Toy Story Playland (General discussion)

[dagobert]

I also think that the queue areas of the rides look quiet good and I'm sure that TSPL would turn out great when they didn't have chosen off the shelf rides. I'm fine with Slinky Dog, it looks okay, but I'm still against the Parachute Tower.
RC Racer looks better in the concept art than in real life, but the queue area looks fine.

[forza_united]

I also think that the queue areas of the rides look quiet good and I'm sure that TSPL would turn out great when they didn't have chosen off the shelf rides. I'm fine with Slinky Dog, it looks okay, but I'm still against the Parachute Tower.
RC Racer looks better in the concept art than in real life, but the queue area looks fine.

Couldn't have said it any better myself!

I keep thinking what this could have been had they chosen some unique and/or hugely modified rides which couldn't be found just around the corner. And that was my last post regarding carnival rides and stuff

[dagobert]

I also think that the queue areas of the rides look quiet good and I'm sure that TSPL would turn out great when they didn't have chosen off the shelf rides. I'm fine with Slinky Dog, it looks okay, but I'm still against the Parachute Tower.
RC Racer looks better in the concept art than in real life, but the queue area looks fine.

Couldn't have said it any better myself!

I keep thinking what this could have been had they chosen some unique and/or hugely modified rides which couldn't be found just around the corner. And that was my last post regarding carnival rides and stuff

And mine as well!!

[QTXAdsy]

Impressive photos.

I'm actually starting to look forward for this...

[Alan]

I exported some slightly higher resolution photos from the Combined General Meeting 2010 PDF. Open them in a new tab to see the full-size versions:

[dagobert]

I love the last picture. The Studio entrance and Front Lot is really beautiful. Now they just have to remove the billboard.

[Martyn]

Wonder where the giant Buzz is going? He's not on the concept art?

Its starting to look a bit better now, though I always was looking forward to it. But these pics have made me that little bit more excited!

[bigrossco]

Hi Martyn

Buzz actuly is on the Concept art seen here: http://www.photosmagiques.com/wdsfans/n ... ighres.jpg

[Alan]

I think we all need to stop worrying about Toy Story Playland. These new photos prove that Disney are executing this project at a very high level. I mean John Lasseter himself is involved!

The theming and attention to detail is going to be top quality, and that quality is what's going to MAKE this project. It's not going to be a weird French interpretation of Toy Story. It's going to be the real deal, direct from Pixar. It's probably costing so much because of the thousands of custom-made props they're building. I mean, look at all those green army men they've built. It can't be cheap to manufacture so many items at such a high quality. I wonder if they're CNC milling them straight from the original computer models?

And the RC Racer ride vehicle looks like a lot of fun. It's clearly designed for adults to ride; 16 people all in one massive remote controlled car.

[bigrossco]

I think after seeing the recent released pic's from DLR it makes Toystory Playland look alot better than we first thought it to be and to be honest I am quite impressed so far

[Alan]

Has this been posted yet?

"Thank you Philippe. Well, I’m very excited to tell you a little bit about how our Imagineers designed and are creating Toy Story Playland for you. Like all our attractions, we start with the story. And in this case, our story centers around the toys of Toy Story I and II.

As fans of the films, I’m sure you know that these toys all belong to a young boy named Andy. And when Andy’s away, the Toys come to life magically to interact with one another.

So, we thought “what if Andy had set up his toys in the grass behind his house?” And what if we could shrink down to the size of a toy and meet and play with these toys? That’s the idea behind Toy Story Playland. We’re inviting our guests to become the size of toys and to join in the fun. This rendering was one of our first steps in envisioning what this new land could look and feel like at Walt Disney Studios.

Next, we built an intricate scale model to help us understand the size, the placement and the look of the experiences within the land.

As you can see from this image of the model, everything in Toy Story Playland is giant sized – especially the Buzz Lightyear figure that greets guests at the entrance to the land.

From the scale model, our Imagineers begin to sculpt the real-life giant sized pieces that will make up the Buzz figure.

Here you can see the scale of the Buzz Lightyear figure, with his original creator, Director John Lasseter.

And then we meticulously build each piece of the toy – matching color and designs exactly to the original from the film. There’s only one giant Buzz Lightyear toy in the world like this one! It’s truly one of a kind!

Within the land are three ride experiences for kids of all ages. The first is the “Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop,” based on the green army figures from the Toy Story films.

