MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Ichabod Crane]

Willing to bet the flat ride will be a clone of ‘Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree’ from DCA, themed slightly to make it ‘fit’ into the National Park setting.

That’s been the leading rumor but the fact that they’ve decided to keep it ambiguous makes me think they’re considering something else.

 

[FettFan]

 

[FettFan]

It was supposed to be a joke about how Disney replaced Universe of Energy and scrapped all those dinosaur animatronics, and is now going to get rid of Dinoland and presumably scrap all THOSE dinosaur animatronics too.

As far as I’m concerned, good ol’ Bob is chicken-spit scared of Universal and the Jurassic franchise.

Which is weird, because anyone who watched the JW Rebirth trailers can clearly see the franchise is jumping every shark it can find.

 

[solidyne]

[...] Currently, the only reason I visit Frontierland is BTM and TBA, and then I use Frontierland as a walkway to Haunted Mansion. The Cars attractions, and later Villains, will give me a reason to bother staying in this section of the park. [...]

You never enjoyed Tom Sawyer Island, the Shooting Arcade, Country Bears, the Liberty Belle Riverboat, the Railroad Station, the dining, or the street performances?

I am starting to realize that this is a not a debate about old/new or IP/non-IP. It's about people who enjoy the whole aesthetic experience versus those who just want to get to the next "ride" ASAP just to get bumpity-bumped around and watch things go boom-boom.

 

[rle4lunch]

Was able to ride the Liberty Belle one last time last month, and took my kids to TSI for their first/last time. We had a fun time on the island, exploring the caves and messing around on the bridges and Fort. The boat had about 15-20 people riding it (trust me when I say that the park was probably at 75% capacity for the day), and the rafts had decent traffic going over to TSI. BUT, I can see the reasoning for shutting down the boat, its not getting the attention it deserves. Should they have parked it and turned it into a TS restaurant or something, absolutely. But alas, that ain't gonna happen.

 

[FettFan]

You never enjoyed Tom Sawyer Island, the Shooting Arcade, Country Bears, the Liberty Belle Riverboat, the Railroad Station, the dining, or the street performances?

I am starting to realize that this is a not a debate about old/new or IP/non-IP. It's about people who enjoy the whole aesthetic experience versus those who just want to get to the next "ride" ASAP just to get bumpity-bumped around and watch things go boom-boom.

Aka - design for people with the attention span of a gnat on TikTok.

 

[FettFan]

Was able to ride the Liberty Belle one last time last month, and took my kids to TSI for their first/last time. We had a fun time on the island, exploring the caves and messing around on the bridges and Fort. The boat had about 15-20 people riding it (trust me when I say that the park was probably at 75% capacity for the day), and the rafts had decent traffic going over to TSI. BUT, I can see the reasoning for shutting down the boat, its not getting the attention it deserves. Should they have parked it and turned it into a TS restaurant or something, absolutely. But alas, that ain't gonna happen.

Would have been charming to turn it into a shuttle between Port Orleans to Disney Springs, but it’s too tall to navigate the Sassagoula without Disney investing in turning each of the 10-11 bridges into a drawbridge.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

You never enjoyed Tom Sawyer Island, the Shooting Arcade, Country Bears, the Liberty Belle Riverboat, the Railroad Station, the dining, or the street performances?

I am starting to realize that this is a not a debate about old/new or IP/non-IP. It's about people who enjoy the whole aesthetic experience versus those who just want to get to the next "ride" ASAP just to get bumpity-bumped around and watch things go boom-boom.

Completely agree and I think that's partially it. The "take it slow and take it all in" approach is no more. I'd imagine it partially is due to costs. Rather than splurging on multiple days and longer stays, people just try to cram it all in in one day.

Now, the flipside of that (which I would argue is MORE of a reason) DOES have to do with IP and interests of the guests. Wand experiences and the games in SNW. People are staying in those areas, not running to the next attraction, enjoying the land and the unique offerings it provides.

 

[HauntedPirate]

Watch them plop down TriceraTop Spin in that paddock! But, like… car triceratops.

 

[Mike S]

So you're saying that folks leaving Disneyland will immediately tense up, stress out and become restless as they exit into pavement land ?

No, just pointing out how stupid it is to suggest that Floridians don’t care about water just because we’re surrounded by it.

