Toy Story Land expansion announced for Disney's Hollywood Studios

ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
Andy mistakenly drinking hard lemonade explains why he built a food stand for his toys and only included two (2!) registers. Surely a kid who can build a Kinex coaster with two (2!) launches should be able to count his toys and realize the one food stand would need at least four (4!) registers. And that the line for his coaster would need shade structures to keep Sid from melting the toys who didnt suck up to Lotso enough to get priority access to the ride.
 
rocketraccoon

rocketraccoon

Well-Known Member
Got a chance to head out to Toy Story Land thanks to a lucky FastPass, and it was tons of fun! I'm surprised at how well the theming works throughout, lots of tiny details. It doesn't feel as spread out as Pandora is even though it also only has two rides. SDD is surprisingly more thrilling than I was expecting, the person who sat next to me seemed pretty shocked when the coaster started banking. I'm smiling like an idiot in my Photopass photo.

I got the grilled cheese with the totally-not-tater-tots at the Lunchbox and it was good! It was $9 and they had some sort of garlic butter on the grilled cheese that was delicious. Eating it in direct 100 degree sunlight while standing really wasn't great, but that's not the food's fault.

jN3hJrv.jpg

hxdRIEu.jpg

XpmG6Rl.jpg

(spot the security camera)

It feels weird going through Pixar Place now though. The sign is gone and all the various props are removed. They still have the Buzz/Woody/Jessie and Cruz Ramirez meet & greets as well as the shop and two food carts, but there's no ride over there anymore. Some parts of the old Midway Mania entrance look like they were just ripped out.
fJw5aDH.jpg
 
Last edited:
rocketraccoon

rocketraccoon

Well-Known Member
djkidkaz said:
Was anyone there today? How bad was it? What were the wait times?
Click to expand...
When I went around noon it really wasn't that bad. Crowded, but you could still walk around.

SDD was posted at 105 minutes (which is probably way too high) and the line was out to the X:
JHx0upn.jpg


A.S.S. and Midway Mania were both around 60. The line for the Lunchbox was about 25 or so people deep the two times I went by, nothing too bad. About a trillion times better than Pandora was after it opened honestly.
 
bclane

bclane

Well-Known Member
EricsBiscuit said:
Slinky was having an issue yesterday where they pressed the button and the train wouldn't leave the station right away.
Click to expand...
That happened when we were in the station as well at about 7:40 pm or so. I wonder if we were there at the same time as you or if that was happening throughout the day. We noticed a wall light on the left towards the back of the train was green but the one near the front of the train was red when they couldn’t get the train to leave the station. We were worried they were gonna have to shut it down but they got it working after a few tries. We were next in line when we noticed it happening.
 
Jambo Joe

Jambo Joe

Well-Known Member
Clyde Birdbrain said:
We got to experience Toy Story Land last night in an amazing way. My wife and I arrived at DHS at 4:30pm to see if there was any chance for a soft opening. We walked to the entrance, but it was still blocked and cast members were telling guests that there would definitely be no soft opening and the land wouldn't open until Saturday. We walked over to Toy Story Mania and saw that the wait wasn't long, so we got in line. It ended up being just a 15 minute wait. When our ride vehicle came to the end our little door opened and a CM said "Have fun in Toy Story Land". I thought "What did she just say? That can't be right," and figured that she must have made a mistake as we were told the land wouldn't open, or in any case she must be talking about tomorrow, assuming that most people would be back the next day. We were on the new 3rd track and I am less familiar with the exit. I know you walk through a long hallway to get back to Pixar Place, but something seemed different this time. It took a few seconds until I realized what was happening. Other guests exiting around us started to realize what was happening too and exclaimed in excitement. All of a sudden we were outside with lots of foliage and a manager-type CM said "Welcome to Andy's backyard". People around us started cheering. I couldn't believe it. We continued walking by the new toys and green army men along the new exit path and all of a sudden we were in Toy Story Land!

At the end of the Toy Story Mania exit was a large group of cast members with big smiles welcoming us to Andy's backyard. This was so cool. We must have been in a fairly small group of a few hundred people who entered Toy Story Mania through the old entrance and came out the new. Shortly after we got out they opened the new Toy Story Mania entrance. A cast member later told us that they didn't know the land was going to open today and it was a big surprise to them as well.

