Originally Posted By MouseBear Salutations All. We're planning our summer visit and we want to see Toy Story Mania. Does anyone know when it is expected to open this summer? Thanks in advance, MouseBear
Originally Posted By Darkbeer No official date yet... They are hoping for Previews to start this April/May, with a early June official opening. But that depends on how the testing of the ride is going. So far, so good is my inside info.
Originally Posted By bean The plan is to open the attraction officially memorial weekend. Hopefully all goes well and previews start in time for Easter break
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh, great! Now, when are they going to open up everything else that's new? ORGOCH: Soon as yer mouth gits sewed shut an' ya goes on a diet, witch! ORDDU: Oh, Mousebear, it's so nice to see you splashing around in the Laughing Place pond again. You've been missed, dear.
Originally Posted By oc_dean >>But that depends on how the testing of the ride is going. << Any of that testing going on in the SSL... ohhhh ... never mind
Originally Posted By Darkbeer The Dream Job II contest has on its schedule... "Toy Story Mania Press Event at Disney's California Adventure from 6/11/08-6/13/08"
Originally Posted By bean "6 NEW! oc_dean Wed 1/9/2008 8:40p >>But that depends on how the testing of the ride is going. << Any of that testing going on in the SSL... ohhhh ... never mind " no but vehicles have been cycling inside the attraction. If you get lucky you could actually see them moving in the frot track area. All you need is a camera/recorder with a zoom lens and watch from the cove bar area. Darkbeer has been doing a great job keeping track of work in the resort. I am sure one of these days he will get some close up pictures or video of the vehicles cycling.
Originally Posted By cptmemo This might be a dumb question, but what are previews? Do they let guests "beta test"? I'm only asking because we'll be there in April, and this ride looks like fun and I'd love to be able to try it out. thanks mary
Originally Posted By FerretAfros It's the same general idea as a beta test. They open attractions early to get all of the bugs out of them before the grand opening. With the previews, they are allowed to close at any time, so it's a lot more flexible getting things to work. It also gives the cast members a lot more time to gradually learn how to deal with the crowds in that specific area. If they just opened all at once, they would have a ton of problems and constantly be closing, so this way they get to work them out little by little. And lucky for us, it usually means that the attraction will be open all of the time (they rarely close once they've opened for the day) early and we can get on it without waiting in massive crowds for a brand new thing.
Originally Posted By ni_teach cptmemo said: Do they let guests "beta test"? Depends on what you mean "beta Test". generally speaking, the soft openings is a way to test out the ride and to train the CM's on how the ride will work with the general public. If you mean to be on the ride when it's still under construction. NO, they have never done that.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 They sometimes tweak little things, though, I think. I think of it as kind of like when a Broadway show is in previews. It's close to being set, but not quite. I remember going on the soft opening of Star Tours, later in 1986. I was asked what I thought by a survey person at the exit. I loved the ride, but I complained that they didn't have enough audio loops for the two big inside queue lines. The same short loops repeated over and over, and since with a full line you're in each room about 7-8 minutes, it quickly became annoying. I'm assuming other people said the same thing, because by the time it had officially opened, the loops were much longer and you usually don't hear the same thing twice while you're in line (unless there's a breakdown).
Originally Posted By disneysnout I just saw some recent pics of the attraction and i was wondering, what are they going to do with the rest of the midway games? are they going to leave them or fix them by opening date?
Originally Posted By bean the midways games are all suppose to get rethemed. the schedule has been shifting so much it dificult to say exactly when. Plans were to start them in January then things changed. Last i heard they might now happen when the sun wheel gets its changeover after summer to re-open in december. This way the construction does not interfer with Midways opening. At that point the whole area could be closed off from midway to the west helix
Originally Posted By BigJim89 Bean Siad: <<Last i heard they might now happen when the sun wheel gets its changeover after summer to re-open in december. This way the construction does not interfer with Midways opening.>> Geez, I wish they would just start construction already, having TSMM open this summer surrounded by the old tacky theme is gonna look bad. On the bright side I found two videos on youtube showing TSMM ride Testing, looks cool. Here's the links: <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=bu0Rt119wv0" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=bu0 Rt119wv0</a> and <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=jdVLGfxl9wE&feature=related" target="_blank">http://youtube.com/watch?v=jdV LGfxl9wE&feature=related</a> (thanks to Mintcrocodile for the videos)
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt I just watched a youtube posting of the ride preview from the WDW Christmas special. I have zero anticipation for this attraction. It just looks too kiddie and too similar to Buzz.
Originally Posted By Brown Monkey >>I just watched a youtube posting of the ride preview from the WDW Christmas special. I have zero anticipation for this attraction. It just looks too kiddie and too similar to Buzz.<< One step closer in line for me.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt No, 'cause I'll probably ride it anyway. Hopefully I'll be surprised and impressed, but nothing I've seen so far gives me a reason to be excited.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Wow ... that's the first time I've seen this newly redesigned area of Paradise Pier (somewhat) finished. It's looking nice, right there. I haven't wanted to look or walk into this crummy park .. not since an LP meet in '05. (I just ignore it on every DL visit! It's nice to having something of true quality to look forward to. And a big thanks to Mintcrocodile for the youtube videos!
