Exhibit at Disney’s Hollywood Studios previews Toy Story Land

Walt Disney World has revamped and renamed a display that looks at the company’s history and its future. The One Man’s Dream attraction is now called Walt Disney Presents at Disney’s Hollywood Studios theme park.

The bulk of the king-sized photography, models and relics remain, sometimes in new spots. It’s basically arranged chronologically, dating back the childhood of Walt Disney Himself. Notable among the new elements are models of Toy Story Land and a portion of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge plus images for Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway.

The miniaturized Toy Story Land model gives the bigger picture of it all, and it illustrates how spread out the Slinky Dog Dash, a family-style roller coaster, will be. There’s a lot to look at, with wee characters populating the area, and that reflects the you’re-shrunk-down theming coming in real life.

There are larger models presented for the coaster’s car, shaped like a springy dachshund, and for the Alien Swirling Saucers, a spinning ride.

All this is behind a clear, floor-to-ceiling partition. You can’t walk around it like you could previous models.

Across the aisle is a “portion of Space Port model” coming for Galaxy’s Edge. The scale appears larger, but it shows a lower percentage of the upcoming land than the Toy Story one does.

The Runaway Railway attraction, going into the Chinese Theater space that housed the Great Movie Ride, is featured mainly with renderings, photographs and images of creative types working on the ride. A text block says MMRR will “feature a new story and a new singable attraction theme song as well as a new experience we’re calling 2 1/2 D.” (There will be no special viewing glasses required, Disney says.)

Remaining in the attraction is a 15-minute film called “One Man’s Dream” and the meet and greet area for “Guardians of the Galaxy” characters Star-Lord and Groot. I was happy to see animatronic Abraham Lincoln and the film footage of Orlando’s own Buddy Ebsen dancing are still in place.

The exterior of the Walt Disney Presents building also got an addition: A marquee over the entrance.

In November, a sneak peek of the animated film “Coco,” will be installed in the Walt Disney Presents area. The movie, featuring the voices of Edward James Olmos, Gael Garcia Bernel, Benjamin Bratt, Alanna Ubach and Anthony Gonzalez, arrives in theaters on Nov. 22.

 

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