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Near the back of the park is Pleasure Island, a pier land that’s fun fun fun!
In fact, Pleasure Island may be a bit too fun. As the inversion of Toy Story Land, this is the definition of a place that goes overboard. Traditional pier attractions such as a Ferris Wheel are present, but there are also giant, towering balloons of clowns and donkeys. One of these is Jengles, from Inside Out, who will repeatedly shout “WHO’S THE BIRTHDAY GIRL?”
This is a great land for older children / tweens, who want a central area to play but not deal with the scary grown-up rides. Besides the Monstro, the two dark rides are family friendly. In a park with more thrills than its neighbor, such lands are essential to success.
Note: Look at the image for a visualization of the following attractions.
What pier is complete without a Merry Go Round? This Carousel is a replica of the one seen in Pinocchio, complete with a circus - like red swirling top.
Along the ring of the boardwalk is a unique play area. The first thing guests will see is the towering Conch Slide. The Conch Slide swirls around multiple times, making for a fun, thrilling ride down. At the bottom of the slide is a colorful ball pit, to represent the confetti that comes out of the slide.
Right next to that is the Concert Play Hall, an elaborate structure that kids can climb on. Inside, kids can press buttons and create all sorts of funky musical sounds. See image to the left.
Then there’s the Fun Wheel! A replica of the ferris wheel seen in Pinocchio, but much, much safer.
At the very center of all is Honest John’s ($), a counter service restaurant. Honest John’s is a replica of the bar seen in Pinocchio, complete with pool table and other tabletop games. The restaurant serves traditional boardwalk junk food, as well as many specialty beers and root beer for the kids. Don’t worry, the hot dogs and beer will not turn you into a donkey!
There is also a Balloon Cart with a trained cast member who will make any sort of Disney character you would like!
Along the side of the pier are a variety of carnival games, where you can win prizes! Since you are already paying this much to enter the park, the games have not been rigged. That way children can win and make a great memory.
The Trams
The Trams
A small transport service is offered at Pleasure Island- the trams.
The Trams run in a loop around the land, connecting Black Bayou to Wonderland. First the trams head straight through the middle of thoroughfare: declaring:
The tram car is moving. Watch the tram cars please. Watch the tram cars please.
The second half of the loop, after stopping in the second station, is through two dioramas. The first is themed to Sugar Rush, as it passes through that indoor area. The second is themed to Wonderland, although it technically has not yet entered the land. It then come out of the indoor backstage and stops at the far end of the pier, having completed its cycle.
Like all great transport rides, the trams are both fun and functional. Just watch the tram car please. Watch the tram car please.
One classic dark-ride on the pier is Stromboli's Puppets on Parade. The famous dark ride concept sees the light of day- or should I say dark of night- here at Pleasure Island. You can read all about the original proposal here. The attraction will surely prove well with the many children running around the land.
Now that we've seen all there is to see in the main promenade, let's go inside one of the carnival games for some extra sugary fun...
CANDY ROW
CANDY ROW
To reach this sugary - sweet miniland within Pleasure Island, guests will have to enter a building that hosts “Carnival Games”. Once there, they will walk past fake carnival games and through a colorful tunnel that will transport them into the world of Sugar Rush! This miniland doesn’t have as many attractions compared to the main Pleasure Island portion, but it is still sure to please!
You will be stepping into the world of a carnival game in this region. Unlike the 3D Ralph Films, a good portion of the props here are themed to a 2D "board game" theme.
Of course, what is a sweets themed land without a candy store? King Candy’s Delicacies features a variety of candy from all over the world, especially Japanese candies. An amazingly themed shop, it is sure to satisfy any sweet tooth, especially adventurous eaters!
Bumper Crunch is a well themed bumper cars. The area of play is twice the size of a typical bumper car region, with rock-candy formations jutting out.
But the entire area is centered around one large E-Ticket: Candy Mania! A combination of Toy Story Mania and Buzz Lightyear, this attraction sees the racers when things go awry.
Guests walk in a queue through the Candy Cane forest, and then board a racecar.
Once boarded, guests will see Ralph and Vaellope
Ralph: “Uh, guys I know you guys want to race, but…”
Vanellope: “There’s Cybugs everywhere!”
Callhoun: “Don’t worry, guys, I equipped you vehicles with bug blasters!”
The bug blaster lazer guns then pop out of a hidden area in the race cars!
Callhoun: “Now shoot those bugs!”
After that, guests vehicles whizz into Sugar Rush castle, where there are combination of audio animatronic and screen projected Cybugs swarming all around. Guests are encouraged to shoot as many as possible!
This map will show the rest of the layout for this unique attraction:
The ride’s finale is the most spectacular part of the entire attraction, where guests shoot a large amount of Cybugs over the colorful candy road before they are all lead to their dooms to an active volcano! Then Ralph and the gang congratulate the guests with a trophy!
THE MONSTRO
THE MONSTRO
Back outside, we have one last attraction... The Monstro!
The Monstro will be the headlining attraction of Disney's Dark Kingdom. When marketing, this is the first thing you'll see. Now, that's not entirely based off "quality"... rather, the Monstro is an iconic landmark of the park, dominating over the entire land. It is an intense Disney thrill ride.
Just imagine MONSTRO in the red letters
Themed to a classic pier roller coaster, the Monstro begins with a sudden plunge underneath the boardwalk before working its way back up in a slow incline. Then, it makes a sudden steep drop and proceeds into a double loop, before returning out for some bunny hills and then into an elaborate show-building.
The indoors show-building is themed around the Coachman (from Pinocchio) and his henchmen, where a group of recently transformed Donkey-Boys are in fear.
The coaster then makes the first vertical drop in Disney history, before leveling out near the water and falling right into Monstro's Mouth! The drops takes us onto an animated sequence with Geppetto cowering in fear, before we burst out the blow hole and escape the wrath of Monstro. The ride then returns to the station.
This attraction has a theoretical capacity of 2400 guests. Despite the "epicness" of the attraction, cast members are sure to make boarding as quickly as possible to get everyone onto the ride.
After the daring coaster, you will be directed towards the Blowhole, a cheesy shop with items themed to the pier. Get that "I survived the Monstro" T-Shirts right now!
Well, that is Pleasure Island! It sure is fun fun fun!
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