A few notes on Mr. Toad

[WonkaKid]

So: the train whistle has been broken for months. They finally fixed it a few weeks ago. To me, it makes the ending a little more fun and dramatic.

For the past two weeks, CMs have recognized me and allowed me to ride several times in a row, which was very kind. It's one of my favorite rides at DL in part because we rode it as kids at DW. The story that often circulates in my family is that when my brother was driving towards the train, he threw his hands up in the air and simply gave up. He'd been able to navigate my mom through all of the challenges of MT but that last one was too much for him. I sometimes still do that today as a tribute to that memory.

Lastly, after the dynamite room, there's the room with all of the explosions. Recently I misread "kaboom" as "la boom" and now often shout that as I drive through .

Hope all of your future visits are great. I started going to DL every Sunday about a year ago and now am addicted. I'll go twice during Thanksgiving week.

 

[VandVsmama]

Our family really loves the Mr Toad ride. It's one of DH's favorites in the whole park and we go on it every visit.

 

[LizzyS]

Oh man, Mr. Toad is one of my favorite rides at Disneyland! I watched The Wind in the Willows as a kid and always liked it (I even read the book this year, which was adorable). The last time we were at DLR, we had our very first ride breakdown on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride in the Hell portion, lol. We had to walk off the last few feet!

 

[beachdreamr1229]

Aww, I love Mr. Toad. It was my favorite ride when I was little as I thought it was hilarious that we had to go to hell.

 

[Boku41]

I am the opposite. We were only able to go to Disneyland once growing up and that was when Disneyland still used the tickets. I remember being so disappointed that I used a ticket to go on that ride. However, my kids now want to go on Mr. Toad because they have heard my story and they know I don't like it. Because of all of that, it has become sort of a cult favorite for our family.

 

[DharmaLou]

I don't ride it nearly enough. I'll have to make a point to ride it this week.

 

[wench]

I like to harass my son through the whole ride about what a bad driver he is. I get really worked up when his driving inevitably gets me "killed" each time. He thinks it's hilarious. He's 12 now & I keep telling him that based on his performance on MT, he may not be getting a license at 16.

 

[Frozen2014]

It's hard to tell from the Disneyland site what exactly this ride does, but I do look forward to trying it as it is one of the ones not as Disney World, and personally I love the dark /slow/scary rides (as described for the ride)

 

[bumbershoot]

Then everyone says, what about snacks and water and jackets?

I am the opposite. We were only able to go to Disneyland once growing up and that was when Disneyland still used the tickets. I remember being so disappointed that I used a ticket to go on that ride. However, my kids now want to go on Mr. Toad because they have heard my story and they know I don't like it. Because of all of that, it has become sort of a cult favorite for our family.

Aw, don't let an ancient disappointment keep you from it. It's a fun ride. And the wait time is almost always (IME) a blatant lie. It'll say 30 min and end up being 5. I heard a frustrated cm grumble once (as she manually changed the time from 40-10 min) that guests had been messing with the wait time sign.

It's hard to tell from the Disneyland site what exactly this ride does, but I do look forward to trying it as it is one of the ones not as Disney World, and personally I love the dark /slow/scary rides (as described for the ride)

It's a zippy dark ride. You don't actually steer in any meaningful way, though you can pretend.

 

[kgwoozle]

I love Mr Toad, sadly my back does not. It is the one ride the park I can't do.

 

[Reepicheep]

My first trip to Disneyland was in 1968 at age 8. I was young and naïve enough to believe that I was actually driving the Mr. Toad vehicle, and I can clearly remember being both thrilled and concerned at the responsibility I had been given (on other rides, I believed that I was shrunk down to the size of an atom, and took a rocket trip to the moon, so believing I was actually driving a car was not much of a reach for me). I still go on Mr. Toad at least once per Disneyland trip, and I still use the steering wheel to control the vehicle.

When people ask me why an overweight balding 57 year old man gets such enjoyment from going to Disneyland, I try to explain to them that, while at Disneyland, I'm NOT an overweight balding 57 year old man. Through the magic that is Disney, I am transformed once again into that 8 year old child from the Saskatchewan prairies who is experiencing the greatest day of his life...

 

[Congo Queen]

Toad is a classic. I am so happy we still have it at Dland. My family always enjoys the motor trip to nowhere in particular. What a treat to experience a head-on train collision that ends up in such a funny version of H E double hockey-sticks. Really where else do you get such a delightful judgement day in Dland? It's a nice break from all the happy endings Plus like all good dark rides since the turn of the century, Toad affords many good opportunities to cling to your honey bunch in mock horror.

