The new dining spot in Toy Story Land at Hollywood Studios, known simply as “Popcorn & Snacks,” is now open after months behind construction walls. This shares the latest on this much-needed addition to the restaurant roster, the Pizza Planet-inspired dish, and our commentary.
Popcorn & Snacks is located behind the restrooms, across from Alien Swirling Saucers and en route to Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, putting it on the far side of the land. The new snack stand will open daily at 10 am, with its signature Pizza Planet Spring Roll served starting at 10:30 am.
The kiosk joins a dining lineup in Toy Story Land that already consists of Roundup Rodeo BBQ, a family-style all-you-can-eat table service restaurant (not a character meal) and Woody’s Lunch Box, which is a walk-up counter service window with an undersized seating area (also not a character meal).
The new Popcorn & Snacks snack stand serves up snacks (got that?) of the prepared and pre-packaged variety, highlighted by the Pizza Planet Spring Roll.
There’s also an expansive alcoholic beverage menu, which is both surprising given that this is Toy Story Land, but also unsurprising for anyone who has ever had the pleasure of experiencing Toy Story Land on a hot summer day. Anyway, let’s dig into the menu at Popcorn & Snacks–starting with the ‘announcement’ video from Disney:
Popcorn & Snacks Food Menu:
- Pizza Planet Spring Rolls (2) – $9.49
- Churro with Chocolate Sauce – $7.49
- Popcorn in Souvenir Bucket – $14.29
- Popcorn Refill – $2.49
- Popcorn – $5.99
- Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Bar – $6.49
- Mickey’s Premium Ice Cream Sandwich – $6.49
- Frozen Lemonade Cup – $6.29
Popcorn & Snacks Drinks Menu:
- Jack Daniel’s Whiskey w/ Coke – $16.50
- Bacardi Superior Rum with Coke – $16.50
- Stoli Vanilla Vodka with Coke – $16.50
- Bud Light Draft Beer – $10
- Yuengling Lager Draft Beer – $10.50
- Soft Drinks – $5.59
- DASANI Water – $4.25
- smartwater – $6.25
The Pizza Planet Spring Rolls are a clever and interesting idea. They’re such an obvious choice for Toy Story Land, much in the same way that Pizza Planet as a fully-fledged restaurant would’ve been an obvious fit.
I’m still not quite sure why Walt Disney World felt guests needed even more mediocre BBQ when we could’ve had mediocre pizza, but this is nevertheless a nice consolation prize. I look forward to trying them, and hope they’re as addictively-delicious as the spring rolls at Magic Kingdom!
If these are popular enough, perhaps Pizza Planet will be the next phase of expansion from 2028 to 2031, once the other seating area projects are completed (estimated date: mid-2028). I’m sure the Pizza Planet Spring Rolls will be a huge hit with guests (even at $9.50 for 2!), especially if they’re as good as the options in Adventureland.
Otherwise, not a whole lot to say about Popcorn & Snacks. The menu is fairly ordinary, with no real surprises. My hope had been that it would have a larger menu, with the idea of picking up some of the slack from the overstressed Woody’s Lunch Box. But I doubt that’ll happen without a couple of more substantial savory snacks; this is clearly a snack spot and not a full meal option. Which is fine! But Toy Story Land still needs more.
It also feels like a missed opportunity not to import the Little Green Dumplings Alien Mochi from Tokyo Disney Resort. Those are a huge hit, and would be insanely popular at Walt Disney World. Although…perhaps a little too popular for Toy Story Land? (I’m not even kidding–maybe bringing those to the new AstroFizz in Tomorrowland once Buzz Lightyear’s Space Ranger Spin reopens is the safer/smarter play.)
If there’s one thing Walt Disney definitely did not say, it’s that “Toy Story Land will never be complete.”
But perhaps he should’ve. The land has been under seemingly perpetual construction since it opened back in 2018. First there was the aforementioned Roundup Rodeo BBQ, which was added after the fact once a pencil pusher made the obvious realization that Toy Story Land would be popular and perhaps it needed more than two cash registers for food. That big box restaurant with cardboard cutouts inside took like 4 years to build, although in fairness, the COVID closure played a role.
Then there was the expanded seating area outside Woody’s Lunch Box, which added some permanent shade structures and maybe a dozen or so seats to the counter service restaurant over a span of 3+ years. That might sound like a joke; it is not a joke. They also added a gift shop to the exit area at Toy Story Mania pre-COVID; that one was actually accomplished efficiently.
Comparatively speaking, Popcorn & Snacks has been built with Universal-esque speed!
The snack stand project commenced last summer, and was fully installed in mere months, not years. When we visited around Christmas, it looked like the the location was ready to open any day, and surely would debut before the New Year’s Eve rush.
Instead, it debuts one day after the peak crowds have all ended. Can’t win ’em all! The silver lining, though, is that it does debut before Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend, so perhaps runners will be able to grab a Spring Roll while running through the land?! (Note: I have no clue whether the course goes through the land.)
In addition to Popcorn & Snacks, Walt Disney World is also adding an overflow seating area between Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge and Toy Story Land, which could help with seating–a serious shortcoming with Woody’s Lunch Box.
Unfortunately, it also appears that this area is small, and still won’t offer enough capacity to meet guest demand. Still, it’s a good start and it’s nice to see Walt Disney World continuing to address the land’s faults and try to help better meet guest demand. (More shade next, please!)
Toy Story Land is a fun place and guests love it. This blog has historically been more critical of the land, which is largely due to squandered potential. The original concept art (above) was more ambitious (note the main entrance), but even that wouldn’t have lived up to the full potential of a land based on Toy Story.
I’m not suggesting that Toy Story Land should’ve had a budget on par with Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, as it was always meant to be the cheaper capacity-add counterpart to that.
At the same time, spending more on the front end–and building more restaurants, retail, shade and play spaces–seems like such a no-brainer that would’ve cost less over time than all of the slow, piecemeal fixes they’ve made in the years since. I can’t help but wonder how much has been wasted by doing so much after-the-fact construction.
Following the blueprint of the now defunct “a bug’s land” (or other Toy Story Lands) and building a couple more flat rides would’ve been smart given that Disney’s Hollywood Studios is heavy on rides for adults, but light on kid-friendly attractions. And it seems obvious to recycle concepts like Pizza Planet and ‘Honey, I Shrunk the Kids’ Movie Set Adventure that already existed in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Toy Story Land is such a great concept for a land, and it should be one of the best in all of Walt Disney World. I’d love for it to be a place where we want to linger and spend time playing, especially as our daughter has become a huge Toy Story fan.
In reality, it’s one of the least pleasant lands in all of Walt Disney World, and there’s a reason why we either recommend getting in and out during Early Entry, or saving Toy Story Land until the very end of the evening. (For more airing of grievances about Toy Story Land, see Walt Disney World’s Highly-Hyped Restaurant We Don’t Love.) In its defense, Toy Story Land is a great land at night–the glow of the lights really makes the cartoon colors pop even more!
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YOUR THOUGHTS
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