Though the finishing touches are still being put on Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge at Disney’s Hollywood Studios in advance of its August debut, guests are still flocking to Toy Story Land at this park, which opened just under a year ago. And though this new land is already in rough shape, earlier this week Disney announced that this new land would be expanding soon with a brand new restaurant. But it’s probably not the one you are thinking of…
New Roundup Rodeo BBQ Table Service restaurant coming to Toy Story Land
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One of the most puzzling aspects of Toy Story Land that many guests noted when this land opened (other than its lack of shade) was the absence of a restaurant beyond the Woody’s Lunch Box snack stop. However, it looks like Disney will be remedying this issue soon by introducing a brand-new table-service restaurant in this location. However, if you were hoping that the fan-favorite in-film Pizza Planet restaurant would be coming to Toy Story Land, sadly, you’d be mistaken.
Instead, this new restaurant will be themed to resemble a new “rodeo” play area assembled with cardboard boxes cut and taped together, this new location will feature multiple dining rooms and plenty of familiar toy characters that have been brought together to create a fun, colorful mashup-atmosphere that only a child could create. This immersive restaurant will surround guests with a kaleidoscope of toys, games, and playsets that will certainly please fans of the long-running Toy Story franchise.
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This new dining location will be built in the front of Toy Story Land, near the giant Woody Toy Story Land entrance sign. Guests who remember the original 2015 concept art (which you can revisit above) may notice a grey building behind a colorful facade in the lower right hand part of the art, and we believe that is likely where the new restaurant is going to go (there’s no way to know if that is a restaurant in the original concept art).
There is no opening date yet
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Though Disney shared plenty of details about the theming of this new restaurant, one thing we have yet to learn is when it might open. Because of the close proximity to the entrance of Toy Story Land, we’ll probably know when work on this project will begin, but as of right now we simply don’t know when Disney will start, or more importantly, complete work on this new restaurant. But it’s probably a safe bet that we won’t be dining at the Roundup Rodeo BBQ any time this year.
Will there be more Toy Story Land expansions in the future?
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Though Toy Story Land at Disney’s Hollywood Studios is the fourth iteration of this land at a Disney Park, it actually has some very different attractions when compared with its international cousins, which could make this land an easy one to expand, in theory. However, with Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge bumping up against the border of this land, and the other side flanked by the Animation Courtyard, there wouldn’t be a lot of space to add more attractions without closing fan-favorite attractions like Walt Disney Presents (formerly One Man’s Dream), Voyage of the Little Mermaid, or the Star Wars Launch Bay in order to make room, making further expansion likely something that wouldn’t happen for several years at least, especially with so many other projects in the works at Walt Disney World.
Though this new expansion is relatively small in scale, the addition of a new table service restaurant at Toy Story Land is definitely a much needed improvement, and should help keep guests visiting this land for years to come.