 

[britain]

I too am tired of the grasping at straws and gigantic leaps in order to justify an attraction fitting where it does not. It seems today's Disney doesn't really care and it's why the parks are all becoming the same. You could just as easily argue the Cars ride makes sense in DHS because it's based on a movie IP, for example. They would try to find a way to justify it existing in Animal Kingdom at this point, it feels like. It does make me sad to see the parks all kind of become the same hodgepodge of IPs with a very weak attempt to tie them together.

I'm not really upset at the marketing people who write the stuff because it's not their decision per se, they are just coming up with the best way to spin it. I am upset that execs don't think making things truly make sense matters anymore.

In the past there was the cutsy marketing copy that would pretty much only exist in the attraction descriptions on the park maps, but press was given the straight talk. “Guests didn’t really enjoy X so we’re changing it to Y.”

You hear nothing like that these days. The last gasp of candor was when Lasseter publicly told the story of telling the accountants that they will have to be at the exit of a ride apologizing for its lameness.

Now the cutsy marketing copy is in the press releases, in the interviews, in the documentaries. “Guests have ALWAYS loved X, and so we’re going to make them EVEN HAPPIER by replacing it with Y, which is a totally natural expansion of what was always there!”

What I would give for some executive to say something about “underutilization of space” or forthrightness about a corporate desire to decrease FL’s glorification of manifest destiny. I could argue about that point of view, but at least I’d feel like it was coming from an honest source.

 

[britain]

Completely agree and I think that's partially it. The "take it slow and take it all in" approach is no more. I'd imagine it partially is due to costs. Rather than splurging on multiple days and longer stays, people just try to cram it all in in one day.

Yep, it’s because prices. I can’t justify such exorbitant prices to just, relax and take it easy.

 

[FettFan]

Watch them plop down TriceraTop Spin in that paddock! But, like… car triceratops.

They’ll port it over and use the Planes characters. #synergy

 

[James Alucobond]

In the past there was the cutsy marketing copy that would pretty much only exist in the attraction descriptions on the park maps, but there also was the straight talk. “Guests didn’t really enjoy X so we’re changing it to Y.”

You hear nothing like that these days. The last gasp of candor was when Lasseter publicly told the story of telling the accountants that they will have to be at the exit of a ride apologizing for its lameness.

Now the cutsy marketing copy is in the press releases, in the interviews, in the documentaries. “Guests have ALWAYS loved X, and so we’re going to make them EVEN HAPPIER by replacing it with Y, which is a totally natural expansion of what was always there!”

What I would give for some executive to say something about “underutilization of space” or forthrightness about a corporate desire to decrease FL’s glorification of manifest destiny. I could argue about that point of view, but at least I’d feel like it was coming from an honest source.

You're not going to see public, honest retrospection about things that happened under current leadership's watch until they're gone. That's not new.

 

[Agent H]

Aka - design for people with the attention span of a gnat on TikTok.

I don’t believe it has anything to do with attention span. I don’t agree with the point but this is kinda rude.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Willing to bet the flat ride will be a clone of ‘Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree’ from DCA, themed slightly to make it ‘fit’ into the National Park setting.

Willing to bet money on that.
( Disney Dollars excepted )

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Definitely could be - though they have that already with AS2 in DHS, but could duplicate a ride system in a different park

Something like bumper cars could be fun, or if going for real little kids something like Tinker Bell's Busy Buggies,

 

[danlb_2000]

The bridge would likely be rotated to allow equipment access. That’s a serious dead end close to the station.

The bridge is pretty far from the station..

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

The bridge is pretty far from the station..

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I think its just to avoid the problems with having the train go 1 way then back up and then back up all the way to the other point and then go forward etc etc. Would be confusing for the average guest to wait in line for the train to go to Fantasyland but oop this round is only going to Frontierland so hop on and wait for it do its cycles.

Just more trouble than its worth really.

 

[Figments Friend]

Only took six years for them to forget this….

How ironic.

In 2019, Disney is proudly stating this on social media.

In 2025, that sentiment has been suddenly forgotten.

Makes you wonder….what changed that mentality.

 

[truecoat]

An upside is that the race track looks possibly longer than RSR. More race track is a good thing.

RSR the ride looks to be larger than the entire area for Piston Peak.