Toy Story Land - General Discussion

[Nick]

These aerials really make you understand how small TSL is compared to what SWL will be.

They problem is that it's a huge plot of land used poorly.

I do think it is worth pointing out that, while we see this as simply adding a flat ride and a coaster, anyone who visits DHS after TSL opens will see TSMM as a part of the land as if it just opened.

Watch Disney market TSMM as if its brand new next year.

 

[Joel]

They problem is that it's a huge plot of land used poorly.

I do think it is worth pointing out that, while we see this as simply adding a flat ride and a coaster, anyone who visits DHS after TSL opens will see TSMM as a part of the land as if it just opened.

Watch Disney market TSMM as if its brand new next year.

At the very least they will market TSL as a brand new land with 3 rides.

 

[Mad Dog]

Even though it's not much of a land, substance wise. my guess is the GP will flock to it. more so than Pandora , which appears to be multiple times better. The IP will sell this land. Disney won't have to educate the public on what it is. They'll do massive advertising/marketing and the money will print itself. And then there's Star Wars. DHS will be jam packed after those two lands open, but sadly there's not going to be enough attractions in the park to prevent massively long stand by lines.

 

[Nick]

Even though it's not much of a land, substance wise. my guess is the GP will flock to it. more so than Pandora , which appears to be multiple times better. The IP will sell this land. Disney won't have to educate the public on what it is. They'll do massive advertising/marketing and the money will print itself. And then there's Star Wars. DHS will be jam packed after those two lands open, but sadly there's not going to be enough attractions in the park to prevent massively long stand by lines.

True, but at least it will have more guest space than before to soak up the crowds and be up to 9 rides + shows. This is a park that very well may be down to only 4 rides come this fall.

Hopefully the extra crowds will at DHS will get more expansion happening sooner rather than later, but TSMM opened in 2008 and TSL is opening next year, as the first new rides added to the park in 10 years. DHS was packed for years due to TSMM's popularity and they did nothing about it.

 

[Donald Razorduck]

The problem with the toy story lands in Paris and Hong Kong are that they are just flats. Here you got TSMM with a junior coaster and a rebrand of a Cars land ride. I would have added a couple of those flats like the parachute tower and Slinky dog, heck even the RC Racer from HK. Those three small flats would have made it seem much more complete

 

[Nick]

The problem with the toy story lands in Paris and Hong Kong are that they are just flats. Here you got TSMM with a junior coaster and a rebrand of a Cars land ride. I would have added a couple of those flats like the parachute tower and Slinky dog, heck even the RC Racer from HK. Those three small flats would have made it seem much more complete

Those rides you are talking about are far too tall and would ruin sightlines from within SWL. They are also very low capacity.

 

[Donald Razorduck]

So landscaping, a few props and bare supported Coaster requires a tower crane? Am I missing something?

I wonder what time frame they are shooting for opening this area

 

[Nick]

I wonder what time frame they are shooting for opening this area

Memorial Day weekend 2018, just like Pandora.

I could probably give you a pretty good educated guess on exact date based on SDMT, Frozen and Pandora... May 25th, 2018.

 

[Scott W.]

 

[Scott W.]

Does anybody have an estimate of when we could see the coaster track showing up?

 

[tielo]

This could have been Up, Big Hero 6, The incredibles, Cars, Wall-E, Monster Inc...but it's Toy Story, again.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Have we mentioned that the "facade wall" for Toy Story Land is just a giant white picket fence?

Also, I just realized the Alien spinner is just a larger version of Lady Bug Boogie. Why didn't I realize that before?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Have we mentioned that the "facade wall" for Toy Story Land is just a giant white picket fence?

Also, I just realized the Alien spinner is just a larger version of Lady Bug Boogie. Why didn't I realize that before?

It's more Mater I thought? (similar ride system but adds the whip)

 

[LieutLaww]

Yea I believe it is based around the Mater ride.

 

[SkiBum]

Does anybody have an estimate of when we could see the coaster track showing up?

Not that I know but I would guess that they'll finish that wall first because the supports, ride track, and launch systems are fairly straightforward to install. If I recall, they cut the trenches/rockwork and so it should be relatively quick. Once that wall is finished, they don't have to do two projects in the same space at the same time.

This is just a guess, though.

 

[rhino4evr]

This could have been Up, Big Hero 6, The incredibles, Cars, Wall-E, Monster Inc...but it's Toy Story, again.

All will be forgiven if we get that Mickey Mouse dark ride...

 

[belloq87]

All will be forgiven if we get that Mickey Mouse dark ride...

Correction: Some would be forgiven if the Mickey Mouse ride was a new build expansion instead of a replacement for The Great Movie Ride (resulting in no net additional rides).

As of now, no forgiveness!

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

Won't they probably have to close Midway Mania at some point for queue reconfiguration?

 

[WAJAS]

Won't they probably have to close Midway Mania at some point for queue reconfiguration?

I few days at the most is what I'd assume. The way the key is in their it can easily be rerouted to where they want. The only thing that would take time is taking down the wall where Mr. Potato Head.

 

[Mr. EPCOT]

I few days at the most is what I'd assume. The way the key is in their it can easily be rerouted to where they want. The only thing that would take time is taking down the wall where Mr. Potato Head.

Is Mr. Potato Head going away or just moved somewhere?