Toy Story Mania Reviews Post em Here!

theEpiphany · Gate Agent Joined: Posts: 854

Well...we had the preview thread so here's the REVIEW thread.

Well for those of you who are interested in seeing the DHS version of the attraction

http://youtube.com/watch?v=z_ZCrf6m9OU

Anyone have any reviews yet?

So far, I'll be honest, based on what I've seen I'm not OVERLY impressed with the attraction. A. Technology over true set-design B. Disney capitalizing on the success of Pixar movies and ONLY pixar movies and looking less for fresh ideas within it's own walls. And we're not done yet, with things like the Car Land that'll be taking over the Timon parking lot in DCA. All in all it looks a bit low-budget where all of the $$ was put into technological design and novelty to me. I realize that there's not a whole heck of a lot as this is sort of what Midway attractions were themed (posters and banners etc) but the in ride theming (mainly what I'm talking about) seemed like it could have more than just "screens" and random toys.

1 Big plus I'm all for is the Potatohead Animatronic. Any Animatronic that can yank off it's ear...and put it back is cool with me. Not to mention the 1000s of things it is capable of saying.

Looking for what everyone else's opinion is.
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daguru · Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 2:06 pm Post subject:

Anyone been able to ride this yet? We were out there right after opening and the lines were crazy! Park had only been open for 30 mins, the Fast Passes were already up to 2:30pm and the stand by was over 80 mins! We didn't wait in line and didn't plan on being at the park that long... besides, we're APs, we don't stand in lines Wink

I know there have been concerns about capacity issues with the ride.... Is it a "design flaw" or just people starving for something new at DHS? I would like to see how it has effected the hourly totals for ToT and RnRC... Smile

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kmiller15211 · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 4:46 am Post subject:

Rode it on June 6th. I never saw the DisneyQuest one, but I thought it was good fun - like an upgrade of Buzz Lightyear. I guess they did what they could given the small space.

As far as the lines, try the single rider line. The regular line was 110 minutes, but I got on within 5 in the singles line. The ride seems to be a bit of a bottleneck in terms of getting people on and off with how it stops and stays stationary for a few secs...

kraysister · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:47 am Post subject:

yeah, but I still had a lot of fun!!

daveypoo · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:50 am Post subject:

We rode it twice in June. Went back for a 3rd ride, but it was down and had been for a long time.
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Ellory · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:08 am Post subject:

Kim and I rode ToyStory Midway Mania on Monday, and we really enjoyed it! Our timing was good...we only waited about 45 minutes. All day long the wait was more like 60-90 minutes!

onecutemoose · Posted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 10:11 am Post subject:

I was able to ride five times this last trip at DCA. The lines in the mornings were incredible. On Sunday we went over to DCA at ten to try ot beat the heat...the line for Toy Story was already three hours long BEFORE THE PARK EVEN OPENED!!!

Our average wait was 45 minutes. In the afternoon it wasn't bad--the line moves steadily and the queue is in the shade. The single rider line was not yet open at DCA, though we tried once and the cast member goofed--they had to let up through and we cut out a 65 minute wait (oops Smile

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I really enjoyed it. I liked the different games that there are to participate in and it was fun to see the little surprises that happen when different targets are hit. It is fast paced, yet I felt like I did a lot in the short time the ride lasts. Each time I played my score went up, which was fun!

I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE the Mr. Potato Head animatronic! I hope they work out the bugs so he doesn't have as much down time. He told jokes, talked to the crowd and asked questions--the area was pretty noisy, so he couldn't hear responses...still VERY cool! I am hoping the market a Barker Potato to add to my collection!

I still enjoy Buzz Lightyear a lot too... I think they did super well for using the success of Toy Story. What I am really hoping for in the future, however is a great new ride with an ORIGINAL theme that is not ambiguous and really works! I think Everest is great...

I totally recommend it...and hope everyone has as much fun as I did!

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zeppelindude · Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 8:42 am Post subject:

I have now been on it 4 times at DCA. Very creative ride, and a step up from BLAB. Now DCA just needs some fastpasses for it.

onecutemoose · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 10:09 am Post subject:

zeppelindude · Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 5:33 am Post subject: