Slinky Dog Dash

Slinky Dog Dash: attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World — live wait times, operating status, and planning data on MouseHub.

Wait time history

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Visitor sentiment

4.7· 4,890 Google ratings

People say this tourist attraction offers a fun, smooth roller coaster ride with a Toy Story theme. They highlight the thrilling launches, gentle dips, and turns, and the enjoyable experience for both children and adults. They also like the immersive theming, the cute queue, and the singing penguin animatronic at the end.

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The MouseHub take

Slinky Dog Dash is the family coaster at the center of Toy Story Land, and it has been running at Disney's Hollywood Studios since June 30, 2018. The setup is that Andy assembled his Mega Coaster Play Kit in the backyard and put Slinky Dog on the track, so the train stretches and springs around curves, up hills, and back down again. It stops partway through and launches a second time, which made it the first Disney coaster built with a launch at the midpoint. On the way back to the station an animatronic Wheezy sings "You've Got a Friend in Me", with Mr. Spell perched nearby.

The 38-inch minimum is why this ride matters to families, since it is the first real coaster a lot of kids can board. That popularity shows up in the line. The standby queue sits outside with little cover and it climbs within minutes of park opening, so most trips either spend a Lightning Lane Multi Pass pick here or ride late. Evening is the better window anyway: the temperature drops and the land is lit. Riders who came for inversions and speed will find it tame.

At a glance

Best for
Families with grade-school kids ready for a first roller coaster, and anyone who wants the Toy Story Land headliner without a real thrill ride.
Skip if
You want inversions and speed, or you won't stand in an unshaded line for a short ride.
Ride type
Outdoor family coaster with two launches
Intensity
Moderate. Two launches, small hills and drops, and banked turns. No inversions and no dark sections.

The good

  • The second launch catches people off guard
    The train slows partway through, sits for a beat, then launches again. Disney built this as the first of its coasters with a launch at the midpoint, and first-timers who think the ride is winding down get the best moment of the trip.
  • Wheezy sings you back to the station
    An animatronic Wheezy performs "You've Got a Friend in Me" off a songbook called Mr. Pricklepants Songs for Singing, standing on blocks that spell out F-U-N. Mr. Spell sits nearby on a Rubik's Cube running messages across his readout.
  • Thirty-eight inches gets small kids on a coaster
    The 38-inch minimum clears a lot of five-year-olds, which is how this ends up being the first coaster in a kid's life. Children under 7 need someone 14 or older with them.
  • The track rides smooth
    Riders describe it as smooth start to finish, banked turns instead of jolts. Nobody comes off this one rubbing their neck.
  • The elevated track shows off the land
    The layout runs above Toy Story Land, so you get a look down at the giant toys and out across the park while you ride. It is the closest thing the land has to a viewpoint.
  • The line is packed with Andy's stuff
    Buster's dog tag, cards from a Slinky Dog-Gone Bowl board game, and Andy's own coloring-book plans for a coaster are all worked into the queue. Worth reading on the way through, since you will be standing there a while.

The bad

  • The line bakes in the sun
    Most of the standby queue is outdoors with little cover and no air conditioning. On a summer afternoon the wait costs you more than the ride gives back.
  • Standby runs long from rope drop onward
    This is the headliner in Toy Story Land and the line reflects that within minutes of park opening. Anyone planning to stroll up to it later loses a chunk of the afternoon.
  • The ride ends sooner than the wait suggests
    It is a short layout, and the gap between the line and the length of the ride is the complaint that comes up most. One lap satisfies most groups.
  • Storms shut the track down
    The whole layout is outdoors, so lightning in the area stops the ride and the line stalls where it stands, out in the weather. Summer afternoon storms are routine.
  • Return times go early on booking day
    Lightning Lane Multi Pass slots for this coaster get taken soon after booking opens, and anyone who gets to it later in the morning finds nothing useful left.

Veteran tips

  • Spend your first Multi Pass pick here
    This sits in the first Lightning Lane Multi Pass group at Hollywood Studios, where you choose one of four: this coaster, Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway, Millennium Falcon: Smugglers Run, or Rock 'n' Roller Coaster. Book it the moment your window opens.
  • Rider Switch covers the kid who is too short
    Disney lists this coaster for Rider Switch. The group splits at the entrance, one party rides, then up to two people from the waiting party ride next on a return time a cast member sets up. Service animals cannot board here, which is another situation the service is meant for.
  • Plan on two transfers with a wheelchair
    Disney's posted classification is Must Transfer to Wheelchair, Then to Ride Vehicle, so a guest on an ECV moves to a wheelchair first and then into the train. A transfer access vehicle is available at boarding.
  • Ride it after dark
    The line is bearable once the sun is off it, and the track and the land are lit at night. Same wait, better conditions.
  • Go while Fantasmic! is running
    The show pulls a crowd to the Hollywood Hills Amphitheater on the far side of the park every night, and Toy Story Land thins out while it runs. Giving up the show once buys the shortest line of the day.
  • Watch the radar before you get in line
    If storms are building, put Toy Story Mania on the plan instead. It is indoors and its entrance faces Slinky Dog Dash, so the swap costs you no walking.
  • Bring water and something to fan yourself
    There is little shade to fall back on in the line. A refillable bottle and a handheld fan make the difference on a July afternoon.

MouseHub editorial, written from visitor reports and official Disney sources. Last reviewed .

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