Lucky day for us!!! Laura won a contest for Disney passholders to preview the new ride at California Adventure. So on Thursday the 12th we trooped over to Disneyland and got in line for what turned out to be a GrEaT time! If you haven't read the press about it, take it from us this is one of Disney's finest moments!
Guests wear 3-D glasses aboard spinning vehicles that travel through virtual environments based on classic carnival midway games, The attraction features mini-games after a practice round, each of which includes at least one "Easter egg" that can trigger additional targets or game play changes.Pie Throw Practice Booth (pie toss target practice game, no points awarded)
Bo Peep's Baaa-loon Pop (dart throw game)
Green Army Men Shoot Camp (baseball throw / plate breaking game)
Buzz Lightyear's Flying Tossers (ring toss game)
Woody's Rootin' Tootin' Shootin' Gallery (suction cup shooting game)
*Plus a bonus round where you rack up as many points as possible at the "old mine". The nice thing to that was well thought out...when the ride has to pause or gets back-logged, they put up targets without points so you can hone your skill while waiting. You almost hope for delays!!!
Each guest's score is recorded by an onboard display screen as points are acquired with individual toy cannons firing simulated projectiles at virtual targets. Easy enough that even a four year old could enjoy it, and challenging enough for those considerably older to get competitive with it!!!
So since we had until 3:00 PM to try it out as many times as we liked, I called Ken to get off of work and join us, because no kidding they have a winner on their hands! We were on it for the last time before they closed out our group, and wouldn't you know it...the spring-action shooter stopped working only minutes into the ride! When we got out and reported the error to the cast member, he then allowed us to go back into the ride. NOT just that, we were the ONLY ones on the whole ride, because they were shutting it down...it became a "Disney is all our's" moment!Guarantee: the lines will be 5 hours or more long for this over the summer! THIS IS A HIT! and we got to enjoy it ahead of time! THANKS DISNEY!!!
