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In order to make the attraction more interactive, the Imagineers took inspiration from a DisneyQuest attraction called Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold. On the Pirates attraction, guests shot toy cannons at an interactive screen, which then incorporated them into a ship battle. Raffety and Coltrin both thought that the shooting device used on the Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold would be a good addition for their new attraction. After being inspired by the Midway games located on Paradise Pier in Disney's California Adventure, Coltrin and Rafferty came up with an attraction that would be "Traditional midway games that you can ride through, hosted by Toy Story characters". After developing the attraction in August and September 2005, Bob Iger green lit the attraction for construction. Imagineers also showed the head of Pixar, John Lasseter the idea, which he loved.
After the project was green lit, Imagineers went to the Los Angeles County Fair, to play midway games and see how they worked. Their next task was coming up for a ride system to use in the attraction. Although initial plans called for a system similar to Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, which had all the guests moving in one direction at the same speed (similar to [[Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger Spin)]], Imagineers quickly realized that this ride system would not meet capacity demands. In order to solve this issue, Imagineers created a completely new ride system that allowed guests to rotate 360 degrees, and unitizes different interactive screens.
Due to the popularity of the attraction within Imagineering, Disney eventually decided to also bring the attraction to the (then) [[Disney MGM Studios]]. Fortunately for Imagineers, the attraction fit almost perfectly into one of the abandoned soundstages in Pixar Place (the soundstages were formally used as part of the walking tour on the [[Backlot Tour]). In order to have the new attraction blend in with the rest of Disney's Hollywood Studios, John Lasseter suggested having the facade of the attraction be based on the Pixar Studios. The attraction finally opened as Toy Story Midway Mania! on May
31, 2008.
==Attraction Plot==
