Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Minne-rella Makes the Perfect Valentine's Day Gift!

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Our pals need to get Minnie a surprise present, so they keep her busy with plenty of chores to do at the Clubhouse.  Tired from so much work, Minnie falls asleep and dreams that she is MINNIE-RELLA!  Inspired by the fairy tale of Cinderella, the story of Minnie-rella sparkles with music and fun as we recognize our favorite Clubhouse characters in familiar roles. 

Poor Minnie-rella needs a lot of help to get ready for Prince Mickey’s Grand Ball!  With a wave of her wand and some “Mouseke-doodle-lee-doo” magic, Minnie-rella’s Fairy Godmother, Clarabelle, transforms an ordinary tomato into a magnificent carriage and Minnie-rella’s raggedy dress into a beautiful gown that is perfect for a princess.  But Minnie-rella’s enchanted dance with Prince Mickey at the ball must end when the spell is broken at midnight.  With our help, Prince Mickey finds the princess who fits into her lost glass slipper – Princess Minnie-rella!


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The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Minnie-rella DVD comes packaged with the full-length adventure, a FREE Castle Play Set, 3 additional Mickey Mouse Clubhouse episodes and 10 Minnie’s Bow-Toons Shorts!

About Mickey Mouse Clubhouse TV Series:
Combining the rich heritage of Disney's beloved classic characters with      state-of-the art CG animation, Disney Junior's Emmy-nominated "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" introduces a whole new generation of preschoolers to Mickey and his lovable pals Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Pluto and Daisy.  The series' curriculum is designed to introduce problem solving and early mathematics skills (sequencing, counting, classifying, sorting, complex patterns, spatial relations, size and distance comparisons, addition, subtraction, weights and balances) in a fun way through contemporary, interactive storytelling. A global hit since its premiere in 2006, the learning-focused, song- and fun-filled series is seen in over 163 countries in 33 different languages and consistently ranks in the top 10 cable TV series with preschoolers in the U.S.  Rob LaDuca is executive producer and Mark Seidenberg is producer and story editor.  Produced by Disney Television Animation, "Mickey Mouse Clubhouse" airs daily on Disney Channel and Disney Junior.

Cast:                                         
Bret Iwan (as Mickey Mouse); Russi Taylor (as Minnie Mouse); Bill Farmer(as Goofy and Pluto); Tony Anselmo (as Donald Duck); and Tress MacNeille (as Daisy Duck).

Director:                                          
Donovan Cook (Return to Never Land)

Exec. Producer:                            
Rob LaDuca (Jake and the Never Land Pirates)

Producer and Story Editor:     
Mark Seidenberg (Jake and the Never Land Pirates)

Release Dates:                            
DVD debuts on Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Airs on TV on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 9:00 a.m., ET/PT on Disney Channel and 5:30 p.m., ET/PT on Disney Junior

Packaging:                                     
1-Disc DVD (Each DVD comes with a FREE Castle Play Set, 3 additional episodes and 10 Minnie’s Bow-Toons Shorts)

Main Feature:  
Minnie-rella

Bonus Episodes:                     
Pluto’s Tale – In Pluto’s very first fairytale adventure, we help Prince Pluto rescue Princess Bella from the clutches of sneaky Wizard Pete.

Mickey and the Enchanted Egg – Mickey finds an egg which soon hatches into a Baby Dragon. Mickey and his friends have to return the Dragon back to her castle home and convince the powerful Wizard Pete that they didn’t steal the egg in the first place.

Daisy’s Pony Tale – When Professor Von Drake’s new invention, a Fritzer-Spritzer Spray Potion, accidentally gets spritzed on Daisy’s ponytail, it makes her hair grow super long! That’s not goody-good at all. Along with Mickey and Sire Goofs-a-Lot, Daisy travels on her pony to find twelve leaves of the magical plant, Rapunzel, in order to reverse the effects of the Professor’s potion and fix her ponytail.

Minnie Bow-Toons Shorts:   
Piano Movers and Shakers
A Good Sign
Locked Out
Feelin Crabby
Cucko-Loca’s Egg-celent Adventure
Funny Bunny
Weather or Not
Mechanical Mayhem
 Adventures in Piggy Sitting
 Minnie’s Makeover Madness  

Ratings:                                          TV-Y (US)
Feature Run Time:                     Approx. 102 minutes
Aspect Ratio:                                2.35:1
Audio:                                              Dolby Digital Surround Sound
Languages:                                     English
Subtitles:                                        English, Spanish


OUR THOUGHTS :
Sophie and Xander were incredibly excited when they saw that Minnie-rella had arrived. They're basically obsessed with anything Mickey, and watch Mickey Mouse Clubhouse regularly...And then run throughout the house screaming "Oh Tooooo-tles". 

Of course they also love princesses. We took them to see Disney Live! not too long ago, and they have been wanting to watch princess movies daily ever since. And now my 3 year old son wants to wear his sister's dress-up costumes. But that, my friends, is another post entirely! 

We loved watching the tale of Minnie-rella. This was so incredibly adorable, and I loved the fact that it's age-appropriate for very young children like mine. For example, when Minnie-rella meets Prince Mickey, the message seems to be about friendship rather than a fiery romance. Minnie-rella and Mickey dance together and sing a song about being best friends forever. This was absolutely adorable, and Sophie and Xander really enjoyed it, too! 

Of course all of the bonus episodes were wonderful as well, and kept with a fairy-tale theme. So if your little ones love all things magical, and enjoy hearing tales about beautiful princesses, fierce dragons, and other things found in fairy tale stories, I definitely recommend picking up this DVD. It's fun delivered the way that only Disney does best! 

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Minnie-rella DVD debuts on Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Airs on TV on Friday, February 14, 2014 at 9:00 a.m., ET/PT on Disney Channel and 5:30 p.m., ET/PT on Disney Junior