows a curriculum that models problem solving and the importance of community.

Fun Fact- Dogs and Cats

How To Set Up Your Mickey Mote

First you need to put a battery in the remote, it does not come with one so you’ll need to find some AAA batteries. Then you will need to turn on the remote by pressing and holding down any two buttons until the green light between the ears comes on. Then you need to place the Mickey Mote flat on a surface with a DVD remote control facing it also on the flat surface, about three inches apart. Press the UP button on the DVD remote 4 times slowly. After each of your first 3 presses the green light on the MICKEY MOTE will go off – then come back on. Then after the fourth press, the green light will flash quickly, and then turn off and come back on. Then repeat the steps for each of the other buttons with the corresponding action from the DVD remote control. See photo for a guide.

How The Mickey Mote Works:

On November 16th Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment will release the Mickey Mote! The Mickey Mote works with any Disney Preschool DVD that includes Discovery Mode(tm), the interactive "Watch & Play" feature on the DVD! All parents have to do is program the remote control – there’s an easy and quick set-up guide in each DVD- and select the Discovery Mode feature on the menu screen. Within minutes, kids will be easily responding to questions, throughout the story, about scenes they just watched (such as "What color is Goofy’s hat?") by pressing one of four color-coded buttons on the device — a yellow star, green circle, orange triangle or blue square – to click in their responses. Discovery Mode features include two levels of play, which provides more challenging questions as the child grows.

More Mickey Mote Titles

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Road Rally
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Adventures in Wonderland
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Choo Choo
Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie’s Bow-Tique
Handy Manny: Manny’s Motorcycle Adventure
Handy Manny: Manny’s Big Race
Little Einsteins: Fire Truck Blast Off
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Duper Super Sleuths
My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Bedtime With Pooh

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Imagination Movers Theater Tour “Live From the Idea Warehouse Concert Tour”

September 7, 2009 by Momstart 2 Comments

We’re going to see Imagination Movers in December, what a long wait for my son and daughter. I won’t tell them until closer to the actual date because they don’t understand two months away yet. I’m going to have a hard time waiting and even my husband is excited. I asked him if he wanted to take the kids or if he wanted me to host the tickets as a giveaway and he said let’s take the kids.

They will love it.

My husband and I were just sharing a story about my daughter and her dancing to their songs. Oh how our household loves Imagination Movers. Thanks to DPAC Durham Performing Arts Center we are going and we’ll share the review later, but first we wanted to share their tour dates and information with you.

Imagination Movers will launch their first-ever U.S. concert theater tour. The “Live From The Idea Warehouse Tour” will come to DPAC on October 15, 2009 @ 6:30pm. Tickets go on-sale Saturday, August 8 at 10am.

Ticket prices to see this live concert range from $10-$32. Tickets can be purchased at DPAC box office, 919.680.2787, and online at DPACnc.com. Tickets are also available through all Ticketmaster outlets.

Imagination Movers is a hit with audiences around the world, airing in over 55* countries/ territories and in 12 languages since September 2008. In the U.S., the series ranks among TV’s Top 5 programs with preschoolers 2-5 in 3Q09 to date, and year to date has reached over 46 million unduplicated Total Viewers. Globally, Imagination Movers is the #1 original Playhouse Disney series launch ever among kids and Total Viewers in Australia, and in 1Q09 ranked as the #1 series on Playhouse Disney in the UK, Denmark and Sweden, while ranking as a Top 5 series in Italy, India and the U.S.
The Imagination Movers are: Rich Collins, a former journalist and father of five; Scott Durbin, a teacher and father of two; Dave Poche, an architect and father of two; and Scott "Smitty" Smith, a New Orleans firefighter who was part of the Hurricane Katrina search and rescue effort. Imagination Movers features the blue-suited band – Rich, Scott, Dave and Smitty – as brain-stormers working hard to solve “idea emergencies” in their Idea Warehouse. Each episode features five songs.
After signing to Walt Disney Records, Imagination Movers released their debut album “Juice Box Heroes” in March 2008. The CD ranked in the Top 10 on iTunes Children’s Music chart. Parenting Magazine awarded it a “Parenting Pick” and Common Sense Media recognized Imagination Movers among the Best TV of 2008, citing the quartet’s “addictive sense of humor and quest for fun.” Their new Walt Disney Records CD, "For Those About to Hop," shipped last month. The album’s smart, high-energy pop was described in the New York Times as “prized by many parents for non-condescending lyrics and music that evokes the Beastie Boys or Red Hot Chili Peppers.”
Imagination Movers airs weekdays at 9:30 a.m., ET/PT and weekends at 10:00 a.m., ET/PT during Disney Channel’s Playhouse Disney programming block for preschoolers. The series carries a TV-Y parental guideline.

