The Toy Story Army Man are waiting anxiously to get to work and make their first Parachute jump. Looking at the work that is being done on their Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop attraction it wont be long anymore. The big metal arms that will hold the parachutes are put into place and are sticking out on the newly vertical erect tower. On the pictures you can see the Disney crew being lifted up to work on them and to make sure all is in place and ready for the next phase.
The tower is already turning into a real eye catcher and will be even more once it starts “dropping” screaming guests.
But not everybody might like the new eye catcher as, unfortunately, the Parachute drop will also be very visible from Frontierland. This is a real disadvantage for the atmosphere of Frontierland. This is an unfortunate problem with the Disneyland Park and the Studios being build so close together. While it makes it easy to park hop, guest will encounter the sometimes unfitting panoramic views.
This has been mentioned many times when the Tower of Terror was put in place, but with this new “tower” added could become another heated topic on many Disney Boards. What do you think about about the tower so far? Is the camouflage ride appealing to you or will the view from Frontierland be to disturbing to like the ride?
… and are you ready for your first drop?
I think it is a shame when you can see attractions from the other park, but the ease of park hopping makes is a price worth paying. Most of the time you don’t notice it.
I always look out for ToT while riding BTM, Dumbo & Orbitron, I find it quite fun to see it from the park, for some reason! Although the parachute drop tower went up while we were there, I don’t remember seeing it from the main park.
When we were on the Tram Tour, the tower was being worked on a by a construction labourer who was welding one of the arms; we all waved at him in the way you do at Disney and were surprised and delighted when he waved back!
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