DVD review: Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express
We look at the DVD of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express
It’s amazing that after 80 years, Mickey Mouse and company are still able to retain that patented Disney family fun. In the latest DVD edition from the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo-Choo Express, Mickey, Donald Duck, Goofy and the rest of them are back just in time for winter.
Professor Ludwig von Drake has invented snow that doesn’t melt, but what good is this snow if it can’t be played with during the blistering heat of summer? Soon our Disney gang hops aboard a train, put together through educational interaction with its viewers, in order to retrieve the snow from atop Mistletoe Mountain. Like most edu-tainment tales, travels are not easy and our troupe encounters obstacles on their way to the mountain top: pigs in the way, a wheel coming off the train and puzzles to solve. But have no fear; Mickey and the younglings watching the program finally reach their destination.
Later on, the Disney squad invites their pals to join in the festivities at the Easy Freezy Snow Party with the snow that was taken from the mountain. Like any respectful train, this locomotive must run on schedule. Why? So best buddies can join in the snowy fun. The party is at 6 o’clock and VIPs like Santa, Clarabelle Cow and those rascals Chip ‘n Dale want to attend. Good thing Engineer Mickey, along with the show’s viewers, can solve more puzzles that threaten to derail the shindig like toll jerk Pete.
The Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Choo Choo Express DVD also features a bonus episode entitled Mickey’s Big Job. While Willie the Giant is with his mom, Mickey and company watch his farm and help complete his huge list of chores. Mayhem ensues.
The disc is presented in 1.78:1 anamorphic widescreen picture with Dolby Digital 5.1 sound.
