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I am watching all the barbie movies in order. Some of them I've never seen (like this one) since I was a bit older kid/teen when they came out. This one is not as good as Rapunzel or the 12 Dancing Princesses. The story is meh and I found the Princess annoying af. Luciana was better imo.

Both the dress for the ball and wedding dress were horrid and pretty disappointing especially considering Ro basically wears a towel for the whole first half of movie.

But the songs are awesome. I liked the lullaby, Luciana's song, and the mice singing about cheese.

Would recommend for Barbie fans that may want to learn easy songs and sing along.

This movie was really fun. I loved the depiction of the different personalities of the fairies at the school and their lessons were awesome. I was surprised since other than the rainbow eye it never really depicted Elina using magic in the other fairytopia movies so this was super cool to see. I also liked how the sparkle fairies have sparkles that they can trail from their hands like a magic wand.

The plot seemed a little weak esp since the undoing spell didn't turn Elina back into a mermaid, but I loved the Flight of Spring.

Bibble and Dizzle were hilarious in the goodnight scene. I would almost watch it again just for that.

Oh and I do think her new outfit is a bit of a downgrade.

Overall I recommend if you like any of the other Barbie movies. Not sure if it is better or just as good as Fairytopia Mermaidia. I can't decide!

The graphics in this are much better than some of the others that came just before it (especially barbie diaries and fairtytopia) which made it a much better experience.

As far as the plot, it is a little slow at first but really ramps up and is rewarding if you stay for the whole thing. The magic portrayed in it was sooo cool I wish they had done a second one or just expanded on the magic world/how it works. I'd love to know if their mother hired an enchantress to set it up or something for instance.

The characters were good (especially rowena and the male lead and surprisingly the animal sidekicks were great in this movie too) but some of the side characters seem quite flat especially a few of the princesses that look like carbon copies of each other, like another reviewer said.

Dancing and music was really fun. I like that they were portrayed as a singing family.

My favorite part were the princesses teaming up on the guards and the special dancing part (no spoilers you just have to watch).

I DID think there was a huge plot hole in that Rowena could have just wished to be queen of her own kingdom instead of causing trouble (again if this doesn't make sense it's bc no spoilers you just have to watch).

Solid 7/10. I would give it an 8 if I ever watch it again.