which movies to see pre-trip?

[kimara]

We are going to Disneyland in about a month!!!
To get my youngest kids ready (2 1/2 and 5) we are trying to watch some movies so they will enjoy the rides more. What movies do you suggest we watch that go with rides or attractions?
I will keep updating post #1 as the list grows.
So far:
Peter Pan
Sleeping Beauty
Aladdin
Toy Story and Toy Story 2,
Finding Nemo,
Alice in Wonderland
Monsters Inc.
Lion King,
Cinderella
Pinocchio
Winnie the Pooh Movie
Wind in the Willows
Snow White
The Sword in the Stone
The Little Mermaid
A Bug's Life
Dumbo
Tarzan
The Spirit of Mickey & Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
Beauty and The Beast
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Muppets
Tom Sawyer
Tinker Bell Movie


For the older kids & Adults:
Indiana Jones
Star Wars
Pirates

 

[DisneyMax74]

I would say, Toy Story, Finding Nemo, Alice in Wonderland and Monsters Inc. Lion King, Cinderella and anything with Mickey would also be great.


Edit:Oh, and any of the older Winnie the Pooh movies. The kids will love those.

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

My dd is 5 and loves Mr. Toad and Pinnochio too... and Snow White is a classic--but maybe a bit scary for your little one! Although I wouldn't say it is really scarier than Sleeping Beauty. Bug's Life too!!! Heck, just watch as many disney movies as you can!! we have them all, and love them all!!

ETA: Also, you-tube some rides, so they get an idea of what they are all about. We did that for lots of rides before our 1st trip, and had no problem with any of the "dark" rides being scary!

 

[kimara]

I have never seen a movie that goes with Mr. Toad's wild ride! What is it called??

 

[DisneyMax74]

I have never seen a movie that goes with Mr. Toad's wild ride! What is it called??

Wind in the Willows, I believe.

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

Wind in the Willows, I believe.

Yep! That's it! Wind in the Willows, it has Legend of Sleepy Hollow on the same dvd.

 

[kimara]

Thanks for the heads up on that--I'm going to have to buy the Wind in the Willows dvd from amazon, but I think I will wait until I find another one on this list that we don't have yet! (I love amazon's free shipping over $25

Any other movies anyone can think of that go with rides or attractions at DLR?

 

[DisneyMax74]

Here is a list for you. go thru and see what looks best for you. Hope it helps.



Disney’s self-proclaimed “Masterpieces” – These are numbered by the company itself, and it’s usually unknown if an upcoming movie will be a “Masterpiece” or not until an announcement is made. Disney Archivist Dave Smith is the ultimate authority in this area, and this list represents the official company view.





1. Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs

2. Pinocchio

3. Fantasia

4. Dumbo

5. Bambi

6. Saludos Amigos

7. The Three Caballeros

8. Make Mine Music

9. Fun And Fancy Free

10. Melody Time

11. The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr. Toad

12. Cinderella

13. Alice In Wonderland

14. Peter Pan

15. Lady And The Tramp

16. Sleeping Beauty

17. 101 Dalmatians

18. The Sword In The Stone

19. The Jungle Book

20. The Aristocats

21. Robin Hood

22. The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh

23. The Rescuers

24. The Fox And The Hound

25. The Black Cauldron

26. The Great Mouse Detective

27. Oliver & Company

28. The Little Mermaid

29. The Rescuers Down Under

30. Beauty And The Beast

31. Aladdin

32. The Lion King

33. Pocahontas

34. The Hunchback Of Notre Dame

35. Hercules

36. Mulan

37. Tarzan

38. Fantasia/2000

39. The Emperor's New Groove

40. Atlantis: The Lost Empire

41. Lilo And Stitch

42. Treasure Planet

43. Brother Bear

44. Home On The Range



Everything Else




The Academy Award Review Of Walt Disney Cartoons (1937)

