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Eva Reviews: Moana, Starlight Canoe & Friends

Moana Starlight Canoe and Friends
Photo-A-Day #4277

We recieved the Moana, Starlight Canoe & Friends to play with and review. Opinions are our own.

Eva helped me with this review by playing with the toy and telling me about it on the video below. We loved the movie Moana when we saw it as a family. There were so many great parts to it including the information about wayfinding. Wayfinding is the special way in which people from the Pacific Islands navigated the oceans. The canoe that Moana has in the movie and the other ones that she discoveres are very close to the look of a special canoe that is making its way around the world, the Hokulea. This double hulled canoe is being sailed by a group of peopel who have been learning the art of wayfinding before it is lost forever. It is so cool that a kids movie touches upon something that is so close to the heart of the Pacific Islands.

This is a pretty nice playset. The doll is an excellent one and looks great compared to her movie counterpart. The figures of Pua and Hei Hei are also done really well. Pua is the best of the bunch, he looks just like the character. The canoe is okay but the “gentle rocking motion” is not exactly that gentle. It rocks from side to side with a lot of extra motion. So much so that pua and Hei Hei fall off when you move it. Eva will talk more about it in the video.

Also, below the video is a clip from the movie Moana.

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All new Moana Activity Pages

A week from today I’ll be seeing Disney’s Moana with the family at a sneak peek screening. Leading up to that night we’re going to see more about the movie and the kids are all excited. If your kids are excited like mine are then these new activity pages will give them something to do until they are able to see the movie on November 23rd. Click on each image to download the activity pages. There are even more after the trailer.

Moana Make Lakamora
Moana Memory Match
Moana water safety

Check out the trailer below.

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Two New Beautiful Videos from Disney’s Moana

Moana Poster

As if I needed more reasons to see Disney’s Moana this Thanksgiving, I’ve been sent two new clips on the movie. One an actual clip with part of the song, Whe Know The Way and the other a featurette about researching the Pacific Islands to create the movie. As I watch these clips I see the ships that they are using and am hoping to see something where they specifically reference the Hokulea. This ship is actually travelling the globe these days and we saw it when it came to port in Woods Hole this Summer. I haven’t seen anything but the ships do look an awful lot like the Hokulea. On to the clips!

“We Know the Way” film clip

Also available is a look at the stunning realization of the original song “We Know the Way.” Written and performed by Opetaia Foa‘i and Lin-Manuel Miranda, “We Know the Way” showcases the rich and vibrant voyaging life of Moana’s ancestors.

“The Way to Moana” featurette

More about MOANA which opens in theaters everywhere on November 23rd, below. Continue reading Two New Beautiful Videos from Disney’s Moana →

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Some New Moana Clips and the Moana Soundtrack

Moana Soundtrack

One incredibly beautiful movie is coming to theaters on November 23, 2016. The movie is already looking visually beautiful but now I have some clips of songs that are in my opinions going to be beautiful as well. Beautiful and incredibly funny. Here is a clip of Moana meeting Maui and you can see how full of himself Maui is but at the same time completely unaware of how grating that can be. Maui just is who he is. Then later I have a clip of that sort of thing in a musical form.

“Moana Meets Maui”

Also, set for release on November 18, the Moana original motion picture soundtrack features seven original songs and a full original score, plus two reprises as well as two end-credit versions of songs from the film. Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Moana” opens in U.S. theaters on Nov. 23, 2016.

The diverse and dynamic team behind the film’s inspired music includes Tony®- and Grammy®-winning songwriter/composer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who counts among his credits Broadway’s Pulitzer Prize-winning and multiple Tony-winning “Hamilton” and the Tony-winning “In the Heights.” The creative team also includes three-time Grammy®-winning composer Mark Mancina (“Speed,” “Tarzan” and the Oscar®-winning “Training Day”) and Opetaia Foa‘i, the founder and lead singer of Te Vaka, a winner of numerous world music awards. Continue reading Some New Moana Clips and the Moana Soundtrack →