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the park opens. The tower used to be mobbed most of the day, but newer attractions such
as Toy Story Midway Mania! and Cars Land have siphoned away some of the lines.
To access The Tower of Terror, bear left from the park entrance into Hollywood
Land. Continue straight to the Hyperion Theater and then turn right. To save time, when
you enter the library waiting area, stand in the far back corner across from the door where
you entered and at the opposite end of the room from the TV. When the doors to the load-
ing area open, you'll be one of the first admitted.
A
BUG'S LAND
THIS LAND IS DISNEY'S RESPONSE
to complaints that DCA lacked appeal for younger
children. A bug's land incorporates the vestiges of Bountiful Valley Farm, which cel-
ebrated California's agribusiness, into a bug's-eye world of giant objects, children's
rides, and the
It's Tough to Be a Bug!
attraction.
Flik's Fun Fair
What it is
Children's rides and play areas.
Scope and scale
Minor attraction.
When to go
Be-
fore 11:30 a.m. for the rides; anytime for the play areas.
Special comments
Preschool heaven.
Duration of tour
About 50 minutes for a comprehensive visit.
DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTS
Flik's Fun Fair is a children's park as seen through the
eyes of an insect. Children can wander among 20-foot-tall blades of grass, tunnel-size
garden hoses, an enormous anthill, and the like. Princess Dot's Puddle Park is a kid's
water-maze play area fashioned from giant-size garden sprinklers (we're not making this
up). Kiddie rides include Flik's Flyers, with a balloon-ride theme; a drive-it-yourself car
ridecalledTuckandRoll'sDrive'EmBuggies;Heimlich'sChewChewTrain,aminiature
train ride; and a mini-Mad Tea Party ride titled Francis' Ladybug Boogie, where you can
spin your own “ladybug.”
TOURING TIPS
Though they're colorful and magnetically alluring to the under-8 crowd, all
of the rides are low capacity, slow loading, and ridiculously brief. Our advice is to ride
them before 11 a.m. if you visit on a weekend or during the summer. The play areas can
be enjoyed anytime, but then you're faced with the prospect of the kids caterwauling to
get on the rides. Following is the relevant data on the kiddie rides (note that waiting times
are per 50 people ahead of you as opposed to the usual 100 people):
FLIK'S FLYERS
(suspended “baskets” swing around a central axis)
RIDE TIME
Almost 1½ minutes
AVERAGE WAIT IN LINE PER 50 PEOPLE AHEAD OF YOU
6 minutes
