Tokyo Disneyland’s Sugar Rush ride opens on 15 April 2027
Ralph and Vanellope need guests’ help to restore candy creatures in Sugar Rush: Sweet Rescue, opening at Tokyo Disneyland on 15 April 2027.
The short answer: Ralph and Vanellope need guests’ help to restore candy creatures in Sugar Rush: Sweet Rescue, opening at Tokyo Disneyland on 15 April 2027.
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Ralph and Vanellope need more than an audience to save Sugar Rush. When Sugar Rush: Sweet Rescue opens at Tokyo Disneyland on 15 April 2027, guests will join the pair in a mission to restore candy creatures using scanners mounted on their vehicles. The attraction will be the first in the world to be themed around Wreck-It Ralph.
King Candy is behind the chaos. Hoping to take over the video-game world, he has turned Sugar Rush’s sweets — from gummy bears and lollipops to bubble gum and ice cream — into Sugar Bugs programmed to devour the kingdom. Guests must turn the creatures back into their original, cute forms before it is destroyed.
Rather than causing destruction, riders will work together to restore the Sugar Bugs. Points will be awarded based on factors including the types and number of creatures they bring back to normal.
Scores will appear on the vehicles’ screens at the end of the ride and will be available for a limited time afterwards in the Tokyo Disney Resort app. Ride photos will be added automatically to the app’s My Photos section, where guests can buy them.
From arcade outsiders to rescue partners
The attraction draws on the story of Wreck-It Ralph. Ralph leaves his assigned role as a video-game villain to prove he can be a hero, while Sugar Rush is home to Vanellope, a racer whose programming glitch makes her an outsider among her competitors. The ride puts guests alongside the pair, with a shared mission in Vanellope’s candy-coloured game.
The film’s voice actors helped bring Ralph and Vanellope’s relationship to life. In a 2012 interview with NPR, John C. Reilly, who voices Ralph, said recording with Sarah Silverman, who voices Vanellope, helped create their bickering big-brother and little-sister dynamic.
I think you get a lot when you put people in the same room and they can actually look at each other when they're communicating. John C. Reilly, speaking to NPR’s Rachel Martin in 2012 about recording Wreck-It Ralph
Silverman has also spoken about developing Vanellope’s distinctive voice. In a 2012 interview with ShockYa, she recalled raising her vocal pitch and adding what she described as a “permanent cold” to give the character a scrappier edge.
King Candy has his own link to the film’s voice cast. In a 2026 interview with Disney, Alan Tudyk recalled that the monarch was his first voice role for the company. He initially drew on Ed Wynn, before other influences helped shape the character’s voice.
More Sugar Rush experiences
The attraction’s neighbouring shop, Pixel Prism, is due to open on 15 April. Designed as a digital marketplace, it will carry the game-world theme through pixel-patterned flooring and an illuminated pixel structure at the entrance. Merchandise will include toys inspired by the ride’s scanners.
Nearby, Popping Station is scheduled to open on 17 March, overlooking Tomorrowland Plaza. The stand will serve Sugar-Lime Popcorn, a sweet-and-tart flavour inspired by the Sugar Bugs. It will also be available from popcorn wagons throughout Tokyo Disneyland.