Slinky dog dash how to#
Slinky dog dash series#

The only real “surprise” is the singing Wheezy animatronic at the end of the ride.

Unlike most of the other Disney coasters, the entirety of the layout can be viewed from the midway, which is great for spectators but takes away from the mystery and the thrill of the attraction.

Slinky dog dash how to#

Disney really knows how to move people, maybe because they let you ride with full backpacks, no medal detectors or lockers required. It is captivating how they pump those trains through one after another with remarkable consistency. Even my kids (future coaster nerds) loved watching launch after launch. While he was quite nervous (and had to be bribed with the promise of a Mickey Pretzel WITH cheese) he ended up loving the ride and rode a second time with his mom courtesy of the rider switch program.įor us coaster enthusiasts, it might be one of those rides that is more fun to watch than ride. Regardless, it was my five year old’s fourteenth and first launched roller coaster. I was hoping for a little air time on all of those bunny hills but sadly there was none to be found. So if you showed up to the park at 9am thinking you were going to get on the coaster quickly, you’d be sorely disappointed.Īs for the ride itself, I thought it was just “ok.” It’s pretty forceless, even for a family coaster.

Slinky dog dash series#

Another hill, a series of bunny hops, an S turn later and we’re back in the station.Īfter getting off the coaster the line looked like it was easily over an hour and half. The train is pulled backwards, like we’re about to be launched by rubber bands or something. A few butter-smooth twists and turns and we pause at the start of the second launch.

Either way, the ride never looks or feels like it’s going that fast. I’m not sure if the top speed of 40mph is hit at the end of the first or second launch. In moments we were making the right hand turn into the first launch. The crowd looked big but after only a ten minute wait we climbed aboard the cute and spacious vehicle. At 8:30, they opened the gates and guests begin running to the coaster, which was already cycling full trains of happy guests by the time we got to the new Toy Story Land. We arrived at the part around 8:15am, 45 minutes before opening. Having learned our lesson the day before when we bailed out of an hour-and-a-half long line for Seven Dwarves Mine Ride within minutes of park opening, we decided to get to the park early and head straight for Slinky Dog. Unless we got lucky and landed a FastPass later (we didn’t) we’d have to use the standby line. I was dismayed to find out all the FastPasses for the three biggest rides I wanted to hit were already completely gone: Seven Dwarves Mine Ride (Magic Kingdom), Flight of Passage (Animal Kingdom), and Slinky Dog Dash. I woke up and logged onto MyDisneyExperience at 7am on the first day we could begin choosing our Fastpasses (the earliest possible time as far as I know). We were staying in Disney’s All-Star Movies hotel so we could begin reserving our FastPasses sixty days in advance. We booked our November Walt Disney World trip back in July. This Mack Rides double launch coaster is the anchor to Toy Story Land, newly opened this past summer. Last week I was able to ride Slinky Dog Dash at Disney’s Hollywood Studios with my five year old son (thank you 38 inch height requirement). Tags: Dash n' Dodge Mega Coaster Kit, Slinky Dog Dash, Toy Story Land, Disney's Hollywood Studios, Disney, Mack, Launch, backyard, blocks, toys, Lincoln logs, Knex, recreation, replica.This year we’ve been fortunate to review multiple “new for 2018” roller coasters, from the incredible Steel Vengeance, to the kid friendly Merlin’s Mayhem. If you like what you see, please share your thoughts. It dips and dives among the grass, around a leaning Jenga tower, and along the backyard fence. The ride includes a themed queue through various toy boxes. When operating efficiently, two coaster trains should launch at the same time. Slinky Dog Dash was manufactured by Mack, features 2 launches, and runs 4 trains. It is still a solid coaster to add to any park. This vanilla recreation was created for the June 2020 Monthly Competition with limited space & resources thus it is not 100% accurate. Andy has set up his Dash n' Dodge Mega Coaster Kit in his backyard and sketched out plans to modify the coaster train with his toy Slinky Dog to create Slinky Dog Dash. Approximate Cost (without decoration): ~$12,154.00ĭash n' Dodge Mega Coaster is a vanilla recreation of Slinky Dog Dash in Toy Story Land at Disney's Hollywood Studios.