The Happy Ride with Baymax

The Happy Ride with Baymax
Tokyo Disneyland
AreaTomorrowland
StatusOperating
Soft opening dateSeptember 21, 2020 (2020-09-21)
Opening dateSeptember 28, 2020 (2020-09-28)
ReplacedStar Jets
Ride statistics
Attraction typeSpinning
ManufacturerZamperla
ThemeBig Hero 6

The Happy Ride with Baymax is a whip ride at Tokyo Disneyland themed to Big Hero 6. The ride system is a heavily modified 3-table Zamperla Demolition Derby ride with custom ride vehicles provided by Walt Disney Imagineering. The ride vehicles feature Baymax, the rider's "personal healthcare companion", in a non-rideable spaceship connected by a swinging hitch to a rocketship-like bench with a swinging wheel on the bottom that allows the benches to "drift" along the corners in a fashion similar to a whip ride. The ride was originally scheduled to open on April 15, 2020, but the opening date was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The attraction eventually opened on September 28, 2020.[1][2][3][4]

The backstory of the ride outlines that Hiro Hamada, the fourteen-year-old robotics prodigy from the 2014 animated feature film Big Hero 6, learns from Baymax, his robotic personal healthcare companion, that the first step to making people healthy is to make them happy. As such, Hiro and Baymax created a lively, musical ride designed to bring joy to everyone who experiences it. Guests are invited to join their own personal healthcare companion, "Baymax", and have their happiness levels measured with lights throughout the ride.[5][6] The ride features an original soundtrack with six songs. Similar attractions include Alien Swirling Saucers at Disney's Hollywood Studios and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree at Disney California Adventure.

Ride experience

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Each time the ride operates, one of six original songs, specifically written for the attraction, is played. Along with the music, the lighting effects change according to the song being played. The ride's cast members typically engage in semi-choreographed dances to the music. As reported by Nippon TV, these dances by the cast members have gone viral on social media. They are often imitated by park guests, sometimes resulting in large numbers of guests dancing in the ride's queue or around the attraction whenever a song plays.[7][8]

  • Ride vehicles featuring Baymax the guests "personal healthcare companion"
    Ride vehicles featuring Baymax the guests "personal healthcare companion"
  • Cast members often dance to the rides music with semi-choreographed dances
    Cast members often dance to the rides music with semi-choreographed dances
  • The themed queue for the Happy Ride with Baymax
    The themed queue for the Happy Ride with Baymax

Soundtrack

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The Happy Ride with Baymax
Soundtrack album by
Tokyo Disneyland
ReleasedNovember 27, 2020 (2020-11-27)
Length28:15
LabelWalt Disney

The soundtrack album The Happy Ride with Baymax was released on November 27, 2020 by Walt Disney Records. The album features three versions of each track—the regular version, without dialogue version and an intrumental version.[9][10]

Track listing

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  1. "B-A-Y-M-A-X"
  2. "A New Angle"
  3. "Happy Song"
  4. "Ba La La La La La La La La"
  5. "Koo Loo Lee"
  6. "One Sweet Ride"

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 株式会社インプレス (2020-10-01). "世界初登場「ベイマックスのハッピーライド」でハピネスアップ！ かわいらしさ満点の「ミニーのスタイルスタジオ」も". トラベル Watch (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  2. ^ "Insider's Look: Tokyo Disneyland's The Happy Ride with Baymax". Theme Park Insider. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  3. ^ ozmall. "ベイマックスのハッピーライドの攻略・口コミも｜東京ディズニーランドのアトラクション - OZmall". オズモール (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  4. ^ "New Experiences at Tokyo Disneyland Park Featuring New Fantasyland, Enchanted Tale of Beauty and the Beast and More Open Today!". Disney Parks Blog. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  5. ^ Attractions Management Volume 25 Q1 2020 (PDF). Attractions Management. 2020. p. 50.
  6. ^ Davis-Friedman, Samantha (2020-09-30). "A closer look at The Happy Ride with Baymax at Tokyo Disneyland". Attractions Magazine. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  7. ^ 日本テレビ. "【ディズニー】SNSで話題の『ベイマックス』アトラクション 人気の理由は「乗らなくても楽しめる」｜日テレNEWS NNN". 日テレNEWS NNN (in Japanese). Retrieved 2024-06-12.
  8. ^ 日テレNEWSカルチャー【公式】 (2023-12-28). 【ディズニー】SNSで話題の『ベイマックス』アトラクション 人気の理由は「乗らなくても楽しめる」 #ベイマックス #ベイマックスのハッピーライド (Television production). Retrieved 2024-06-12 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ Tokyo Disneyland The Happy Ride with Baymax by Tokyo Disneyland on Apple Music, 2020-11-27, retrieved 2024-06-12
  10. ^ "「ベイマックスのハッピーライド」の音楽を収録したアルバムがCD発売/配信決定！". Universal Music Japan (in Japanese). 2020-10-23. Retrieved 2024-06-12.
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