“Featuring the characters of Disney Channel’s ‘Wizards of Waverly Place’, ‘Hannah Montana’ and ‘Suite Life on Deck’ in three special crossover episodes. Overall ‘ Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana’ is enjoyable, hilarious and fun for the whole entire family!”
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DVD TITLE: Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana
DURATION: 3 Episodes (68 minutes)
DVD INFORMATION: Dolby Digital Surround Sound, Full Screen (1:33:1), Spanish Subtitles
COMPANY: Disney Channel/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment
RATED: TV G
RELEASE DATE:Â September 22, 2009
Starring:
Miley Cyrus as Miley Stewart
Emily Osment as Lilly Truscott
Jason Earles as Jackson Stewart
Billy Ray Cyrus as Robbie Stewart
Mitchel Musso as Oliver Oken
Moises Arias as Rico
Dylan Sprouse as Zack Marin
Cole Sprouse as Cody Martin
Brenda Song as London Tipton
Phill Lewis as Mr. Moseby
Debby Ryan as Bailey Pickett
Matthew Timmons as Woody
Selena Gomez as Alex Russo
David Henrie as Justin Russo
Jake T. Austin as Max Russo
Maria Canals-Barrera as Theresa Russo
David DeLuise as Jerry Russo
Jennifer Stone as Harper
Climb on board for fun on the high seas as three favorite Disney Channel shows come together in Wizards On Deck With Hannah Montana!
The S.S. TIPTON embarks on a triple-length comedy crossover event when Justin (David Henrie) wins a Teen Cruise to Hawaii—and a chance to meet London (Brenda Song). Both Justin and Max (Jake T. Austin) do their best to win the heiress’s affection, while Cody (Cody Sprouse) tries to win concert tickets for Bailey (Debby Ryan), and Alex (Selena Gomez) accuses Zack (Dylan Sprouse) of being a prankster. Between the kids’ pranks (who turned Justin blue?!) and crazy schemes (Alex sneaks Harper [Jennifer Stone] on board to take her make-up science class?!), the excitement goes overboard when international superstar Hannah Montana (Miley Cyrus) checks in on her way to a sold-out concert in Hawaii. But when Miley Stewart (Miley Cyrus) loses her lucky charm anklet and her Hannah wig, are her days as the world’s biggest pop star over forever?
It’s all here in Wizards On Deck With Hannah Montana with three times the fun and triple the laughs. Plus, this new full-length adventure includes exclusive behind-the-scenes footage, hilarious cast bloopers and more!
In 2009, the Disney Channel featured a crossover trilogy featuring their top sitcoms “Wizards of Waverly Place”, “The Suite Life” on Deck” and “Hannah Montana”. Needless to say, this rare crossover was a big ratings winner for Disney as over 9.3 million viewers tuned into the crossover episodes. And now, all three episodes are featured on DVD with “Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana”.
Here is a listing of the episodes featured on the DVD and brief summary of the episode:
- Wizards of Waverly Place – Episode 25: Part 1 – Cast-Away (To Another Show) – In this episode, Justin wins a contest for a teenage cruise to meet London Tipton. Excited about the contest and excited about meeting London, Justin’s sister Alex and Max come along. But with Alex, due to her missing homework, she is expected to study on the ship so Alex comes up with an idea: To bring Harper along and have her pretend she’s Alex, while she has fun with Bailey and uses the alias Ashley Olsen. Meanwhile, Max finds a rival on the cruise, Zach Martin. Meanwhile, Justin meets London but pretends he’s a doctor. This episode features a crossover with the characters of “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “Suite Life on Deck”.
- The Suite Life on Deck – Episode 21: Part 2 – Double Crossed – Hannah Montana is going to perform on the SS Tipton and Cody tries to impress Bailey by trying to get tickets (despite the concert being sold out). Meanwhile, someone turns Justin blue and Mr. Moseby thinks its Zack, while Justin thinks its his sister Alex. This episode features a crossover of characters from all three shows.
- Hannah Montana – Episode 19: Part 3 – Super(stitious) Girl – Miley, her father Robby Ray and Lilly are onboard the SS Tipton for her concert. But Miley has a setback when she loses her deceased mom’s anklet and Miley doesn’t think she could perform as Hannah Montana without it. Meanwhile back at home, Jackson, Oliver and Rico open a package meant for Robby. This episode features a crossover of “Hannah Montana” and “The Suite Life on Deck”.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
“Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana” is presented in Full Screen (1:33:1) and is presented in Dolby Digital Surround Sound. For the most part, picture quality is better than the broadcast. Everything was good, although a segment in the “Hannah Montana” episode during a scene which involved Jackson and friends, picture quality looked quite blurry. But for the most part, all three episodes look good on DVD. As for audio, audio is clear and understandable. Personally, I found it much more appealing to have the audio on my receiver set for stereo on all channels.
Subtitles are featured in English SDH and Spanish.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
“Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana” comes with the following special features:
- Bonus Short: Justin’s Award-Winning Essay – (3:33) Watch the essay video that got Justin and his siblings on the S.S. TIPTON Teen Cruise!
- It’s A Suite Life Having Fun With Hannah & The Wizards – (5:42) Hilarious bloopers and backstage interviews with the stars!
- Dylan & Cole Sprouse: Blu-Ray is Suite – (4:45) A featurette about Blu-ray and High Definition.
- Learn How to Take Your Favorite Movies on the Go – (1:03) A Featurette explaining what a Disney Digital Copy is.
For Disney Channel fans of the original sitcoms “Wizards of Waverly Place”, “Suite Life on Deck” and “Hannah Montana”, to see a crossover with the three shows is quite rare and exciting for the fans. Well, technically the only episode to feature characters from all three shows is in the second episode “Double Crossed” and for some reason, the cast of the “Wizards of Waverly Place” and “Hannah Montana” do not interact in any of the episodes. Nevertheless, the storylines do tie the characters of each show together.
For the most part, fans of the three-episode crossover can’t find anything wrong with this release. For the most part, all episodes are quite entertaining, hilarious and family friendly. I watched the DVD along with my son who enjoyed the crossover when it first aired on television and was excited to see it all over again.
As for the crossover episodes, I did feel that Brenda Song’s character London Tipton (“Suite Life on Deck”) was a bit too uncaring and self-centered in the special crossover episodes, especially on the “Hannah Montana” crossover episode. But there were a good number of enjoyable scenes throughout the three episodes. I found it interesting to see Bailey and Alex hanging out, Justin and London on a date, Zack and Max square off against each other, Cody and Harper enjoying their intellectual side of each other and more. Also, for “Suite Life on Deck” fans who wanted to see Cody and Bailey grow closer, those fans get to see how it all happens.
The added bonus features on the DVD was a nice touch but I wish they were much longer but for the most part, fans of this special crossover will be entertained by them.
Overall, “Wizards on Deck with Hannah Montana” was a fun, entertaining and hilarious DVD. Each crossover episode is fun for the entire family and for fans of each series series, overall this DVD release is quite solid. Definitely check it it out!