Jrb1979
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IMO they see what has worked for Universal since Harry Potter and has followed ever since
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MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom
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Bocabear
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the Shanghai park doesn;t quite feel like a castle park... it is huge...lots of areas of just forest... lands feel more disconnected, and it is missing some of the classic Disney rides... Pirates land is great... It feels odd without a Haunted Mansion or Jungle cruise... and Tron is not an equal swap-out for Space Mountain IMO... Their Tomorrowland is too based in a current city center... It is nice looking but completely lacks whimsy ... THeir Peter Pan was nice...As a whole though, it just felt lacking... I suppose in time it will fill out..... Not building a train is pretty sad though...
Advisable Joseph
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Found the post:
Click through the title for the actual images. Getting images from an existing post to appear again in another post is a problem for me.
Disstevefan1
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I think coal is really what they would use honestly.
I know I would feel safer with coal VS. lithium ion batteries.
Bocabear
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Universal Harry Potter areas are gorgously themed and immersive... I don't believe Disney has created an equal to it yet... SWGE gets close but feels empty and lacking.... Lots of rockwork though..... And what we have seen of Epic looks like they have really stepped up their immersive theming in the different worlds....While Disney is just throwing random stuff just about anywhere...
MouseEarsMom33
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I think driving through the wilderness fits into Frontierland theme. Magic Kingdom is magical. Why not add in the magic of "live" Cars for the kids?
mickEblu
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IMO Cars Land > Wizarding World. Haven’t seen Diagon Alley.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Stop!
mickEblu
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Stop!
lol. Is this a hot take? Now I should clarify that I’ve only been to Potter Land at USH but I can’t imagine what could be so much better/ different at Potter Land East that would change my mind. In terms of the land/ ambiance. Hagrids takes the attraction roster over the top.
Bocabear
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Why not put the anthropomorphic living cars with the rest of the Pixar Studios IP at DHS? None of the landscapes in the Magic Kingdom reflect the auto-parts aesthetics of Carsland... on the edge of Big Thunder loosely based on real mountainscapes in the southwest...With very few exceptions, the stories and attractions of the Magic Kingdom are primarily Human/living organism based stories and attractions...When you jump to living automobiles it feels like a bridge too far.... for me anyway... The Magic Kingdom has always felt like the realm of Fairy Tales and Adventure Stories... Cars to me feels like neither... But DHS is about movies from all Genres... so in that park it feels very much at home....
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
Putting Epic aside for now, Diagon Alley is peak if we are talking about immersion, theming, detail, etc.
Bocabear
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And the ability to board a fully themed train and take a ride from Diagon Alley to Hogsmeade is brilliant... No other park has ever done anything like that.
mickEblu
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Not sure if I’d put Paris over Cars Land going by what I’ve seen on video but I can see how Diagon Alley has the potential to be better than Cars Land for me.
Andrew C
You know what's funny?
And it makes you buy a park to park ticket...muuuhahahaha.
Joking side, from the train and all the way down to very small details, this is what sets it all apart for me.
Bocabear
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Cars Land in California is beautifully done... Lots of movie specific nods, it looks fantastic, and the RSR is a really good ride. Having a couple additional attractions really fleshes it out. We don't really know at this point what the Cars attraction will be like in the Magic Kingdom... another location from another film that did not feature the characters from Cars...but is somehow technically in the same universe...feels more like they changed the location to avoid being compared with the fantastic and ambitious Carsland they already built....knowing that this new addition is going to pale in comparison...
I guess it could be worse...it could be a Cars attraction featuring characters and settings from "Wish".... Honestly they could have continued the Frontier theming for the new attraction and based it off the old Disney vacation shorts with the Fab 5.... Mickey's vacation, Goofy's Hawaiian Holiday.... Classic Disney characters in real world inspired settings...Goofy's Off-Road Rallye.... That would have at least felt more in-step with the park as a whole...
I guess it could be worse...it could be a Cars attraction featuring characters and settings from "Wish".... Honestly they could have continued the Frontier theming for the new attraction and based it off the old Disney vacation shorts with the Fab 5.... Mickey's vacation, Goofy's Hawaiian Holiday.... Classic Disney characters in real world inspired settings...Goofy's Off-Road Rallye.... That would have at least felt more in-step with the park as a whole...
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Advisable Joseph
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Let's try this.
Click though to actually see the concept art:
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AidenRodriguez731
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Mostly because most parks don’t build two identical Ips next to each other
TrainsOfDisney
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Yeah - that could also have kept it in the same time period as Tiana at least - and not taking it into modern day which is my biggest issue with the actual attraction.
Hey…. A Mickey Mouse theme could have kept the riverboat too!
Bocabear
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It actually would have been a lovely fit for the park...stylistically....and they would have sold more Fab5 PLush.... If we HAVE to lose the ROA, This would have at least kept the charm of the park....no mountains shaped like engine parts... a charming score like the old cartoon shorts... Mickey and Minnie could be cheering them on in their Roadster....they could later clone the attraction for one of the other parks and use the CARS Characters where it might be more appropriate....Like the Movie park in France....Or the Shanghai Park....