Tagged with " Pixar"

The latest in the line of “living characters” at Walt Disney World (Such as Muppet Mobile Labs, Lucky the Dinosaur, and Mr. Potato Head) will be debuting soon at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. Rumors are swirling that a living character of Wall-E from the upcoming Disney-Pixar film of the same name will begin roaming the streets of Pixar Place within a few weeks. Stay tuned to WDW News Today as more info becomes available on this story.

Here is a video previewing the upcoming Toy Story Mania attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, scheduled to open “summer” 2008: The video features the ride vehicles in motion and gives you a pretty good idea of how the spring action cannons operate. Rumors suggest soft-openings for the attraction should begin by April 2008, with an expected opening sometime near Memorial Day weekend.

Here is yet another piece of concept art for Toy Story Mania, scheduled to open “Summer” 2008 at Disney’s Hollywood Studios: This will be the image used for Guide Maps and other promotional materials, it is not a true to life representation of the attraction. The fact that this image has leaked onto the web is yet another indication that the attraction may be in soft-openings by mid-April 2008. Stay tuned for more on Toy Story Mania as we get closer to a possible attraction opening.

From OrlandoSentinel.com: On Sunday morning, Disney had a media preview, of sorts, for two coming-soon attractions at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. We didn’t get to go inside the Toy Story Mania! building, it’s not quite ready for the “hard-hat” tour even. But we did get some official details that had previously been whispered about. After that presentation by Imagineer Chrissie Allen, we watched a live snippet of the Block Party Bash parade show, which is being transferred from California Adventure park in Anaheim. OK, for those of you behind on Toy Story Mania!: it’s a dark ride, set for a “summer” opening in the area that previously housed Who Wants to Be a Millionaire — Play It! The exterior is definitely [...]

News has been slow about the upcoming Toy Story Mania attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, but here are some small bits of information we have been able to pick up on: -The new Pixar Place area is expected to be open sometime between March 20 and April 1, 2008. -Soft Openings for Toy Story Mania are expected to begin between April 15 and May 1, 2008. -The official opening of the attraction should be during the second week of June at both Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World and Disney’s California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort. We will try to provide more on the attraction as we get closer to opening day. None of the notes above have been [...]