Buzz Lightyear, as you may recall, is the character from the 'Toy Story' animated movies -- the space ranger guy who goes to 'Infinity and Beyond.' The Buzz Lightyear ride is built in Tomorrowland in what used to be the CircleVision360 theater. More recently, this same building was the queue area for Rocket Rods, and a museum exhibit about space exploration.

Buzz Lightyear has similar attractions in Walt Disney World and Tokyo Disneyland. The three of us visited Buzz in Florida, and although Megan and Dianne had good memories of it, I felt more like it was a nice re-do of the previous 'If You Had Wings' and 'Delta Dreamflight' that were part of the WDW Tomorrowland over the years.

Here in Disneyland, by the time we reached Tomorrowland, a small line had developed. The queue wound around the outside of the building, [below] near the main entrance of Tomorrowland and then up toward Ariel's Grotto. Although the sign posted the wait time as 30 minutes, we were inside the building in about 5 minutes, and on the ride in another 5 minutes.

Inside, [above] the queue is very intense and vibrant, using the bright purple, lime green, red and yellow colors that make up Buzz's space suit. A large sized Buzz Lightyear Audio Animatronic [below], with the help of an Etch-a-Sketch that draws for him, explains that we need to defeat the evil Emperor Zurg.

Once we board our OmniMover vehicles [above], we ride through black lit, simply animated flourescent sets. Like a shooting gallery. And that's the gimmick here. Little toy rayguns are attached to your ride vehicle and you get to shoot at targets throughout the ride. Scores are tallied and at the end, after defeating Zurg, you get to compare your scores with your friends, family, and fellow guests.