{"id":57,"date":"2017-11-15T02:39:44","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T02:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wdwnow\/?p=57"},"modified":"2017-12-06T03:32:15","modified_gmt":"2017-12-06T03:32:15","slug":"will-toy-story-land-be-any-good-a-sneak-preview-from-hong-kong-disneyland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/wdwnow\/2017\/11\/15\/will-toy-story-land-be-any-good-a-sneak-preview-from-hong-kong-disneyland\/","title":{"rendered":"Will Toy Story Land Be Any Good? A Sneak Preview from Hong Kong Disneyland"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Im super excited for Toy Story Land! Toy story was probably my favorite movie growing up. Check out this article posted on the Dis.com about the new land and the already existing one in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

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When I heard the\u00a0D23 Expo<\/a>\u00a0announcement that\u00a0Hollywood Studios<\/a>\u2018\u00a0Toy Story Land would be opening in the summer of 2018 (only 3 years after it was\u00a0first announced<\/a>), it impacted me in a way that might be different from other folks.\u00a0 Instead of being excited, I started to get very worried. \u00a0That\u2019s because I have experienced\u00a0Hong Kong Disneyland<\/a>\u2019s Toy Story Land, and honestly, I wasn\u2019t that impressed.\u00a0 The fact that our Toy Story Land could be put together so quickly makes me feel like it might be pretty similar to what I saw in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n

I had the opportunity to visit Hong Kong Disneyland in August of 2014 and I stayed onsite at the\u00a0Hong Kong Disneyland Hotel<\/a>.\u00a0 This was a quick trip, and I was only able to spend about eight hours in the park.\u00a0 And just in case my opinion was\u00a0biased\u00a0by the weather, I will say upfront that it was very hot and very humid that day. \u00a0In fact, it was hotter, and more humid, than any weather I\u2019ve ever experienced in\u00a0Walt Disney World<\/a>\u00a0in August.\u00a0 And it was crowded.\u00a0\u00a0 Despite all this, I really enjoyed my visit to Hong Kong Disneyland, but I was quite underwhelmed with Toy Story Land.<\/p>\n

Toy Story Land is one of seven\u00a0lands at Hong Kong Disneyland.\u00a0\u00a0The remaining lands are: Main Street USA, Adventureland, Fantasyland, \u00a0Tomorrowland, Mystic Point, and Grizzly Gulch. \u00a0With limited time at the park, my main priority was to ride the one-and-only\u00a0Mystic Manor<\/a>\u00a0in Mystic Point, and to find anything else that was unique or different about Hong Kong Disneyland.\u00a0\u00a0 The heat and humidity of the day may have impacted my opinion, so I\u2019ll mention it again.<\/p>\n

Upon entering the park, I headed immediately for Mystic Manor, an attraction that I knew didn\u2019t exist\u00a0at any other park. \u00a0When I arrived, the\u00a0wait time was almost an hour.\u00a0\u00a0 I waited for it, \u00a0and I enjoyed it immensely.\u00a0 But after that, I realized that I then had less than six\u00a0hours to spend in the park before it closed for the evening. \u00a0 Toy Story Land was the next land over, so I headed over to see what I could see and continue my tour\u00a0around the park.<\/p>\n

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First, the good: \u00a0<\/strong>The land was very cute, with lots of theming, bright colors and interesting things to look at.\u00a0 The idea behind it is that you are in Andy\u2019s backyard with\u00a0all of his toys. \u00a0I took a couple of cute pictures of the land. \u00a0It contains three attractions:\u00a0Toy Soldier Parachute Drop<\/a>,\u00a0Slinky Dog Spin<\/a>, and\u00a0RC Racer<\/a>. There is also a meet and greet with Woody and Jessie called\u00a0Barrel of Fun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, the not so good: \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>First off, did I mention that it was very hot and very humid?\u00a0 Well, as I was walking through the land, there didn\u2019t seem to be any shade\u2026at all.\u00a0 It was so sunny and so bright, and all the ride queues seemed to be outside.\u00a0 As I walked around, I debated if anything was worth waiting out in the heat and humidity for, in the limited time that I had. \u00a0In the end I decided that all of these attractions, while cute and well-themed, were nothing special and not worth the wait. \u00a0This was somewhat similar to\u00a0how I felt when\u00a0I visited\u00a0A Bug\u2019s Land<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0Disney California Adventure Park<\/a>\u00a0for the first time.<\/p>\n

Toy Soldier Parachute Drop<\/a>\u00a0appeared to be a traditional \u201cparachute ride\u201d that you might see at any carnival or boardwalk on the Jersey Shore.\u00a0 It goes up and down, at a relatively slow speed.<\/p>\n

Slinky Dog Spin<\/a>\u00a0is a slow moving \u201ctrain\u201d of sorts that goes around in a continuous circle.<\/p>\n

RC Racer<\/a>\u00a0is\u00a0the \u201cthrill ride\u201d of the land. The track is shaped like a \u201cU\u201d and the car moves forwards and backwards along the track at relatively high speeds.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t go upside down, and it reminded me of a more intense version of the\u00a0Pirate<\/a>\u00a0Ship<\/a>\u00a0ride\u00a0that you can see at theme parks everywhere.<\/p>\n

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