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{{Short description|2000 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
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| title = Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom
| image = Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom cover.jpg
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| developer = [[Creative Capers Entertainment]]
| publisher = [[Disney Interactive Studios|Disney Interactive]]
| series = ''[[Beauty and the Beast (franchise)|Beauty and the Beast]]''
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| platforms = Windows
| released = 2000
| genre = Action, strategy
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| director = David Molina, Natasha Sasic, Terry Shakespeare
| producer = Jacqueline Valle, Seth Shapiro, Patrice Monis
| designer = Bonnie Leick, Matt Bates 
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| artist = Victoria Pellouchoud
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'''''Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom''''' is a 2000 video game collection and part of Disney's [[Beauty and the Beast (franchise)|Beauty and the Beast]] media franchise.

==Summary==
The software contains a collection of children's minigames based on the Disney animated movie ''Beauty and the Beast'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobygames.com/game/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-magical-ballroom|title=Disney's Beauty and the Beast: Magical Ballroom for Windows (2005) - MobyGames|work=MobyGames}}</ref> involving [[Belle (Disney character)|Belle]] and her friends throwing a party for [[Beast (Disney character)|Beast]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GMkPAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Disney%27s+Beauty+and+the+Beast+Magical+Ballroom%22|title=Software and CD-ROM Reviews on File|work=google.com.au|year=2001}}</ref>

==Development==
This and ''Disney’s The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea'' were designed to "combine girls’ creative interests with their natural play patterns".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamezone.com/news/disney_interactive_presents_two_new_games_for_girls|title=Disney Interactive Presents Two New Games for Girls|author=GameZone|work=gamezone.com|date=4 May 2012}}</ref>

==Reception==
SuperKids said the package "offers the same enchanting theme and endearing characters we loved" in the film, commending its "creativity and problem solving activities" as "well-planned and enjoyable", while criticising its difficulty and lack of a developed storyline.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superkids.com/aweb/pages/reviews/girls/8/ballroom/merge.shtml|title=SuperKids Software Review of Disney's Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom.|work=superkids.com}}</ref> Strange Little Games said it was suitable for children and fans of the franchise.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LmhgOQQsoA|title=Beauty and the Beast Magical Ballroom PC game review|date=17 November 2013|work=YouTube}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:2000 video games]]
[[Category:Beauty and the Beast (franchise) video games]]
[[Category:Video games based on adaptations]]
[[Category:Video games developed in the United States]]
[[Category:Video games set in France]]
[[Category:Windows games]]
[[Category:Windows-only games]]
[[Category:Disney Interactive Studios games]]


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