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Let's Go on Vacation is a Barney Home Video that was released on May 19, 2009. The video was later shortened for the thirteenth season episode of Barney & Friends as the episode "Bienvenido, Barney: Mexico".
Plot
Barney and the kids are enjoying the fall weather, when Baby Bop arrives with a shower of monarch butterflies. Some monarch butterflies fly south for the winter, but Monty the Monarch Butterfly stops to see Baby Bop again. He seems lonely after his friends have flown away. BJ and Riff join the group at this point. Barney explains that butterflies migrate to Mexico and suggests that he, Emma, and the other dinos should travel to Mexico. Baby Bop initially suggests against this, but she decides to go along with the plan. Using the Travel Book and a little imagination, they travel to Mexico and they meet Fernan and Amorita, who happens to be Emma's penpal. Baby Bop brings Monty along for the ride and is anxious about the fact they might have to separate ways. During the vacation, Barney and his friends explore the Mexican culture and the Fiesta from delicious food, the arts, a butterfly dance parade to a piñata game. After seeing a group of monarch butterflies flying around, Baby Bop realizes that Monty would be happier with his friends. She is really sad about it, and Barney helps her feel a bit better about losing her monarch butterfly friend. Amorita promises to keep an eye on Monty, and the fiesta starts up once again.
Cast
- Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Carey Stinson)
- Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Lauren Mayeux)
- BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Kyle Nelson)
- Riff (Voice: Michaela Dietz, Costume: Jerad Harris)
- Emma (Deborah Cole)
- Joshua (Jaren Lewison) (cameo)
- Kioko (Keiko Sanders) (debut/cameo)
- Mr. Brantley (Steve Jones)
- Fernan (Shawn Denegre-Vaught)
- Amorita (Paloma Renteria)
- Grandfather (Raymond Rivera)
- Mexican Dancers (Jackie Gonzales, Cristina Gonzales, Daniela Rodriguez, Roxanna Gutierrez)
Songs
- "Let's Go"
- "It's a Fun, Fun Sunny Day!"
- "I Like Autumn"
- "Three Little Butterflies"
- "What Should I Do?"
- "Here We Go Again"
- "Many Ways to Say Friend"
- "The Things I Want to Do"
- "Thinkety Think"
- "You Might Like Something New"
- "Hey, Look at Me! I Can Fly!"
- "Me and My Family"
- "Being Together"
- "Best of Friends"
- "When Tomorrow Comes"
- "The Fiesta Song"
- "You Can Count on Me"
- "I Love You"
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Releases
Production
Production for this video took place in October 2008.
Release
Home media
The home video was also included in the Barney Movie Pack: 3-DVD Set which was released on February 21, 2012. The set also contained the videos Barney's Animal ABC's and Barney's Jungle Friends.
Special Features
The DVD included the special features the featurettes: "Pack a Suitcase with Barney" and "Spanish Sing-Alongs". The latter featured Barney and his friends sing some of the songs from the show in Spanish. Songs included "Mr. Knickerbocker" ("Bombachito"), "If All the Raindrops" ("Si Las Gota De Lluvia") and "I Love You" ("Te Quiero Yo").
Trivia
- This video marks the first appearance of Barney's Travel Book.
- Although season thirteen was the first season that was filmed using the 16:9 widescreen format, the entirety of this video is presented in its original 4:3 aspect ratio which indicates that this season was produced in both those formats when aired on PBS later on during the year in their original broadcasts, including reruns. However, the full-screen format is used when broadcasted on Sprout.
Characters
- This video marked:
- The first appearances of the Seasons 13-14 Barney and Baby Bop costumes.
- The first time Lauren Mayeux performs as Baby Bop after their former costume actors Jeff Ayers and Jennifer Kendall resigned from their duties.
- The first appearance of Kioko, and the only time she and Emma appears together.
- The first appearance of Natalia and the only appearances of Anna and Miguel (not to be confused with the other two kids from ninth season of the exact same name) as they only appeared in the featurette "Spanish Sing-Alongs" and not in the main video itself.
- The second and final time when Taylor and Tracy appeared together in the featurette "Pack a Suitcase with Barney".
- Emma wears the same outfit in the season thirteen episodes, "¡Ahora Mismo!: Spain" and "Bonjour, Barney!: France".
- In the featurette "Pack a Suitcase with Barney", Taylor wears the same shirt in the season thirteen episode "The Good Egg: Kenya" with her hat.
Songs
- In the beginning of this video, the "Barney Theme Song" is omitted. Instead, the video begins with "Let's Go" song.
- During the song, "Here We Go Again", Barney jumps and you can see the bottom of his foot comes off a bit and see a shoe inside.
- After not being used for eleven years, the song "I Like Autumn", returns in this video since, Barney's Sing Along: Halloween Party.
Release date
- This video was released five days before Deborah Cole's eleventh birthday, a day before Jeffrey Lowe's twenty-ninth birthday and J.D. Mosley's fifty-ninth birthday and eleven years after "Barney's Big Surprise" was released.
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