On 9 April 2006 Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast opened officially for guests. In the morning Karl Holz, Euro Disney SCA CEO at that time, dedicated the attraction with a small ceremony and then rode the attraction.
The on-ride camera captured this photo of the current president of Disney Cruise Line…
On May the 4th (be with you) 2005 I was wondering through Discoveryland when I suddenly stumbled upon a maintenance Cast Member apparently making a drawing. I asked what he was doing, so he showed me his sketch of Orbitron – Machines Volantes and Space Mountain: Mission 2.
It turned out he loved making sketches of attractions in the park during his break.
Some changes have been made to our Instagram. Just until recently we used Instagram only to post live photos from the Parks, but this caused our photo stream to remain silent in between trips. Therefor a “photo of the day” as well as “Throwback Thursday” will fill in that gap!
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Today Toy Story Playland celebrated its birthday. Exactly three years ago this mini-land with three unique Disney attractions, one shop and lots of themed props were added to the existing Toon Studio zone, on a grassy field next to the Studio Tram Tour Behind the Magic station.
Around 2008 a former French website dedicated to Disneyland Paris broke news that three temporary, unthemed fun fair attractions would be installed in Walt Disney Studios Park to help with the struggling need for additional capacity. This rumor persisted for a long time, but was finally dismissed when plans where revealed to add an entire mini-land dedicated to the world and characters of Pixar’s first animated feature film.
Plans for the land evolved over the course of months, from a flat version build on an oversized board game to the lush version with large bamboos and large Christmas lights. Even the number of attractions was changed as two RC Racer tracks were downgraded to just one and some for Toy Soldier Parachute Drop. A playground was also supposed to be part of the Fort Emery, was dropped as well.
After the land opened in Walt Disney Studios Park it was adapted for Hong Kong Disneyland and there’s a rumor that Shanghai Disneyland might feature their own version as well.
Happy birthday Andy and the Toy Story gang!
See the Toy Story Playland photo albums:
The Finding Nemo photo location was located on what’s now Hollywood Boulevard. It followed up on the Bugs Land photo location around 2004 and featured an underwater backdrop with a large Bruce the shark suspended on it. Guests had to take place in front of a rocky coral featuring Marlin and Dory, which “disappeared” from time to time.
The photo location eventually went away when Hollywood Boulevard construction was being prepared.
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