This Disney DVD is enhanced with Disney’s FastPlay
“This Disney DVD is enhanced with Disney’s FastPlay. Your movie and a selection of bonus features will begin automatically, to bypass fastplay, select the Main Menu button at any time, FastPlay will begin in a moment.” - Tom Kane, whenever you insert a post-2004 Disney DVD on your computer, VCR/DVD player, DVD player, or BD player after the Walt Disney Home Entertainment or Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment logo. (Tom Kane was best known for the voice of Professor Utonium from The Powerpuff Girls (1998), and he was also the narrator on trailers such as Despicable Me, African Cats, The Croods, Cars, Clerks II, Dumbo (1941) 60th Anniversary Edition, Meet the Robinsons, The Golden Compass, Home, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, etc. until his retirement in 2022 due to his health problems)
Disney's FastPlay is a special feature used on many Disney DVDs, introduced in the late summer of 2004. The system purports to play the upcoming film and certain bonus features automatically, without needing to use a remote. Infamously, FastPlay will also play all of the trailers and previews featured on the DVD, meaning it can take up to 8-12 minutes for the film to actually start. However, a few titles play the trailers in the end before the DVD Menu. FastPlay became more common in 2006. The enhancement began to be phased out in 2020 after the release of Frozen II, but the logo is still being used as of today.
The first Disney DVD with FastPlay was Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers and has appeared on every Disney DVD since then.
It is also an internet meme.
The Disney DVD’s I have with FastPlay are (Most of my FastPlay DVD's are in my Disney BD/DVD combo packs because Blu-rays are my favorite movie discs):
* Lady and the Tramp: Platinum Edition (February 28, 2006, the first Disney DVD I had with this feature with my old copy)
* Dumbo (1941): Big Top Edition (June 6, 2006)
* The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition (October 3, 2006)
* Peter Pan: Platinum Edition (March 6, 2007)
* The Jungle Book: Platinum Edition (October 2, 2007)
* 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition (March 4, 2008)
* Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas (July 29, 2008)
* The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning (August 26, 2008)
* Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (October 7, 2008)
* High School Musical 3: Senior Year (February 17, 2009, BD/DVD combo pack, both Theatrical and Extended Cut DVD's)
* Pinocchio: Platinum Edition (March 10, 2009)
* Race to Witch Mountain (August 4, 2009)
* The Princess and the Frog (Mrach 16, 2010)
* Alice in Wonderland (2010) (June 1, 2010)
* A Christmas Carol (2009) (November 16, 2010, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Tangled (March 29, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Tron (April 5, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* The Fox and the Hound II (August 9, 2011)
* African Cats (October 4, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Cars 2 (November 1, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Brave (November 13, 2012, BD/DVD combo pcak)
* Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (November 20, 2012, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Wreck-It Ralph (March 5, 2013, BD3D/BD/DVD combo pack)
- Monsters University (October 29, 2013, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Planes (November 19, 2013, even though my BD copy does not come with the DVD)
* Muppet Treasure Island/The Great Muppet Caper (December 10, 2013, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Frozen (March 18, 2014, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Planes; Fire and Rescue (November 4, 2014, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Big Hero 6 (February 24, 2015, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (August 18, 2015, BD/DVD combo pack, see Planes for details)
* The Good Dinosaur (February 23, 2016, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Finding Dory (November 15, 2016, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Cars 3 (November 7, 2017, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Incredibles 2 (November 6, 2018, BD/DVD combo pack, one of three instances where FastPlay did what was advertised on this release)
* Ralph Breaks the Internet (February 26, 2019, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Luca (August 3, 2021, BD/DVD combo pack, even though it has no bonus features)
Me and my sister also had Disney DVD's with Fastplay when we were kids. (Which were Meet the Robinsons, Bolt, the Beauty and the Beast trilogy (2010-11 re-releases), Prep and Landing, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Brave, Monsters University, Dumbo, Cars 2, Diamond editions of Peter Pan and Snow White, old Platinum Editions of Lady and the Tramp, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, and Pinocchio, etc. but I have replaced them with new Platinum Edition DVD copies alongside upgrading to the Blu-ray's, and most my older FastPlay DVD's have been sent to my family members, like Katie's parents in Sayreville and my Grandma's hosue)
You can easily find this logo on most of your Disney DVD’s since Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers. Other releases that have this logo are Walt Disney Animation Studios releases starting with Chicken Little, Pixar releases starting with Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, and the 2011 re-release of The Incredibles, as well as many spinoffs, a few non-animated films, a load of Disney Channel original movies, and TV shows from the Disney Branded Television networks. Disney Movie Club Exclusives on DVD may or may not have this logo. This logo also appears on later Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Doc McStuffins, and Handy Manny DVDs (save for Pop Star Minnie), the 2013 releases of Muppet Treasure Island and The Great Muppet Caper, Super Buddies, Miles from Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket, The Return of Jafar (Disney Movie Club Exclusive), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (Disney Movie Club exclusive), All Disney Signature Edition releases (save for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 3, Celebrating Mickey, Frozen II, Luca, and Strange World all released from 2012-Feburary 14, 2023, despite having no bonus features to speak of. This was also the case for the Pixar films Toy Story 4 (released on October 8, 2019), Soul (released on March 23, 2021), Turning Red (released on May 3, 2022) and Lightyear (released on September 13, 2022), but the bonus features do not play at the end, even though they still have a bonus feature: their commentaries.
