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Fun Facts: the All-New Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Ready, set, play! The all-new Toy Story Land, coming this summer to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, will give guests the sensation of shrinking to the size of a toy as they explore Andy’s backyard and see their favorite Toy Story characters larger than life.

Whether it’s an exciting ride on a family-friendly coaster, a spin on a toy rocket or a 3D adventure through carnival midway games, guests will be immersed in the playful world of toys.

And along the way, enough fun facts and “didn’t-know-that’s” to fill a toy chest:

More than 400 toy blocks fill Andy’s backyard.
In Toy Story Land, Andy’s footprint is about 25 feet long or the equivalent of a size 240 shoe.
It would take a Green Army Man roughly 12 steps just to travel the length of one of Andy’s shoeprints.
You would need a backpack the size of a school bus to carry the Buzz and Woody figures that tower over Toy Story Land.
The weight of the Slinky Dog Dash track and support columns weighs almost as much as 125,000 gallons of milk.
Together Rex and the Jenga Tower are as tall as 7½ Green Army Men standing on top of one another.

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Toy Story Land to Get Holiday Overlay

Guests will experience a Flurry of Fun at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Nov. 8 – Jan.6, with festive entertainment and exciting holiday touches around the park. The new Toy Story Land will feature special seasonal fun, such as holiday songs on Alien Swirling Saucers.

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Sneak Peek – Alien Popcorn Bucket

The Alien Popcorn Buckets were a huge hit in Disneyland recently and were last weekend at the Grand Opening of Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We wanted to share a couple of photos of them as they are super cute! If you are heading to DHS make sure to check to see if they have any more in stock.

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In Their Own Words: Disney, Pixar Executives Reflect on Toy Story Land

Bob Chapek, Chairman, Disney Parks, Experiences and Consumer Products

The opening of Toy Story Land is a big step in the evolution of Disney’s Hollywood Studios, as we transform it from a place that took guests behind the scenes into one that puts them at the center of the action. We’re thrilled to invite guests to visit Andy’s backyard and to experience what it’s like to play right alongside their favorite Toy Story characters – all thanks to the amazing partnership between our Imagineers and the storytellers at Pixar.

Catherine Powell, President, Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Western Region

I’m thrilled we’re adding Toy Story Land to Walt Disney World’s incredible portfolio of storytelling experiences. Enhancing Pixar’s presence in our parks with this delightful new land will enchant our guests, bringing them joy and excitement. It is a pleasure to welcome these beloved characters into their new home.

George A. Kalogridis, President, Walt Disney World Resort

Toy Story Land is the result of an amazing progression. What began in the imagination and took shape at Pixar Animation Studios is now brought to life as an actual place where you can step into this iconic story. I am very proud of all the Cast Members, Imagineers and our Pixar partners who played a role in the creation of this incredible new land. Our guests are going to love it.

Phil Holmes, Vice President, Disney’s Hollywood Studios

The Toy Story films and characters hold a special place in our guests’ hearts, as we’ve seen with the continued popularity of Toy Story Mania! and nearby character greetings with Buzz Lightyear and Woody. Toy Story Land gives our guests a chance to become part of the story in a whole new way. From welcoming our guests to the new land to bringing fun to every moment of their visits, our Cast Members are ready to make Toy Story Land a place where families create cherished memories.

Roger Gould, Creative Director, Theme Parks, Pixar Animation Studios

Everyone at Pixar is thrilled to see the Toy Story films coming to life so spectacularly in Toy Story Land. Watching our stories and characters leap off the screen into the fun and whimsical world of Toy Story Land is a joy for all of us at the studio. Naturally, we love animation and we love the Disney Parks, so it’s amazing to collaborate with our partners at Walt Disney Imagineering to create this enormous immersive world. And just as each Toy Story film expands the world of our favorite toy friends, our land gave us loads of opportunities to invent and open up the world with new fun and surprises. We’re delighted to join Disney in the fun and invite guests to explore Andy’s backyard – full of their favorite toys – ’cause Andy’s away and it’s time to play!

