Review: Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure DVD

I remember watching all my nieces grow up loving Dora and then watching my boys enjoy the show. It is hard to remember a time when kids weren’t sing the Dora theme song, but truth be told, she is only turning 10! That’s right, Dora is turning 10 and she is having a Big Birthday Adventure to celebrate. Nickelodeon is releasing Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure on DVD, in honor of her birthday.

Here is the synopsis of Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure: It’s time to celebrate Dora’s birthday in Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure, an exciting, music-filled, movie-length adventure, and the final chapter in the Magic Storybook Trilogy. Join Dora and Boots on a whirlwind adventure through Magic Storybook Land, with guest stars Rosie Perez as La Bruja (the witch), John Leguizamo as the Flying Monkeys and Hector Elizondo as the Wishing Wizzle. Will Dora and Boots wish themselves back home in time for Dora’s big birthday party?

This DVD includes the following episodes:
Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure: Happy Birthday, Dora! In the final episode of the Magic Storybook Trilogy, a twisting wind has blown Dora and Boots into Wizzle World, a land located in the Magic Storybook. Dora and Boots can’t jump out of the Magic Storybook without first taking Dora’s crystal to the Wishing Wizzle (Hector Elizondo) so he can wish them back home in time for Dora’s birthday party with all her family and friends. They set off an adventure to Wishing Mountain, but they better watch out for La Bruja and her Flying Monkeys who don’t like wishes and try to stop Dora and Boots. Dora and Boots need to get home for Dora’s birthday party with all her family and friends. They can’t wait to get home to everyone they love back in the rainforest, but before Dora and Boots can jump out of the Magic Storybook, a twisty wind picks them up and blows them into Wizzle World.

Dora Helps the Birthday Wizzle: Dora is reading a storybook about a Birthday Wizzle who could make birthday wishes come true with his magic wand. Today is his birthday so it was his turn to make a wish, but a wind came in and blew the wand out of the book! Dora must jump into the book and bring the wishing wand back to the Wizzle to give him his birthday wish.

Wizzle Wishes: Dora and Boots meet a cute little Wizzle who lost his bag of wishes and can’t get home. Our heroes set off in search of the lost wishes, but their friends keep finding the wishes first, and their wishes get everyone into trouble. Dora and Boots must overcome a giant sunflower in Isa’s garden, a storm of raining nuts in the Nutty Forest and slippery slopes at the Wishing Well in order to return to wishes to their rightful owner.

Nickelodeon was nice enough to send my family over a copy of Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure to review.  Blake had a great time helping Dora get ready for her big party!  He thought the Wizzles were funny and enjoyed watching all three episodes.

Dora the Explorer: Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure will be released on DVD August 3, 2010 – before airing on Nickelodeon August 15, 2010 at 8p.m. – for the suggested retail price of $16.99. This DVD has a running time of 95 minutes and in addition to the final episode of the Magic Storybook Trilogy, the DVD contains two new-to-DVD episodes and a DVD game.  You can purchase this DVD online from Amazon.com by clicking here: Dora’s Big Birthday Adventure.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS REVIEW IS MY OPINION. THANK YOU TO NICKELODEON AND PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT FOR SUPPLYING THIS PRODUCT FOR REVIEW.