Here are several facts about this logo:
1.) The arc on the Disney DVD logo, which looks identical to the arc from Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s current print logo (which you can find on brand new factory sealed Buena Vista DVD's in the late 2000's to early 2010), is mirrored. It is worth noting that this change is also shown on the "Movies, Magic & More" print version of the Disney DVD logo that you’d find on 2004-2009 Disney DVD’s.
2.) The "DVD" text in the aforementioned Disney DVD logo is slightly smaller in an attempt to fit in with the altered Disney DVD logo before Tinker Bell transforms it into the Fast Play logo.
3.) Although this bumper contains a decent combination of hand drawn animation and CGI animation, it looks like both animation styles have been superimposed onto this bumper and became outdated for the following reasons:
* The animation of Tinker Bell is recycled from the 1994-1999 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo. (I even have a lot of Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection tapes)
* The animation of Tinker Bell’s pixie dust is recycled from the original 2001-07 and 2005-07 Disney DVD logos.
* The Disney DVD logo shown during the beginning of this bumper is also recycled from the original 2001-07 Disney DVD logo.
* In contrast, the 2007-14 Disney DVD logo contains a much better combination of CGI for the formation of the Disney DVD logo and hand drawn animation for the animations of Tinker Bell, her accompanying pixie dust, the sparks and the explosion of pixie dust, which have been produced in fully shaded, colored outlined digital ink and paint animation.
4.) There is excessive shining on both logos throughout the bumper, making things look a bit gaudy, much like the 2001 Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Disney DVD logos.
5.) False advertising: Even though Tom Kane (the narrator of this logo) says that the "movie and a selection of bonus features will begin automatically," Fast Play actually starts with a long series of trailers that is on the DVD, followed by the movie and the selection of bonus features coming on immediately afterwards. This led to criticism of the enhancement by irritated fans (with some calling it "SlowPlay" or “ScamPlay”, according to an article through Entertainment Weekly), to the point where it subsequently became an Internet meme. Perhaps as a result, Disney's 4K Ultra HD's contain UltraPlay, which comes closer to pulling off the intended effect of FastPlay.
* If you count the Walt Disney Home Entertainment (from Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers until The Aristocats: Special Edition)/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (since Underdog in 2007), Disney DVD and/or Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix logos, their warning screen of the era, and/or their clip-on IDs, the maximum amount of time of trailers before the movie and bonus features begin with "Fast Play" activated may last up to about 8-12 minutes long; this especially applies to many DVDs with Fast Play released between March 2007 and August 2014 (all of which contain the 2007-14 Disney DVD logo), such as the final five Platinum Edition DVDs, the first eight Diamond Edition DVDs, and most DVDs of G-to-PG-rated Disney films such as The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Underdog (2007), The Game Plan, Enchanted, College Road Trip, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Bolt, and Bedtime Stories.
* Surprisingly, the only 8 instances where FastPlay did it’s intended job correctly were Lilo & Stitch: Big Wave Edition, Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving: 10th Anniversary Edition, Incredibles 2, Zombies 2, Elemental, Wish (2023), the 2012/13 UK DVD of Mulan and the 2011 Australian DVD of The Incredibles (due to those releases not having previews, except Incredibles 2 which has them at the end).
* Although pre-2010 FastPlay DVDs did not contain any bumpers between previews, their VHS and Blu-ray counterparts did so.
* Selecting Fastplay through the Disc's Main Menu for early releases play the trailers before the movie (m.youtube.com/watch?v=RprtnS-IBhI) while later releases go to the Warning screens before the movie.
6.) Due to the fast-paced nature of this bumper, it was difficult for viewers to select either button before it ended.
