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Summary: The Best Wiggles Video Yet!
Review: How can you go wrong with the combination of Wiggles and the Crocodile Hunter? This video is by far my two year old's favorite. We have every Wiggles video, and this one is so wonderful. Not only are the songs all fun, but the video is educational. Between the songs the kids learn facts about the different animals featured. The entire video (all but two live songs from a concert) is taped at the Australia Zoo, so it is outdoors instead of in a studio. We get to see everything from Captain Feathersword swimming with dolphins to Jeff sleeping with a cuddly koala. I think everyone should add this video to their Wiggles collection!
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Summary: TOO MUCH!
Review: Our family owns all of the Wiggles videos and my children love watching them - but I have to say this one was very disappointing. The editing style is frenetic - The camera seems to stay on an image for no more than one second. My three year old who is usually singing and dancing around - got up and walked away - undone by the bombardment of images. Plus, like the other reviewer said, there aren't any songs you can really sing along to. We long for the early days of "Wake Up Jeff" !
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Summary: A bit too hyper!
Review: We started with the Yummy-Yummy video by the Wiggles and our 16-month son loves it, as do we! It is great because the songs are great--simple lyrics and choreography that make it very interactive for all of us. Wiggly Safari is the second video we've purchased. In general, it is much more complicated and too active for all of us. It has been thoroughly "Hollywoodized": many more camera angles, more complicated and faster choreography, young child dancers replaced by Mickey-Mouse club 20-yr olds, etc... Our son became frightened by some of the overly hyper scenes. My biggest gripe is the frequent scene changes during songs (often a new frame every 1-3 seconds!!)--it makes me dizzy and surely can't be good for kids. There are a few songs that are more calm, and our son does enjoy many of the animals, but we intend to store this one away until he's quite a bit older, in hopes that he won't end up with ADD.
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Summary: a wiggly mess
Review: My 2-1/2 year old loves the Wiggles AND Steve Irwin--we thought this would be a fun video for her. Ack! The songs are terrible, the pacing and editing of the film is hectic and the child-dancers have been replaced by teenagers. (To his credit, however, Steve Irwin is exactly the same!) She lost interest after several songs and hasn't asked to see it again. The "out-takes" at the end (for parents, I presume) are interesting but all in all, this video has fallen the way of most childrens programming that receive wider releases and more funding--"louder, faster and more". Stick with the older Wiggles videos like "Yummy, Yummy".
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Summary: Suitable for Older Kids?
Review: With great anticipation, we popped the new video in, and in less than 5-minutes, my 20-month old son wandered off. This new video is probably aimed at an older audience. The music is slower with less of a beat, and there's not much dancing at all. If you have a younger child, I suggest buying Wiggly, Wiggly World, Hoop-De-Doo, or Wiggle *Play* Time.
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Summary: Disappointing
Review: We love the Wiggles and we love Steve Irwin, The Crocodile Hunter. Combining them on the Wiggly Safari DVD sounded like it would be lots of fun. Unfortunately, we were very disappointed. The style of songs is very different from past videos. The songs just aren't catchy. Most are quite slow and my son lost interest by the 4th song. Normally, we are all up on our feet dancing and singing along. There is very little dancing in this video. That was very surprising to us. We also miss seeing the children dancing. There are virtually no children in Wiggly Safari. Little Bindi Irwin is seen quite often, though, and she's adorable. One other minor irritant for me is the song list on the DVD cover. The songs are numbered from 1 to 16, so you would assume that is the order of their appearance on the DVD. Wrong, the songs on the DVD come in a completely different order than is listed on the package. Not a big deal, but it seems like an oversight and I'm a stickler for detail. It was fun to see the different Australian animals and we did learn a thing or two about them. Thumbs up on the educational aspect of the video. I still love the Wiggles, but we won't watch this DVD often. Oh, well, there are lots of great Wiggles videos on our shelves that we will watch again and again.
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Summary: Great Wiggly fun
Review: We just got this DVD and my 21 month old daughter has already watched it seven times. Aside from 2 concert scenes, the whole video is set in the Australian zoo. I think the outdoor setting is a refreshing change from the studio. It's great to see animals that are unique to Australia, and Strve Irwin is a blast. Steve's wife and daughter also appear in the video. The extra features on the DVD include additional information about the animals and an interview with the Wiggles and Crocodile Hunter. I think I enjoyed this video even more than my daughter. Even the credits are intertaining.
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Summary: G'day all, this video is Wiggly wonderful!!!
Review: As an Australian, I must say this video is near the best Wiggles video made! Everyone is there, the Wiggles, Dorothy, Wags, Henry, Capatin Feathersword. Then there is also the crocodile hunter and ALL the Australian animals in abundance. This video is great for people living in the States to see our fantastic Country & animals! Highly recommend, my 2 year old just sits there & watches & dances and acts out with the Wiggles for 50 minutes. My son LOVES the Wiggles :)
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Summary: Lots of Wiggly fun!
Review: The wiggles have done it again! A great new video with cute and catchy songs. Our 16 month old son LOVES it! Do note that the entire video is shot outdoors and not in a studio like the other Wiggles videos. All you Wiggles fans should love it!
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Summary: Annoying
Review: We were really excited that when this DVD was released. We love the Wiggles and Steve and Terri Irwin. Unfortunately, I find too much of it annoying and my kids don't really like it either. I feel that some of the songs were desperate efforts to take up time on the DVD. What does the live stage performance of Queen of the Roses have to do with this DVD? The cockatoo squacking is intolerable. The emu is freaky. Koala song boring. We like The Australia Zoo and the Butterfly songs.
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