New characters from the Disney•Pixar film “Toy Story 3” have
been added to the joyful, toy-full adventure of Toy Story
Mania! at Disney California Adventure and Disney’s Hollywood
Studios. In addition to playing with new characters in Toy
Story Mania!, there are opportunities in both parks for
up-close fun with another all-new character from “Toy Story
3” – Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear. He’s the bossman at Sunnyside
Daycare in the animated feature film.
Toy Story Mania! – the 4-D interactive ride-game attraction
inspired by the Disney•Pixar “Toy Story” films – is
extremely popular with Disney Parks guests on both coasts.
This high-energy, immersive adventure puts players squarely
in the action as their game play triggers surprises that
deliver a fourth dimension of fun. Toy Story Mania! engages
guests in a whole new way with delightful characters of “Toy
Story” and “Toy Story 2.”
Woody, Buzz, Mr. Potato Head and the gang are joined by a
whole new set of characters from “Toy Story 3.” The new game
greeting guests, “Rex and Trixie’s Dino Darts,” invites
riders to shoot their virtual darts at all-new balloon
targets in a primeval world filled with volcanoes and lava
balloons, explained Sue Bryan, senior show producer,
director, Walt Disney Imagineering.
Game players are welcomed by Rex (the nervous Tyrannosaurus
rex) and his new friend Trixie (a blue Triceratops and one
of the toy characters from the new film) cheering them on.
The new game (it replaces “Bo Peep’s Baaa-loon Pop”) turns
up the fun with more hidden surprises and the potential for
volcanic levels of excitement.
Other Changes:
The “Hamm & Eggs” game is now hosted by Hamm and Buttercup
(a toy unicorn with heart-shaped nostrils).
In the prize scene, Trixie, Buttercup, Dolly (a doll), Mr.
Pricklepants (a lederhosen-clad hedgehog) and one other
surprise – all from “Toy Story 3” – appear with Woody and
Jessie.
“Our number-one goal in creating Toy Story Mania! was to
come up with game-play challenges appropriate for all
guests, from little kids to serious gamers,” Bryan said. “I
love that we are keeping things fresh and new by adding
these great new friends and fun to join some of the most
popular characters of all time.”
About Toy Story Mania!
In the timeless tradition of Disney storytelling, Toy Story
Mania! takes its inspiration from the fact that Andy’s toys
spring to life whenever he is away. Soon after Andy got a
“Midway Games Play Set” for his latest birthday, the toys
jumped at their first chance to open the box and set up the
game booths and carnival trams so everyone could ride and
play. That means “no assembly required” for their
game-playing guests – just nonstop fun. (That is, until Andy
gets home!)
Arriving guests are welcomed by Mr. Potato Head, more than
five feet tall and looking like he stepped right down from
the movie screen. The state-of-the-art Audio-Animatronics
Mr. Potato Head makes a perfect carnival barker, capable of
engaging guests in two-way conversation and encouraging them
to “step right up” for the immersive Toy Story Mania!
experience.
Everyone gets a front row seat when guests put on their 3-D
glasses, “shrink” to the size of a toy, and board Toy Story
Mania! carnival tram ride vehicles which add a huge amount
of fun to the interactive experience. The exciting and
colorful route takes guests through “Andy’s Bedroom” filled
with oversized murals and toys. The vehicles angle to face
Toy Story Mania! game booths – high-tech yet rooted in
classic midway games of skill – and guests aim for 3-D
animated targets using their own on-board spring-action
shooters. Players pair up and sit side-by-side for a
friendly competition that delivers an ever-changing variety
of targets and surprises.
As they play, guests can actually see the “virtual” objects
they’ve launched leave their
spring-action shooters and hit (or miss) the targets. And
thanks to 4-D special-effects technology, they may sense
objects whirring past them as they pop out of the 3-D
scenes.
The Toy Story Mania! games – five of them, plus an
introductory practice round – are designed to be enjoyed by
audiences of all ages and skills, from beginners to
experienced gamers. Play is energized by the spirit of the
“Toy Story” characters cast in games that best suit their
very animated personalities.
No matter how many times guests return to ride and play,
they can be sure every ride-through will seem different.
Pixar Animation Studies created animation of the new
characters plus animation for “Rex and Trixie’s Dino Darts.”
New music – a dino-themed version of Randy Newman’s “You’ve
Got a Friend in Me” – comes from veteran music editor and
Newman collaborator Bruno Coon, who did the original music
for the attraction.
