Toy Story Land | |
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Walt Disney Studios Park | |
Coordinates | 48°52′02.46″N 2°46′38.74″E / 48.8673500°N 2.7774278°E |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | August 17, 2010 |
Hong Kong Disneyland | |
Coordinates | 22°18′37.83″N 114°2′21.22″E / 22.3105083°N 114.0392278°E |
Status | Operating |
Opening date | November 18, 2011 |
Disney's Hollywood Studios | |
Status | Under construction |
Opening date | TBD |
Replaced | Studio Backlot Tour |
Shanghai Disneyland Park | |
Status | Under Construction |
Opening date | TBD |
General Statistics | |
Theme | Toy Story |
Toy Story Land (known as Toy Story Playland at Walt Disney Studios Park) is a themed land at Walt Disney Studios Park, Hong Kong Disneyland and soon to be at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Shanghai Disneyland Park. The area is based on the Disney·Pixar film series Toy Story. In France, it is part of Toon Studio and opened on August 17, 2010 at a cost of 79 million euros. In Hong Kong, Toy Story Land opened on November 18, 2011. A version of Toy Story Land for Disney's Hollywood Studios was announced on August 15, 2015 at the D23 Expo.
During Mickey's Magical Party in 2009, information was leaked about an expansion of Walt Disney Studios Park, the resort later confirmed this. The new Pixar themed area helped promote Toy Story 3. The area is designed to "shrink the guest" down to being the size of a toy, and to play in Andy's Backyard with his toys from the movies. It had do this through using highly immersive theming, using bamboo to act as giant blades of grass surrounding the area, the use of many themed props and characters from the Toy Story movies such as a giant Buzz Lightyear, a giant Rex, an oversized paper plane and a large ball from the first Pixar short, Luxo Jr. The area also features numerous photo opportunities. Construction of the area started in late 2009 and was finished on time. The new area is located to the right of Walt Disney Studios Park, behind the Art of Disney Animation. It has been rumoured that the hugely popular Toy Story Midway Mania attraction, found in Disney's Hollywood Studios at the Walt Disney World Resort, Disney California Adventure Park at the Disneyland Resort and Tokyo DisneySea at the Tokyo Disney Resort may be built here in a few years time.