Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
TOURING TIPS
Kids more or less wander on and off of the
Miss Daisy,
and usually there is
not any sort of organized line or queuing area. Enjoy this play area at your leisure and stay
as long as you like.
Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin
(Fastpass)
What it is
Track ride in the dark.
Scope and scale
Major attraction.
When to go
Before 10:30
a.m. or after 6:30 p.m.
Special comments
Ride with your kids, if you can stomach it.
Dura-
tion of ride
A little more than 3 minutes.
Average wait in line per 100 people ahead of you
7
minutes.
Assumes
Full-capacity operation.
Loading speed
Moderate.
DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTS
A so-called dark ride where guests become part of a car-
toon plot. The idea is that you are renting a taxicab for a tour of Toontown. As soon as
your cab gets under way, however, weasels throw a slippery glop (known as dip) on the
road, sending the cab into a more or less uncontrollable spin. This spinning continues as
the cab passes through a variety of sets populated by cartoon and audio-animatronic char-
acters and punctuated by simulated explosions. As a child of the 1960s put it, “It was like
combining Mr. Toad's Wild Ride with the Mad Tea Party while tripping on LSD.” The
ride features an elaborate indoor queue, and the best effects of any Disneyland cartoon
dark ride, climaxing in a head-scratchingly effective “portable hole” gag that holds up un-
der repeated viewing.
The main problem with the Car Toon Spin is that, because of the spinning, you are
often pointed in the wrong direction to appreciate (or even see) many of the better visual
effects. Furthermore, the story line is loose. The attraction lacks the continuity and humor
of Splash Mountain or the suspense of The Haunted Mansion or Snow White's Scary Ad-
ventures.
The spinning, incidentally, can be controlled by the guests. If you don't want to spin,
you don't have to. If you do elect to spin, you still will not be able to approach the eye-
popping speed attainable onthe teacups at the Mad Tea Party.Sluggish spinning aside, our
advice for those who are at all susceptible to motion sickness is not to get near this ride if
you are touring with anyone under 21 years of age.
A reader from Milford, Michigan, echoed our sentiments, lamenting:
The most disappointing ride to me was Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin. I stood
45 minutes for a fun house ride, and the wheel was so difficult to operate that I
spent most of my time trying to steer the bloody car and missed the point of the
ride.
