Toy Story Land at Walt Disney World Ultimate Guide

Toy Story Land Rides and Attractions

Let’s talk about the thing that will take up most of your time in Toy Story Land-the rides! In Toy Story Land there are three rides; Slinky Dog Dash, Toy Story Mania, and Alien Swirling Saucers. It’s important to know how these attractions size up when it comes to lines and crowds. Slinky Dog Dash is the #1 ride in this area and will have a long line all day. If you’re bent on riding it during your trip, aim for the lunchtime hour, 12-1 or 2 pm. The second most popular ride is Midway Mania, and the third most popular is Alien Swirling Saucers. This last one shouldn’t require more than a 30-minute wait. But the other two rides can go over a 60-minute wait if you’re traveling during busy times. 

Slinky Dog Dash

Slinky Dog Dash is a great family-friendly roller coaster at Walt Disney World. Growing up an hour from Cedar Point, the Roller Coaster Capital of the World, we can be kind of snobby when it comes to roller coasters, and this one doesn’t disappoint. This ride is long enough to feel worth the wait, fast enough to be thrilling and most importantly, smooth enough that there are times that it looks and feels like you’re floating on clouds. Slinky Dog Dash covers a lot of ground in Andy’s Backyard. No matter what you will get a great view of Toy Story Land from the coaster. It’s fantastic any time of day, but we highly recommend trying it at night for an even better experience. The track lights up and the bird’s eye view of the lit-up park is really just stunning. 

Toy Story Mania

Toy Story Mania is the same classic Toy Story Ride you’ve always loved at Hollywood Studios, complete with 3D glasses,  but with an even better queue. Luckily, due to the popularity of Slinky Dog Dash, we found that Toy Story Mania’s wait times were nowhere near the 2 hour wait times we had remembered in the past. Every morning we were in Toy Story Land, we noticed Toy Story Mania was a thirty-minute or less wait. However, as the day went on that time did go up. So just remember our number one tip always, plan to get there early!

Alien Swirling Saucers

Alien Swirling Saucers is essentially the same ride as Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree if you’ve ever been to California Adventure in Disneyland. If you haven’t, that’s ok too. It’s a pretty simple carnival ride concept. The ride will basically slide your saucer back and forth across the floor and whip you around the playset. Six different mix tracks of Toy Story music plays in the background. This is a super cute ride that little ones will love and honestly, we really loved it too. 

While Alien Swirling Saucers is absolutely adorable and we are so happy those little aliens are finally getting their moment, the ride is pretty short. If it’s the only thing you want to ride in Toy Story Land, then feel free to wait longer. We think under half an hour is pretty doable if you time it right. Try to ride during meal times, earlier or later in the day, or during other events happening in the Park. With shows and the March of the First-order, we anticipate most people will be exiting Toy Story Land.

Toy Story Land Ride Tips

The queues for Slinky Dog Dash and Alien Swirling Saucers are not that well shaded at the back of the line when the line is really long. Be sure you either have an umbrella when it’s hot or try to plan to wait only during around 75 minute wait periods for Slinky Dog Dash and 40 minute waits for Alien Swirling Saucers. Disney did seem to be aware of the issue as they started putting up large umbrellas the second day we were there, but just be aware that this is a current issue with these queues.

Toy Story Land Details

If there’s one thing you guys should know about us, we love the details! We love looking for hidden mickeys, historical references on Main Street, and noticing the smells in every area of the Parks.

The details in Toy Story Land are really what makes it as spectacular as it is in our opinion. Be sure to take the time to notice them. The Imagineers have put thought into every inch of Andy’s Backyard and the result has been more impressive than we could have imagined! Take a look at Woody’s Lunchbox, for example. The actual façade of the restaurant is a lunchbox. It is being held open by a thermos. Seats are made up of babybel cheese, straws hold up the makeshift umbrellas, which are made of none other than cardboard from Andy’s toys. They are held together by pieces of tape. It looks exactly like something I would have made for my toys when I was a little girl or for my daughter’s toys.

And as we mentioned before, Andy’s footprints are everywhere in Toy Story Land. Take the time to notice them! They’re huge and make for such a cute photo. We noticed so many people just walking by them and when we would wait for the crowds to clear out so we could get a picture, other guests would notice and we could tell they had no idea the footprints were even there.

Toy Story Land Disney Walls and Photo Ops

Even the restrooms are cute! Made up of brightly colored building blocks, cooties(love those!) and scrabble pieces, you’ll find yourself snapping photos of yet another restroom area at Walt Disney World. Strange?! Maybe, but who cares?! It’s adorable and we love it. You can find all of the Toy Story Land Walls in our Even More Disney Walls of Instagram post. 

Where Can you Find Disney Walls in Toy Story Land?

• Toy Story Land now has the Popsicle Stick Wall and Checkerboard Wall which are both at the exit of Midway Mania. No need to ride the ride just for the photos, just enter where you see the giant Luxo Ball.
• The Luxo Ball itself is a great place to take a few pictures and we are loving all of the fun poses on social media that people are coming up with for this one!
• The Block Wall is actually located near the restrooms and is a super fun, colorful wall that will make you feel like a kid again. And no worries about taking photos here; lots of other people were too. 🙂
• The Woody Statue at the entrance to Toy Story Land itself is a great place to take pictures and we saw Photopass Photographers there all day, so grabbing a quick picture should be easy! You can find the Buzz Lightyear Statue posing in front of Alien Swirling Saucers.

Honestly, there are SO many photo opportunities in Toy Story Land and we are really just scratching the surface here.

Toy Story Land Entertainment

As of right now, the only “entertainment” that Toy Story Land has is a little show featuring everyone’s favorite Green Army Men. They march in a small drum corps-making my marching band heart so happy!- And watching them pick up their plastic feet to the beat of the drums is just magical. The army men recruit new soldiers into the Platoon and incorporate play into the show and it’s just such a fun little parade/show to watch. The shows occur throughout the day, so just keep your eyes peeled! The toy soldiers also interact with guests throughout the day just at random, sometimes giving missions or training sessions. So fun!

Toy Story Land Character Meet and Greets

You can definitely plan on meeting all of your favorite Toy Story characters in Andy’s Backyard! And now, with even more fun backdrops! Photopass photographers are available throughout Toy Story Land ready to capture your best pose with your favorite Toys! You can see Woody, and Buzz pretty regularly. and every once in a while Bo Peep shows up.