Kinect: Disneyland Adventures, also known as Disneyland Adventures, is an open world video game developed by Frontier Developments for Microsoft's Xbox 360 console and its Kinect peripheral, with a later remaster developed by Asobo Studio for Xbox One and Microsoft Windows. It is set in a virtual recreation of the Disneyland theme park circa 2011, featuring mini-games inspired by some of the park's major attractions. In addition to the mini-games, the game also allows players to take photos of their child avatars at the park and hug characters. The Theme Park Characters appear in their normal proportions from their films as opposed to appearing as fully-costumed Cast Members in the parks in real life.
The game was remastered and re-released for Xbox One and Windows 10 (also include Windows 11 since 2021) via the Microsoft Store on October 31, 2017. The remaster adds support for 4K resolution, high-dynamic range graphics, and traditional controls with either an Xbox Wireless Controller or a mouse and keyboard (along with Kinect for Xbox One support). The Windows version was later re-released on Steam and retail discs on September 14, 2018; the Steam and retail releases add support for Windows 7, Windows 8/8.1, and along with Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Once completed the first time in-game, they can be accessed from the main menu of the save file using the Fastpass option to go back through and collect any missed Hidden Mickeys and incomplete award pins based on star rating and total Hidden Mickeys collected in each mini-game.;
Meet-and-Greet characters[]
Over 43 different Disney characters appear in the game for meet-and-greets throughout the park. Like with the actual park characters, the player can interact with them, take photos with them, dance with them, acquire their autographs and give them hugs or high-fives. They also give the player quests to do to help them and their friends, with some awarding certain things that are unobtainable otherwise, such as pins, costumes, and more. Some won't appear until certain criteria are met first, such as completing tasks for characters they are related to, or acquiring a certain magic item when it becomes available upon reaching its magic level prerequisite on the Golden Ticket through completing tasks to level up the magic gauge. Also, some characters won't have quests available until the player acquires the magical item needed specifically for them. The meet-and-greet characters include:
There are several types of photos in this game. The player cannot take any pictures until they have the camera from Mickey after completing their first few tasks for him and his friends in Main Street, U.S.A. and have bought the corresponding photo album from the shop in the respective section of the park. They include:
Photo Passes: These are pictures of landmarks around the park. Altogether there are 79 to capture, they are easy to find as each landmark has a notification sign near them that bounces to indicate if the photo has not been taken yet. Once taken, the sign stops bouncing to indicate the photo has been collected.
Discoveries: These are places of interest around the park. Many are given to you by characters for a task they need completed to help out other characters in the process. They will provide a photo album necessary to place the photos in to complete the task. These can be found when a blue circle with an arrow appears on the ground when in the vicinity of one. The arrow points towards the target for the photo. Once the picture is taken, the circle disappears.
Hidden Mickeys: Hidden Mickeys are located around the park for you to find. There are 98 altogether. The uncollected ones give off blue sparkles when nearby their locations.
Character Snapshots: Each character can be snapshot with the player. There are 44 of these. The player's child avatar will pose with the character for the photo.
Secrets[]
Hidden Secrets are located all throughout the game. They can be found in various ways such as taking certain photos, going on certain rides, or using the items you get from other characters on background objects such as parasols, trash cans, plants, ponds, manholes, and streetlamps. They can also be found in attraction minigames by collecting them throughout chapters or completing certain tasks.
The Dive Tire (known as Friction Wheel) and Brakes from Gadgets-Go Coaster does not appear like in the real-life park.
Star Tours and the Indiana Jones Adventure do not appear in the game, due to them being themed to Star Wars and Indiana Jones, properties that at the time were licensed from Lucasfilm (this game was released in 2011, one year before Disney purchased Lucasfilm). Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin is also omitted, due to Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment holding joint ownership of the Roger Rabbit franchise with The Walt Disney Company. The facades of these attractions appear with their names removed while Mickey's Toontown, also inspired by Who Framed Roger Rabbit, appears otherwise unchanged. Tarzan's Treehouse is also omitted, due to Tarzan being held by the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate. However, the facade, merchandise, and logo of Captain EO, another production that Disney and George Lucas collaborated on, appear in the game.
The 2017 remaster restored the Indiana Jones Adventure's main safety sign at the ride's entrance with the Indiana Jones franchise explicitly referenced. However, Star Tours remains unmentioned.
Also removed from the game are references to corporate sponsors such as Coca-Cola and Dole Pineapple.
Even though Alice is meetable, Wendy isn't (both voiced by Hynden Walch since 2005). However, Peter mentions her.
So far Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald, Daisy, Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Eeyore, Buzz Lightyear, Cinderella, Snow White, Aurora, Tiana, Naveen, Peter Pan, Captain Hook, and Alice speak Japanese in its release of the game.
The Disneyland Adventures remaster is an Xbox Play Anywhere title, which means that players who buy the game digitally on Xbox One or Windows 10 through the Microsoft Store receive both console and PC versions of the game for no additional charge and can share and sync save files stored on cloud servers.
In the original Kinect release, the player begins the game at the park's front gates, where they are first guided by the Golden Ticket in character creation and soon meet Mickey in front of the topiary of his face shortly thereafter (by walking a short distance away and waving). In the remastered release, the player instead creates their character in the Central Plaza in front of Sleeping Beauty Castle without the Golden Ticket appearing and then meets Mickey immediately after creating their character (without having to walk).
The remaster adds the ability to jump while roaming around Disneyland when using a controller or mouse and keyboard, although this serves no functional purpose whatsoever.
Splash Mountain:Burrow's Lament • Little Brown Jug • Shortnin' Bread • Polly Wolly Doodle • Froggy Went a Courtin' • Shoo Fly (Don't Bother Me) • Goober Peas • Camptown Races • Dixie • Swing Low Sweet Chariot • When Johnny Comes Marching Home • Comin' Round the Mountain • Ol' MacDonald • Skip to My Lou • Freight Train Blues • Wabash Cannonball • St. James Infirmary • Tennessee Waltz • Show Me the Way to Go Home • Alabamy Bound • Down By the Riverside • My Old Kentucky Home • Blue Moon if Kentucky • Blue Ridge Mountain Blues • Carolina Moon • Deep River Blues • Goodnight Ladies • Honey Comb • Jailhouse Blues • Old Mill Stream • Salty Dog • Up a Lazy River • Tom Dooley • Oh, Susanna • John Henry • Sixteen Tons • I've Been Working on the Railroad • When the Saints Go Marchin' In • You Are My Sunshine
