The last day of school is approaching and what will your children do for the summer? For any parent or grandparent with young children who are looking for an educational but fun DVD to keep the children occupied at home or long commutes, you can’t go wrong with Nickelodeon’s “Summer Favorites”. Six of Nickelodeon’s top children’s series and six episodes on one DVD are featured in this compilation. Recommended for the kids!
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DVD TITLE: Nickelodeon Favorites: Summer Vacation
DURATION: 6 Episodes (147 Minutes)
DVD INFORMATION: Full Screen, Dolby Digital
COMPANY: Nickelodeon/Paramount
RATED: NOT RATED
RELEASE DATE: June 21, 2011
Dora the Explorer
Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh and Eric Weiner
“Big Sister” written by Valerie Walsh
Executive Producer: Chris Gifford
Co-Executive Producer: Valerie Walsh
Executive Story Editor/Producer: Eric Weiner
Supervising Producer: Jeff DeGrandis
Go, Diego, Go!
Created by Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes
Executive Producer: Chris Gifford, Valerie Walsh Valdes
Head Writer: Rosemary Contreras
Producer: Miken Wong
Directed by George Chialtas
Blue’s Clues
Created by Traci Paige Johnson, Todd Kessler, Angela C. Santomero
Written by Angela C. Santomero
Directed by Lucy Walker
Executive Producer: Todd Kessler
Executive Producer & Head Writer: Angela C. Santomero
Executve Producer & Design Director: Traci Paige Johnson
Wonder Pets!
Executive Producer: Josh Selig
Creative Director: Jennifer Oxley
Music Director and Producer: Jeffrey Lesser
Directors: Jennifer Oxley, Josh Selig
Supervising Producer: Mason Rather
Producer: Melanie Pal
Writers: Billy Lopez, Jennifer Oxley, Josh Selig
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Created by Christian Jacobs, Scott Schultz
Written by Scott Schultz, Christian Jacobs and Dan Clark
Executive Producer: Charles Rivkin, Nathan Berrett, Christian Demke, Jon Berrett
Producer: Justin Lyon
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
Created by Karen Chau
Original Development: Mary Harrington, Karen Chau, Judy Rothman
“Hoho’s Big Flight” is written by Adam Peltzman
Executive Producer: Mary Harrington
Producer/Head Writer: Sascha Paladino
Directed by Dave Marshall
Featuring the voices of:
Dora the Explorer
Kathleen Herles as Dora
Harrison Chad as Boots
Marc Weiner as Map/Swiper/Fiesta Trio
Sasha Toro as Backpack
Go, Diego, Go!
Jake T. Austin as Diego
Serena Kerrigan as Alicia/Trees/Townspeople
Jose Zelaya as Bobo Brothers
Manuel Alfaro as Abuelito/Townspeople
Jessica Conde as Green Iguana
Wonder Pets!
Sofie Zamchick as Linny
Teala Dunn as Tuck
Danica Lee as Ming-Ming
Blue’s Clues
Starring Steven Burns
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Biz Markie as himself
Lance Robertson as DJ Lance Rock
Erin Pearce as Brobee
Amos Watene as Brobee
David Crespin as Muno
Adam Diebert as Muno
Josh Baily as Muno
Christian Jacobs as Plex
Emma Jacobs as Foofa
Lindsey Kraus as Plex
Charme Morales as Toodee
Melissa Rossiter as Toodee
Mark Mothersbaugh as Himself
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan
Jade-Lianna Petrs as Kai-Lan
Clem Cheung as Yeye (English)
Ben Wang as Yeye (Mandarin)
Jack Samson as Rintoo
Khamani Griffin as tolee
Angie Wu as Hoho
Jeremy Herzig as Mr. Fluffy
It’s time for a summer vacation with your Nickelodeon friends! Hit the beach (and save the day) with Dora the Explorer and the Wonder Pets! Visit Rescue Ranch with Diego and Alicia! Celebrate at summer parties with the Yo Gabba Gabba gang and Kai lan, and pack up for a car trip with Blue and friends! Now that’s a summer full of super play dates!
The kids are out of school and just in time for the summer holiday comes Nickelodeon’s “Summer Vacation”.
