Toy Story Mania!

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What It Is
3-D ride-through indoor shooting gallery
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Appeal By Age
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Touring Info
Loading speed	Fast
Wait per 100 people ahead	4.5 minutes
When to go As soon as the park opens.

General Info
Location	Toy Story Land
Opening Date	May 31, 2008
Duration	7 minutes
Scope and Scale	Headliner
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Description And Comments

Toy Story Mania! ushered in a new generation of Disney attraction: the virtual dark ride. Since Disneyland opened in 1955, ride vehicles have moved past 2-D and 3-D sets often populated by Audio-Animatronic figures. At Toy Story Mania!, the elaborate sets and endearing characters are gone. Instead, imagine long, empty corridors covered with reflective material. There’s almost nothing there—until you put on your 3-D glasses. Instantly, the corridor is brimming with color and activity, thanks to projected computer-graphic images (CGI).

Conceptually, this is an interactive shooting gallery much like Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin, but in Toy Story Mania!, your ride vehicle passes through a totally virtual midway, with booths offering such games as ring tossing and ball throwing. You use a cannon on your vehicle to play as you move from booth to booth. Unlike the laser guns in Buzz Lightyear, though, the pull-string cannons in Toy Story Mania! take advantage of CGI technology to toss rings, shoot balls, and even throw eggs and pies. Each booth is manned by a Toy Story character who’s right beside you in 3-D glory, cheering you on. In addition to 3-D imagery, you experience vehicle motion, wind, and water spray.

The ride begins with a training round, then continues through a number of “real” games in which you compete against your riding mate. The technology has the ability to self-adjust the level of difficulty, and there are plenty of easy targets for small children to reach. Tip: Let the string retract all the way back into the cannon before pulling it again.

Touring Tips

This attraction offers Lightning Lane via Genie+.
Open for Early Theme Park Entry.

Waits at Toy Story Mania! were reduced significantly with the opening of Slinky Dog Dash and Mickey & Minnie’s Runaway Railway.

Attraction Overview: Toy Story Mania!

Toy Story Mania! Wait Times

This chart shows you roughly how long you'll wait for Toy Story Mania! when you visit on a day with a given Disney's Hollywood Studios Crowd Level. The blue bars represent the average "peak" wait time (that is, how long the line will be at its busiest). The bottom and top black lines represent the range of peak wait times to expect (for you fellow nerds out there: it's the 5th percentile and 95th percentile of peak wait times). Please note that these are estimates, and for a better forecast for your travel dates, see Toy Story Mania! Wait Times.