Product Details

• Actors: Kathleen Herles, Harrison Chad, Esai Morales, Marc Weiner, Sasha Toro
• Directors: Arnie Wong, Henry Madden, Sherie Pollack
• Writers: Chris Gifford, Carin Greenberg Baker, Eric Weiner, Valerie Walsh
• Producers: Brown Johnson
• Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Nickelodeon
• DVD Release Date: February 4, 2003
• Run Time: 49 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00007G1X7
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #36,265 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dora the Explorer - Map Adventures" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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DORA THE EXPLORER:MAP ADVENTURES - DVD Movie

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Where are we going? Clap! Clap! Clap! - CRAZY!!!!!!!, January 27, 2005

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Amanda Richards (Georgetown, Guyana) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dora the Explorer - Map Adventures (DVD)

Due to inclement weather, I found myself housebound with a two year old (not mine) and an almost four year old (mine). With apologies to Dr. Seuss, it was too wet to go out and too cramped to stay in, but we had to make the most of it.

Fortunately, this DVD was on top of the pile, and it was an instant hit with both boys. In no time at all they were singing along with Dora, Boots, Backpack and Map, and enjoying participating in the activities.

This DVD has four adventures, each involving Dora and her friends following a map, finding clues and overcoming obstacles. It's a learning experience hidden in a fun cartoon, as Dora stares at you with her huge brown eyes, while talking about colors, counting, encouraging problem solving and introducing some Spanish words. It should have something of interest for ages one to five, without ever being boring.

For adults it's a different matter after you've heard it the first five times or so, as the repetitive nature of the songs and activities slowly drills a hole in your skull, exposing every nerve ending to the strident "I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the map, I'm the maaaaaap" and "Backpack, Backpack, Backpack, Backpack..."

Anyway, the price of a pair of earplugs and the inconvenience of having to schedule a lobotomy is a fair trade for keeping the kids from going stir crazy and fighting each other, especially when you hear them using Spanish words and watch them having fun learning.

Just go with the flow, and join in yelling "SALTA" while you jump over the imaginary watermelons rolling through your living room.

Amanda Richards, January 27, 2005

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of Dora videos, May 2, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Dora the Explorer - Map Adventures (DVD)

We bought this for our 2 year old son who loves Dora. It's the only show we really let him watch (to limit his TV time), and this video is a great alternative for the days he's missed the TV version, or when it's just a video kind of day. Everyday he asks to watch it, and we've now seen each of the 4 episodes on it, about 100 times (or so it seems), and he still loves it. If you've never seen Dora, the series is great for boosting language skills!

We'll be giving this and other Dora videos as gifts for upcoming birthdays! (My son loves these more than he ever liked Baby Einstein)

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Two Out of Four Ain't Good, March 23, 2003

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Dean Swift (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dora the Explorer - Map Adventures (DVD)

There are actually four episodes of Dora the Explorer on this DVD, but hitting "Play All" in the main menu only plays two of them, the other two are burried way down in sub-menus. If you select "Play All" from the main menu, I wish it really would!

The four episodes on this DVD are typical of the episodes on TV, so if your kid likes those, they'll like this DVD.