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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

4. We can’t wait for Jessie to have her rightful place! It’s about time Jessie had her own personal, permanent place to meet Guests! We used to be able to meet the yodeling cowgirl in Frontierland at Magic Kingdom. But in the recent years, meet and greets with Jessie have been scarce at best. We can still wave to her during the Move It! S

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

5. We can’t wait to finally meet Woody and Buzz at their own stomping grounds! To this day, one of the most interactive character encounters Guests can have at Walt Disney World is the encounter with Woody and Buzz at Pixar Place at Hollywood Studios. But once Toy Story Land opens, we’ll be able to meet the dynamic toy duo inside their ow

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

6. We can’t wait to eat lunch at Woody’s Lunch Box! We can’t wait to have lunch at Toy Story Land at the new quick-service eatery called Woody’s Lunch Box! (Even if we aren’t hungry, we plan to step right up and order something!) Andy has taken his vintage Sheriff Woody lunch box, turned it on its side and propped it open with a thermos.

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

7. We can’t wait to be declared “honorary toys.” When the new land opens, we will find the kid in all of us (if we haven’t already) as we get to pretend to be Andy’s toys. That’s right—the entire premise of the new Toy Story Land is that we have all been shrunk to toy-size—like we are inside the Toy Story Mania attraction.  We will enjoy

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

8. We can’t wait to experience Toy Story Mania as part of the new land. Anytime is a good time to enjoy the Toy Story Mania attraction! Everyone loves this fun carnival game-type attraction that features all the cast of toys from the Toy Storyfilms. We’ve loved it since it opened at Disney World in 2008. But we’re even more excited about

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

9. We can’t wait to ride Alien Swirling Saucers. “You have saved our lives; we are eternally grateful!” That’s about the extent of the little green alien men’s lines in the Toy Storymovies. But Disney’s Imagineers were kind in recognizing these minor characters as well. We will get to board a toy rocket in this attraction and hold on tigh

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

10. We can’t wait to ride Slinky Dog Dash. The Slinky Dog Dash is one of two completely new attractions that will call the new Toy Story Land their home. You remember Slinky from all three installments of the Toy Storyfilm franchise—he’s Woody’s ever faithful sidekick and also his greatest supporter. In Toy Story, Slinky defends Woody whe

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Spoiler Alert! 10 Things We Can’t Wait to Do at Walt Disney World’s Toy Story Land

Likely the most anticipated event of this summer at the Walt Disney World Resort in Florida is the long-awaited opening of Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (We’ve been waiting for over three years now!) And we are excitedly counting down the days to June 30, when fans of Woody, Buzz, Jessie, Slinky and the gang will finally b

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Walt Disney World Through the Years; Then to Now, to What’s Next?

2. From Then to Now and Beyond—Preparing to Celebrate Walt Disney World’s 50th Anniversary. The beginning of the fifth decade of Walt Disney World began with the largest expansion since its opening.  The total transformation of Fantasyland in the Magic Kingdom, doubling the size of the original Fantasyland from 10 to 21 acres took almost

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Walt Disney World Through the Years; Then to Now, to What’s Next?

3. Welcome to the 21stCentury and the Fourth Decade at Walt Disney World Walt Disney World was totally prepared for the phenomenon of Y2K, when prophets and physics had predicted either the end of the world or at least an end to civilization because of a monumental loss of power. Thankfully, there was basically no interference whatsoever

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