7.) Since the enhancement began to be phased out in 2020, it was falsely rumored that this bumper would retire in 2021, although time depends when it would actually end.
8.) Disney previously used the logo's music "Open Market A" by Dick Walter in a Disney Channel "Feature Presentation" bumper in 1986.
9.) The logo's abrupt appearance and nature have also been known to scare numerous children at the time (thus gaining the nickname "Your First Panic Attack").
10.) The 2009 DVD reprint of Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (which I have on VHS) mentions FastPlay on the disc cover, but the disc itself replicates the original 2001 release. The 2020 DVD reprint of The Santa Clause and Santa Clause 2 also has this manner. (FastPlay on the cover art/disc, but the disc itself replicates the original 2000's DVD's)
11.) Some DVD releases have the arrow appear on "FastPlay," while others have it appear on "Main Menu." This may also occur if you manually select "FastPlay" or "Main Menu" on any computer and/or DVD player. In other cases, the arrow may not appear on either button at all.
12.) Depending on the technical capabilities of one’s computer, TV, VCR/DVD combo, or standalone DVD player, this bumper may appear in widescreen or cropped full screen; the full screen version may also be stretched to widescreen and vice versa. VCR/DVD combos and standalone DVD players have this logo in fullscreen. BD players have this on Widescreen.
I was introduced to FastPlay in 2006, and whenever I insert a Disney DVD with FastPlay, all I do was to let the menu pass, my first Disney DVD with FastPlay was the 2006 Platinum Edition DVD of Lady and the Tramp (I've gotten a better copy since then), and I always knew the Tinker Bell animation was recycled from the 1994-1999 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo. FastPlay has become considerably rarer on Disney releases since Soul, with it only appearing on WDAS and Pixar releases since that film.
It’s even still on their website for some bizarre reason.
disney.go.com/disneyvideos/fastplay
This Disney DVD is enhanced with Disney’s FastPlay
“This Disney DVD is enhanced with Disney’s FastPlay. Your movie and a selection of bonus features will begin automatically, to bypass fastplay, select the Main Menu button at any time, FastPlay will begin in a moment.” - Tom Kane, whenever you insert a post-2004 Disney DVD on your computer, VCR/DVD player, DVD player, or BD player after the Walt Disney Home Entertainment or Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment logo. (Tom Kane was best known for the voice of Professor Utonium from The Powerpuff Girls (1998), and he was also the narrator on trailers such as Despicable Me, African Cats, The Croods, Cars, Clerks II, Dumbo (1941) 60th Anniversary Edition, Meet the Robinsons, The Golden Compass, Home, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Mr. Peabody and Sherman, etc. until his retirement in 2022 due to his health problems)
Disney's FastPlay is a special feature used on many Disney DVDs, introduced in the late summer of 2004. The system purports to play the upcoming film and certain bonus features automatically, without needing to use a remote. Infamously, FastPlay will also play all of the trailers and previews featured on the DVD, meaning it can take up to 8-12 minutes for the film to actually start. However, a few titles play the trailers in the end before the DVD Menu. FastPlay became more common in 2006. The enhancement began to be phased out in 2020 after the release of Frozen II, but the logo is still being used as of today.
The first Disney DVD with FastPlay was Mickey, Donald and Goofy: The Three Musketeers and has appeared on every Disney DVD since then.
It is also an internet meme.
