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This Disney Princess Alarm Clock Radio is absolutely adorable and has some neat features. It's a cute lil alarm clock radio. It isn't a big expensive boom box or mp3 player, no. But it's perfect for kids. You don't have to have fancy smancy technology to use your imagination and be a Princess who has her own castle of asmusement.

Just bought this at Target and it is a really cute little alarm clock. The stars on the ceiling are really cute- I just wish it had an auto off button for the stars because I can see the bulb burning out pretty quick if it is left on all night. You can wake up by radio, buzzer or a princess song and voice. I have no problem getting the AM/FM to work. It is a little annoying that it is a turn dial for the radio stations and not digital. I can't tell what station I have it on. My daughter is only 6 so she doesn't need to wake up to the radio anyway. I think it is really cute. It is smaller than it looks in the picture which is a good thing.

I just bought this clock for my Granddaughter's birthday on August 11th. She is turning 6 and is into "everything princess". Seems that just last weeek it was "Spongebob". When I saw this item displayed at our local military exchange, I knew what I was buying for her. The idea of a child's alarm clock with all these fatures (AM radio, FM radio, wake to vocal readings from some of the Disney princess tales and the star projection on the ceiling) was so cool. I am so glad that I decided to open the box when I got home and test it out. First of all, the feel of the buttons and controls is beyond flimsy. I finally got an AM radio station tuned in by holding the clock in my hand and squiizing fairly hard on the tuner side of the clock. I can't believe the tuner is one if those cheesy wheel tuners where the station numbers are printed on the wheel itself. I mean, come on, we have single chip digital tuning that costs pennies. The ceiling projected "stars" is a nice touch and I can see my granddaughter using it as a nightlite and a gazxing point to drift off to sleep. I didn't even get to the FM tuner because I knew it was going to be not much better than the AM section. This company has taken an idea that could have made quite a stur in the preteen princess loving demographic but seems to have chosen to find the cheapest components out there to make this a less than satisfying trip into the Enchanted Forest. I will be returning the clock radio today and searching for something of better quality.

My daughter loves this clock, especially because the singing and the nightlight that projects stars onto the ceiling (which is an unusable feature now). As a parent, I feel differently. The material is cheap, the music is low quality making it hard to understand the words, and we have yet to find a fm or am station it will pick up. There is not an auto off for the projection light and ours died out after 4 months. I could not find a way to get to the light bulb to change it, so my husband worked on it. He had to take out all the electronics in order to reach the light, which is fiber optic encased in a housing unit that does not come apart, so the light is unchangeable. I am very disappointed as the music and lights were the main selling point of this unit.

I gave my 5-year-old daughter a choice between this and the Rescue Pets "Wake Me Up" puppy alarm. She chose this Disney Princess Alarm Clock Radio and she is very happy with it. Before we had this, I had to pull her out of bed, only to have her crawl back in when I wasn't looking. Now, after waking up to Cinderella's singing, she comes out of her room with a smile on her face, ready to start her day.

The design of the clock is adorable. It's your standard digital alarm clock in a cute castle casing. You can wake to a buzzer, radio, or audio from the Disney Cinderella movie. The sound quality could be better. The Cinderella recording sounds a little muffled and the radio would sound better if the speakers were stereo, but the reception is pretty good. Even AM stations like Radio Disney come in as clearly on this radio as on other radios (ofcourse FM comes in clearer). There is a wide range for the volume which is convenient for finding just the right decible to wake you up.

The projection range is not as wide as I had expected. I thought it would cover most of the ceiling. It projects a circular star pattern, that is about 3 feet in diameter, directly above the clock (and part of the wall behind it if the clock is against a wall). It's still a nice feature. I'm pleased with this purchase. It looks great in my daughter's room, and most importantly, it encourages her to get up in the morning.