Toy Story Playland (General discussion)

[Clara2141]

Thanks Claire oooo I can't wait to see his expression, I am seeing the third one tomorrow, hope I don't cry! I hope you do manage to go in December, love the park at that time of the year!

I think anyone who doesn't cry just isn't human imo!

I've been sorting out my videos from my trip and thought I should post this here: the army men drop testing. You can hear some of the Sarge voice over stuff. And I did take a peek over at the big Buzz too. Apologies for how wobbly it is - I had to take it whilst walking.

Thank you for that video - my other half is a bit nervous of thrill rides (I took her on Crush last year - she was not impressed) but that looks like something we can go on together. I like a lot.

And yes - anyone who doesn't cry or even just get tears in their eyes at TS3 is wrong, I sobbed and sobbed at the end. Attractive.

[SM:M3]

OK some quick news, inside the Blue Barrel is a small retail kiosk, perhaps selling similar stuff to the one planned for Hong Kong, although I can't remember what that one was meant to sell!

[Alan]

You'd think Toy Story Playland would have a proper shop selling... toys. Surely it's the perfect place to sell figures of Buzz Lightyear and Woody? Maybe they're waiting to build Toy Story Mania, where they'll put an indoor shop after the ride's unload area.

[pussinboots]

You'd think Toy Story Playland would have a proper shop selling... toys. Surely it's the perfect place to sell figures of Buzz Lightyear and Woody? Maybe they're waiting to build Toy Story Mania, where they'll put an indoor shop after the ride's unload area.

Perhaps someone calculated that a merchandise kiosk brings in the same revenue as a full-blown shop? I still don't get it either. Toy Story Playland will surely be the place to be this late summer and fall, and they won't have a shop to capitalize on it.

Anyway, that's not a very good spot for a vending location, isn't it? Bit of a bottleneck. Although it will see plenty of traffic.

[Anthony]

Anyway, that's not a very good spot for a vending location, isn't it? Bit of a bottleneck. Although it will see plenty of traffic.

I think the kiosk will be in the open lid of the barrel, actually sitting just to the left of the tunnel. From the looks of some of the photos there's a nice shady circle there in front of it.

While the lack of a shop is weird, it's more surprising we haven't even heard of a single food kiosk. Will people really have to traipse all the way to the "Kool Zone" or that one opposite Cars (which possibly only sells ice cream)? Don't even mention toilets. It's a shame that will all the additions so far (expect perhaps for Tower of Terror) the food and retail, all this really essential infrastructure for a theme park, has appeared just as an afterthought... the operations teams move in a week before opening and think "right, where can we stick a hot dog truck?".

[pussinboots]

Ah, I hadn't spotted a lid. That makes sense.

And well, a hot dog cart is probably precisely what we'll see, of course... I'm sure they'll stick some light themeing on one of their ODVs. A Coca-Cola toy truck, perhaps? Which brings us to toilets again...

But personally, I still can't see how that makes sense from a business perspective. Aren't they far more likely to make a sale in an inviting building, where people seek shelter from the elements or simply a place to sit down? I for one have never bought anything from a merchandise cart and have only very rarely bought food or beverages from an ODV... And only when they sell something you can't get in the regular outlets, such as crêpes or those Perrier cocktails. But anyway, I suppose we'll never know.

Ratatouille might bring us all three missing facilities, anyway.

[Donald-Duck-Malta]

Hey guys!

Don't know if this has been posted yet, but whilst browsing I found this article on The New Toy Story Playland, whats the great thing about the article is that in the article there is a photo of REX which was taken inside Toy Story Playland by the journalist...So its nice to see it on picture before seeing it in real life!

Enjoy



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[paterdave2]

After reading all 103 pages tonight and becoming a member here I'm still wondering about 2 things.

They are building the same land in DLHK but you don't hear anybody about that.
Fot that park the only thing you hear about TSPL is:
WOW great and more of that stuff.
What is so diffrent between paris and hong kong I don't know.

Speaking for myself I don't like the land and I like the land.
The rides are not that interesting for me except rc racer but the theming is done great I think.

The second thing I found strange here is the way people speak to one another.
Steve says I like it and Danny goes back that Steve is mad because the park is the worst and this part is even worse and so on and so on.
Yes we know that WDS isn't the best Disney park out there but you can't compare 2 diffrent kind of parks with each other. For exsample we don't compare DLP with WDS do we so whe compare it with TDS yes it is another second gate but it has a whole diffrent theme.
There is even spoken that europeans don't know the Disney feeling(well excuse me but were did americans come from?????)
Also people say that for the price we pay here to get to DLP we can go to Tokyo or Orlando
Sorry but a ticket to Japan or the states are a little bit more expencive than the trip to DLP for us here in europe.