The Disney DVD’s I have with FastPlay are (Most of my FastPlay DVD's are in my Disney BD/DVD combo packs because Blu-rays are my favorite movie discs):
* Lady and the Tramp: Platinum Edition (February 28, 2006, the first Disney DVD I had with this feature with my old copy)
* Dumbo (1941): Big Top Edition (June 6, 2006)
* The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition (October 3, 2006)
* Peter Pan: Platinum Edition (March 6, 2007)
* The Jungle Book: Platinum Edition (October 2, 2007)
* 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition (March 4, 2008)
* Phineas and Ferb: The Fast and the Phineas (July 29, 2008)
* The Little Mermaid III: Ariel's Beginning (August 26, 2008)
* Sleeping Beauty: Platinum Edition (October 7, 2008)
* High School Musical 3: Senior Year (February 17, 2009, BD/DVD combo pack, both Theatrical and Extended Cut DVD's)
* Pinocchio: Platinum Edition (March 10, 2009)
* Race to Witch Mountain (August 4, 2009)
* The Princess and the Frog (Mrach 16, 2010)
* Alice in Wonderland (2010) (June 1, 2010)
* A Christmas Carol (2009) (November 16, 2010, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Tangled (March 29, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Tron (April 5, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* The Fox and the Hound II (August 9, 2011)
* African Cats (October 4, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Cars 2 (November 1, 2011, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Brave (November 13, 2012, BD/DVD combo pcak)
* Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (November 20, 2012, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Wreck-It Ralph (March 5, 2013, BD3D/BD/DVD combo pack)
- Monsters University (October 29, 2013, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Planes (November 19, 2013, even though my BD copy does not come with the DVD)
* Muppet Treasure Island/The Great Muppet Caper (December 10, 2013, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Frozen (March 18, 2014, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Planes; Fire and Rescue (November 4, 2014, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Big Hero 6 (February 24, 2015, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection (August 18, 2015, BD/DVD combo pack, see Planes for details)
* The Good Dinosaur (February 23, 2016, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Finding Dory (November 15, 2016, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Cars 3 (November 7, 2017, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Incredibles 2 (November 6, 2018, BD/DVD combo pack, one of three instances where FastPlay did what was advertised on this release)
* Ralph Breaks the Internet (February 26, 2019, BD/DVD combo pack)
* Luca (August 3, 2021, BD/DVD combo pack, even though it has no bonus features)
Me and my sister also had Disney DVD's with Fastplay when we were kids. (Which were Meet the Robinsons, Bolt, the Beauty and the Beast trilogy (2010-11 re-releases), Prep and Landing, The Princess and the Frog, Tangled, Brave, Monsters University, Dumbo, Cars 2, Diamond editions of Peter Pan and Snow White, old Platinum Editions of Lady and the Tramp, The Little Mermaid, The Jungle Book, 101 Dalmatians, Sleeping Beauty, and Pinocchio, etc. but I have replaced them with new Platinum Edition DVD copies alongside upgrading to the Blu-ray's, and most my older FastPlay DVD's have been sent to my family members, like Katie's parents in Sayreville and my Grandma's hosue)
You can easily find this logo on most of your Disney DVD’s since Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers. Other releases that have this logo are Walt Disney Animation Studios releases starting with Chicken Little, Pixar releases starting with Cars Toon: Mater's Tall Tales, Cars 2, and the 2011 re-release of The Incredibles, as well as many spinoffs, a few non-animated films, a load of Disney Channel original movies, and TV shows from the Disney Branded Television networks. Disney Movie Club Exclusives on DVD may or may not have this logo. This logo also appears on later Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Doc McStuffins, and Handy Manny DVDs (save for Pop Star Minnie), the 2013 releases of Muppet Treasure Island and The Great Muppet Caper, Super Buddies, Miles from Tomorrowland: Let’s Rocket, The Return of Jafar (Disney Movie Club Exclusive), Aladdin and the King of Thieves (Disney Movie Club exclusive), All Disney Signature Edition releases (save for Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs), Olaf’s Frozen Adventure, Pixar Short Films Collection Vol. 3, Celebrating Mickey, Frozen II, Luca, and Strange World all released from 2012-Feburary 14, 2023, despite having no bonus features to speak of. This was also the case for the Pixar films Toy Story 4 (released on October 8, 2019), Soul (released on March 23, 2021), Turning Red (released on May 3, 2022) and Lightyear (released on September 13, 2022), but the bonus features do not play at the end, even though they still have a bonus feature: their commentaries.
Here are several facts about this logo:
1.) The arc on the Disney DVD logo, which looks identical to the arc from Buena Vista Home Entertainment’s current print logo (which you can find on brand new factory sealed Buena Vista DVD's in the late 2000's to early 2010), is mirrored. It is worth noting that this change is also shown on the "Movies, Magic & More" print version of the Disney DVD logo that you’d find on 2004-2009 Disney DVD’s.
2.) The "DVD" text in the aforementioned Disney DVD logo is slightly smaller in an attempt to fit in with the altered Disney DVD logo before Tinker Bell transforms it into the Fast Play logo.
3.) Although this bumper contains a decent combination of hand drawn animation and CGI animation, it looks like both animation styles have been superimposed onto this bumper and became outdated for the following reasons:
* The animation of Tinker Bell is recycled from the 1994-1999 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo. (I even have a lot of Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection tapes)
* The animation of Tinker Bell’s pixie dust is recycled from the original 2001-07 and 2005-07 Disney DVD logos.
* The Disney DVD logo shown during the beginning of this bumper is also recycled from the original 2001-07 Disney DVD logo.
