Disney's Mickey Preschool

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $12.95

Customer Reviews:

Very disappointing [Posted on 2001-07-18]
This game starts out great but then is the flattest game/learning program I've ever scene. My 3 year old wants to see the characters, but after a brief introduction they are gone never to return and in their place is basically work sheets.

Where is the imagination? Where is the creative use of the potential of the computer?

One section, Goofy's car assembly, is the only mildly redeeming feature. But that's just not enough.

Leave it on the shelf.

Quality fun [Posted on 2001-07-27]
Disney comes in for a hard time whenever the curse of globalization or the death of culture comes up. My take on it is: Disney is enormously successful because they produce good stuff!

This CD is a great example. The graphics are top notch, the sound is great, the variety of games is engaging, and there's some real learning going on too.

My three year old daughter loves this CD. She's learned her letters, numbers, colors, and shapes during the time since we started Mickey Mouse Preschool. That's not all the CD's doing, but there's no question the CD has contributed.

Some of this CD is fun for Dad too. I like to "help" in Goofy's Build-A-Hot-Rod. The music in the Gorilla's Garage is swingin'. It's even fun to pump gas with the cow-guy!

As long as Disney keeps producing fun stuff like this, we'll keep buying it!

Confusing, boring, minimally educational [Posted on 2001-10-11]
My 2.5 daughter loves her Reader Rabbit Toddler and accepts her Jumpstart Toddler. She is comfortable playing both RR and JS 1-2 hours. So I bought this thinking it would be a good next step. I was disappointed. She does not enjoy it and will spend no more than 15 minutes with it.

-- Stupid cartoon uninterruptible. Slows everything down without giving anything new. RR has a cartoon that was interesting the first few times, but we regularly interrupt it now.

-- Characters not involved in interaction. There is a car whose horn you can press (whoo, whoo). That is a high point!

-- Too much emphasis on artwork, little on interaction.

-- Concluding credits uninterruptible. Just try interrupting this computer hog to quickly get something off your computer for a phone call.

Very disappointing.

I think the section where you water-spray the letter, number, color, shape will be beneficial, however, the goal of the exercise is not clear for younger children, and quickly becomes boring. I can think of hundreds of ways to make it more interesting. Where were these guys?

The musical and spray-paint sections are a good start, but they give up so quickly.

And god forbid that you don't cntrl-P to turn off the printer. If you leave your child with the printer on, you won't have any paper and your child happily prints the large button to print out worksheets, again and again. It's rare to want to print, why is this such a large button.

And one of the worst features is that the exit is fairly large and central. So you go into an area, put up with the uninterruptible cartoon, the child starts to play, and boom!, she accidentally hits the exit. (RR for example has a delay that helps the child decide not to exit.)

excellent graphics, good games for 2-3 year olds [Posted on 2004-01-06]
My daughter loves this CD, particularly the spray painting booth and gas station games. The whole thing is well designed with excellent graphics and entertaining games, however most of the games can be played in a few minutes.

As a result this CD will not hold a child's attention for a long period of time, however I would still recommend it highly based on the quality of its design.

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Engaging and Successful [Posted on 2006-09-02]
Disney does it again. My 3 year old has been playing this "game" for a year. Along with Pooh's Pre-school learning CD, he has enjoyed both and still loves playing them. He has shown marked improvement with his numbers, letters, problem solving and creativity. His hand/eye coordination has also show improvement with the paintball game. He always wants Daddy to "help" him play with Goofy to build and paint his own car. And printing off his creations has givenhim an increased pride in his accomplishments.

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