The Adventures Of Tom Thumb And Thumbelina

Aladdin And The King Of Thieves

Archie’s Weird Mysteries: Archie And The Riverdale Vampires

Atlantis: Milo’s Return

Bambi II

Beauty And The Beast: The Enchanted Christmas

Bedknobs And Broomsticks

Belle's Magical World

Belle's Tales of Friendship

Bolt

Brother Bear 2

A Bug's Life

Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

Cars

The Cat Returns (Neko no Ongaeshi)

Chicken Little

A Christmas Carol [DiC]

The Chronicles Of Narnia: Prince Caspian

The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe

Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

Cinderella III: A Twist In Time

Daredevil Vs. Spider-Man

Dinosaur

Disney Princess Enchanted Tale: Follow Your Dreams

Doug's 1st Movie

DuckTales: The Movie – Treasure Of The Lost Lamp

Enchanted

An Extremely Goofy Movie

Finding Nemo

The Fox And The Hound 2

Gargoyles: The Movie – The Heroes Awaken

Gen13

Ghost In The Shell 2: Innocence (Inosensu: Kôkaku Kidôtai)

Go Hugo Go (Jungledyret)

A Goofy Movie

Hercules: Zero To Hero

Howl’s Moving Castle (Hauru no Ugoku Shiro)

How The Toys Saved Christmas (La Freccia azzurra)

Hugo The Movie Star (Jungledyret 2 - Den Store Filmhelt)

The Hunchback Of Notre Dame II

The Incredibles

Inspector Gadget: Gadget’s Greatest Gadgets

James And The Giant Peach

The Jungle Book 2

Kim Possible: A Sitch In Time

Kim Possible Movie: So The Drama

Kim Possible: The Secret Files

Kim Possible: The Villain Files

Kronk's New Groove

Lady And The Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure

Lilo Leroy And Stitch

Lilo And Stitch 2: Stitch Has A Glitch

The Lion King 1½

The Lion King II: Simba's Pride

Little Einsteins: Our Big Huge Adventure

Little Einsteins: Rocket's Firebird Rescue

The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning

The Little Mermaid II: Return To The Sea

The Lizzie McGuire Movie

Madeline: Lost In Paris

Mary Poppins

Meet The Robinsons

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Adventures In Wonderland

Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey’s Great Clubhouse Hunt

Mickey’s House Of Villains

Mickey’s Magical Christmas: Snowed In At The House Of Mouse

Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas

Mickey’s Twice Upon A Christmas

Mighty Ducks: The Movie – The First Face-Off

Monster Mash

Monsters, Inc.

Mulan II

Mummies Alive!

Mummies Alive!: The Legend Begins

Music Land

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Super Sleuth Christmas Movie

My Friends Tigger & Pooh: Tigger & Pooh And A Musical Too

My Neighbors The Yamadas (Hohokekyo tonari no Yamada-kun)

The Nightmare Before Christmas

101 Dalmatians II: Patch’s London Adventure

Pete's Dragon

Piglet’s Big Movie

Pocahontas II: Journey To A New World

Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search For Christopher Robin

Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie

Pooh's Heffalump Movie

Ponyo (Gake no ue no Ponyo) (Studio Ghibli)

Princess Stories: Volume One - A Gift From The Heart

Princess Stories: Volume Two - Tales Of Friendship

Princess Stories: Volume Three - Beauty Shines From Within

The Proud Family Movie

Ratatouille

Recess: All Growed Down

Recess Christmas: Miracle On Third Street

Recess: School’s Out

Recess: Taking The Fifth Grade

The Reluctant Dragon

The Return Of Jafar

Return To Never Land

Roadside Romeo

The Secret Of The Magic Gourd (Bao hu lu de mi mi)

Siegfried & Roy: Masters Of The Impossible

So Dear To My Heart

Song Of The South

Spider-Man: The Return Of The Green Goblin

Spider-Man: The Ultimate Villain Showdown

Spider-Man: The Venom Saga

Spider-Man Vs. Doc Ock

Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)

Stanley's Dinosaur Round-Up

Stitch! The Movie

Tarzan II

Tarzan And Jane

Teacher’s Pet

The Three Musketeers

The Tigger Movie

Tinker Bell

Tinker Bell And The Lost Treasure

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Tron

Up

Victory Through Air Power

Wall*E

Who Framed Roger Rabbit

The Wild

Winnie The Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

Winnie The Pooh: Seasons Of Giving

Winnie The Pooh: Springtime With Roo

 

[kimara]

Wow, DisneyMax74, that is an amazing list! Thanks for listing all the Disney movies ever made!

