Toy Story fans are in for a real treat at Disneyland Paris. With a dedicated Toy Story Playland, awesome rides, character meet and greets and a Toy Story-themed hotel, Disneyland Paris is a Toy Story dream!
For those of you planning a trip, we wanted to share our guide on where to find everything Toy Story at Disneyland Paris.
Toy Story at Disneyland Paris
If you are in search of Toy Story attractions in Disneyland Paris then you are in luck!
Both the main Disneyland Park and the Walt Disney Studios Park have Toy Story-themed attractions and Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne, one of the onsite hotels at Disneyland Paris, is Toy Story/Wild West themed.
There are also opportunities to meet the Toy Story characters and shop for Toy Story souvenirs!
1 | Disney’s Hotel Cheyenne
Often referred to as ‘The Toy Story Hotel’ at Disneyland Paris, Hotel Cheyenne is a Toy Story/Wild West-themed hotel.
The hotel is a must for Toy Story fans and there are some wonderful Toy Story touches – Woody and Jessie feature on the lampshades, wallpaper borders and paintings in the bedrooms.
One of the highlights for Toy Story fans is the daily Woody and Jessie meet and greets hosted in the hotel lobby. Every morning between 8.15am and 11am Woodie and Jessie take turns meeting hotel guests – we always pop back to the hotel for a late morning break and our kids love dressing in their Toy Story outfits and catching the end of the meet and greet. It’s a great opportunity to meet Woodie and Jessie without having to queue in the parks.
As well as all the Toy Story fun, one of the greatest perks of staying onsite is Extra Magic Hour. As a Cheyenne hotel guest, you are granted early access to both Disneyland Park and Walt Disney Studios Park a full hour before regular opening. This means you can access many of the most popular rides when queue times are minimal and enjoy the park with limited crowds.
Disney Hotel Cheyenne tip: we’ve stayed at all 5 of the onsite hotels currently open (Marvel, Santa Fe, Sequoia Lodge, Newport Bay Club and Cheyenne) in recent months and absolutley love Cheyenne! It’s an excellent 3* hotel with great rooms, food and themeing.
Toy Story at Walt Disney Studios Park
Much of the Toy Story action happens in Walt Disney Studios Park at Disneyland Paris. Part of the park is dedicated to the World of Pixar and classics including Finding Nemo, Ratatouille, Cars and Toy Story.
In Toy Story Playland, part of World of Pixar, you will find three Toy Story Rides. They are part of an area called Toy Story Playland.
Toy Story Playland
Toy Story Playland is designed to make guests feel like they’ve shrunk to the size of a Toy and are part of Andy’s collection!
Buzz Lightyear stands tall at one of the entrances to the land and you’ll also find Rex inside.
The whole area is colourful and fun and the detail is wonderful – keep an eye out for Mr Potato Head, the Etch-a-Sketch and the murals as you wander around Toy Story Playland.
2 | Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop
Location: Toy Story Playland, Worlds of Pixar, Walt Disney Studios
Height Requirement: 81cm
Disney Premier Access available to purchase: no
Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop is based on the scene from the original Toy Story movie where the Green Army parachute down the stairs to check out Andy’s birthday presents.
In Disneyland Paris, riders have been enlisted to Sarge’s Little Green Regiment and must learn how to parachute. After buckling up, the parachutes climb slowly to over 80 feet high before pausing at the top and freefalling towards the ground.
The views from the top are fantastic!
Toy Story Guide Disneyland Paris tip: Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop is a popular ride and the wait time reflects this. If you are riding alone or don’t mind spliiting across parachutes, the single rider line is a great option.
3 | RC Racer
Location: Toy Story Playland, Worlds of Pixar, Walt Disney Studios
Minimum Height Requirement: 1.20m
Disney Premier Access available to purchase: no
The Toy Story-themed RC Racer is one of our favorite thrill rides in Walt Disney Studios!
Andy has unpacked his RC Racer and has built this awesome half pipe that towers over Walt Disney Studios – you can’t miss the distinctive orange Hot Wheels half pipe as you walk through the park!
The queue follows a Scaletrix track lined with cool props that make you feel like you have been shrunk to toy size before you board the remote-controlled car. Riders are then propelled backwards and forwards through the half-pipe reaching a height of over 80 metres.
Toy Story Guide Disneyland Paris tip: RC Racer has 5 rows with 4 guests in each – we love riding in the front row! Wait times can be long so we suggest riding early in the morning or utilising the Single Rider queue.
4 | Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin
Location: Toy Story Playland, World of Pixar, Walt Disney Studios
Age Requirement: 1 year (no height restriction)
Disney Premier Access available to purchase: no
A gentle rollercoaster-style ride for younger guests, Slinky Dog chases his tale round and round his dog bowl on Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin. The Slinky Dog carriages weave up and down on a small incline as the ride loops around.
5 | Meet Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear
Location: Toon Studios, World of Pixar, Walt Disney Studios
Woody, Jessie and Buzz Lightyear make daily appearances in Walt Disney Studios. The queues can be quite short and a PhotoPass photographer usually accompanies the characters.
You can check out the meet and greet times on the app – they are listed under characters on the Disneyland Paris app home screen.
5 | Toy Story Playland Boutique
For Toy Story-themed souvenirs check out the Toy Story PlayLand Boutique in Walt Disney Studios. There’s also lots of Toy Story souvenirs in the gift store at Cheyenne.
Disneyland Paris Park
The Toy Story fun continues in the Disneyland Paris park with Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast.
6 | Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast
Location: Discoveryland, Disneyland Park
Height Restriction: none
Disney Premier Access available to purchase: yes, included in Ultimate Pass or can be purchased for ride on the day
Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast is a fantastic ride with amazing details and theming. It’s Buzz Lightyear versus the evil emperor Zurg on this relatively gentle space ride through the Gamma Quadrant.
Riders become junior space rangers and score points by hitting targets with a laser cannon as they cruise through the toy universe in an XP-37 star cruiser. They can also take control of their own vehicles by spinning them around in search of targets.
The lines can be long but there’s lots to see as you pass through – there’s Buzz Lightyear himself, wonderful artwork and ride instructions themed like a toy manual!
Toy Story Guide Disneyland Paris tip: aim for the diamond and triangle shaped targets, they’re worth more!
7 | Constellations
Location: Discoveryland, Disneyland Park
For Toy Story-themed souvenirs check out the Constellations in Walt Disney Studios. It’s located just outside Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast. On our most recent visit, we became the proud owners of a talking Buzz, Woody, Jessie and Zurg!