Bob Weis, President, Walt Disney Imagineering

Toy Story Land showcases Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering’s high caliber of storytelling and brings a new energy and enthusiasm to Disney’s Hollywood Studios. As the design lead on the park’s creation, and having worked on various expansion projects, it’s been rewarding to see the park evolve and grow throughout the years. I’m looking forward to 2019, as we put the finishing touches on this amazing transformation, which is the largest expansion Disney’s Hollywood Studios has ever seen and will bring to life some of the most immersive experiences we’ve ever created.

Kathy Mangum, Regional Executive, Walt Disney Imagineering

I’ll never forget the first time I saw “Toy Story” in the theater. The movie was utterly charming, from its funny and relatable characters, to its poignant storyline, to its playful and eye-grabbing art direction – it was a movie that resonated with me and the entire audience. Once we saw “Toy Story,” we never looked at an animated movie in the same way again. How lucky we are that we get to expand the world of this movie by bringing it to our guests at Disney’s Hollywood Studios!

One of my greatest pleasures during my career at Walt Disney Imagineering has been working with the team on creating a whole new land based on these wonderful films that just seems to be getting better with each new movie. Toy Story Land is a very special place, and I’m thrilled at the thought of all the new memories that will be created here for millions of guests in the years to come.

Dave Minichiello, Executive Creative Director, Walt Disney Imagineering

It has been an incredibly rewarding experience bringing Toy Story Land to Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and I’m sure it will soon be a classic land our guests will love to visit here at Walt Disney World Resort. The Toy Story films and characters are as beloved by our guests today as they have ever been, and with the opening of Toy Story Land and next summer’s release of “Toy Story 4,” these stories will continue to live on for generations to come. I am so proud to bring this amazing land to life with the rest of my Walt Disney Imagineering team, our incredibly talented Pixar partners and our contractor teams, so our guests can experience, enjoy and have a magical time together in Andy’s backyard.

Bettina Buckley, Vice President, Disney Parks Live Entertainment

Our new live entertainment helps bring Andy’s backyard to life. As honorary toys, our guests will get to play with toys their own size. They will meet Toy Story stars Woody, Buzz Lightyear and Jessie; become new recruits with Sarge and be part of the Green Army Drum Corps. Entertainment helps guests “play big” in Toy Story Land, and we are excited to see all the fun those interactions will bring.

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Alien Swirling Saucers Takes Guests for a Spin in New Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Three-eyed Toy Story Aliens take guests on a whirling flying saucer ride in toy rocket ships as part of Alien Swirling Saucers, one of the new attractions inside Toy Story Land, opening June 30 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.

As guests become “honorary toys” in the new land, they encounter Alien Swirling Saucers, a playset that toy-owner Andy of Pixar Animation Studios’ Toy Story films won at the Pizza Planet restaurant. The new attraction whirls and blinks with colorful lighting, electronic space music and nonstop fun.

Alien saucer pilots are straight out of the Toy Story movies, with their pointy ears, three eyes, short antennae and facial expressions designed to convey surprise or delight. Each extraterrestrial has hitched its flying saucer to one of 22 rocket ships; together, flying saucers and rockets spin through the Pizza Planet galaxy.

With “The Claw” dangling overhead, guests climb aboard their rocket ships and hover in Pizza Planet’s version of “deep-dish space” for an out-of-this-world saucer whirl to the beat of new versions of Toy Story songs and musical themes. During the adventure, the Aliens spin guests around toy icons like Planet Pepperonia and a pizza-inspired space station.

Before boarding Alien Swirling Saucers, guests can pose for a photo with a Buzz Lightyear action figure standing more than 14 feet tall on top of toy building blocks near the entrance to his Star Command Space Station Playset. Toy robot guards flank the Pizza Planet-inspired marquee.

Inside Star Command, there are buttons to push, dials to turn and a switch to toggle for audio and visual effects. His creativity never flagging, Andy built a toy gantry with his Construx toy pieces that guests use to traverse from Buzz’s command center to the Swirling Saucers game.

Guests who are spin-averse can swirl vicariously by watching from the viewing area in between and around the playset.

“This is a world created by a boy’s imagination,” said Dave Fisher, Walt Disney Imagineering Senior Story Editor. “Andy has brought out all his space toys – it’s a really fun and high-energy attraction.”

