MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[WondersOfLife]

We are MUCH better off with the new and younger Imagineers, the ones that actually understand today's "modern audience", which is soooo important to every company today.

As someone who wasn't born until 1998......... So basically a "younger generation" 2000s baby... I wish I could have experienced the peak of Disney Imagineering in the 80s. (Looking at you, Epcot)

 

[Advisable Joseph]

They also mentioned humor from "seeing the human world through a car's lens",

How about seeing the bear world?

 

[docnabox]

I wonder if eventually they will have the parade go all the way around the new area and between it and Villains land instead of taking the straight route between the new waterway and the Frontierland buildings.

 

[Fox&Hound]

It would just be nice if folks weren’t such easy marks. In a lot of ways.

Ewww this is so condescending. Be better than this.

 

[Fox&Hound]

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Ride layout doesn't look too exciting.

What it looks awesome? Some people…

 

[Stitchon]

arguably the worst parks-related decision made during my life time, and certainly the most consequential. unfortunate.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Not sure what is involved in getting it set thing backwards

Mechanically the engineer moves one bar from forward to reverse. (Or from neutral to reverse….. ideally they set it in neutral at station stops).

Operationally a conductor rides the back of the platform to direct the shove move. I’m not sure who usually does this for reverse moves back to the roundhouse.

 

[Cliff]

100% one of my biggest fears with this approach is broken water features, which ruins the illusion

I think it's imperative that whatever Disney builds for this land/attraction, every single element MUST have a very low daily maintenance cost. They need to keep water pump usage to a bare minimum. Anything that moves needs to be extremely simple with limited motion. Anything mechanical must have a very low-cost fixability. Keep the paint very flat because vibrant colors will fade fast in the Florida sun and require re-painting too often. Keep live entertainment costs low by only having a solo acoustic guitar singer who walks around. Plastic plants should be used as much as possible to lower groundskeeping. etc...etc......etc. You guys know the drill.

We know that modern Burbank is extremely budget-conscious of daily operational costs today. They do NOT like spending valuable park profits unless it's critically necessary. We know this revenue money is intended to subsidize the hurting studios, Disney plus, the Hulu purchase and the billions they still have not paid Comcast yet. (There are several other hurting Disney divisions that Burbank needs that valuable parks profits to subsidize as well)

Burbank/Glendale's Blue Sky paintings ALWAYS look better and more extravagant than the finished product does. The historic examples of this are endless. So, if history is correct, we should get a nicely trimmed-down land with deep budget cuts 2/3rds of the way before it finishes.

My guess is 5-6 years to complete. This allows Burbank to stretch out the financial cost across 20+ quarters of financial reports to investors. Burbank HATES absorbing high construction cost losses in a short time span. Makes the P&L books look very bad. We will peek behind the walls MANY days and not see one single construction worker in there.

Let's all stay VERY patient and VERY realistic about this entire project. If we can manage to keep expectations low, we will all be happy when opening day hits us in 2031.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

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As someone who wasn't born until 1998......... So basically a "younger generation" 2000s baby... I wish I could have experienced the peak of Disney Imagineering in the 80s. (Looking at you, Epcot)

I did experience it and i was bored.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

arguably the worst parks-related decision made during my life time, and certainly the most consequential. unfortunate.

Were you born in 98? DL tomorrowland will forever be the worst with rocket rods rotting for all to see to this day.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Were you born in 98? DL tomorrowland will forever be the worst with rocket rods rotting for all to see to this day.

There were options to fix rocket rods. The fact they are still rotting is a problem of management giving up.

 

[DLR92]

There were options to fix rocket rods. The fact they are still rotting is a problem of management giving up.

Not to mention, California strict building codes. I think all the past altercations made, Disney might have lost it grandfather clause with the people mover tracks.

 

[Stitchon]

Were you born in 98? DL tomorrowland will forever be the worst with rocket rods rotting for all to see to this day.

I don't agree with that at all. The failed replacement of one attraction doesn't equate to ripping out three integral pieces of the Magic Kingdom, all of which are part of the DNA of the "castle" park. Even Shanghai has a few large bodies of water.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Not to mention, California strict building codes. I think all the past altercations made, Disney might have lost it grandfather clause with the people mover tracks.

It does complicate things - but there are still options.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Not to mention, California strict building codes. I think all the past altercations made, Disney might have lost it grandfather clause with the people mover tracks.

The California Building Standards Code is based on the model International Building Code, just like the Florida Building Code and is not some radically different thing. There is also no singular “grandfather clause” but instead various requirements pertaining to different types and scopes of work regulated by different codes.

 

[BrianLo]

Holy there are way too many posts to work through. I can imagine it’s nothing but excitement and appreciation.

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I do think the changes look good, while some contrived and silly, they do seem to care. It looks increasingly like Grizzly Peak walkway, which was always the best case scenario.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Were you born in 98? DL tomorrowland will forever be the worst with rocket rods rotting for all to see to this day.

Rocket Rods still holds the crown as the worst theme park mistake in the history of the company.

The ride not only failed, it also destroyed the track making it not possible to bring back the people mover.

To add insult to injury visitors must see the remains of the people mover track everyday, abandoned, left to be taken over by nature.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

How about seeing the bear world?

Country Bears don’t sell LLs.

Man imagine if this ride where the Critter Country 500 instead, that would be awesome

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

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As someone who wasn't born until 1998......... So basically a "younger generation" 2000s baby... I wish I could have experienced the peak of Disney Imagineering in the 80s. (Looking at you, Epcot)

Same, brother. I was born in Feb 1998, so there was a small window of time where I was alive while the original Imagination and Horizons existed. If only I got myself down there to see them... what was 8 month old me thinking?

It's just like how I should've bought a house in 2008.

 

[BrianLo]

What makes you think the 5 year thing is an INTERNAL deadline? It was a vague comment at a PR event full of spin and nonsense.

What makes you think your vague intuition is more accurate? I’m ribbing you gently.

It was said very discretely as he gesticulated at the project names projected around the audience on the Honda Centre ticker tap. Not probably as clear to the audience at home. Immediately after the Villains segment and Villains land was listed.

I’m open to he lied, Disney corporate does lie (actually, they lied voraciously about the Shanghai Budget extension), but it wasn’t vague.