Our designers envisioned a fun parachute drop experience, where guests will be lifted 25 meters into the air, and then drop and raise up again several times.

In this early sketch, you can see how our designers interpret the classic toys and icons from the film and envision them scaled up to giant size. Here is the “baby monitor” featured in the film.

And now the finished prop in production.

Even the queues for the attractions will be highly themed. Here, guests see Andy’s army toys staged in scenes along the queue.

And here is our production team posing with the full-size toy soldiers for our show.

Another character that seemed a natural for our Playland was Slinky Dog or as he’s known here in France, Zigzag!

We thought Slinky chasing his tail would make a wonderfully charming ride experience.

In the scale model you can see not only the ride, but the Slinky Dog toy box that becomes the covered queue for guests.

John Lasseter actually worked with the team to locate the eyes for the character to make sure they were perfectly placed and scaled.

Our third, and most thrilling ride in Toy Story Playland is based on a very energetic Toy Story character, R.C., the remote-controlled race car!

RC will be racing on a gigantic, classic Hot Wheels race track, just like the one seen in the movie. Only this time, guests will be riding 25 meters up and back in the air!

Here you see the design team sitting in an early mock-up of the custom RC ride vehicle, which will hold 16 guests at a time.

We’re also creating a number of beautiful photo locations, where guests can pose with the classic Toy Story characters. In fact, everything we are designing will be a photo opportunity, because everything in the land will be a toy come to life in a scale you’ve never seen before!

Even the queue of RC Racer is designed after a classic slot-car racetrack! And all of the landscaping and signage and lights – everything in fact – will be scaled to fit with our toy-scale land and/or be designed to look like a toy.

Which means that when Toy Story Playland opens in August of this year, you can finally step into the magical world of the Toy Story and experience a whole new dimension of play with your favorite Toy Story characters…to infinity and beyond as Buzz would say! We hope to see you all there later this summer. Thank you!"

[TimmyTimmyTimmy]

Those pictures do look good. But wouldn´t it be more fun to ride a car on a track in ride based on the test track or just any track? ...a car on a halfpipe going back and forth... I know there are toys out there that do this but still... meh...
Even if the new rides turn out to be great the new land does not have anything major never seen before. Isn´t that what EVERYBODY would prefer? This is something that people wont travel for hours to just to see.
I wonder if people will feel cheap after having been on theese... rides...
They are painting rocks with gold color and calling it a treasure. Oh well...

[bigrossco]

thats great no heavnt read that before very intresting read

[JelleP]

Very interesting...
I kinda start to like TSPL! It looks so beautiful and highly themed, can't wait to see how it's finally going to turn out

[SkySurfer]

I think we all need to stop worrying about Toy Story Playland. These new photos prove that Disney are executing this project at a very high level. I mean John Lasseter himself is involved!

Oh yes! Disney did it. They did a huge campaign for their shareholders and you all got blinded. Yes, these pictures look nice. But hey - its a Buzz. Just a huge Buzz. Nothing more. One building beside we have a big shark. And one park beside we have a big Xwing, a big dragon, a big octopus.... With these pictures they just tried to fool away the real problem. They still built three carnival rides. And yes, they do some themeing. But thats their job!!! Its a DisneyPark!!! They should! But beside all this not-exceptional themeing there are still three rides that a TokyoDisneyLand never would built. Because its not worth for a DisneyPark. Its no ride, for that people will drive hundrets of miles to see it. TSPL is still a milestone in the backwards step of Disney Quality. Plastic Soldiers in a queue line yes or no. Its still a cheap ride and another proof for waste of money!

[pussinboots]

I like that picture of Buzz in model form — that bamboo forest looks like something to explore. Which is a rare treat at the Studios, as we all know. Finally a little intimacy.

I'm also quite relieved to see it's genuine Pixar, American-style Christmas lights and all. It's a huge pile of glittering fluff built around a puff of air*, but at least it looks like it might be some nice fluff.

*That's the second metaphor I came up with, for the record. The first one wasn't as nice.

[pussinboots]

The first of the oversized-toy decorations: (from Disneygazette.fr)

[Alan]

Very similar (probably identical) to the oversized Tinkertoy parts in the Toy Story Mania queue over at Disney's Hollywood Studios:

[JelleP]

Looks cool! Finally they start to theme the attractions (I've been waiting for this a long time )

[Donald-Duck-Malta]

Hehe thanks guys 4 the help=) much appriciated=D