Toy Story Land expansion announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

zakattack99

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
A few qeustions:

1) Do we know who is manufacturing the coaster.

2) do we know/have pictures of the staging area? Or is this not possible? Interested to see how much track is on site if and when it shows up.
 

danlb_2000

Premium Member
A few qeustions:

1) Do we know who is manufacturing the coaster.

2) do we know/have pictures of the staging area? Or is this not possible? Interested to see how much track is on site if and when it shows up.

Not sure about the manufacturer.

It would be easy to get pictures of the staging area when they are doing these aerials of the park since it's just south of the park, but they are either not bothering, or just aren't posting the picture. I would be interested to see what's currently in that area.
 

rle4lunch

Well-Known Member
Agree... it's more fun than it looks. Couldn't say the same for Luigi's Tires; suppose that's a reason why it is no longer in existence.

But Mater's was fun enough that I'd go back for a ride almost every time I'm Cars Land (admittedly, not that often!).

the tires were fun once you got them moving, but the short ride time made it almost impossible to get a satisfied ride experience out of it. Great in concept, needed about another 1:30 or 2 minutes to each ride though. Which ain't gonna happen in the Land of Cars.
 

Coaster Lover

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
A few questions: 1) Do we know who is manufacturing the coaster.

This is tough because Disney doesn't typically publicize their ride manufacturers. In some cases, they even go to efforts to hide the ride manufacturer. A good example of this is the Maliboomer freefall ride that used to be at DCA. S&S (the obvious manufacturer of the ride) typically has their logo on the ends of the arm rests of each seat. It's this way for every S&S ride I've been on... but Maliboomer? Nope, the logo was missing. Disney has a long history of working with Vekoma, but I don't think this will be a Vekoma. Normally, I wouldn't rely on the computer animated "preview" of a coaster to guess the manufacturer because often, parks will use a commercially available software (like NoLimits) to generate their promotional videos, but the video that was offered by Disney (below) does not appear to be a commercially available software and is much more likely to be software that Disney or the ride manufacturer specifically used. As such, I think you can take more clues from the video itself. The triangular track shown in the video is characteristic of two primary manufacturers: Intamin and Mack. Both manufactures have a history with making launched coasters and Intamin has already worked with Disney in the past (California Screamin at DCA and Indiana Jones at DLP), however, I don't think this is the work of Intamin. My prediction in this case rests solely in the design of the restraints shown and these (coupled with the shape of the track), leads me to believe this will be the work of Mack.

 

zakattack99

Well-Known Member
In the Parks
No
This is tough because Disney doesn't typically publicize their ride manufacturers. In some cases, they even go to efforts to hide the ride manufacturer. A good example of this is the Maliboomer freefall ride that used to be at DCA. S&S (the obvious manufacturer of the ride) typically has their logo on the ends of the arm rests of each seat. It's this way for every S&S ride I've been on... but Maliboomer? Nope, the logo was missing. Disney has a long history of working with Vekoma, but I don't think this will be a Vekoma. Normally, I wouldn't rely on the computer animated "preview" of a coaster to guess the manufacturer because often, parks will use a commercially available software (like NoLimits) to generate their promotional videos, but the video that was offered by Disney (below) does not appear to be a commercially available software and is much more likely to be software that Disney or the ride manufacturer specifically used. As such, I think you can take more clues from the video itself. The triangular track shown in the video is characteristic of two primary manufacturers: Intamin and Mack. Both manufactures have a history with making launched coasters and Intamin has already worked with Disney in the past (California Screamin at DCA and Indiana Jones at DLP), however, I don't think this is the work of Intamin. My prediction in this case rests solely in the design of the restraints shown and these (coupled with the shape of the track), leads me to believe this will be the work of Mack.




Thanks i know Disney likes to keep their manufacturers out of it. Thanks for the info.
 

Andrew C

You know what's funny?
Whip ride, exactly like Mater's Junkyard Jamboree in DCA just with a different theme. The two sides are independent. The one at DCA is 600 per hour, but that could change based on the length of the ride.

Its a little better than a straight whip ride, because you get transferred from loop to loop as you ride instead of just going around in one continuous circle (I don't think a standard whip ride does that?). The music is silly as well..because it is Mater. lol
 

DDLand

Well-Known Member
This is tough because Disney doesn't typically publicize their ride manufacturers. In some cases, they even go to efforts to hide the ride manufacturer. A good example of this is the Maliboomer freefall ride that used to be at DCA. S&S (the obvious manufacturer of the ride) typically has their logo on the ends of the arm rests of each seat. It's this way for every S&S ride I've been on... but Maliboomer? Nope, the logo was missing. Disney has a long history of working with Vekoma, but I don't think this will be a Vekoma. Normally, I wouldn't rely on the computer animated "preview" of a coaster to guess the manufacturer because often, parks will use a commercially available software (like NoLimits) to generate their promotional videos, but the video that was offered by Disney (below) does not appear to be a commercially available software and is much more likely to be software that Disney or the ride manufacturer specifically used. As such, I think you can take more clues from the video itself. The triangular track shown in the video is characteristic of two primary manufacturers: Intamin and Mack. Both manufactures have a history with making launched coasters and Intamin has already worked with Disney in the past (California Screamin at DCA and Indiana Jones at DLP), however, I don't think this is the work of Intamin. My prediction in this case rests solely in the design of the restraints shown and these (coupled with the shape of the track), leads me to believe this will be the work of Mack.



You're right.
Disney does not manufacture their own ride systems. Even proprietary ride systems are manufactured by others. Vekoma has been Disney's go to coaster manufacturer for some time but Slinky Dog Dash is a Mack Rides project.
 

doctornick

Well-Known Member
Mater's junkyard is actually pretty fun for a kiddie ride.

Yep. It's one of the better flat rides around. Admittedly, part of that is the ambiance with Mater singing (and the general environment of Cars Land which is so well done). So, hopefully, the accompanying features for the Alien ride enhance it (e.g. I'm curious as to the music and what the "claw" does ).
 

lazyboy97o

Well-Known Member
I can't imagine the height restriction will be above 40" (Which most 3 year olds hit).
Manta at SeaWorld San Diego has the lowest height restriction of Mack's launch coasters. That is a 48" requirement. All the others around the world have a 51" requirement. While this is dependent on the actual ride, it is interesting.
 

Next Big Thing

Well-Known Member
Manta at SeaWorld San Diego has the lowest height restriction of Mack's launch coasters. That is a 48" requirement. All the others around the world have a 51" requirement. While this is dependent on the actual ride, it is interesting.
Manta is far more intense than Slinky will be and it's also a very different ride system (one at which you are tilted 90 degrees backward into a "flying position"). Manta also goes upside-down.

The two rides really aren't even comparable. Slinky will undoubtedly go down as the tamest launch coaster they've built.

EDIT: Also, Mack has only ever built 3 launched coasters, so it's not like you're drawing from a large sample size.
 
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lazyboy97o

Well-Known Member
Manta is far more intense than Slinky will be and it's also a very different ride system (one at which you are tilted 90 degrees backward into a "flying position"). Manta also goes upside-down.

The two rides really aren't even comparable. Slinky will undoubtedly go down as the tamest launch coaster they've built.

EDIT: Also, Mack has only ever built 3 launched coasters, so it's not like you're drawing from a large sample size.
Manta at SeaWorld San Diego is not the same as Manta at SeaWorld Orlando. And Mack has built seven of their Launch Coaster type.
 

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