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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.
Our 2-1/2 year old enjoyed it, but I think 2-1/2 is still a bit young to really enjoy the full experience of this type of show. We were wishing for more actual characters on stage at all times instead of a lot of narration and use of the screen.
Too much time spent with mc’s and not enough with Disney characters. Mc content seemed to be geared towards older kids so younger kids 3 and under lost interest when they were on stage. Seemed like intermission was timed poorly (was placed later in the show, so upon returning there was only 20 minutes left). Would have rather just gone straight through versus breaking it up. I love this Venue, but not sure it was the greatest for this type of event. Concession only offered popcorn, candy, and drinks.
We had four seats in the 7th row on the Left Side of the main floor. The giant Mickey head was placed in the front of the stage and completely blocked the video screen for most of our section. Since the show relied heavily on the large screen video we missed most of the show. In the 90 minute show the Disney Jr. characters were on stage for about 15 or 20 minutes. Very disappointing.
This event was a waste of money!!! You’re basically paying to watch Disney characters on a big screen tv! The only mascots that was there was Mickey, Minnie and goofy. Real people were sophia, Elena, doc mcstuffins and vampirina. The two DJ’s that was hosting it basically took over the event. It was kind of annoying but at least my toddler had fun! Disney on ice is way better and worth your money.
There should have been more interaction from the Disney characters instead of the two DJs who never left the stage. The talking and joking around was not suitable for the show's age group. My 5 and 2 year olds wanted to sing and dance with their favorite characters not listen to and watch two adults being dumb on stage the whole show. Definitely not worth the ticket cost or travel time.
When my oldest was about 4 (10 years ago) I had taken her to a Disney Live performance and was blown away. The stage was always full of characters that looked like they walked out of Disney World, the stage sets changed several times (and were all great), their was fireworks, etc. So I was excited to take my youngest (3 yrs old) to see Disney Live, and even drove 1 1/2 hours because that was the closest venue. What we found was SAD! The whole thing consisted of a small stage and a video screen. There were 2 'hosts' throughout the show that kept acting like they were talking to characters on the video screen. It was like watching Disney Jr at home on TV. It was 25 minutes in before you saw a Disney character in costume, and there were only 3 characters in costume like you would see at a park and 3-4 ladies dressed supposedly like doc, vamperina, elena, etc. that looked nothing like them. 50 minutes in they took an intermission (so you could go buy souvenirs (because after coming back the whole thing was only 20 more minutes), my child (and most of the theatre that was 4 and under) were ready to go. I had to beg him to stay, and myself and the rest of my row still left early, because small children were tired of watching grown people run from one side of the stage to the other? I wish I had gone to Sesame Street Live
I think the event was wonderful for my kid and fun for me and her mom to experience with he
I took a 4 year old girl to the show. We sat in orchestra 2 , 2 rows from the back. She had a little trouble seeing the stage. I thought the D J was featured too much and the characters not enough. Her favorite parts were Vampirina and the Lion Guard. She loves Minnie Mouse and did not get to see her enough.
I took my 3 and 5 year old to see it. I was truly expecting an unforgettable experience. I felt the entire show was more like us watching a giant movie. Why pay so much to watch TV?
If we wanted to see characters on a screen we would have stayed home. We came to see Mickey and my son's favorite characters, not "D" and "J". Most of the merchandise was for Vamparina and nothing else. We were three rows from the stage, I would have been very upset if I paid for the VIP tickets and only characters were for girls. Mickey was on stage for maybe ten minutes total. We would not see this show again.
Took two 5 year olds. They expected to see Lionguard, Puppy Dog Pals, Muppet Babies. These were only cartoons played on a screen. Disappointing! First 20 minutes were two people talking. Not very entertaining for little ones.
Such a great show for the kids! My daughter didn’t want to move she was in awe. I’m very pleased with this concert.
Based on the advertising I saw for the show, I was expecting to see more Disney costumed characters on stage rather than projected on a screen. Although the digital images are very high resolution and colorful, nothing beats seeing the characters come out onto stage.
The Show was presented very well for the age group it targeted. My daughter is 6 and loved it! It was a fun surprise for her. The VIP party was a little chaotic but fun. The meet and greets are what that main purpose was for. The cast was super nice during and after the show. We even got a picture with "J" afterwards as we happened to walk out with him. He was no longer in character but he was super sweet and took a picture as well. I have recommended this show to several people for fall events opening up.
My first toddler concert they really loved it I was surprised they sat the whole time they were 11 months and 2
We attended Disney Junior Dance Party on May 6th. I was very disappointed in the concessions for children. It was geared more towards adults with only offering a few choices of chips, animal crackers and lots of alcoholic beverages. The performance was disappointing as well. I suppose I expected to see more characters in costumes and not on a screen. The costumes for the people were mediocre as well. My daughter is 4 andbdhe even questioned some of it.
Very disappointed with Taft Theatre. It was very warm and everything was CASH ONLY! Not a wise decision on their part.....lets keep up with the times.....no one carries cash anymore. As far as the show it was like watching TV with 2 people hosting. For the price of the ticket I would have expected more characters for the younger audience. I will not be attending this event again.
There were no audience involvement, it was very disappointing
My grandson enjoyed it very much hes 8 and said it made his weekend complete thank you
The actual Disney characters the kids want to see weren’t on the stage nearly enough, too much of D and J and regular people dancing instead of the characters. Intermission also wasn’t needed being that it was only before the last 20 minutes.