Before or after a spin on Alien Swirling Saucers, guests can pose for an out-of-this-world selfie with a stationary, photo-ready green Alien in its colorful saucer just outside the attraction. Toys of all makes and sizes – from a 10-foot-diameter “rubber” ball to colorful Cooties – have been carefully placed by Andy among the landscape of overgrown grasses, toy shrubs and playset trees throughout Toy Story Land.

Alien Swirling Saucers: At a Glance

Type of attraction: Swirl-and-whirl ride
A Disney first: Three-eyed green Alien pilots
Number of passengers per seat: 2 to 3 honorary toys
Number of saucer/rocket ships: 22 (11 in each of two playset areas)
Height restriction: 32 inches
FastPass+: Yes

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Slinky Dog Dash Strrretches the Fun in Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Jumping on the coolest canine toy ever, guests are in for a rollicking good time as Disney’s Hollywood Studios unleashes Slinky Dog Dash in the new Toy Story Land at the Walt Disney World Resort. This multi-launch, family-friendly roller coaster careens around bends and “catches air” over camelback humps as it runs across the 11-acre land.

As honorary toys, guests have Andy of Pixar Animation Studios’ Toy Story films to thank for this incredibly fun experience. They get to ride his creation and be inside Slinky Dog’s coils as the lovable pooch twists and turns around the track. It all takes place in Andy’s backyard, where he used the Dash & Dodge Mega Coaster Play Kit to assemble this speedy toy.

Andy’s idea for his double-launch coaster – a Disney first – was to pick everyone’s favorite floppy-eared dachshund with the stretching coil body – Slinky Dog – to send guests around the track. The attraction’s ride vehicles are spring-tailed spinoffs of Slinky, the iconic American toy from the 1940s. Track and supports for the coaster are done up in bright colors of red, orange, yellow and blue.

Guests approaching the ride launch see Andy’s plans sketched out in Crayola crayon on notebook paper. Glue bottles, empty toy boxes and stray coaster parts and pieces are strewn about – Andy’s pet project was clearly a work in progress when he was called away. But that’s when the toys will play!

In one hilarious scene, the coaster swoops around blocks Andy stacked around his Jenga game. Rex, the toy dinosaur, is precariously perched atop the unstable Jenga stack trying to decorate the toy block city by stringing up colored Christmas lights – a daunting task when you’re a dinosaur with short front arms! Jessie comes to his rescue, working to untangle Rex’s dino-sized predicament.

Andy also tricked out his coaster creation with a power booster. When Slinky Dog Dash hits its midway point, the coaster stops, reverses a few yards, then shoots through multiple rings pulsing with sounds, spinners and flashing lights to launch riders into the second act of the ride experience.

“The first half of the ride is many swirls, turns and dips, and after the second launch come a drop and camelback humps – as if you were playing with a Slinky Dog toy,” explained Dave Minichiello, Executive Creative Director of Walt Disney Imagineering.

Andy saved one last surprise for his coaster’s finale: Wheezy, the squeaky toy penguin from the Toy Story films, breaks into a rendition of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me.” Created especially for Slinky Dog Dash, the Audio-Animatronics figure of Wheezy is unique among Disney Parks globally. Toys and toy packaging complete the scene, including a Rubik’s Cube, a game canister for Pick-Up Snakes and toy wooden blocks spelling out F-U-N – all against the backdrop of a towering book, Mr. Pricklepants’ “Songs for Singing,” compiled by the huggable hedgehog from “Toy Story 3.”

“As Toy Story Land welcomes our guests – as toys – into Andy’s backyard, Slinky Dog Dash invites them into Andy’s imagination,” said Phil Holmes, Vice President of Disney’s Hollywood Studios. “What Andy has dreamed up will deliver nonstop coaster fun for all ages.”

Slinky Dog Dash: At a Glance

Type of attraction: Family-friendly roller coaster, first at Disney Parks with a second mid-ride launch
Track type: Steel
Number of passengers per train: 18
Height restrictions: 38 inches
FastPass+: Yes

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Photos – Removal of all Pixar/Toy Story Midway Mania Items from Old Entrance

With Toy Story Land opening last weekend there is now a new entry into Toy Story Midway Mania. Take a look at the previous entrance now. While this is a bit sad to look at I have to admit the new entrance is amazing! Hopefully this area can be re-utilized.

