Toy Story Land Announces Opening Date

Announced this morning, Toy Story Land will open in summer 2018 on June 30th!

If you look closely in this photo, Jesse and Rex seem to be installing lights on top of Andy's block city...but things don't look to be going as planned for Rex. I wonder if the Green Army Men will have to come to his rescue?

The premise is that Andy has built a “Mega Coaster Play Kit” roller coaster in his backyard. Riders jump into the Slinky Dog and enjoy a family-friendly ride past giant-sized versions of the various Toy Story characters. (No, this won’t be a thrill ride like Avatar Rite of Passage or Expedition Everest. Instead, it’s a family coaster with a single aspiration: to put a smile on the face of everyone who rides it.)

This new themed land will add two new attractions to Disney's Hollywood Studios. (It’ll also claim Toy Story Midway Mania! by adding a new entrance. You’ll no longer enter the attraction via Pixar Place, instead, you’ll head through the new Toy Story Land entrance.)

The other new ride, Alien Swirling Saucers, is a kindred spirit to a Cars Land attraction. It employs the same concept as Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree, although it replaces the Cars characters with The Claw and the Little Green Men from Toy Story. The premise is that the aliens want to capture your toy car using The Claw. You spin and move around the attraction’s floor to avoid them. Despite the presence of The Claw, nothing Disney has said indicates that you will move off the ground on this ride. Alien Swirling Saucers is a straightforward themed ride that’s intended to please children in particular.

Finally, Toy Story Land will have a new restaurant called Woody’s Lunch Box. It’s a Quick Service restaurant that looks like your school lunch box expanded hundreds of times in size. Disney’s promising old school root beer floats and other childhood favorites.

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