Walt Disney Studios Park is the second park at Disneyland Paris (the other being the traditional castle park, Disneyland Park). While it is arguably the worst Disney park in the world, it still has a few rides worth knowing. In this post, we start by discussing the best rides at Walt Disney Studios Park before moving on to the rest. We also have a guide to the rides of Disneyland Paris (i.e. Disneyland Park).
Note: Walt Disney Studios Park will be renamed “Disney Adventure World” when the new Frozen land opens, presumably sometime in 2025. We’ll refer to the park by its old name until that change officially occurs.
We have a Walt Disney Studios Park One Day (Er, Half Day) Itinerary that explains how you can cover most of the park in a morning. With two new Avengers rides opening in recent years the park will take closer to a full day going forward. And once the new Frozen land opens (hopefully in 2025), the park will be pretty respectable.
A Quick Look Ahead
It’s expected that Walt Disney Studios Park will have a new Frozen-themed land opening in 2025. Last I heard, this expansion will include an updated version of “Frozen Ever After” but not the new Wandering Oaken’s Sliding Sleighs.
When that opening occurs, the park will be renamed “Disney Adventure World” as part of a somewhat larger transformation. That transformation will also include a new Tangled-themed spinner ride, though a specific schedule for that ride (or any other future rides, for that matter) has not been announced.
The Best Rides at Walt Disney Studios Park
There are five rides we consider the best of Walt Disney Studios Park. We use the following key in brackets with the ride name:
PA - This attraction is available via Disneyland Paris Premier Access (paid Fastpass)
SR - This attraction has a Single Rider line
U - This attraction is unique to Disneyland Paris
O - This attraction is only found overseas (i.e. outside the United States)
Spider-Man W.E.B. Adventure [SR, PA]
Type: Dark / Game ride
Height Requirement: None
The new Spider-Man ride opened in 2022 and is nearly identical (with some language changes) to the ride at Disney California Adventure. The game is to fling your arms as quickly as possible to shoot webs at onscreen spiders. It can be fun, it can be painful.
While we’re not personally enamored with the ride, it has been relatively popular, usually having the second or third longest waits in the park.
Crush’s Coaster [PA, SR, U]
Type: Coaster
Height Requirement: 107 cm / 42 in
Crush’s Coaster is a fun kiddie-coaster type ride themed to Finding Nemo. It’s the best ride at Walt Disney Studios Park and one of the top five (maybe top three) at all of Disneyland Paris resort. As the best ride in this park, it even makes our list of the best Disney rides in the world.
We say “kiddie coaster,” but that really undersells the ride. Your turtle shell vehicle actually spins as your go through the ride, and unlike, say, Primeval Whirl (Animal Kingdom) or Goofy’s Sky School (Disney California Adventure), which also have some ride vehicle movement, you’re in a dark, indoor space for most of Crush’s Coaster.
The ride is among the most popular on Premier Access (paid FastPass), so if you’re thinking you might want to buy a time slot, you should do that early.
Single Rider is offered, but as is common at Disneyland Paris, wait times for single rider are often not a significant improvement over the regular standby wait time.
RC Racer [SR, O]
Type: Half-pipe Coaster
Height Requirement: 120 cm / 47 in
RC Racer is, in our minds, an underrated ride. If there were any sense in the world, RC Racer would have had a spot at Hollywood Studios’ Toy Story Land. It wasn’t meant to be, though, so you’ll have to visit Paris, Hong Kong, or Shanghai to enjoy it.
The ride is simple: you sit in an RC car that goes forward and backwards, up and down a curved track. If the description isn’t quite clear, just check out that picture above. Like the other Toy Story Playland rides, the wait can get to around 20 minutes pretty quickly, and longer as the day wears on.
The ride does have a very slow ride time, and it definitely has escaped any “kiddie” image, which helps those waits get sizeable. Usually it’ll make sense to visit it early in the morning.
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror [PA]
Type: Thrilling drop ride
Height Requirement: 102 cm / 40 in
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is a drop ride themed to a visit to a (haunted) hotel from 1930s Hollywood. It offers magnificent views of the Disneyland Paris theme parks and is a must-ride for this reason alone. It’s the first ride you’ll notice on entering Production Courtyard, the hub of Walt Disney Studios Park.
In 2019, the ride got an update with some new effects and a tiny shift in the focus of the plot. For the most part, it’s just a bit worse than the Florida version of the ride, though.
Avengers Assemble: Flight Force [PA, SR, u]
Type: Roller Coaster
Height Requirement: 120 cm / 47 in
The new Avengers coaster replaced the old Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster. It opened in July 2022 but usually only has moderate or short waits.
The ride received a fair bit of criticism for being a pretty simple overlay of Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster, but personally I thought it was very well done. I think the exterior design is good. I think the Iron Man animatronic (see above) was great. And I thought the ride itself was fine.
The Rest of the Rides at Walt Disney Studios Park
The remaining rides at Walt Disney Studios Park are easily skipped unless you have some leftover time at the park. If you have small children, it might make sense to fit a few of these in and skip longer waits at similar rides over in Disneyland Park.
Cars Race Rally
Type: Spinning ride
Height Requirement: None
This is technically a unique ride at Disneyland Paris, but really it’s quite similar in design to any number of spinning rides (Alien Swirling Saucers, Mad Hatter’s Tea Cups, Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree). Grab a seat in a Cars vehicle and spin around for a minute or two.
Cars ROAD TRIP [PA, U]
Type: Slow tram ride
Height Requirement: None
While this ride is unique to the park, it is a wild disappointment. It’s a very simple overlay on the old studio tram tour ride. It is probably not worth the time it takes, let alone any wait (which, to be fair, is rare).
Flying Carpets Over Agrabah
Type: Aerial Carousel
Height Requirement: None
This is an aerial carousel ride themed to Aladdin. Unless you’re stuck at the park a full day, there’s really no reason to ride it.
Ratatouille: The Adventure [PA, SR]
Type: 3D Screen Dark Ride
Height Requirement: None
Ratatouille: The Adventure is a trackless dark ride that relies on screen to simulate a trip through the world of Ratatouille. It’s a fun ride, and the detailing in some of the scenes is awesome.
During peak seasons, you’ll see longer waits, but if you can dedicate a morning to Walt Disney Studios Park, you should have little trouble fitting Ratatouille in. This ride is also now present at Epcot.
Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin [O]
Type: Kiddie (like, really kiddie) coaster
Height Requirement: None
Slinky Dog Zigzag Spin is the kiddie coaster of kiddie coasters. You go around in a small circle, moving lightly up and down. (It’s nothing at all like Slinky Dog Dash in Walt Disney World.) It’s not even really a coaster.
Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop [SR, O]
Type: Drop ride
Height Requirement: 81cm
Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop is a kiddie-drop ride themed to toy army men. Unlike Tower of Terror (which is also taller), Toy Soldiers is entirely outdoors, and the setup allows different seats to get different views. The drops are pretty slow, but still pretty enjoyable.
There are a few other things at Walt Disney Studios Park, like Stitch Live (a chance to talk with an on-screen Stich), along with a few shows. You should always check the times guide and park map to for the latest happenings at the park!
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Know what to ride with our: Disneyland Paris Rides Guide and Walt Disney Studios Park Rides Guide. And just as important, know how to get on the best rides without the wait with our Guide to Disneyland Paris Fastpass! For the complete guides to a day at the park, we have a One Day Disneyland Paris Itinerary and a Walt Disney Studios Park Itinerary.
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