Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
What it is
Dark ride.
Scope and scale
Major attraction.
When to go
Before 11 a.m.
Special
comments
Disney's best dark ride in years.
Duration of ride
3¾ minutes.
Average wait in
line per 100 people ahead of you
4 minutes.
Loading speed
Moderate.
DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTS
Based on characters and the story from the Disney-Pixar
film
Monsters, Inc.,
the ride takes you through child-phobic Monstropolis as Mike and
Sulley try to return baby Boo safely to her bedroom. If you haven't seen the film, the story
line won't make much sense. In a nutshell, a human baby gets loose in a sort of parallel
universe populated largely by amusing monsters. Good monsters Mike and Sulley try to
return Boo to her home before the bad monsters get their hands on her.
The Disney Imagineers did a very good job on the Monsters, Inc. ride, re-creating
the humor, characters, and setting of the film in great detail. The section of the attraction
where you ride through the door warehouse with all of its lifts and conveyors is truly in-
spired. Special effects are first-rate, and lots of subtle and not-so-subtle jokes are worked
into the whole experience. As in the Tower of Terror, you'll have to ride several times to
catch them all. Before disembarking, be sure to banter with sluglike supervisor Roz, an
animatronic “living character” that can see and interact with riders.
TOURING TIPS
The attraction was very popular when it first opened, but today you can usu-
ally ride without too much of a wait. Because it's near several theater attractions, the ride
is subject to experiencing a sudden deluge of guests when the theaters disgorge their audi-
ences.
Monsters, Inc. is an iffy attraction for preschoolers: some love it and some are
frightened. Increase your odds for a positive experience by exposing your little ones to the
movie before leaving home.
DISNEY DISH WITH JIM HILL
MOVIN' RIGHT ALONG—TO BROADWAY?!
Over the past two years,
DCA has regularly cancelled daily presentations of
Muppet-Vision 3-D,
so that