Toy Story Mania Mania

The next generation in interactive theme park attractions, Toy Story Mania takes ultra-flashy video game technology, embellishes it with 3-D graphics (yep, riders wear dorky 3-D glasses), presents a game play experience that appeals to everyone from toddlers to the most experienced gamers, and wraps it all together using the engaging characters from the Toy Story films. The result is a giddy and highly addictive attraction that has nearly maniacal guests hell-bent on beating their ride-mates and jumping back in line to trounce them again and again. I was at the grand opening of the ride at Disney's California Adventure, part of the Disneyland Resort. The ride is so addictive, my game-playing wrist actually hurt after repeated attempts to better my score. Perhaps the American Psychiatric Association should acknowledge a new ride-inspired diagnostic disorder: Toy Story Mania mania. Read my ride review of Toy Story Mania.

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Photo: John Lasseter, Pixar and Disney Imagineering honcho, as well as director of the Toy Story films, aboard a Toy Story Mania. ©Arthur Levine, 2008. Licensed to About.com.