
It was not only the first Pixar addition to Magic Kingdom, but the beginning of the “cartoonification” of Tomorrowlands across the globe. Opened in 1998, Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin at Magic Kingdom brought an interactive, laser-blasting dark ride to Tomorrowland. Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin ( Magic Kingdom, 1998) Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin (Magic Kingdom). Spoiler alert, but a Buzz Lightyear laser-blasting dark ride became one of the very, very few attractions to be at every Disneyland-style “Castle Park” on Earth… until one park sent Buzz packing “to infinity and beyond.” Think you know which one? A.

Would anyone really want to sit through a full-length, computer-animated film? Suffice it to say that 1995’s Toy Story signaled that maybe – just maybe – computer animation could pay off. When Disney signed a three-picture distribution deal with Steve Jobs’ no-name animation studio called Pixar in 1991, it was a risk. – “I Need You To Imagine” Podcast Extras (B|S|G|P).

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