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Woody’s Lunch Box Offers Modern Take on Timeless Menu Favorites for Guests at Toy Story Land in Disney’s Hollywood Studios

Fun extends to food in the new Toy Story Land opening June 30 at the Walt Disney World Resort. Here, mealtime comes with a heavy helping of nostalgia, as Woody’s Lunch Box serves up classic on-the-go menu items with a creative twist.

Located in Disney’s Hollywood Studios, the new 11-acre land brings to life all the magic and fun of Pixar Animation Studios’ hit Toy Story films. In this land – inspired by Andy’s backyard – guests are honorary toys and set off for thrills and laughs on three signature attractions.

“Everyone has a special food memory, so it can be tricky putting a modern spin on the favorites,” explained Lenny DeGeorge, Concept Development Culinary Director for Walt Disney World. “We honored these classic dishes by using the best ingredients to elevate the flavors. How we constructed the sandwiches was important, such as layering the ingredients in a specific order, to maximize textures and flavors. Why have a cold sandwich when you can have a toasted, hot, gooey, cheese-filled one?”

With apologies to Mom, lunch-box cuisine was never like this!

S’more French Toast

Inspired by the classic American campfire treat, this breakfast sandwich oozes goodness in a chocolate ganache- and marshmallow-stuffed French toast topped with graham cracker crumbles.

Grilled Three-Cheese Sandwich

To ensure a soft gooey middle, Disney chefs created a sharp cheddar cream cheese spread, layered in provolone and cheddar and wrapped the sandwich in garlic butter-grilled French bread.

BBQ Brisket Melt

With a nod to cowboy Woody, this Texas-style smoked brisket features cheddar, Monterey Jack, pickles, BBQ sauce and garlic butter-grilled sourdough.

Totchos

This bite-sized treat combines potato barrels, corn chips, chili and queso.

Lunch Box Tarts

A modern interpretation of a breakfast toaster pastry as a hand-held dessert, these feature a uniquely delicate crust. Layer in high-quality ingredients for fillings, add a decorative garnish, and these tasty tarts beat anything Mom ever packed. Choice of Raspberry Lunch Box Tart garnished with Icing and Dried Fruit and Chocolate-Hazelnut Lunch Box Tart garnished with Icing and Caramelized Bacon

Other menu options include:

Smoked Turkey Sandwich – The quintessential lunch-box staple with tomato and lettuce on multigrain bread; to give it a kick, Disney chefs add a creamy Dijonnaise.
Banana Split Yogurt Parfait – Layers of banana-vanilla Greek yogurt (with a hint of honey), fresh bananas, strawberries and pineapple topped with granola and chocolate chips make for a delicious way to start the day!
Monte Cristo – Woody’s version of this classic sandwich has layers of ham, turkey, Swiss cheese, and raspberry jam, grilled to a golden brown.
Kids’ Menu – Grilled cheese or turkey sandwich, both with potato barrels and mandarin oranges.
Sides – Tomato basil soup, vegetable macaroni salad, potato barrels and Mini Babybel snack cheese, the Official Snack Cheese of Walt Disney World Resort.

In addition to fountain drinks and refreshing lemonade, beverage offerings include a classic Barq’s root beer float and a Mystic Portal Punch (PowerAde Mountain Berry Blast with flavors of lemon-lime and tangerine). For the big kids, there’s a Grown Up’s Lemonade with cherry vodka, Odwalla Lemonade, and black cherry purée.

Woody’s Lunch Box at Disney’s Hollywood Studios will dish up nostalgia daily beginning June 30 from park open until the toys close up shop – that is, park close. Disney Dining Plan accepted.

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Photo – Starbucks Disney’s Hollywood Studios Coffee Mug Featuring Alien from Toy Story

If you are like us the Starbucks coffee mugs at the Disney Parks and a nice collectible on your Disney vacation. Check out this new one featuring the Alien from Toy Story at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.