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« Home, Sweet Home | Main | Sound Transit Open House, Dec. 12 » November 28, 2007Toy Story Mania PreviewDisney has put up a Flash-based preview of "Toy Story Mania!", the new attraction opening next year at California Adventure (and Disney's Hollywood Studios in Orlando). There's concept art, video clips of the ride designers, and annoyingly catchy background music. If you're not familiar with the ride concept, Wikipedia has a good summary: Park guests will wear 3-D glasses aboard spinning vehicles that travel through virtual environments based on classic carnival midway games. Ride vehicles will seat up to eight and will record each guest's score as points are acquired with toy cannons firing at virtual targets. Similar technology has been used in various park's Buzz Lightyear attractions and Tokyo Disneyland's Monsters, Inc.: Ride n' Go Seek interactive dark rides. The queue will feature a huge Mr. Potato Head audio-animatronic figure that will interact with the public. We're hoping to make a trip next September, and "Mania!" will almost certainly be one of the first things I ride. (Tip 'o the hat to The Disney Blog.) Posted by Gavin Shearer at November 28, 2007 7:34 AM. Posted to Disney. Trackback PingsTrackBack URL for this entry: CommentsThanks for the tip o' the hat. Looks like a lot of fun stuff to explore there. Also interesting to note that it's just Toy Story Mania instead of Toy Story Midway Mania, even though they registered the domain name for the latter. Posted by: John Frost Post a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)« Home, Sweet Home | Main | Sound Transit Open House, Dec. 12 » |
