Disney Princess Collection 2
Princess Stories Volume Three: Beauty Shines From Within
(September 25/05)
Like the second installment of this series, Princess Stories Volume Three: Beauty Shines From Within collects three animated episodes - with Ariel, Cinderella, and Jasmine providing individual introduction. The first short is called "Giggles," and has clearly been culled from The Little Mermaid television show. In it, an ill-tempered blowfish places a spell on Ariel that causes the earth to shake every time the bubbly mermaid laughs. The Cinderella segment is essentially just a condensed version of the film, and it seems fairly obvious that it's designed to remind viewers of the upcoming DVD release of the film. Finally, there's an episode of the Aladdin TV series called "Eye of the Beholder," in which Jasmine is turned into a half-snake/half-human hybrid by a scheming villain. In terms of supplemental material, the disc includes a "Create Your Own Story" feature and a DVD-ROM storybook.
Sing Along Songs Enchanted Tea Party: Volume 2 (September 25/05)
Sing Along Songs Enchanted Tea Party collects several well-known songs from the Disney universe, and presents them with easy-to-follow subtitles for the viewer. In between songs, a very proper narrator explains what's coming up next - while also offering them a place to sit at a fancy-looking table (due to the tea party theme, of course). In total there are 12 songs here: "So This Is Love" from Cinderella, "Kiss The Girl" from The Little Mermaid, "Forget About Love" from The Return of Jafar, "Something There" from Beauty and the Beast, "Just Around the Riverbend" from Pocahontas, "Some Day My Prince Will Come" from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, "I Wonder" from Sleeping Beauty, "Honor To Us All" from Mulan, "Love" from Robin Hood, "In A World of My Own" from Alice in Wonderland, "For a Moment" from The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea, and "Where Dreams Begin" (a newly-produced song exclusive to this disc). The disc also includes instrumental versions of all these songs, and a featurette in which a group of little girls dance around.