Toy Story Mania! was the first time that Walt Disney
Imagineering created an attraction for two Disney parks
simultaneously. The attraction opened in California and
Florida in 2008.
More Fun in Store
Disney Parks guests not only get to play with “Toy Story 3”
characters in Toy Story Mania! – they get to see another new
character from the film.
Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear has joined his “Toy Story” pals in the
delightful “Pixar Play Parade” at Disney California
Adventure and “Block Party Bash” at Disney’s Hollywood
Studios. In addition, Disney’s Hollywood Studios guests can
pose for photos with Lots-o’-Huggin’ Bear in the
meet-and-greet area inside The Magic of Disney Animation.
Over at Disney California Adventure, guests can pose
alongside the “Toy Story” gang inside a life-sized “blister
pack” as if they themselves are toys.
About the Movie
“Toy Story 3” welcomes Woody (voice of Tom
Hanks), Buzz (voice of Tim Allen) and the whole gang back to
the big screen as Andy prepares to depart for college and
his loyal toys find themselves in… daycare! These untamed
tots with their sticky little fingers do not play nice, so
it’s all for one and one for all as plans for the great
escape get underway. A few new faces – some plastic, some
plush – join the fun. "Toy Story 3" disney.go.com/toystory/
is a comical new adventure in Disney Digital 3-D.
Toy Story Mania Fun Facts
Each ride vehicle weighs as much as 8,580 Woody
dolls.
It would take 5,026 toy soldiers lined up end-to-end
to make up the total track length.
Toy Story Mania! is the first time that Walt Disney
Imagineering is creating an attraction for two Disney
Parks simultaneously.
It has been estimated that, each day, guests may
break over one million virtual plates using the
spring-action shooters.
Riders in the Sky, the award-winning group that
wrote the songs that Mr. Potato Head performs as part of
the attraction, is the same group that wrote "Woody's
Roundup" for the "Toy Story" feature films.
This is the first attraction that Walt Disney
Imagineering designed where the Imagineers had to wear
3-D glasses to art direct all the black-light paint
elements.
The murals located in the load area at Disney's
Hollywood Studios are the largest murals painted since
Epcot was built.
At Toy Story Mania!, every guest gets to experience
life at the size of a toy. So in Andy's room, a 5-foot
6-inch person will feel about 14" tall.
Guests feel like they have shrunk to a toy size as
they queue amid rounded TINKERTOY “connectors” two feet
in diameter, TINKERTOY rods that are four inches around,
View•Master reels nearly four feet across and holiday
lights each 13 inches long.
In order to create a show that responds not only to
every pull of a guest's spring-action shooter but also
every move their midway tram makes, there are more than
150 computers communicating over multiple networks
throughout the attraction.
More time was spent programming Mr. Potato Head than
for any other Audio-Animatronics figure ever created by
Walt Disney Imagineering.
Mr. Potato Head will be able to say more lines of
dialogue than any Audio-Animatronics figure ever created
by Walt Disney Imagineering.
"It's a ride that's a game. It's a game that's a
ride," says Mr. Potato Head to queuing guests. "Step
right up and see what's inside."
The Mr. Potato Head Audio-Animatronics figure is the
first time that an Audio-Animatronics figure can remove
a body part and re-attach it (in the case of his ear).
The Mr. Potato Head Audio-Animatronics figure has
new, highly expressive and animated eyes that can look
directly at a particular guest in the queue when
speaking to him/her.
Mr. Potato Head marks the first Audio-Animatronics
figure whose mouth appears to form words and vowel
sounds.
Game:
In each of the Toy Story Mania! games, there is at
least one "easter egg" -- targets that can trigger the
appearance of bonus high-value targets and other changes
in the scene.
Toy Story Mania! is the first time that Woody and
Buzz Lightyear (along with some of their friends) from
the Disney-Pixar "Toy Story" films appear together in a
ride-through attraction.
Watch for loose change in the prize scene -- Hamm is
carrying more than $6 in coins when his cork pops.
Nice to Know:
Because of the indoor nature of the attraction and
to keep the guest experience fun for all, flash
photography or video is not allowed on Toy Story Mania!
Everyone can play! There is no height or age
restriction for guests to experience Toy Story Mania!,
creating a multi-generational experience the entire
family can enjoy together.
There is even an offline loading area for guests
with disabilities. Guests traveling in wheelchairs or
using other mobility aids have as much time as they need
to board.
A beeline to fun! At Disney's Hollywood Studios, Toy
Story Mania! utilizes Disney's FASTPASS, a return
voucher offering little or no waiting time at select
attractions.
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