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Toy Story Mania Opening!

Toy Story Mania is now open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios and will open at Disney’s California Adventure in June (June 17). The park’s Imagineers have been tweaking the attraction after visits from Disney Vacation Club members and members of the press.

What’s the vote on the new attraction? Pretty positive if you follow the press reviews. The official grand opening is May 31st. Yep, tomorrow! So if you’re in Florida or planning a trip this week or this summer, be sure to check it out. The actual name, by the way, is Toy Story Midway Mania, but it doesn’t trip off the tongue the way Toy Story Mania does.

What to Expect?

The ride is completely interactive and is inspired by the Disney Pixar films. The world is 4-D with midway type games hosted by favored Toy Story characters including Buzz, Jessie, Woody, Hamm and more. You use virtual spring action shooters to throw virtual projectiles at the targets. Each game has a hidden “Easter Egg” that launches more rounds of fun. Each vehicle in the rides seats 4 back to back pairs. You wear 3-D glasses and you spin as you ride.

Mini-games

  • Pie Throw Practice
  • Hamm & Eggs
  • Bo Peep’s Baaa-loon Pop
  • Green Army Men Shoot Camp
  • Buzz Lightyear’s Flying Tossers
  • Woody’s Rootin’ Tootin’ Shootin’ Gallery

The attraction sounds like terrific fun. The queue to get into the attraction will have an animatronic Mr. Potato Head with pre-recorded snippets of dialogue by Don Rickles (he voiced the character in the films). Personally, I can’t wait to get back there and check it out.

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.