Monsters, Inc. characters Sally (left) and Mike celebrate the opening of "Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek" at Tokyo Disneyland yesterday. [AFP]

Tokyo Disneyland yesterday started a new 100-million-dollar ride based on Walt Disney Pictures' computer animation blockbuster Monsters, Inc. produced by Pixar Animation Studios.

Hundreds of visitors queued to catch a four-minute ride at the opening of the attraction called "Monsters, Inc. Ride and Go Seek".

A tram takes visitors through the world of the monsters who in the plot of the 2001 movie generate power in their city, Monstropolis, from the screams of scared children, but later harness their laughter instead.

"Tokyo Disney Resort... is the perfect place for our friends at Monsters Incorporated to collect laughter," Jay Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts, said at the opening ceremony.

The attraction is the park's first to open since it introduced "Buzz Lightyear's Astro Blasters" in 2004 based on another Disney-Pixar animated movie, "Toy Story."

(China Daily/AFP, April 16, 2009)