Toy Story Midway Mania details and notes

Posted: Monday May 5, 2008 by WDWMAGIC Staff

The Queue

There is a FASTPASS, single rider and standby line.
The majority of the standby queue is indoors, and seems to be able to hold around 60 minutes of wait when FASTPASS is not running.
There is an overflow queue area outside the main entrance to the left of the building, which is outdoor.
Guests entering via the FASTPASS or single rider line are not going to see Mr Potato Head.
Music from the Toy Story movies plays throughout the queue area.
Queue is on two levels, with a staircase taking guests up and over the queue, and back down to the load platform.
Mr Potato Head audio provides the safety instructions prior to boarding.
Guests entering the FASTPASS line can briefly see into the load area via a couple of windows.
There is a hidden Mickey in the queue area.
Guests pickup their 3D glasses about midway through the queue. There are two independent pickup locations for standby and FASTPASS lines.

Mr Potato head

A living Character, that is able to interact with guests in the queue. Eg. Wish someone a happy birthday, or identify someone by the color of their shirt.
He is located about midway through the standby queue.
Has the ability to remove an ear, and replace it.
Tells jokes, sings songs, talks to the crowd, and generally entertains.
Has a large number of motions including: eyebrows, lips, eyes, feet. body, both arms, fingers, hat tip, head.
Guests entering via the FASTPASS or Single Rider line will not see Mr Potato Head.

The Ride Vehicles

There is currently no height requirement, although kids cannot ride on laps due to the lap bar.
Ride tram comprises of 2 vehicles per tram, with 4 guests per vehicle, giving a total of 8 guests per tram.
Each ride vehicle tram holds 4 guests, seated 2 by 2, back to back.
Although you may leave the station facing forwards or backwards, your position will vary throughout the ride, and game play takes place facing sidewards.
Each seat has a lap bar, with integrated shooter mount. The shooter moves position depending how far the lap bar moves in, to position it perfectly.
As well as the lap bar, each vehicle has a door on both sides.
The firing mechanism is a pull cord, that you pull towards yourself, and then let go.
There is a LCD screen (roughly 10" width) in each car between the 2 riders that shows score the current game, total score for the ride, and shooting accuracy.
There is a CC button under the screen that describes the audio as text.
Two 8 person vehicles are loaded at once at the load bay, using a traditional numbered boarding area. Automatic gates are in place.
There is a dedicated loading bay for guests in wheelchairs. Once the vehicle is loaded, it joins the main track.
The vehicle has the capability to move fairly quickly, and does spin. The spinning is not excessive, and would seem unlikely to cause motion sickness issues.

The Game play

Action begins with a training round, that familiarizes guests with the shooter.
The vehicle then moves to 5 different game booths, where a different character from Toy Story hosts each game.
The action is in high definition 3D, with guests wearing 3D glasses.
Hitting certain targets causes physical effects, such as water and air blasts.
There is a great feeling of depth and gravity to the shooter projectiles.
You and the guest sitting next to you play on the same booth, meaning all the targets are shared.
It's possible to hit your partners projectile (eg. a ring), and knock it out of the way to beat them to a target.
At the end of your game, you see the top 3 scores of the day, and the current highest score of the month. No names are assigned to the scores however.