The set begins with Cinderella's "A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes". This is a notable addition since Cinderella has yet to be released on DVD. The next song from the Little Mermaid, "Part Of Your World" is an Ashman & Menken classic and one of the songs that ushered in the resurgence of Disney's Animation Department. "A Whole New World" from the recently released on DVD Aladdin is up next and features a terrific performance from Brad Kane and the lovely Lea Salonga. It's also some of the last work from the late, great Howard Ashman, who passed away during the production of the film.

Disney reaches way back into the vault for the next two songs: Sleeping Beauty's "Once Upon A Dream" and Snow White And the Seven Dwarf's "I'm Wishing/One Song" are both classics. Next up are Pocahontas' "Colors Of the Wind" and "Beauty And the Beast" from umm..Beauty And the Beast. One of my favorite recent Disney songs "Reflection" from the underrated Mulan follows. Lea Salonga does a great job on this song and I will even admit to liking the Christina Aguilera version [though Lea's version, in my opinion, buries it]. We go from a great song like "Reflection" to a song that proves how misguided the Eisner-led Disney company has become. The song "Like Other Girls" from the upcoming Mulan II demonstrates how lackadaisical Disney has become with their direct-to-video "cheapquels".

Getting slightly back on track, "I Won't Say [I'm In Love]" from Hercules is the next selection. I wouldn't say this was a great song, however it's a vast improvement over the previous one. Unfortunately the next song, "Put It Together [Bibbidi Bobbidi Boo]" from the "cheapquel" classic Cinderella II: Electric Booga...err....Dreams Come True brings everything to a screeching halt. This song sounds like it's straight from the same factory that was responsible for the "Manufactured Teenybopper Boy Band" dark ages of the late 90s. In fact, i'm trying to figure out which hurt more; the visual assault on my eyes thanks to the extremely lazy art featured in the movie or the sonic assault that came close to making my ears bleed. To add insult to injury, the song has the audacity to incorporate lyrics from the original classic "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" written by Mack David, Jerry Livingston and Al Hoffman. Ugh. "Sweet Wings Of Love" from Mickey, Donald & Goofy In the Three Musketeers was only slightly better. Based on an excerpt from "the Blue Danube" op.314, this song isn't as offensive as the previous one, so it won't get stuck in your head.

Our song list ends with the all-new song "If You Can Dream" featuring Jasmine, Mulan, Pocahontas, Aurora, Ariel, Cinderella and Belle. During my initial viewing of this video, I did nothing but roll my eyes. However, after watching it a few more times, I could appreciate [at least] the chorus and vocals - featuring the original singing voices of Ariel [Jodi Benson], Belle [Paige O'Hara], Pocahontas [Judy Kuhn] and Mulan/Jasmine [Lea Salonga], as well as newcomers Susan Stevens Logan and Christie Hauser filling in for Aurora [Mary Costa] and Cinderella [Ilene Woods] - however, I still found the lyrics rather pedestrian and the video too literal.

While there are a few speed bumps, mostly from recent Disney sequel efforts, this was an enjoyable collection of songs.

Video: Sing Along Songs Once Upon A Dream is presented in a full-frame 1.33:1 ratio. However, the menus are anamorphic. Since most of the films were presented in a ratio of 1.85:1 or less, they look fine. However, the only song that suffers from the ratio presentation is Sleeping Beauty since it was originally shot in a 2.35:1 ratio, the transfer here is a slightly jarring pan and scan.

Audio: There are two soundtracks on this disc: a Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround and a French Dolby Surround. The 5.1 Surround track sounds rather sharp and clear.

Bonus Features: There are three different Bonus Features on this disc. When you select the first, Vocabulary Activities, it brings you to a submenu which has three separate subsections.

The first, Find It!, features Cinderella giving the viewers objects to seek, and when the correct items are found, they're pronounced and spelled out on the screen. Next, is something called Letter Puzzle. Basically, you spell the words the Fairy Godmother gives you and once you put all of the pieces together, you're treated to a brief snippet of the song which contains all three words. The last, called What's This?, take place on the Princesses' bureau. A gem spins around and you have to match the picture on the gem to the words that appear on the screen. Once you've correctly matched the picture to the word, it's spelled out for you.

The Karaoke portion of the menu is exactly that - Karaoke. They've stripped the vocal tracks [but leaving the sound effects track] and, as with the main feature, the lyrics are on the bottom of the screen. I'm actually surprised that Disney included this feature. I'm a BIG fan of the occasional "Isolated Score" tracks that the rare DVD might have [A Bug's Life, f'rinstance] and I get disappointed when they're not included [which is most of the time -- Hans Zimmer's score for the Lion King was criminally denied one]. It's a shame they're not included on more releases.

The last bonus feature, Dance Alongs, are three different Orlando Radio Disney Pop Factory produced songs that have a group of eight young kids blue screened onto an animated background. Not much to write home about.

There are trailers for the Disney Princess Collection series, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Mulan SE, the Magical World Of Winnie the Pooh, Home On the Range, Eloise At Christmastime, a Disney Princess brand commercial and a Disneyland Resort commercial.

Conclusion: I confess. I'm a Disney fan. Thankfully though, I was raised on "Classic" Disney. And though some consider the 70s/80s to be the "dark ages" as far as Disney is concerned, it was nowhere near as bad as it is today. Music is definitely one of the more important parts of "Classic" Disney films; thankfully, this disc contains more of those "classic" hits than current "misses". Recommended.