Kinect Disneyland Adventures - Xbox 360

We bought this game for our kids for Christmas and my wife and I have probably played it as much or more than they have so far. It's a great family game. This game is huge! There is so much stuff to do! The developers really crammed as much stuff in there as they could. You have the whole huge theme park to explore (which is very accurate to the actual thing!), a whole bunch of "attractions" (minigames), and much more. It has been a pretty "magical" experience so far for me and my family.(we're planning on visiting the actual park this year so that makes us even more excited) I had a lot more that I was going to write but if you read the excellent review from Nutwiisystem.com that is currently listed as the "Most Helpful" that is basically what I would say. There are a few other things I would add/change - He said his one gripe was the repetitive gameplay. I don't disagree that the way that a lot of the minigames are played is virtually the same. However they are so varied in the graphics, theme, music and everything that happens during each level that more than makes up for the repetitiveness for me. There are also enough tweaks in a lot of them to keep them from feeling like complete copycats. Multiplayer works well for the most part and adds to the fun. As many have noted there are some issues with characters being assigned random avatars (which may be upsetting for some) during drop in/drop out co-op. I have found that the player that has the profile where the game is saved is the only one that can expect his/her avatar to remain consistent. Even though the game recognizes my daughters and signs them in on their profiles it will still assign them random avatars (although if they have changed into a costume (like a princess dress) the random girl avatar will usually retain that). They have learned to deal with it and don't get too upset (if they want a girl and it assigns a boy, leave the play area and come back and it will switch) ****Update - the random avatar thing isn't an issue anymore. We got it to save so when the Kinect recognizes my daughters or they sign in on their profiles it will have their customized avatars appear. Overall this is a great game and one of my favorite Kinect games. If you have kids, are a kid at heart, or a Disney fan, definitely give this one a look!

I bought this game for my four year old for Christmas. She loves it, so does my six year old son. I gave it a three star rating because the game has a hard time recognizing the user. The kids get frequently kicked out and the game is not very good at recognizing their profile. It is a frustration for the kids because it changes them from a girl into a boy. It seems it's just too sensitive. It's not something I have encountered with other kinect games that we have. I know it might be partially due to the dog we have and my fifteen month old whom I can't always keep out of the kinect area, but again I don't have this problem with other Kinect games. The part i was a little disappointed in was the princesses. They don't do games for the princesses, just dancing. It is fun for my daughter, but she loses interest pretty fast. Otherwise the game is a lot of fun. the kids get to run around Disneyland and visit all the characters which they absolutely love. The other games, peter pan, pirates of the Caribbean, etc... are lots of fun. There is a lot to do at the park as well, so I'm not disappointed buying it for them, just because it has so much variety. I love Kinect games. Because we live in an apartment and in the winter the kids can't always go outside and Kinect games leave them active and engaged. Get some of that energy out.

the game looks like disneyland you get to meet 35 disney persons in the game you get to do all the thing at disneyland i want to buy this game it looks like fun it will be lots fun when i do plays the game is going back to chlie hood it lets you become a chlid and go to disneyland you can do anything you want in game that what somes person say about the game you can do anything i have here somes bad thing about the game that rides are not all fun but that say the games is lots fun games a lots of thing to do in disneyland the thing i don.t like about the game is not 100. real as the disneyland it not like haveing a real disneyland adventure so i was not happy to know that not like going to a real disneyland it as 35 person but not 100 i have not been to disneyland i woods want more than 35 person in disneyland but the game lets live as a chlid in disneyland that something we all loves to do be a chlid in a big disneyland that lots fun when you say it so here the bad the rides 35 person not a 100 it not like going real disneyland here the good it lets you become a chlid in disneyland it looks like disneyland it as all the fun have meeting belove disneyland persons but i have not play this game im saying what i have heres about the game i buy my for 20$ i have not play it looks like lots fun and a good game for kid and teens man and woman and boy and girl if you play it may loves it i hope i do i loves becomeing a kid for a 2time this reviewed is by zoey jackson i hope you loves my reviewed of disneyland adventures for xbox360 kinect you have to have a kinect befor playing this zoeyjackson out

