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Area
  
Toy Story Playland

Name
  
Slinky Dog Spin

Status
  
Operating

Phone
  
+33 825 30 05 00

Theme
  
Toy Story

Status
  
Operating

Area
  
Toy Story Land

Opened
  
17 August 2010

Manufacturer
  
Intamin

Designer
  
Walt Disney Imagineering

Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin

Opening date
  
August 17, 2010 (2010-08-17)

Address
  
Parc Walt Disney Studios, 77700 Chessy, France

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–8:30PMFriday10AM–8:30PMSaturday10AM–9PMSunday10AM–9PMMonday10AM–8:30PMTuesday10AM–8:30PMWednesday10AM–8:30PMThursday10AM–8:30PMSuggest an edit

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Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin is a Caterpillar-style ride at Walt Disney Studios Park in France and Hong Kong Disneyland. The ride is part of the Toy Story Playland in France, and Toy Story Land in Hong Kong. The France ride opened on August 17, 2010, with the Hong Kong installation opening on November 17, 2011. The attraction will open in Shanghai Disneyland Park along with Toy Story Land in 2018.

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Slinky dog zigzag spin


Attraction

At the heart of Toy Story Playland is the land's oldest character toy: an authentic "Collector's Edition" Slinky Dog, complete with original 1950s cardboard box.

This powered roller coaster is the tamest attraction in the land, simply offering a continuous, circular ride up and down a relatively gentle incline. Aimed primarily at a younger age group, it nevertheless provides enough fun and kitsch design to be appreciated by a wide demographic of visitors.

Entering a queue line formed out of Lincoln Logs building blocks, you eventually step inside the giant box itself, which even has a retro-styled boardgame printed on its inside. The giant Slinky Dog train is connected end-to-end, travelling in a loop around a dog bowl filled with rubber bones and Andy's baseball. It builds up enough speed to provide a mild, fun thrill which, combined by the quick rise and descent, actually provides a ride not too dissimilar to Dumbo the Flying Elephant.

The layout takes advantage of the land's sloping elevation to provide perhaps the most convincing feeling of being shrunk, especially when standing at the foot of the ride, its enormous box towering above, surrounded by oversized grass.

References

Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin Wikipedia