Tag: Toy Story Mania

Trip Report: Playing At Toy Story Land During Disney’s Early Morning Magic

Are you ready to Play Big at the new Toy Story Land in Disney’s Hollywood Studios? Now you can take advantage of Disney Early Morning Magic, which allows you entry into Andy’s backyard before the park opens!

I got to experience this magical time first hand and we were able to ride Slinky Dog 3 times with no wait, and met Woody, Jessie, and Buzz Lightyear. This limited entry experience guarantees little to no wait times, character meets, and breakfast. This is the perfect opportunity to zoom around Andy’s Backyard on Slinky Dog Dash, escape into space on Alien Swirling Saucers, and rack up some points on Toy Story Mania.

I’m all about the pictures, so if you want amazing PhotoPass pictures, then this is the event for you. Below are a few of the photos we took last week and as you can see it looks like we’re the only ones in the Park!

The experience also includes a continental buffet featuring yogurt, fruit, pastries, and assorted cereal as well as your choice of a tasty main dish like avocado toast or fried chicken and donuts with maple glaze. The breakfast setup will be available at the ABC Commissary, a quick service dining location outside of Toy Story Land.

After you’re done eating and riding I recommend taking some time to soak in the ambiance on Hollywood Boulevard. There are a lot of little hidden details in this part of the park. Don’t forget to look up at the windows! When the park opens at Rope Drop most guests will be heading to Toy Story Land, so this is the perfect opportunity to get more great pictures around the park with no people in them.

Tropic Lion Photography

Tropic Lion Photography

Disney Early Morning Magic will take place on select dates, beginning Sept. 17, 2018, and is a separate offering than the Extra Magic Hours enjoyed by guests staying at Disney resorts. Select Mondays and Wednesdays from 7:30 a.m. to 8:45 a.m. Breakfast will be available until 10 a.m.

The Disney Early Morning Magic experience costs $79 plus tax for adults (ages 10+) and $69 plus tax for children ages 3-9. Tickets are limited. A separate ticket for admission to Disney’s Hollywood Studios is required and is not included in the experience price.

For more information or to book this experience contact me at Facebook.com/EKVwithKimberly

September 20, 2018
Toy Story Mania Closing For A Week To Prep For Toy Story Land
The Toy Story Midway Mania! attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is scheduled to be closed for an entire week this June in preparation for the opening of Toy Story Land. According to Disney the attraction will be unavailable June 11-18 and is expected to reopen on June 19.

The closure will allow work to progress on the reconfiguration of the main entrance of the attraction. Currently Toy Story Mania’s entrance and exit are located in the park’s Pixar Place area, but after Toy Story Land opens they will both be located in the new land. When it reopens, the entrance will remain in Pixar Place until it permanently moves to Toy Story Land for the grand opening of the new land.

Toy Story Mania will also return to full capacity on May 20 2018, with all three tracks becoming available following queue reconfiguration work. FastPass+ reservations should already be available for rides beginning May 20, if there not already booked up.

When Toy Story Land debuts on June 30, guests will “shrink” to the size of a toy and join in on the fun Woody, Jessie, Buzz, and Andy’s other beloved toys are having in Andy’s backyard. Here, guests can ride Slinky Dog Dash, a roller coaster Andy has assembled from his Mega Coaster Play Kit, take a spin on Alien Swirling Saucers, walk through a new carnival game box to experience Toy Story Mania!, grab a tasty snack at Woody’s Lunchbox – and meet some of the characters from “Toy Story” films!

Check out the list below for more stories on the new Pixar experiences coming to Hollywood Studios.
May 10, 2018
Toy Story Mania FastPasses Will Not Be Available for a Month Starting April 9

As we reported back in january, the third track of Toy Story Mania was closed to accommodate the ride’s new entrance into the new land. This caused increased wait times and now Stand-by lines are about to get a little longer as the attraction will stop offering fastpasses for a brief time.

As the park makes final preparations for the grand opening of Toy Story Land, guests will not be able to book FastPass+ for the attraction from April 9th through May 7th. Guests will be able to use the stand-by que during this time.

So if you want to get on the ride you may want to be first in line. Disney has announced the highly-anticipated toy-filled land inspired by the beloved “Toy Story” films, will open to guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios June 30, 2018.

March 30, 2018
A First Look At New Entrance For Toy Story Mania! Attraction

On Friday Disney announced on ABC’s Good Morning America that Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will officially open June 30 2018, but we also got to see a new look at the entrance for Toy Story Mania!

The attraction has been a guest-favorite since it opened in at the park in 2008, but it now makes up part of the new land and guests will now walk through a new carnival game box to experience the Midway Mania.

Now expanded with a third track, the popular attraction will put even more guests in the action taking aim at 3D objects – using everything from baseballs to cream pies – in a variety of whimsical, fast-paced games.

February 17, 2018
Toy Story Mania Closures in Preparation for Toy Story Land

It’s 2018! It’s a new year, a new you and a new Hollywood Studios. The eagerly anticipated opening of Toy Story Land is not to far away. In preparation, the third track of Toy Story Mania has been closed, according to Disney.

The third track opened for Toy Story Mania in May of 2016, which helped alleviate the long longs for the ride. However, the third track is now closed as of Jan. 3, 2018, and it will most likely remain that way until Toy Story Land is ready to open.

The lines will be longer for the time being, but a Disney spokesperson said, the ride is still fully operational.

To accommodate the ride’s new entrance into the new land, some changes are being made, as you can see in display model.

It’s not just the one track that will be closed. You can expect the ride will fully close in the next few weeks to make the final preparations and for the grand opening. No dates have been set for that as of yet.

In this new land guests will shrink to the size of a toy so they are able to explore Andy’s backyard, which is filled with toys from the “Toy Story” films.

The 11-acre land will be themed around toys from the “Toy Story” movie series, like the Slinky Dog Dash roller coaster and Woody’s Lunch Box, a quick-service window serving soda floats and more. Another ride will be Alien Swirling Saucers, where aliens circling in flying saucers pull along rocket ships full of guests.

January 6, 2018