I bought the game for my 8 year old niece, but quickly found that the adults and teenagers in our home were fighting over who would get to play next! The graphics are some of the most beautiful I've ever seen on Xbox360, and the attention to detail is simply amazing. I know there are lots of familys with young children who haven't been able yet to afford going to the park,(I've been there) and this is the closest thing to actually being there that you will ever see! For those who have been to Disney, There are times when (with a little imagination) you really do feel like you're actually at the park, and interacting with the characters who are scattered about is great fun, but I imagine it could get a bit repetitive after a while. I still can't get over the way the game looks, (try finding some youtube videos of the game and you'll see what I mean.) It's a strange feeling to virtually walk around the park, and see places and compare things that you've seen when you were actually there, as an example someone in our group said "there's the table we sat and ate our lunch at!" My family has just started to unlock the seemingly endless quests, minigames, and the like that the game has to offer, so I will probably add to this review after we've played it some more, I just wanted to let anyone who might be looking for that magical Christmas present know that this game is a blast to play, and will suit ANY person who likes Disney no matter their age. It does require a Kinect, whish is a camera looking device that sits atop the tv and allows for a person to interact with the game by just moving their body, instead of using a controller. I would suggest either a new one from Amazon, or possibly looking somewhere like craigslist for one, as you can get them pretty cheap second hand. Well, I have to go now, it looks like it's time for fireworks over Cinderella's castle!

TL;DR: If you're a Disney nut but you can't get to the park as much as you'd like, you need this game. Otherwise you can do without it. There's plenty to do but the draw here is the park itself. I am a self-proclaimed Disney junkie and there's really no place I'd rather be than at Disneyland. Unfortunately I live about 1,000 miles away and can only get there every couple of years. So to get me through those long stretches, I turn this on for me and my kids every once in a while. The best part for me is walking around the park, simulating what it's like to be there. And the simulation is great, with a few exceptions Very few of the rides are ride simulations- only the ones that take place outside like Dumbo and the Teacups. Most of the rides are mini-games. The games are fun for the most part but they're held back by the awkward and imprecise Kinect. Ducking and jumping around obstacles is laggy and frustrating, although the game is very forgiving. It does a good job of integrating all sorts of Disney characters into each mini-game and giving a solid context for what's going on. And the mechanics are fun, just imprecise (which is frustrating if you're really trying to get a high score). Couple of things that are missing are Indiana Jones and Star Tours, which are not in the park at all due to licensing restrictions but you wouldn't notice unless you knew what to look for. There are also a few rides without mini-games that stand out, like Autopia. The game does a decent job of giving you little fetch-quests to fill time as you walk between rides, and having character meet-and-greets as well as shops where you can deck out your character add a lot of things to do. While I'm weird and would rather have a straight simulation of each ride, this is a video game mixed with a sim and it does a good job of balancing the two.

