What emotional beats are in Toy Story Mania besides when they count your score at the end? I think the ride that is just a bunch of screens in a warehouse is much more of a "Hallway" ride than Rise is lol.
Of course it did. It was one of the few rides most in the family could ride…and it was the NEWEST attraction.
in a park that was down to 5 rides at that time.... so, ummmm yeah it highly rated... Now I think it is about even with Buzz Lightyear...
they don't appear to be adding anything in the next 5 years....so I think we can say that Star Wars Land is complete.... for the foreseeable future......
To be fair, Cars Land and Toy Story Land were done with vastly different budgets and purposes. Cars Land was the high-budget anchor of the Disney California Adventure expansion (equivalent to Galaxy's Edge being the high-budget anchor of the Disney's Hollywood Studios expansion). Toy Story Land was designed to quickly and inexpensively add capacity. So, the likely counterfactual situation to the existence of Toy Story Land is not something like Cars Land, but no addition at all.
IMHO Slinky Dog Dash is a fail. Capacity is poor leading to looooong waits for an average and very short ride. In its place they could have built a large dark ride (size of TSMM) and still had plenty of room for a large walkthrough/play area which could have even had another flat ride or carousel or something for little kids as well. An omnimover dark ride plus TSMM (with the extra track now) would have been a huge win for capacity and several flat rides and/or a play area would have provided more for the toddler crowd too.
I agree with all of this. My biggest complaints about TSMM is lack of things to explore and lack of shade. They could/should have worked in more interactive areas. The concept of being shrunk to the size of toys and dropped in Andy’s backyard has endless possibilities. Some of the props in the queues and around the land are fun to look at but it would have been much cooler if you could interact or play with them. I think the land would have been a perfect spot for a classic play area.
This is why I was hoping they'd have an expansion pad for another ride or 2 back there.. Triceratops Spin Themed to Trixie is a no Brainer...
What toy would the spinner component be, though?
The lack of areas to explore is 100% the biggest issue in the land. A play area and splash pad would add so much to the area
There is no room behind the land. There’s a road there. One side next to Slinky and Woody‘s BBQ is a parking garage (circled in blue below) which I assume is not going anywhere right now while the other side behind SWGE (circled in red) there are some backstage buildings but I have no clue how needed they are. Here’s the map:
Oops. I don't think there’s much more to say about Metroville. I did use the restroom there on my last trip, that’s about the extent of my visiting the area
I think the area you circled in red is part of the SWGE expansion pad, and it would be hard to use for TSL since the connection would block the backstage road that goes all the way to Grand Avenue. And I agree that the parking garage you circled in blue isn't a likely candidate for replacement in the near future.
I mean, its design references a top spinner, but it doesn’t literally come across as one in the manner that the current TSL design attempts to accomplish for its existing items (even recognizing that TSL accomplishes that aim with mixed success). So it would be a step down in the already-imperfect level of TSL immersion.It's already a giant size Toy...A Top spinner..
They could have used the pathway that was Pixar Place as the entrance into SWGE but by doing that they would have made TSL another dead end in a park full of dead ends. Pixar Place and/or Metroville is probably best served housing meet and greets or small food offerings. There’s not much else you could fit in there.
Good idea for an expansion of the land, but I was kind of hoping the land would be used for a Galaxy’s Edge expansion. I know that expanding TSL to give it more flat rides could help the park out with its capacity issue, but I really want that Mandalorian coaster. Maybe SWGE could receive a people mover dark ride going around a new expansion area, giving the park a nice Omni-mover ride. If we were to use the Vekoma F.L.Y. coaster type, the ride could soar over an expanded outpost section and the ride would use an Omni-mover boarding system. But I do understand people’s sentiment about wanting the park to focus on more dark rides though.
100% agree that the expansion pad should be used for SWGE at some point. I think TSL is what it is….unless they demo the parking garage as part of a much larger AC park expansion. There was talk years ago of relocating CM parking across the highway and building an overpass into the backstage area of the park. That sounds expensive so unlikely to happen just to add to TSL. If part of a larger project down the road….maybe possible.