So after that's being said I hope that all of you who are there on 17th of august have a great time and I know that if you don't I will when I'm there in november.

[Anthony]

Ratatouille might bring us all three missing facilities, anyway.

Yep, probably exactly what they're waiting for. Just unfortunate something couldn't have been planned to open now in the vein of Toilets of Terror. Toilettes de Paris perhaps. The area could be lacking this stuff for two years or more if they wait for the Rat.

Heyyy that's great! And Rex isn't in the planter like on the scale model or even behind a barrier? They probably realised people would climb into the plants or over the barrier anyway, so that's good!

Not that I hoped for anything less, but these figures really are very sculpted and decorated. The detail and variety of all the other props is almost overwhelming for the Studios. Whatever the rides provide (or don't), it's good to have something purely fun with a lot of greenery and colour in our very serious concrete box park. (No, I still don't understand why Production Courtyard with its ridiculous name isn't given half the criticism of this land)

[tubbsy]

Wow! Rex looks amazing! So we have Buzz and Rex, are there any other characters? I am getting more excited!
I do agree though that they have missed a trick for people to have somewhere to sit down and eat. they could have even had a little shop within the cafe to sell merchandise. And as for hunting for toilets! My youngest is one of those that needs to go now!

[TimmyTimmyTimmy]

"Sorry but a ticket to Japan or the states are a little bit more expencive than the trip to DLP for us here in europe."

Yes but a good place stay at, food and other expances? Airfare is much more expensive to Japan. But everything else is cheaper in Tokyo. It eavens out. I am sure one can find a rats nest to stay in Paris and eat garbage... but that was not what I ment. When it comes to the park experience we can´t even compare Japan To France. Two different worlds, one is great and the other is... not as great. You can go and experience Disney in Tokyo and get about the same standards for the same money as Paris.

[claire2281]

Wow! Rex looks amazing! So we have Buzz and Rex, are there any other characters? I am getting more excited!

They are excellent - absolutely perfect likenesses!

And surely there has to be a Woody in there somewhere. Unless Andy's taken him inside with him

[toritinker]

rex looks amazing, thank you for sharing x

[tubbsy]

"Sorry but a ticket to Japan or the states are a little bit more expencive than the trip to DLP for us here in europe."

Yes but a good place stay at, food and other expances? Airfare is much more expensive to Japan. But everything else is cheaper in Tokyo. It eavens out. I am sure one can find a rats nest to stay in Paris and eat garbage... but that was not what I ment. When it comes to the park experience we can´t even compare Japan To France. Two different worlds, one is great and the other is... not as great. You can go and experience Disney in Tokyo and get about the same standards for the same money as Paris.

See now I'll be honest here TimmytimmyTimmy, I've only ever priced up America and it isnt cost effective for us as I have to book fairly late as DH's holiday times can be ..... unpredictable. We're really lucky to have been able to take advantage of the 40% So when pricing up for America at short notice its silly prices and not in the right direction.

[disneyrules]

Wow i think rex looks really cool. I would love to see him there
I wonder if eventually they will build a statue of woody or another character.

[ed-uk]

Tubbsy, the vast majority of British people who want to go on a Disney holiday go to DLP or WDW, they don't go to Japan for it. Like you we are also taking advantage of the 40% off and going to DLP in November for Disney's Bonfire night. If Timmy Timmy Timmy likes DisneySea the best then he has to go to Japan for it, and that's it. EuroDisney never promised us DisneySea in Europe. For anybody who knows the history of EuroDisney they will know that the second park was always going to be a studios. The Studios has started off small because when DLP first opened it lost a lot of money. I'm sure you will find much to enjoy in TSPL.

[davewasbaloo]

And to be fair, the original plan for the Studios was not that much grander than what we actually got.

[Alan]

The Studios has started off small because when DLP first opened it lost a lot of money.

That's not strictly true, is it. Disneyland Park was always a success. It was the seven resort hotels, which had very low occupancy rates, that lost the Resort as a whole "a lot of money".

[ed-uk]

No I'm sorry Alan it is true, EuroDisney lost a lot of money. The theme park was popular but the resort lost money. They have six big hotels and they were expensive, they still are. So they should have built less hotels. It doesn't matter, the project was not a financial success. So when they opened their second park, it wasn't going to be on the scale of DisneySea.

[davewasbaloo]

Hence some of my replies about the market, expectations and behaviours. I adore DLP. But I do wonder whether it should have been built in the first place.