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The history of what would eventually become Toy Story Mania began in Disneyland in the year 2005. as Imagineers Ken Raffety and Robert Coltrin were working on the Radiator Springs expansion for of Disney's California Adventure, and <ref name= "studios"> http://www.studioscentral.com/history-toy-story-midway-mania </ref>. As the duo agreed felt that they needed to create another new attraction. While for Radiator Springs, they were workingbegan to develop an attraction that would be interactive, Rafferty and Coltrin were inspired by like the new Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters attraction in Disneyland. Both <ref name="studios"/> In order to make the attraction more interactive however, the Imagineers like took inspiration from a DisneyQuest attraction called Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold <ref name="studios"/> . On the Pirates attraction , guests shot toy cannons at an interactive screen, which then incorporated them into a ship battle. Raffety and they decide Coltrin both thought that something similar could the shooting device used on the Pirates of the Caribbean: Battle for Buccaneer Gold would be added to Radiator Springsa good addition for their new attraction <ref name="studios"/> . 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" <ref name="studios"/> . After developing the attraction in August and September 2005, Bob Iger green lit the attraction for construction <ref name="studios"/> . Imagineers also showed the head of Pixar, John Lasseter the idea, which he loved"studios"/>.

In order to make After the attraction more interactiveproject was green lit, the Imagineers took inspiration from a DisneyQuest attraction called Pirates of went to the CaribbeanLos Angeles County Fair to play midway games and see how they worked <ref> http: Battle for Buccaneer Gold//land.allears.net/blogs/lauragilbreath/2009/09/d23_expo_making_of_toy_story_m.html </ref> <ref nmae= "studios"/>. On Their next task was coming up for a ride system to use in 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 Although initial plans called for Buccaneer Gold would be a good addition for their new attraction. After being inspired by system similar to Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters, which had all the Midway games located on Paradise Pier guests moving in Disneyone direction, at the same speed (similar to [[Buzz Lightyear's California AdventureSpace Ranger Spin]] in Walt Disney World<ref name="studios"/>), Coltrin and Rafferty came up with an attraction Imagineers quickly realized that this ride system would be "traditional midway games that you can ride through, hosted by Toy Story characters"not meet capacity demands. After developing the attraction in August and September 2005In order to solve this issue, Bob Iger green lit the attraction for construction. Imagineers also showed the head of Pixar, John Lasseter the idea, which he lovedcreated a completely new ride system that allowed guests to rotate 360 degrees while utilizing different interactive screens<ref name="studios"/>.

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]] in Walt Disney World), 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 while and unitizing 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]]<ref name="studios"/>. Fortunately for Imagineers, the attraction fit almost perfectly into one of the abandoned soundstages sound stages in Pixar Place (the soundstages sound stages were formally used as part of the walking tour on the [[Backlot Tour]])<ref name="studios"/>. 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<ref name="studios"/>. The ride finally opened as Toy Story Midway Mania! on May 31, 2008<ref name="studios"/>. In March 2015, Disney announced that Toy Story Midway Mania would be receiving a third track in 2016.