In this new DVD, you get a total of six of the popular Nickelodeon children’s educational shows (Dora the Explorer”, “Go, Diego, Go!”, “Blue’s Clues”, “Wonder Pets!”, “Yo Gabba Gabba!” and “Ni Hao, Kai-Lan”), all on this special DVD.
With this latest DVD, the theme is all about vacation and outdoor activities. Also, children can learn Spanish and Chinese language skills, math skills, problem-solving skills, the importance of team work and more!
Included on this DVD are:
- Dora the Explorer – In “Baby Crab”, Dora, Boots and friends hit the beach to help baby crab bring his shell necklace back to his mommy on Crab Island.
- Go, Diego, Go! – In “Panchita the Prairie Dog”, Diego and Alicia are visiting Rescue Ranch when they meet Panchita, a prairie dog who needs a nice grassy prairie for her family.
- Wonder Pets! – In “Save the Hermit Crab”, the Wonder Pets take a break from their vacation in Cancun to help a Hermit Crab who has outgrown his shell. In the second episode “Save the Dolphin”, the Wonder Pets are in Hawaii and must save a baby dolphin trapped in a net.
- Blue’s Clues – In “Blue’s Big Car Trip”, Blue is ona car trip but where are they going? Help Joe play Blue’s Clues to find out how to stay safe in the car.
- Yo Gabba Gabba!– In “Summer”, Everyine in Gabba Land is singing and dancing to the theme of summertime.
- Ni Hao, Kai-Lan – In “The Hula Duck Dance Party”, everyone is invited to Hula Ducks’ Island beach house for music and dancing games!
VIDEO & AUDIO:
The episodes featured in “Nickelodeon Favorites: Summer Vacation†are presented in full screen and in Dolby Digital stereo. Animation features vibrant colors and dialogue is clear and understandable. Picture quality is dependent on the series as “Dora the Explorerâ€, “Go, Diego, Go!†and “Ni Hao, Kai-Lan†are animation-based, “Blue’s Clues†and “Wonder Pets!†tend to combine CG, while “Yo Gabba Gabba” is live with some skits that are animated.
But overall, this is for the children and the picture and audio quality should be satisfactory.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Nickelodeon Favorites: Summer Vacation” comes with no special features.
It’s summer time and if you have a toddler who gets easily restless during the break and also gets a little feisty about not learning from mom and dad when he/she was so used to learning from teachers, all of us parents have been in that position and sometimes you need positive educational programming for children for those three months.
And what best time than now for children to learn about summer vacation, having fun, getting involve with decision making and also learn about team work and safety than checking out the latest Nickelodeon DVD “Summer Vacation”.
And probably the most exciting aspect of this DVD is the fact that you do get six TV shows and with school about to end very soon, your probably going to want to have some children’s DVDs around that are educational and fun.
Included on this DVD is “Dora the Explorer”, “Go, Diego, Go!”, “Blue’s Clues”, “Wonder Pets!”, “Yo Gabba Gabba” and “Ni Hao, Kai-Lan” and for the most part, this is a pretty cool DVD for a children sold for a very low price and as there are different episodes of different shows on one DVD and not only does it work great as an educational DVD to keep children’s busy but also for those long commutes, these shows are very helpful in the development for children.
My child was raised from these educational children’s shows and I do believe that it helped in his development as he is doing exceptionally well at school, especially when it comes to decision making and also an appreciation for other cultures and languages.
Many Nickelodeon DVD’s tend to not have special features and unfortunately, this is the case for “Summer Vacation” but you do get a total of six episodes (well, seven if you count the two mini-episodes of “Wonder Pets”).
For the most part, your young children should be entertained by this release. All episodes are safe for children and parents will also be happy to know that they can learn from each of these episodes and also it will definitely help keep the children occupied at home or during those long vacation commutes.
While it’s easy to recommend Nickelodeon’s “Summer Vacation”, if you want more DVD’s, you can get “Summer Vacation along with two other Nickelodeon compilation DVD’s in “Big Box of Play Dates 2”.
Overall, Nickelodeon’s “Nickelodeon Favorites: Summer Vacation†is a wonderful, educational children’s DVD for the summer!