Additional information can be found at: www.imaginationmoverstour.com

Tour dates follow:

Date	City	Venue
10-Oct-Sat	Shreveport, LA	The Strand
11-Oct-Sun	New Orleans, LA	UNO Lakefront
14-Oct-Thu	N. Charleston, SC	N. Charleston Performing Arts Center
15-Oct-Thu	Durham, NC	DPAC
18-Oct-Sun	Houston, TX	Verizon
20-Oct-Tue	Paducah, KY	Carson Center
21-Oct-Wed	Davenport, IA	Adler Theatre
22-Oct-Thu	Kansas City, MO	Midland Theatre
23-Oct-Fri	Sioux Falls, SD	Washington Pavillion
24-Oct-Sat	Minneapolis, MN	Target Center
25-Oct-Sun	Merrilville, IN	Star Plaza
28-Oct-Wed	Mansfield OH	Renaissance Theatre
30-Oct-Fri	Indianapolis, IN	Murat Theatre
1-Nov-Sun	Waukegan, IL	Gennessee Theatre
2-Nov-Mon	Champaign, IL	Star Theatre
4-Nov-Wed	Rochester, NY	Auditorium Theatre
5-Nov-Thu	Syracuse, NY	Landmark Theatre
6-Nov-Fri	Reading, PA	Sovereign Performing Arts Center
7-Nov-Sat	Boston, MA	Orpheum
8-Nov-Sun	New York, NY	Nokia Live
11-Nov-Wed	Morgantown, WV	Creative Arts Center
13-Nov-Fri	New Brunswick, NJ	State Theatre
14-Nov-Sat	New Haven, CT	Shubert
15-Nov-Sun	Frederick MD	Weinberg Center
18-Nov-Wed	Wilmington, DE	Grand Opera House
19-Nov-Thu	Pittsburgh, PA	Byham Theatre
20-Nov-Fri	Staten Island, NY	St. George Theatre
21-Nov-Sat	Philadelphia, PA	Keswick
22-Nov-Sun	Huntington, WV	Big Sandy Arena
4-Dec-Fri	Mesa, AZ	Ikeda Theatre
5-Dec-Sat	Los Angeles, CA	Club Nokia
6-Dec-Sun	Oakland,. CA	Fox
9-Dec-Wed	Fresno, CA	Saroyan Theatre
11-Dec-Fri	Portland OR	Theatre of the Clouds
12-Dec-Sat	Seattle, WA	Moore Theatre
13-Dec-Sun	Spokane, WA	INB Performing Arts

About Playhouse Disney

Playhouse Disney, seen in a daily programming block on Disney Channel U.S. and on 21 Playhouse Disney channels around the world, encourages preschoolers to imagine and learn through original series, short-form and acquired programming that includes song, movement and entertainment. Guided by an established curriculum, Playhouse Disney supports multiple areas of child development: physical, emotional, social and cognitive; thinking and creative skills as well as moral and ethical development through carefully constructed themes, storylines and endearing characters.

About Buena Vista Concerts

In September 2006, the Disney Music Group launched Buena Vista Concerts, its concert production arm. In less than two years, the division has been responsible for three of the most successful concert tours in recent years — The Cheetah Girls: The Party’s Just Begun Tour (2006/2007 – 86 dates), High School Musical: The Concert (2006/2007 – 52 dates) and the Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Tour (2007/2008 – 70 dates).

About DPAC

Durham Performing Arts Center is a 2,800 capacity multi-use theatre that will feature the hottest Broadway and family shows, high-profile concerts and incredible special events. DPAC has become a beacon of energy in Durham and a cultural landmark for entertainment for the region to experience. DPAC presents the SunTrust Broadway Series in the first-class theatre with show stopping Broadway engagements of Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Spring Awakening, and much more during DPAC’s second Broadway season. Music legend Roger Daltry, comedian superstar Robin Williams and numerous electrifying performances are set to take the stage during the upcoming DPAC season.