* In contrast, the 2007-14 Disney DVD logo contains a much better combination of CGI for the formation of the Disney DVD logo and hand drawn animation for the animations of Tinker Bell, her accompanying pixie dust, the sparks and the explosion of pixie dust, which have been produced in fully shaded, colored outlined digital ink and paint animation.
4.) There is excessive shining on both logos throughout the bumper, making things look a bit gaudy, much like the 2001 Walt Disney Home Entertainment and Disney DVD logos.
5.) False advertising: Even though Tom Kane (the narrator of this logo) says that the "movie and a selection of bonus features will begin automatically," Fast Play actually starts with a long series of trailers that is on the DVD, followed by the movie and the selection of bonus features coming on immediately afterwards. This led to criticism of the enhancement by irritated fans (with some calling it "SlowPlay" or “ScamPlay”, according to an article through Entertainment Weekly), to the point where it subsequently became an Internet meme. Perhaps as a result, Disney's 4K Ultra HD's contain UltraPlay, which comes closer to pulling off the intended effect of FastPlay.
* If you count the Walt Disney Home Entertainment (from Mickey, Donald, and Goofy: The Three Musketeers until The Aristocats: Special Edition)/Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment (since Underdog in 2007), Disney DVD and/or Disney Enhanced Home Theater Mix logos, their warning screen of the era, and/or their clip-on IDs, the maximum amount of time of trailers before the movie and bonus features begin with "Fast Play" activated may last up to about 8-12 minutes long; this especially applies to many DVDs with Fast Play released between March 2007 and August 2014 (all of which contain the 2007-14 Disney DVD logo), such as the final five Platinum Edition DVDs, the first eight Diamond Edition DVDs, and most DVDs of G-to-PG-rated Disney films such as The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, Underdog (2007), The Game Plan, Enchanted, College Road Trip, Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Beverly Hills Chihuahua, High School Musical 3: Senior Year, Bolt, and Bedtime Stories.
* Surprisingly, the only 8 instances where FastPlay did it’s intended job correctly were Lilo & Stitch: Big Wave Edition, Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving: 10th Anniversary Edition, Incredibles 2, Zombies 2, Elemental, Wish (2023), the 2012/13 UK DVD of Mulan and the 2011 Australian DVD of The Incredibles (due to those releases not having previews, except Incredibles 2 which has them at the end).
* Although pre-2010 FastPlay DVDs did not contain any bumpers between previews, their VHS and Blu-ray counterparts did so.
* Selecting Fastplay through the Disc's Main Menu for early releases play the trailers before the movie (m.youtube.com/watch?v=RprtnS-IBhI) while later releases go to the Warning screens before the movie.
6.) Due to the fast-paced nature of this bumper, it was difficult for viewers to select either button before it ended.
7.) Since the enhancement began to be phased out in 2020, it was falsely rumored that this bumper would retire in 2021, although time depends when it would actually end.
8.) Disney previously used the logo's music "Open Market A" by Dick Walter in a Disney Channel "Feature Presentation" bumper in 1986.
9.) The logo's abrupt appearance and nature have also been known to scare numerous children at the time (thus gaining the nickname "Your First Panic Attack").
10.) The 2009 DVD reprint of Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed In at the House of Mouse (which I have on VHS) mentions FastPlay on the disc cover, but the disc itself replicates the original 2001 release. The 2020 DVD reprint of The Santa Clause and Santa Clause 2 also has this manner. (FastPlay on the cover art/disc, but the disc itself replicates the original 2000's DVD's)
11.) Some DVD releases have the arrow appear on "FastPlay," while others have it appear on "Main Menu." This may also occur if you manually select "FastPlay" or "Main Menu" on any computer and/or DVD player. In other cases, the arrow may not appear on either button at all.
12.) Depending on the technical capabilities of one’s computer, TV, VCR/DVD combo, or standalone DVD player, this bumper may appear in widescreen or cropped full screen; the full screen version may also be stretched to widescreen and vice versa. VCR/DVD combos and standalone DVD players have this logo in fullscreen. BD players have this on Widescreen.
I was introduced to FastPlay in 2006, and whenever I insert a Disney DVD with FastPlay, all I do was to let the menu pass, my first Disney DVD with FastPlay was the 2006 Platinum Edition DVD of Lady and the Tramp (I've gotten a better copy since then), and I always knew the Tinker Bell animation was recycled from the 1994-1999 Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection logo. FastPlay has become considerably rarer on Disney releases since Soul, with it only appearing on WDAS and Pixar releases since that film.
It’s even still on their website for some bizarre reason.
disney.go.com/disneyvideos/fastplay