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Toy Story Midway ManiaDark rideAbout Toy Story Midway ManiaThis dark ride will use "Buzz Lightyear"-style interactive technology to allow riders to play games as they ride, making each trip through the Toy Story-themed attraction unique. TPI editor Robert Niles interviewed Disney Imagineer Chrissie Allen about Toy Story Midway Mania: http://www.themeparkinsider.com/flume/200805/756/. -- Last edited by Robert Niles [Update this description | Read previous versions] Photos from Toy Story Midway Mania
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Great ride. This is the best of the shooting gallery dark rides that I have been on. Its more fun that both Buzz Lightyear and Universal's MIB. - Will Chilcote Toy Story Midway Mania is a fun and addictive ride! You'll want to spend hours trying to beat the high scores on the attraction. Everyone in my family rates this as the best attraction at Disney's California Adventure. Beware, however! The ride is very popular and wait times are usually 45-60 minutes long and unfortunately it does not have FASTPASS. Come early, or there is a Singles ride for those of you who don't mind riding by themselves. But seriously though, the ride is fantastic! - John Quinteros 10/10 a great innovation on the part of Disney! - Steven Lee AMAZING! The one in HS is the exact same (except the line). Better than Buzz Lightyear, but that one's okay, too. Worth the wait. - M.S. Cool A great addition to the park. Toy Story Mania appeals to a lot of people and the ride itself is fun. The attraction has people playing carnival games in 3-D featuring characters from the Toy Story movies. The 3-D images look clear and crisp and the other in ride effects, like the popping balloons, enhance the ride. The exterior of the ride looks really nice and makes Paradise Pier look nicer. The queue area really doesn't have any theme, unlike the DHS version in florida, but Mr. Potato Head is interesting to look at. Overall this is a fun ride that is far superior than Buzz lightyear, and it makes riders want to go on again. Since this is a new ride waits can get long. This ride doesn't feature fastpass so the line is continously moving. Try this out early in the morning or go in the single riders line to avoid the long wait. - Manny Barron This ride is a favorite among everyone in my family. Everybody in the family gives Toy Story Mania a thumbs-up and they claim it to be the best ride in Disney's California Adventure. Get here early though! Lines can get very long! - John Quinteros This ride is fantastic! It's so fun. I could go on it a million times and not get bored....ok well maybe i would, but you get the point =) - Chloe ! I laughed the whole way! - Roxanne Hanna Awesome -- I wish it was longer. Everyone in our family had fun with this ride. Tip: Listen to the Disneyland podcast on Toy Story Mania to get some tips on how to increase your score. - Frances K Is it possible for a theme park ride to be addicting? The answer: Yes. This ride is all different kinds of awesome. - Jacob Sundstrom Awesome ride i love the special effects they are soo cool. - Nicholas Kalscheuer This was a fun ride, but it's just a giant video game. I didn't really like that it was a moving game, and didn't do much other than that but it was cool as a large moving video game - Patrick Gorham I loved the Mr. Potato Head barker at the beginning, but the line was going WAY too fast to get the full effect. He's actually what I see as the highlight of the ride. Now the actual attraction itself... I'm somewhat torn. The game itself is fun, shooting things, throwing hoops, etc. But that's what it breaks down to... it's a game... a giant 3-D video game. Don't get me wrong, like I said, it's fun. But as a great Disney ride? Not that great. No story to follow, no tangible animatronics... I guess when I think of great Disney attraction, I think Indy, or Pirates, or Haunted Mansion, or even Tower of Terror. Thematically, they're not 100% dependent on a movie, or some other franchise. Sure, it's a Twilight Zone ride, but it could still be fun without the label... Midway Mania? Not so much. A lot of the charm of TSMM comes from Toy Story Characters. - Brandon Mendoza A fabtastic addition to a growing park! I loved that the ride was something everyone in the family could enjoy, it didn't take brains to learn how to play, and most of all, it was fun trying to beat the heck out of your opponents' high scores. I was definately lucky to get a 3 minute wait for the ride. Definately worth the long run towards the entrance! - Allyson Pascua Just went on this ride last Sunday, actually went to DLR on a lark since we have passes. The wait was about an hour and we both thought it was worth it. We laughed our way through the ride and I thought that the "bonus shots" you get while waiting for delays was a great way to keep riders from noticing the stops for transferring the disabled rider cars to the side track. The Q-line could use some more theming and from the placement of all of the umbrellas is in some serious need of shade. Hope those trees they planted are fast growing. - LJ Warner It is fun for the whole family. Something that DCA is in need of. After all that is what Walt Disney's goal was when he created Disneyland. - B Kawahara I enjoyed this ride, but found the firing mechanism annoying. Unlike Buzz Lightyear’s trigger, this ride employs a pull string method. My arm was getting tired towards the end of the ride. That said I feel that this was a very fun ride. I especially like the fact that everything is virtual. I think that this will help in keeping the aiming true, unlike the Buzz Lightyear ride with the guns that do not fire straight anymore. Also, the Mr. Potato Head at the beginning of the ride is a nice touch. He is fully interactive, ala Turtle Talk with Crush, but Mr. Potato Head is a full audio animatronic figure. He even pulls out his ear. I am very impressed with him. - Jeff Krinock
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