PROS -a true immersive kinect experience -great mini games -great narrative work -character design and voice acting superb -drop in drop out coop -easy to use menu using kinect or voice commands -full set of options to tinker with Cons -to be honest......I CANT THINK OF ANY! Frontier studios thought of everything and left no stone unturned! This is one MUST HAVE kinect game for your library! Kinect controls, as always, work great and the games are great fun, even more than Kinect adventures! They really get into the story and adventure your playing. Once you boot up the game, your presented with the main menu, which you can navigate using voice commands (very useful!) or your hands. One thing that is great about this game is that they have plenty of settings you can tinker with and they also allow you to turn of the music, which helps a lot when one needs to be quiet but can keep the sound effects on. You can start a new game, choose a location for your save file then your plunged into a virtual disneyland. Its been a while since ive been to the real disneyland, but I have to say they developers did a great job capturing the look and feel for disneyland. Even when you open the park map, it actually looks like the one they give you at the park! The visual and audio immersion coupled with kinects augmented reality creates an amazing experience that has you feel like you are part of the disney world. And if you ever need to pause, you hold up both hands and the menu comes down. if you dont feel like using ur hands, you can shout out your menu option, which can be much faster and easier. So the game starts you off by having to do little tasks for mickey (getting autographs and pictures from other characters) which is slow and can get boring for older audiences, but great for kids. And they included a lot of disney universe characters, all of whom you would see at the park. Voice acting is great as well as the personalities of the characters so kids really get a blast out of high fiving, dancing, or taking pictures with some of their favorite old school disney characters. Nonetheless, you are given you first foray into mini games fairly quick and let me say, it is GREAT FUN for all ages. The minigames are actually setup as park rides but are either re imagined rides or newly crafted minigames that help facilitate the story. And again, the cutscenes in between the games really bring the players into the game. Frontier studios did a great job with the narrative for this game as the story line really ties neatly together. But after taking it all in, you realize that the pattern is basically going to meet all the characters, some of whom give you quests which then require you to go on the "rides" aka play minigames to retrieve certain items or objectives for the characters. You get a quest log that details your adventures and your current quest and if you forget where to go, there is always a golden trail that can lead you to your next objective. Since the park is a virtual recreation of disneyland itself, its huge, but rest assured, frontier studios allows users to fast travel to any location by checking the map. A quick look at the map also shows you where your objectives are located. That's basically it for the main game. if you want, you can just walk around the park as frontier did a great job creating an open world environment full of people having their side conversations, kids pulling their parents to their next rides, etc which again does a superb job getting the player fully immersed into the game. If your just into the mingames (which is the good stuff), you can ignore the characters around the park and just search for the minigame entrances. As I said before, mini games truly shine and each one seems unique with no repeats from the previous batch. You get to ski with goofy, fly and shoot your blaster with buzz lightyear, follow the rabbit down the hole with alice and dance with the hatter, and all of it is just great fun. Best part of the game is drop in co-op. Frontier studios made it very easy for the initial player to setup their avatar (you get to create your person since this game does not use your xbox live's avatar) but at any time a friend or family member can join either and run around the park with you with no hassle of signing in or out, all the have to do is walk and stand right next to you. All in all, this is one of the best kinect games out there, and is definitely a must have if you have a younger person in your family. Even if you don't but you're an avid kinect fan, then the minigames in this game outshine the games on kinect adventures, kinect sports, and just about any other game you could think of! Frontier was very creative in crafting them and truly spent their time designing each level and each minigame to have this game be the best experience for consumers. Thank you, Frontier!

I bought this for my 4 year old daughter because she loves Minnie Mouse, and pretty much all of the Disney characters. So, I had pretty high hopes for this. Unfortunately, the controls just to move around the park are extremely annoying...my daughter doesn't even want to play it, and she asks me to navigate her around the park. It is truly an exercise in frustration. Now, as far as the mini-games go...they are all pretty repetitive...but...there are a few that my daughter actually kinda enjoyed. She seemed to enjoy the princess posing game, which also snaps your pics while you do the poses...and she enjoyed the Mad Hatter/Alice In Wonderland game. Both, ok, not too bad, but basic Kinect stuff. But the problem lies in the fact that in order to get to these mini-games, you MUST navigate around this park...and it is huge...and as I stated before, this part of the game is extremely NOT fun. Honestly, if your kid is a fan of Disney, then I guess this is ok at less than 1/2 the retail price, but definitely NOT worth full price. Your kid will most likely get bored quickly, and it will become the next coffee coaster on your table. My daughter actually has more fun with Happy Action Theater, which is just a collection of mini games, that even without the Disney characters, keep her more entertained...and it's only $10 bones.

Great for the whole family. It is like taking a virtual walk through Disneyland. Lots of activities to do. My 3.5-year-old caught on to the "walking" function quickly and others with a little coaching. My only complaint is that when you step out of the play area, the system doesn't sign you back in with the same character consistently. It will assign you a random "guest" character. Other than that slight annoyance, I love this game and so does my little one. I love watching my child play this game. Too cute! It looks just like Disneyland, even the trash cans are in the same spot as in the park. Very cool to see. I hope they make a California Adventure one soon, really fun. My daughter loves the rides more than the missions, but I like seeing her walk around doing favors for the characters. You can even collect autographs and take pictures and find hidden Mickey's. Really cool game. Who can go to Disney for so little money? You can with this game! Sure you have to deal with the Kinect stuff like in any other Kinect game. Disney has really gone out of their way to make Disney come alive for you! It isn't exhaustive…don't want you to get the wrong idea but it is detailed and thought through enough for you and family to have a blast! yes, you! Get in there and dance with your kids. It’s the best. Thank you xbox for making a realistic game that the whole family can enjoy. Even my 3.5 yr old can do it!

I enjoyed using my body as a controller. I love Disney too, so that made the experience even better.

My grandson enjoys it as wonderful. He says " Nice Gift Grandpa" and that is what I wanted.

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