Toy Story Land - General Discussion

[Nick]

Just left DHS... wish I was able to get a good picture, but anyway, the Jack Sparrow building is pretty much completely down to the skeleton. You can see work lights through the scrim where walls used to be.

 

[Nick]

Aerial update from BlogMickey:
PHOTOS: Latest Aerial Look at Toy Story Land (August 2017) - Blog Mickey
Overview... note they are painting the picket fence again to be a brown color.

New TSMM entrance:

Some theming going in place:

Steel for the roof over Swirling Saucers now erected (quick service location at left):

 

[epcyclopedia]

The fence looks like it has poo on it... runny poo.

 

[Scott W.]

Some more aerials.

 

[Scott W.]

 

[Joel]

that rollercoaster still looks terrible

 

[Nick]

What's left of Stage 4:

that rollercoaster still looks terrible

I actually think this coaster will surprise a lot of people. It's not going to reinvent the wheel, but it's not going to be bad either. That said, it takes up far too much room, will have a weak capacity and will be light on theming.

If I had to wage a guess, it will have Big Thunder level thrills with (slightly above) Barnstormer level theming.

 

[Coasted]

... If I had to wage a guess, it will have Big Thunder level thrills ...

I agree. This sideways (!) loop looks more intense than the core Toy Story demographic!?

May actually alienate the target audience - and instead be enjoyed by everyone else (photo from above tweet)

 

[tielo]

When comparing the block sizes to the width of the fence the scaling is completely off.

 

[Nick]

When comparing the block sizes to the width of the fence the scaling is completely off.

Scale will never be right in a Toy Story Land. The concept is fundamentally flawed.

 

[Joel]

What's left of Stage 4:


I actually think this coaster will surprise a lot of people. It's not going to reinvent the wheel, but it's not going to be bad either. That said, it takes up far too much room, will have a weak capacity and will be light on theming.

If I had to wage a guess, it will have Big Thunder level thrills with (slightly above) Barnstormer level theming.

I'm hoping for this to be true. DHS is my second favorite park (even now) and I hope for all new expansions to both WDW & UOR to be successful. TBH I enjoy the 7DMT in MK, but I can't get my girlfriend to go on it anymore because it's too tame; I can never get enough of those animatronics though.

 

[Disneyhead]

I expect Slinky to be pretty comparable to 7DMT in the thrill/fun factor. The level of detail though. WOW. I can't wait to see the trains. If they are a hideously bazaar as I expect, this thing could be spectacularly ugly AND uncomfortably weird.

 

[rabbitsmoon]

Do any insiders have the official reason for why there won't be a Barbie & Ken Dream House that features a fully accurate recreation of the Barbie's Birthday show from Epcot '94? Was really looking forward to that...

 

[k_peek_2000]

Do any insiders have the official reason for why there won't be a Barbie & Ken Dream House that features a fully accurate recreation of the Barbie's Birthday show from Epcot '94? Was really looking forward to that...

Licencing for a movie is much easier than for a theme park land, and Mattel is notoriously difficult to work with.

 

[Alicia]

Licencing for a movie is much easier than for a theme park land, and Mattel is notoriously difficult to work with.

You know who must be real easy to license for a theme park? Tinkertoy. It's like more than half of the theming for the Toy Story themed lands. Freakin everywhere.

No LEGO though. No way, Jose.

 

[Disneyhead]

You know who must be real easy to license for a theme park? Tinkertoy. It's like more than half of the theming for the Toy Story themed lands. Freakin everywhere.

No LEGO though. No way, Jose.

Well, if Tinker Toys had a park an hour away....

And then there's Lincoln Logs. I heard KNEX didn't want the Slinky Dog (Alex Brand) train therefore no KNEX tie in.

 

[Alicia]

Well, if Tinker Toys had a park an hour away....

And then there's Lincoln Logs. I heard KNEX didn't want the Slinky Dog (Alex Brand) train therefore no KNEX tie in.

From the changes in concept art I'd say Hot Wheels wasn't to keen on the look of the launch sequence either.

 

[Nick]

SS4 continues to be slowly dismantled:


TSL:

 

[Coasted]

Mischievous yet valid TSL question - is there an acronym for Alien Spinning Saucers!?

 

[epcyclopedia]

Mischievous yet valid TSL question - is there an acronym for Alien Spinning Saucers!?

They refer to them as Little Green Men.