Toy Story

**Toy Story** is a 1995 CGI animated film made by Pixar.

## Attractions

### Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin

These Tomorrowland/Discoveryland attractions are based off the adventures of the fictitious Buzz Lightyear from cartoons and video-games with mixed in toy elements. It follows Buzz Lightyear recruiting guests to serve as Space Rangers and lead the assault against Emperor Zurg following his stealing of several Crystallic Fusion Batteries to power a secret weapon. In-lore, these attractions appear to be attractions put on by a company which owns the Buzz Lightyear brand and which is a part of the *Tomorrowland Chamber of Commerce*.

### Meet 'n' Greets

* **Frontierland**: Woody and Jessie are commonly found characters in Frontierland.
* **Pixar Pier**:
* **Tomorrowland**: Buzz Lightyear is commonly found in Tomorrowland.
* **Toy Story Land**:

### Woody's Roundup Village

This is a meet 'n' greet area in the Cottonwood Creek area of Disneyland Paris' Frontierland. It is themed to the fictitious, "Woody's Roundup" television-show and franchise from Toy Story 2. It sometimes holds puppet-shows based on this fictional television series, presented as a live performance.

## Connections

### Adventureland

In the queue for this attraction is a board-game titled, "Walt Disney's Adventureland Game". It is one of the board-games found in the bedroom collection of a young Andy.

### Big Thunder Mountain Railroad

A sign is posted on the post office of the the Big Thunder Trail warning locals to watch for rattlesnakes inside of their boots with an illustration of Sheriff Woody's boot. This is in reference to Woody's line, "There's a snake in my boot", here given a story connection.  An automaton of Woody appears in a machine known as, "Woody's Ho-Down" within this Rainbow Ridge shop. Billy the Goat also makes a cameo in a mural located on Jessie's Critter Carousel.. Cottonwood Creek is also a fictitious location in the Big Thunder mythos, being located on the outskirts of Thunder Mesa.

### Cars Land

In a window of this Car's Land dining-service, Buzz Lightyear can be seen hiding underneath of a traffic-cone.

### Disney films

* **Up**: Carl and Ellie have a signed postcard to Andy Davis found in his room in Toy Story 3. A Lotso bear is also seen in the possession of a young girl in this film.

### It's a Small World

Woody, Jessie and Bullseye appear in the Texas segment of It's a Small World.

### Jungle Cruise

#### Skipper Canteen

There is a book in the library of the *Jungle Navigation Co. Ltd. Skipper Canteen* titled *A Flight Through Dreams* and *If You Had Wings You Could Fly* by B.L.. Both are references to the defunct Tomorrowland attractions of *Delta Dreamflight*and *If you had wings*. The author is in-reference to Buzz Lightyear from Toy Story whose attraction *Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin* replaced said attractions. Buzz Lightyear also has a complex regarding his inability to fly despite his having wings in the original Toy Story (1995). It is unclear which incarnation of Buzz Lightyear (if any) this book would be written by.

#### Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar

The D23 video for Trader Sam's Tiki Bar, Nigel Greenwater identifies Jungle Navigation Company employee Skipper John (modelled after Toy Story director John Lasseter) as having frequently spoken of talking toys.

### Rocket to the Moon

A miniature of the Moonliner appears outside of the "Alien Pizza Planet" restaurant with the words, "Pizza Planet" on it.

### Star Tours

A Buzz Lightyear action-figure appears in the baggage-check and activates itself, seemingly to imply that it is alive.

### Tomorrowland

The Rockettower Plaza Stage in Tomorrowland explains that the, "*Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin*" attraction is part of the Tomorrowland Chamber of Commerce.

#### Circle-Vision 360°

The cartoon Sun and Moon from this attraction are located in Buzz Lightyear's Astro-Blasters.

#### ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter

The disastrous teleportation expo held by X-S Tech was made possible by the Chamber of Commerce.

#### If You had Wings/Delta Dreamflight

The chickens from these attractions appear within Space Ranger Spin. Both attractions are alluded to in, "B.L."'s books within the Skipper Canteen.

#### Space Mountain

Other members include Space Mountain and the *Tomorrowland Light & Power Company*.

#### The Timekeeper

9-Eye makes a cameo in *Buzz Lightyear Laser Blast*, watching guests from behind the Boxobot.

## References

1. ↑ https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2018/03/look-closer-toy-story-midway-mania-at-disney-california-adventure-park/
2. ↑ https://touringplans.com/blog/2017/08/03/8-things-love-disneylands-new-rivers-america-frontierland-expansion/
3. ↑ https://www.mouseplanet.com/12449/Got\_a\_Quarter\_or\_Two
4. ↑ https://allears.net/2019/04/06/first-look-jessies-critter-carousel-now-open-in-disney-california-adventure/
5. ↑ http://findingmickey.squarespace.com/other-hidden-dca/cars-land/15120366
6. ↑ https://www.flickr.com/photos/legoblock/5633784039
7. ↑ https://d23.com/d23-video/five-treasures-youll-find-in-trader-sams-enchanted-tiki-bar/
8. ↑ http://ultimateorlando.blogspot.com/2012/09/all-71-luggage-x-ray-tributes-and.html
9. ↑ https://www.discoveringthemagickingdom.com/apps/blog/show/43526177-20-more-disneyland-fun-facts-you-don-t-know
10. ↑ https://boardwalktimes.net/a-tour-of-tomorrowland-1994-part-1-4dd9d387ea68
11. ↑ http://www.fromscreentotheme.com/FunFindFridayBuzzLightyearsSpaceRangerSpin1.aspx
12. ↑ http://www.mainstgazette.com/2009/06/tomorrowland-light-and-power.html
13. ↑ https://photosmagiques.com/2013/04/23/finding-9-eye/