Andy Castro is back with a super duper Dateline Disneyland today – taking us with him on a preview ride of the new Midway Mania attraction at Disney’s California Adventure. He details the exterior of the attraction, queue, ride experience, and then lets us all know exactly what he thinks about the attraction. Spoilers ahead for those who don’t want to know anything about the new ride.

Midway Mania Mr Potato Head

While the attraction is an innovation in bringing guests into the attraction, it also suffers from a lack of story line, the perhaps inappropriate use of the Toy Story characters, and a lack of set pieces in the attraction. The ride is essentially just a video game. It is inexplicable that at one minute you are on DCA’s boardwalk and the next in Andy’s bedroom playing games inspired by a carnival. However, we really need to put the theme issues aside, because the attraction scores a sold hit of fun and repeatability. There is no doubt that the games were well designed and loads of fun to play. Midway Mania is sure to be a smash success and will likely draw a mixed family crowd. The general consensus on MiceChat is overwhelmingly positive.  These are the types of attractions which set Disney apart from the competition – rides which are fun for everyone!

See all of the photos and Andy’s review of Toy Story Midway Mania HERE

Toy Story Mania queue posters

If you are looking for more information on the attraction, we recommend the following links:

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This entry was posted on Friday, June 13th, 2008 at 7:42 am.
Categories: Dateline Disneyland, Disneyland.



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