Maniacal Rides Coming to Disneyland and Disney World

Both Disney's California Adventure, part of the Disneyland Resort in California, and Disney's Hollywood Studios (the park heretofore known as Disney-MGM Studios) at Walt Disney World in Florida will be debuting the interactive ride, Toy Story Mania!, in spring 2008. Based on the Disney-Pixar Toy Story films, the 3-D rides (see the goofy glasses?) will offer video game-style fun. They will use a carnival midway theme and will move guests through a series of 3-D-enhanced "game booths" where they will rack up points by using onboard toy cannon controllers. For example, guests will throw virtual darts at balloons in one scene; in another, they will toss softballs into milk cans. Characters from the films, such as Woody and the Little Green Men, will coach the players. You can see some advance photos of the new rides in my Disneyland Resort 2008 Preview Photo Gallery.

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Photo: A mockup of the Toy Story Mania! ride vehicle provided by Walt Disney Imagineering. Disney 2007. Used with permission.