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Disney’s Moana – A Review

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We missed the premiere of this one – Moana, sadly. But I’m glad we got to watch it over the Christmas season with the children. Moana is a lovely film for all the family to enjoy. The story – Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped, and no one knows why… Walt Disney Animation Studios’ Moana is about an adventurous teenager who, with help from demigod Maui (voiced by Dwayne Johnson) sails out on a daring mission to …

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Disney’s Finding Dory Review

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After the amazing success of Finding Nemo, we couldn’t wait for Finding Dory. We had seen the trailer way back last year and the children kept asking when it was coming to our screens. No surprise at the excitement of being invited to a special screening of the film at Leicester Square. We were treated to some face painting in the foyer and some under the sea fun. The children enjoyed getting their portraits drawn and made into keychains. And then, we entered the cinema to take our seats for what promised to be a very entertaining film. The characters in …

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Review: Disney’s The Jungle Book – A Phenomenal Retelling

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Ever since I got this, I’ve been excited. The Jungle Book (1977) was the first Disney animated film I watched and it has been remembered fondly every since. I watched it again with the children and it went down a treat with them too. As much as I was excited, I was apprehensive. Would it live up to the original? I needn’t have worried. Only Disney can do this – take an old favourite and turn it around, leaving the original intact and making sure the new one leaves it’s own footprint. The film has spectacular settings and and stunning …

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Avengers: Age of Ultron Toys : Review and Wishlist

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Ethan loves the Avengers and we recently reviewed the Age of Ultron jigsaw that he enjoys putting together. Then, we were sent this lovely Age of Ultron set from Disney and he was thrilled. These 2.5 inch movie action sets have everything you need to replicate the movie and destroy the baddies. It comes with a figure too. We were sent the Hulk Buster Breakout and this has a figure of Hulk as well as an Iron Man suit into which Hulk fits. This bit is hugely popular with Ethan as he is always playing with the figure on it’s …

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Playing Dress Up with Accessories from Disney’s Cinderella

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Disney’s Cinderella will enthrall any little girl. The costumes and the accessories are gorgeous. Well, we were lucky enough to be sent some of those very popular accessories from the movie. They were a big hit with the girls of course and we have a lot of dress up days. In fact they are rather lovely and the necklace can easily be worn for an adult fancy dress event too. We were sent the Cinderella Deluxe Accessories Set which consists of a necklace and a comb set. The necklace is gold with lovely gemstones inlaid. It has a beautiful butterfly …

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Disney’s TSUM TSUM range: A Review

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TSUM TSUMs – You must have heard about them. The new advert on telly had my children hunkering after them as they thought they looked adorable. Well, someone up there must be listening to them because out of the blue, I was sent a selection of Tsum Tsum toys to review. Disney Tsum Tsum is now available in Disney Stores across the UK after a phenomenal success in Japan. This is a range of stackable, collectible soft toys featuring some of Disney’s most loved characters. Tsum Tsum means stack stack in Japanese and  comes from the Japanese Zen art of …

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Disney’s Sofia the First Palace Board Game from Ravensburger: A Review

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Disney’s Sofia the First, goes down a treat with my little one. We have hosted a Twitter party, reviewed several toys like the Micro-Sets  and the Princess Academy Playset We can never have enough of Sofia so when we were asked to review a Disney Sofia the First Palace Board Game from Ravensburger, we obviously jumped at the chance. The game consists of A game board 4 Sofia the First playing pieces 12 Amulets 1 die The game is really easy to play but there are some twists that make it not so easy to win. I like it this …

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