Crash Course In Classic Disney Characters For a 7yr Old?
February 1, 2020 10:20 AM Subscribe
Looking for recos to introduce a 7yr old to Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and Pluto. I just told my daughter that we are going to visit Disneyland next week. She’s well familiar with the various Disney princesses, Pixar, but the classic characters not so much. She will have 6hrs of screen time between now and then. What should we screen? I just signed up for Disney+ trial for the week but wasn’t much of a Disney fan growing up. Help?
There's a lot of recent stuff made for this, I think, e.g. Get a Horse!, A Mickey Mouse Cartoon, the DuckTales reboot, etc.
posted by Wobbuffet at 10:57 AM on February 1, 2020
posted by Wobbuffet at 10:57 AM on February 1, 2020
I'm no expert, and I haven't seen a lot of these in a long time, but I'm thinking a sprinkling of canon as well as some story sources for rides.
Fun and Fancy Free for Mickey and the Beanstalk (30m)
Donald in Mathmagic Land (30m)
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (6m)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1h10)
Make Mine Music, which is like 8 shorts (1h15m)
Peter Pan (1h15m)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1h15m)
It'd be nice to go over Mary Blair art for It's A Small World, too.
There are a bunch of anthology sets like Make Mine Music, but that one looks the best to me. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this will be broken up into separates for Disney+, so you might (or might have to) pick and choose.
FWIW I first went to Disneyland when I was 5 and didn't really know a lot. Half of my time there was stuff I wasn't exposed to yet, Peter Pan, Small World, Storybook Land, Bear Jamboree, etc., so don't feel you have to cover everything. Pirates of the Caribbean was the scariest thing, and I didn't go on the Matterhorn. I had a great time otherwise, good luck!
posted by rhizome at 11:46 AM on February 1, 2020 [3 favorites]
Fun and Fancy Free for Mickey and the Beanstalk (30m)
Donald in Mathmagic Land (30m)
How to Hook Up Your Home Theater (6m)
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1h10)
Make Mine Music, which is like 8 shorts (1h15m)
Peter Pan (1h15m)
The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1h15m)
It'd be nice to go over Mary Blair art for It's A Small World, too.
There are a bunch of anthology sets like Make Mine Music, but that one looks the best to me. I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of this will be broken up into separates for Disney+, so you might (or might have to) pick and choose.
FWIW I first went to Disneyland when I was 5 and didn't really know a lot. Half of my time there was stuff I wasn't exposed to yet, Peter Pan, Small World, Storybook Land, Bear Jamboree, etc., so don't feel you have to cover everything. Pirates of the Caribbean was the scariest thing, and I didn't go on the Matterhorn. I had a great time otherwise, good luck!
posted by rhizome at 11:46 AM on February 1, 2020 [3 favorites]
If you are okay with holiday movies, Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas was a big hit and includes those characters. Three Musketeers does too but my kids lost attention. The Goofy Movie was enjoyed, though mainly has Goofy.
posted by typecloud at 12:05 PM on February 1, 2020 [2 favorites]
posted by typecloud at 12:05 PM on February 1, 2020 [2 favorites]
Does it have to be passive watching? 'Cause the well-known source for the best of Donald (and Scrooge McDuck! And especially, Gyro Gearloose!) is the Carl Barks comics. Lots of reprints available.
posted by Rash at 12:17 PM on February 1, 2020
posted by Rash at 12:17 PM on February 1, 2020
It’s a bit young for him, but an episode or two of “Mickey and the Roadster Racers” could be a good intro to the characters. It should be on Disney+
Within D+ there is a “Mickey and Friends” section (it’s in the first row of my kids profile) that has lots of options. Head for the shorts for some classic Mickey options.
posted by kellygrape at 5:23 PM on February 1, 2020 [1 favorite]
Within D+ there is a “Mickey and Friends” section (it’s in the first row of my kids profile) that has lots of options. Head for the shorts for some classic Mickey options.
posted by kellygrape at 5:23 PM on February 1, 2020 [1 favorite]
Oh and if you do choose to watch Peter Pan (as an awesome comment above recommends, along with other ride-based picks, which are all great suggestions!), be aware, it’s SHOCKINGLY racist. Yes, even more so than you remember.
posted by kellygrape at 5:25 PM on February 1, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by kellygrape at 5:25 PM on February 1, 2020 [1 favorite]
Chip and Dale had some truly hilarious original shorts...they're also not the most well known or popular so there might be more opportunity for some one-on-one time with the characters in the park.
posted by sexyrobot at 10:48 AM on February 2, 2020 [1 favorite]
posted by sexyrobot at 10:48 AM on February 2, 2020 [1 favorite]
When I was growing up, I learned about a lot of those characters not from watching their own shorts or movies, but from clips in the Disney Singalong tapes. There are a few on Youtube and have a lot of characters in a short space of time.
posted by Glier's Goetta at 1:40 AM on February 3, 2020
posted by Glier's Goetta at 1:40 AM on February 3, 2020
Hope you had a great time. When we went to Disney - we used Tsum Tsum the phone game to teach our kids all the characters - that makes it so everyone is recognizable. We also got books that listed all the characters and some paragraphs about them - you can use them to collect autographs of characters you meet (we did not do this). And we played a DVD board game called Disney Scene It - then you just watch scenes from shows/movies/characters. Too old for your kid but useful for our 9 year old.
posted by mutt.cyberspace at 12:02 PM on February 8, 2020
posted by mutt.cyberspace at 12:02 PM on February 8, 2020
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