Imagination Movers are going on tour dates

August 11, 2009 by Momstart 1 Comment

With a hit Disney Channel series and a newly released Walt Disney Records CD under their belt, my daughter’s favorite band Imagination Movers will launch their first-ever U.S. concert theater tour.

The “Live From The Idea Warehouse Tour” kicks off October 10 in Shreveport, Louisiana (They shoot their show in Louisiana) and winds up December 13 in Spokane, Washington which is very close to me. I know what we’re doing this December.

Details on the tour can be found at http://www.imaginationmovers.com/website/shows.php.

I have also listed some of the known dates below for you to see if they are coming to your area any time soon.

After signing to Walt Disney Records, Imagination Movers released their debut album “Juice Box Heroes” in March 2008. Their new CD, "For Those About to Hop," was released last month. The album’s smart, high-energy pop was described in the New York Times as “prized by many parents for non-condescending lyrics and music that evokes the Beastie Boys or Red Hot Chili Peppers.” This will be a high-energy show that is not to be missed!

Tickets for most dates go on-sale Saturday, August 15 at 10:00am at various outlets. Additional dates are planned, with details coming soon.

10-Oct Sat – Shreveport, LA // The Strand
11-Oct Sun – New Orleans, LA // UNO Lakefront
13-Oct Tue – Knoxville, TN // Tennessee Theatre
14-Oct Wed N – Charleston, SC // North Charleston Performing Arts Center
15-Oct Thu – Durham, NC // Durham Performing Arts Center
18-Oct Sun – Houston TX // Verizon Wireless Theatre
20-Oct Tue – Paducah, KY //   Carson Center
21-Oct Wed – Davenport, IA // Adler Theatre
22-Oct Thu – Kansas City, MO // Midland Theatre
23-Oct Fri – Sioux Falls, SD // Washington Pavilion
24-Oct Sat – Minneapolis, MN // Target Center
25-Oct Sun – Merrillville, IN // Star Plaza
28-Oct Wed – Mansfield, OH // Renaissance Theatre
30-Oct Fri- Indianapolis, IN // Murat Theatre
1-Nov Sun – Waukegan, IL // Genesee Theatre
2-Nov Mon – Champaign, IL // Star Theatre
4-Nov Wed – Rochester, NY // Auditorium Theatre
5-Nov Thu – Syracuse, NY // Landmark Theatre
7-Nov Sat – Boston, MA // Orpheum
8-Nov Sun – New York, NY // Nokia Live 1
11-Nov Wed – Morgantown, WV // Creative Arts Center
13-Nov Fri – New Brunswick, NJ // State Theatre
14-Nov Sat – New Haven, CT // Shubert
15-Nov Sun – Frederick, MD // Weinberg Center
18-Nov Wed – Wilmington, DE // Grand Opera House
19-Nov Thu – Pittsburgh, PA // Byham Theatre
20-Nov Fri – Staten Island, NY // St. George Theatre
21-Nov Sat – Philadelphia, PA // Keswick
22-Nov Sun – Huntington, WV // Big Sandy Arena
4-Dec Fri – Mesa, AZ // Ikeda Theatre
5-Dec Sat – Los Angeles, CA // Club Nokia
6-Dec Sun – Oakland, CA // Fox Theatre
8-Dec Tue – Thousand Oaks, CA // Fred Kavli Theatre
9-Dec Wed – Fresno, CA // Saroyan Theatre
11-Dec Fri – Portland, OR // Theatre of the Clouds
12-Dec Sat – Seattle, WA // Moore Theatre
13-Dec Sun – Spokane, WA // INB Performing Arts

ABOUT PLAYHOUSE DISNEY

ABOUT BUENA VISTA CONCERTS

In September 2006, the Disney Music Group launched Buena Vista Concerts, its concert production arm. In less than three years, the division has been responsible for a number of the most successful concert tours in recent years, including The Cheetah Girls: The Party’s Just Begun Tour (2006/2007), High School Musical: The Concert (2006/2007), Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus Best of Both Worlds Tour (2007/2008), The Cheetah Girls: One World Tour (2008), Yanni Voices Tour (2009), and Demi Lovato Summer Tour 2009.