We walked to Slinky Dog Dash and the listed wait time was already 65 minutes. We got in line and ended up waiting about 30 minutes. The theming of the waiting area is amazing. There are so many details to look at. Quite a lot of the waiting area for Slinky Dog is covered. We had fun looking at the large packaging and instructions for the ride and other toys and games that make up the building. The ride itself is a lot of fun and I love it. My favorite part is the second launch where the train stops and backs up a little. The effects are neat and especially nice to look at at night. Slinky Dog is so cute, with the little wheels under his paws, and the theming is great. Later in the evening we came back to watch the ride for a while and the lighting is so cool. They have multicolored LED lights along the entire track that can make many different patterns. Sometimes the entire track is purple or green and the lights change color as Slinky goes by. Sometimes a white light bounces around all over the track or all lights are twinkling. There are quite a few different patterns that it cycles through.

View attachment 293140

After Slinky we walked to Alien Swirling Saucers, which had a listed wait time of 85 minutes. This line moved much slower than the previous and it ended up being about an 80 minute wait. I think they may have had a problem or were not operating both sides for a while as we were stopped for a long time. It's a fun and great looking ride, but I wouldn't wait this long again for this and will use FastPass next time. We visited Disneyland for the first time last year and loved Mater's Junkyard Jamboree. Mater's and Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters surprised us so much and ended up being among our favorite rides. Of course, we waited only 5 minutes for those rides and that is a big difference. I think that WDW needs a lot more of these cute small rides to take the weight off of the larger attractions and to provide more things to do for children. I like Mater's a little bit more because the music is so hilarious. I expected the music in Alien Swirling Saucers to be similar in silliness, but it is pretty simple. Still, it's a fun ride and it looks great, especially at night.

We did Toy Story Mania one more time from the new entrance and the new queue looks incredible. Everything is so colorful and there are a lot of fun little details to look at. There are so many oversized sticker sheets and cut-outs that are displayed in a clever way. For instance, in the picture below you can see a cut-out of Bullseye and in the background you can see that he was 'taken out' of the Toy Story sheet that still has Jessie in it. To the left is a sheet that makes the barn that appears in the game. There are so many of these things laying around, it is hilarious.

View attachment 293139

All in all we really liked Toy Story Land. Slinky Dog Dash is a great ride, Alien Swirling Saucers is fun, all the theming is great and the land is extra beautiful at night. Hats off to the imagineers.


Edit: I was pretty disappointed with the tiny quick service restaurant. They have some nice options, but having it be just 2 windows is ridiculous. The line was so long all night we ended up going to ABC. But what the land really needs is a store! The Slinky Dog toys were flying off the shelves from the tiny cart. I don't understand why they didn't build a nice air conditioned Al's Toy Barn to sell all their Toy Story stuff. Seems like a no-brainer to me.
Click to expand...
I agree - it’s puzzling. Certainly there is always a balance between the budget and the experiences delivered, but having an Andy-rendered Al’s Toy Barn serves several purposes - it actually makes money through merch sales, it provides an extra experience for the visitor, and it puts a space in the middle of the land that is air conditioned.
 
ZodIsGr8

ZodIsGr8

Well-Known Member
Anyone else notice that the wait times for Slinky and a$$ are starting to go way down? I knew it would not be as bad as opening day but the wait times dropped quite a bit on Sunday and Monday. I looked at wait times today (July 3rd) and the wait times for RnR and ToT were but higher than all 3 rides in TSL. Current wait time for Slinky is 75 minutes and a$$ is 55 followed by TSM at 60 minutes. Just seems strange that the wait times have decreased this much or I should say it surprises me. I watched some of the YouTube vloggers and based on what they were showing on Friday evening and then opening day it would have scared me away from going as it looked miserable, so maybe that is playing a role. Just putting it out there and wondering if anyone else noticed. Have a great day everyone!
 
JohnD

JohnD

Well-Known Member
ZodIsGr8 said:
Anyone else notice that the wait times for Slinky and a$$ are starting to go way down? I knew it would not be as bad as opening day but the wait times dropped quite a bit on Sunday and Monday. I looked at wait times today (July 3rd) and the wait times for RnR and ToT were but higher than all 3 rides in TSL. Current wait time for Slinky is 75 minutes and a$$ is 55 followed by TSM at 60 minutes. Just seems strange that the wait times have decreased this much or I should say it surprises me. I watched some of the YouTube vloggers and based on what they were showing on Friday evening and then opening day it would have scared me away from going as it looked miserable, so maybe that is playing a role. Just putting it out there and wondering if anyone else noticed. Have a great day everyone!
Click to expand...

I wonder how wait times will be tomorrow? Maybe busy during the day and go down as people hop to MK and Epcot for July 4 shows. Just guessing here.
 

Register on WDWMAGIC. This sidebar will go away, and you'll see fewer ads.

Back
Top Bottom