My girlfriend bought the disney machine and hates it. The cards for it are expensive. She has all kinds of tension problems when using the regular sewing. They are really limited as to what they can do. The way I see it, if your gonna spend $500 for the machine and then put 45 to $75 for each card, might as well get a better machine that you can hook to your computer and be able to download patterns. With the disney machine you cant even upgrade hoop sizes should you decide you want larger designs. Brother is a great company and has many machines I would shop around.