Can everyone please help me look through the list to see if I have missed any movies that have rides/attractions at Disneyland or California Adventure?

So far:
Peter Pan
Sleeping Beauty
Aladdin
Toy Story,
Finding Nemo,
Alice in Wonderland
Monsters Inc.
Lion King,
Cinderella
Pinocchio
Winnie the Pooh Movie
Wind in the Willows
Snow White
The Sword in the Stone
The Little Mermaid
A Bug's Life
Dumbo

 

[Mommy2PrincessAbby]

Is your 5 year old going to ride Splash?? Then something with Brer Rabbit would be good... I think Song of the South... but we have a Brer Rabbit movie that is not Disney made, and it is good...

Tarzan for Tarzan's treehouse...

Beauty and the Beast (gotta cover all the princesses!)

 

[kimara]

I wish we could see Song of the South, at least the part with Briar Rabbit, but no luck buying that on amazon, I just looked I do have the story in a book by Disney, so we just have to settle for the book on that one. Thanks for the reminder on Tarzan--somehow in my brain it is still the Swiss Family Robinson Tree House

I'll add Beauty and the Beast too!

 

[Monkey Monkey]

Splash Mountain is based on Song of the South, which you'd have to buy on VHS from eBay.

Who Framed Roger Rabbit, for Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin

Toy Story 2

Star Wars, if you plan on taking the 5yo on Star Tours

 

[FlameGirl]

You know what? If you don't mind watching Song of the South in 10 minute chunks, the whole thing is up on Youtube. We watched it after our trip in last month, because my daughter fell in love with Splash Mountain but didn't have any of the story context. She really enjoyed it.

As for movies, my kid is a little older, but she watched all of the Indiana Jones movies as well as Pirates before we left last time, in addition to a bunch of the classic Disney animated films.

And everywhere we went, she kept telling me what rides they should add. "There should be a Mulan ride. There should be a 101 Dalmations ride..."

I asked her how big she thought Disneyland was.

 

[kimara]

I don't think any of us have seen "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", older kids and adults included. Thanks!

 

[EagleFlyer]

While it's not a movie, you might watch a few episodes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on the disney channel if your kids aren't already familiar with Mickey, Minnie, Pluto, Goofy, Donald and Daisy.

 

[FlameGirl]

I don't think any of us have seen "Who Framed Roger Rabbit", older kids and adults included. Thanks!

I can't stand that movie. My daughter LOVES it, but it grates on my much the same way that Pee Wee Herman does.

I may be alone in my opinion, but don't say you weren't warned.

 

[kimara]

FlameGirl--Thanks for the heads up on WFRR, I can see that I might have a problem with the kids watching the Jessica character I'm also going to end up spending the better part of a day watching YouTube in the next week or two! Thanks for letting us know it is there.

EagleFlyer--It is a good reminder to watch MMCH for those that don't know, but we do watch that one TONS. We love it--thanks!

 

[EagleFlyer]

We also watched a few ride along videos on youtube. I'm not sure how helpful they were ahead of time but our 2.5 year old loves watching them still, about 4 months after our trip.

 

[kimara]

I will definitely head to youtube for some rides, especially Haunted Mansion and Pirates, to help the little ones not be so scared.
Great suggestions!

Any other movies you can think of that go with rides or attractions at DLR?

 

[DisneyMax74]

Star Wars for Star Tours & Jedi Academy. Tom Sawer for Tom Sawyers Island and Mark Twain River Boat. Anything with The Mupets, and Honey I Shrunk the Kids.