 

[gottalovepluto]

Always liked Mr. Toad! (Admittedly after riding the Matterhorn a couple times I sat down in that wonderfully padded seat on Mr. Toad and my like went to LOVE for that ride!)

 

[chickapin parterre]

My first trip to Disneyland was in 1968 at age 8. I was young and naïve enough to believe that I was actually driving the Mr. Toad vehicle, and I can clearly remember being both thrilled and concerned at the responsibility I had been given (on other rides, I also believed that I was shrunk down to the size of an atom, and took a rocket trip to the moon, so believing I was actually driving a car was not much of a reach for me). I still go on Mr. Toad at least once per Disneyland trip, and I still use the steering wheel to control the vehicle.

When people ask me why an overweight balding 57 year old man gets such enjoyment from going to Disneyland, I try to explain to them that, while at Disneyland, I'm NOT an overweight balding 57 year old man. Through the magic that is Disney, I am transformed once again into that 8 year old child from the Saskatchewan prairies who is experiencing the greatest day of his life...

It was the saskatchewan prairies, I am two years older than you, overweight and balding and for me it was the wilderness of the Mohave desert, out in the middle of nowhere, nothing like what we were reading in school, but walking thru that tunnel and into a whole different land that had no horizon, it had a life changing experince. It is on my bucket list when I win the lottery, that is to research all of the kids from the 60s who had their lives changed by going thru that tunnel. I really think that as children living in the middle of nowhere we had a traumatic consquence that we have not been able to shake because it is deeply embedded in our psyche, much in the same manner that folks won't eat a certian food because of what happend to them as a child with that food.

I like the tiny details , the snow white kitchen, cars moving in london, for me, Mr toad is all about the fireplace.

 

[chickapin parterre]

It's hard to tell from the Disneyland site what exactly this ride does, but I do look forward to trying it as it is one of the ones not as Disney World, and personally I love the dark /slow/scary rides (as described for the ride)

it is a rare art form of a ride, much like a carnival ride in a dark trailer in terms of the vehicle track, you come face to face with a driving incident and then swerve, the vehicle speed is fast, so you miss some of the color and story telling details but the art work is large so the main story line is captured. for new riders, it requires several trips to capture all of the disney magic, as do all the dark rides, riding a fantasy dark ride once is a disservice to you because you miss so much detail and jokes

 

[LizzyS]

My first trip to Disneyland was in 1968 at age 8. I was young and naïve enough to believe that I was actually driving the Mr. Toad vehicle, and I can clearly remember being both thrilled and concerned at the responsibility I had been given (on other rides, I also believed that I was shrunk down to the size of an atom, and took a rocket trip to the moon, so believing I was actually driving a car was not much of a reach for me). I still go on Mr. Toad at least once per Disneyland trip, and I still use the steering wheel to control the vehicle.

When people ask me why an overweight balding 57 year old man gets such enjoyment from going to Disneyland, I try to explain to them that, while at Disneyland, I'm NOT an overweight balding 57 year old man. Through the magic that is Disney, I am transformed once again into that 8 year old child from the Saskatchewan prairies who is experiencing the greatest day of his life...

I just want you to know that I love your post.

 

[dalstitch45]

I love Mr. Toad. I so missed it when it left WDW. Glad I can ride it all I want at DL.

 

[Frozen2014]

it is a rare art form of a ride, much like a carnival ride in a dark trailer in terms of the vehicle track, you come face to face with a driving incident and then swerve, the vehicle speed is fast, so you miss some of the color and story telling details but the art work is large so the main story line is captured. for new riders, it requires several trips to capture all of the disney magic, as do all the dark rides, riding a fantasy dark ride once is a disservice to you because you miss so much detail and jokes

Thanks for explaining. Will keep that in mind and not hesitate to ride it more than once when we are there.

 

[PoohsFan1]

Mr. Toad's was my favorite ride at WDW (along with the Skyway), I don't know how many times I rode it as a kid. I cried when I found out WDW closed it to make room for Pooh and Friends. My family now travels to both WDW and DLR and of course when we go to DL Park, one of the first things I want to do is pay a visit to Mr. Toad's .

 

[Winnowill]

I love the comment about Mr Toad from the Unofficial Guide: "Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride is awesome, and everyone should go on it because it’s about a toad who goes to hell. I feel like that’s a neglected topic in theme parks these days."