Monsters, Inc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue reviews
Theme Park Insider readers offer their ratings and reviews for Monsters, Inc: Mike and Sulley to the Rescue, a dark ride in Hollywood Pictures Backlot at Disney's California Adventure.
Written by Robert Niles This attraction offers a slow taxicab ride through the city of Monstropolis. Of course, something goes terribly wrong and we soon find that a - gasp! - human child is running loose in the city. Which should sound familiar to anyone who has seen the 2001 Pixar film upon which this ride is based. The ride breaks no new narrative ground, but encapsulates the animated hit with solid animatronic storytelling. The cheesy figurines from Superstar Limo are long gone, replaced with Mike, Sulley, Randall Boggs, Roz and the toddler Boo, whom Mike and Sulley must return to her bedroom in the human world before Monstropolis' Child Detection Agency gets her. Toddlers will have fun trying to find the animatronic Boo in each scene, and the musical score and pleasant visuals will keep older kids and adults at least moderately entertained. Disney's Imagineers have thrown in a few treats, too: Breathe deep the aroma of ginger while driving through Harryhausen's sushi restaurant, for example.
Readers' rating:
Don't go on if the wait is longer than 10 minutes. The ride feels cheap and now that the Little Mermaid attraction is open it makes Monsters Inc. look even worse. - Jeff Moon Used to be a great dark ride, but along with the opening of Little Mermaid, now a pretty good dark ride at DCA. I enjoyed the little surprise this ride has to offer at every corner. The scent at the sushi shop, the mirror effect in the door room, the changing color of Randoll, and the interactive Roz at the end. As a Monsters Inc. fan I am content of the story of this ride presents on a scene-by-scene basis. It hasn't really cut out a chunk of the story so it turns up comprehensive and also enjoyable. The line is never long for this ride either, especially now during the ElecTRONica party going directly infront of the ride building, it is always zero wait time at night. The only down side of the ride is lacking of real animatronic. I really wish someday they will have an improvement of the ride that features higher technology, otherwise this attraction will only remain its quality as a dark ride you'd think it's ok to skip when you're at the park. - Jeremy Hu A pretty good dark ride in the vein of many of the Fantasyland attractions. When the Little Mermaid opens in a few days, however, it's going to beat this dark ride in every imaginable way! - Tommy Nelson Well, it's good for a dark ride, but don't expect to be "thrilled" - Reggie Templeton Fun, but could be improved a lot by adding just a little more speed... - KJ Simpson This is one of my favorite dark rides at the whole resort! I love the effects, smells, and details. The interactive Rawz animatronic is great! - Jay Finch As good and as fun as most rides in fantasyland. Great for the whole family. Because it's in a bad corner of park that needs an e-ticket style attraction, it usually has no line except when the nearby Aladdin show lets out. - Erik Avila Very much like a Fantasyland Dark ride! - Anthony Murphy Great ride for fans of Monsters Inc. it uses simple but very effective effects! - Thomas Furlong Basically a simple overlay of the previous attraction (Superstar Limo). It almost follows the old track layout exactly and uses the same ride vehicles. It is on par with the classic Disney dark rides in Fantasyland, so it's short and really meant for young children. - John Towers A well done ride that does a great job in recreating the movie into a family dark ride. Though it is similar as the fantasyland dark rides across the esplanade in disneyland, Monsters, Inc., animatronics and effects are obviously more modern and advanced. Everytime I ride this I remember the subpar Superstar Limo that used to call that building home and how much better Monsters, Inc. is. Overall this is a neat ride for the family or anybody who likes Monsters,Inc. Due to the ride's location in a desolate corner of the park, Monsters,Inc. rarely forms Peter Pan-type waits, and unless the park is really full, you won't wait more than 15-20 minutes to ride. - Manny Barron It was just ok. It was worth going on though and i like the movie so it was kinda cool - Chloe ! It's a great ride, a little short, but fun. My little one loved the movie, but didn't like being inside the Monsters restaurant (of all things) -- maybe he was was afraid the guys in the yellow suit would raid the place. He loved the taxi and the door outside though. - Frances K This was a nice little kids'ride. the theming was great as usual and told the stories of the monsters' inc. movie in a great way. - Patrick Gorham More attraction and restaurant ratings:
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