auntlynne
Aunt Lynne
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Now that I'm checking it out: amazing what we didn't see in one day
Crush's Coaster: Jump aboard a spinning turtle shell, ride the rocky currents of the EAC and surf along with Nemo and Squirt on a thrilling "undersea" ride...
Walt Disney Imagineering worked for the first time with German company Maurer Söhne, taking their popular Xtended SC-2000 roller coaster model and elaborating upon it to such an extent that its' origins are truly invisible to the visitor.
The coaster itself is housed within the vast walls of Studio 5, occuring largely in darkness with merely projection effects of bubbles. For fans and frequent visitors the attraction is often a point of contention its rather limited capacity not holding up to immense popularity, nor overall themeing and attention-to-detail being quite as lavish as you might expect from Disney for what has become whether the Imagineers (or rather, budget-eers) intended it to be so, a major, must-see ride.
However, the attraction scores well on enough points to ensure it is both hugely convincing, feeling truly as if you're coasting and swirling through undersea currents, and incredibly good fun just look to the never-ending lines for proof.
Opened in June 2007 as part of the first Toon Studio expansion project, which included Cars Quatre Roues Rallye along with the renaming and enhancing of the original land, this attraction is entirely unique to the park and one of the most instantaneously-popular Disney rides in recent memory.
RC Racer: The ultimate racecar track.
Andy has unpacked his RC Racer play set to construct a "Hot Wheels" halfpipe of epic proportions. Towering above you, the curved orange track comes complete with its own lime green RC race car, zooming back and forth, flying up into the air at breathtaking 90-degree angles.
Situated at the back of Toy Story Playland amongst mature trees which double as overgrown bushes in this oversized universe, RC Racer is the big thrill of the land and the park's third roller coaster when it opened in August 2010.
The ride takes inspiration from Mattel's popular Hot Wheels line of toy cars, which famously come paired with the unmistakeable orange track as seen in the Toy Story films. Climbing aboard the huge remote-controlled RC car, riders are propelled forwards and backwards through the station building in a semi-circular "half pipe" of track, quickly building up enough speed to hit the top height of almost 80 feet (24 metres) and the thrilling free-fall back down to Earth which follows.
With its boy racer theme and a ride experience unique across both parks, RC Racer often attracts some unbearably long queues. Even though the outdoor extended queue line provides a brilliant trail along "Scalextric"-style track, past countless clever "plastic" props (such as a garage with stickers for decoration), guests can ultimately spend up to 80 minutes queueing back and forth in a terribly dull and uninspired covered waiting area for a brief 1 minute ride.
Despite this, race car riders always emerge at the end with the beaming smile of a child given a brand new toy an enormous 80-foot new toy and a single wish: "Again!"
Anybody else want to add some vacation time and join us at Disneyland Paris?
I know there's a DLP thread, but they won't have our WBTA DISers there, now will they?
