Disney Junior Dance Party
by Atwutts on 5/20/18Comerica Theatre - PhoenixRating: 4 out of 5Disappointed that the majority of the show was cartoons projected on a screen. Very little in way of live character action.

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Disney Junior Dance Party on Tour
If you ever find yourself in a house where children younger than 8 reside, there's a pretty good chance you'll find a TV locked onto Disney Junior. Since 2012, this offshoot of the Disney Channel empire has provided young kids with a station to call their own, presenting a slate of beloved animated shows that have introduced children to a whole new generation of diverse cartoon characters.
Among its most popular creations are the pint-sized superheroes of PJ Masks, the Latina teenage princess protagonist of Eleanor of Avalor, and the toy-fixing heroine Doc McStuffins. With a stacked lineup like that, it can be awfully difficult to peel the kids away from the TV set and encourage them to go outside for some physical activity. But there's an opportunity for the kids to enjoy all their favorite Disney Junior characters and get some exercise at the same time.
Disney Junior Dance Party is a touring stage show that brings the channel's animated icons to life through a series of musical numbers that encourage audience interaction and movement. Your enthusiastic hosts Dee and Jay lead a revue that features all your Disney Junior favorites — including Puppy Dog Pals, Fancy Nancy, Sofia the First, and the Ghoul Girls rock band from Vampirina — in elaborate set pieces that incorporate animation, large dance troupes, awesome costumes, and copious amounts of confetti.
On top of providing a dramatic visual backdrop to the various live routines, the set's trio of large circular screens — arranged to evoke Mickey Mouse's face and famous big ears — also play host to video vignettes starring Muppet Babies and The Lion Guard. But while the performance may showcase Disney's newer cartoon franchises, you can also expect appearances from classic characters like Mickey, Minnie, and Goofy, decked out in the racing gear from their Disney Junior show Mickey and the Roadster Racers.
Disappointed that the majority of the show was cartoons projected on a screen. Very little in way of live character action.
My almost 4 y/o grandson danced and smiled the entire show! The DJ J even took a picture with him. Loads of souvenirs for sale. The animations playing in the background on huge Mickey outline were phenomenal.
It was ok. Nothing special really. I thought it could have been more ‘disney’.
This show was not worth the money. Poor performance
Thought the venue could have offered more concessions and there were no toddler shirts. This doesn’t make sense. Overall good though.
My daughter had an amazing time. She was so excited to see everyone.
We brought our almost 2 and almost 4 year old to the Disney Jr Dance Party. They maybe sat down for 5 minutes the entire time. Engaged throughout. Danced throughout. The smiles on their faces were priceless. I would highly recommend this. A little on the spendier side but well worth it.
The crew (4 grandchildren) had the best time. They danced, screamed and hollered. I had fun watching them have fun.
My two grandsons and their friend had such a fun time. They knew most of the songs from the Disney channel shows. They danced in the aisles with other children. Time went quickly. I had fun watching them. The show was very entertaining with great dancing and singing routines. And of course there was Mickey, Minnie and Goofy!!
This show was a huge disappointment for my family and friends. The biggest issue we had was the whole show was on the screen and honestly quite boring. We could have watched television at home, for free. There should have been more live characters in this LIVE show. Also, the show was all over the place and did not have a good story line at all. I expected so much more for the price. I would not attend this again and the price was quite high for the seats. We could barely see in the venue and the seats were SO close together. Half way through my 4 year old asked to go home. That says it all for me. Last is parking, $15.00 to park per car was not acceptable. Never again.
Our children LOVE live shows. In the past 6 months, we've gone to see Paw Patrol, Peppa Pig, and then Paw Patrol again. We assumed since this was a Disney event that it would be great and we were wrong. Disney Junior targets toddlers and this was not for toddlers at all. Most of the show was 2 people in regular clothing dancing around and talking. There were minimal appearances by characters in costumes. Most everything character related was on a TV screen on the stage. Again - not for toddlers. I expected there to be Puppy Dog Pals to come out - didn't happen. The Doc McStuffins crew - didn't happen. Very disappointing and miserable to sit through.
One needs to be in certain areas of the theater in order to have a view of the entire stage. With that being said, the screen should've been moved more towards the front. I barely knew what was all involved during the show due to a limited visual/despicable seating.
The disappointment was the characters such as Bingo, Rolly, The Lion Guard and the Doc Mcstuffins toys were only on the screen and not actual characters on stage. My 4 year old daughter was really looking forward to seeing them on stage.
I took my 3 year old daughter and 16 year old son to the event. My daughter is the biggest fan of the disney characters and really enjoyed herself. The only thing that I did not like or would have liked to have seen would be more of the disney characters on stage and possible just a little off stage interaction from the characters. Although they had the VIP for the children to meet the characters backstage everyone like myself can not afford to pay the price that was asked for. My daughter cried her little eyes out because all she kept saying to me was that she wanted to hug Minnie and because she couldn't and there was nothing I could do about it that made me feel really sad.
My children had so much fun! The cast encouraged kids and parents to dance and interact. It was fantastic!
I bought the VIP tickets because my daughter loves tea parties, but the pre-show events were scrapped, and they just had an after party. The after party was nice. They gave the kids snacks and let them dance and meet some of the characters. The biggest reason I'm ok with not having the tea party is the location of our seats. My daughter could see everything, and she really enjoyed herself.
I have been to many live disney events and this was the worst experience. 40 minutes in and all we have seen is the dancers and dj. They didn’t have the crowds attention at all. The characters were not in the show very much 90% of time was dancers which children don’t care about. Won’t go back.
Cute for what it was but when I go to a Disney show I expect to see the characters and honestly the Disney characters were out there less than half the time. We spent the whole night just waiting for the characters to come out and they hardly did. We made the best of it but my five year old quickly became bored because the characters were not out there very much and there was way too much talking to keep the kids entertained. Having said that it was a pretty good show; the actors did a very good job on stage. They were engaging and funny. The music and the dancing was fun.
With the character tea party, you would think this would be a character dance party, but mostly teens singing and dancing. Couldn’t understand dialogue in balcony. Forget photo ban. All parents videoing and taking pics. Annoying! We left at intermission along with many.
The show was horrible. It was lame. A waste of my money. Our location was sold out, so we drove 3 1/2 hours to this location. The area itself was amazing. But the actual show, I wasted my money. My 3 year old was ready to go after 30 mins.....