MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[DisDude33]

The bridge is pretty far from the station..

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My guess is that they are taking the bridge completely out while work is happening on the river and they are planning on rebuilding it in a different location (likely farther west than the current location) which would require a lot of the track to be moved all the way up to the station.
It’s also possible that the station itself could be up for a relocation.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

They’ll port it over and use the Planes characters. #synergy
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is that so bad? And if too similar to Aladdin's spinner they can always just remove that one.
What does Zamperla have in their arsenal? ~10 flatrides that could work for Planes™ or Cars™ themes.

 

[lazyboy97o]

The bridge is pretty far from the station..

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It’s maybe two train lengths and trains don’t stop quickly. They don’t let the trains get that close to each other.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

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

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Longer ≠ Larger

 

[MisterPenguin]

I think it needs to be connected for mosquito control, right? I recently watched a great video about how they got rid of the mosquitoes at WDW in the 1960s by digging canals and creating a massive drainage system.

I recently watched the same video. It was well done!

But hey, maybe the current crop of Imagjneers know water management better than the administrators of the Panama Canal.

OR... its filtered and recycled and sanitized water like a fountain or Journey of Water.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ֊ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Do we foresee them having to close Tiana's at some point for part the redesign?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Do we forsee them having to close Tiana's at some point for part the redesign?

No.

 

[flynnibus]

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.

Nearly every themed attraction can be torn apart if you try hard enough. Why does Mickey have a rail road? Why is there a circus train for going through all these miniatures? Why is there a carnival game in the middle of a movie studio? Why is there a mountain known for its challeging climbing with bobsleds on it? etc etc etc

Disney doesn't build attractions like the Rainbow Cavern Minetrain anymore. Disney today is different than the Disney of the 50s, 60s, and 70s. Known characters are going to be part of nearly attraction concept - it's time to stop acting like you're gonna fend off this push.

 

[Tha Realest]

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.


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My view: they cynically deploy sentimentality when it can sell merch or the like. It’s why Figment and Stitch is on no shortage of merchandise while their namesake attractions languish (or are closed altogether).

 

[flynnibus]

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.

It's the endless selling of everything vs just being straight with someone. They see the public as customers 100% of the time... you don't share the darkness with customers, just the spin.

 

[MickeyLuv'r]

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.

I daresay Disney has generally pushed all parkgoers in this direction with paid LL, less late-night MK/EMH, and all-around high prices.
My touring style used to be much more laid back. I always knew if we didn't ride something during the day, we'd ride it late, possible during the PM EMH.

 

[FettFan]

OR... its filtered and recycled and sanitized water like a fountain or Journey of Water.

Would they even bother with the cost of sanitizing it if there’s:

a. So much water that it will naturally still attract the MK’s resident population of ducks and ibises, which will naturally do their duck and ibis duties directly into the water?

b. So little chance of guest contact? Without the TSI rafts and Liberty Belle, nobody would even be on the water in the first place. The Frontierland boardwalk is elevated a few feet above it with 42” railings, and guests will be secured into the ride vehicles on the other side.

 

[FettFan]

I daresay Disney has generally pushed all parkgoers in this direction with paid LL, less late-night MK/EMH, and all-around high prices.
My touring style used to be much more laid back. I always knew if we didn't ride something during the day, we'd ride it late, possible during the PM EMH.

The last really relaxing time I had at WDW was in 2019 while I was in town for a teachers convention.

After our seminars each day, I’d hit the parks totally unleashed: I left both my phone and my watch in the rental car’s glove box.

Just six years ago, how glorious it was.

 

[MisterPenguin]

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

Cars going in a circle? Like... on a race track?

Or better yet: Cars: Cul de Sac: The Adventure

 

[britain]

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.


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Makes you wonder if this was a chess move that ultimately failed to thwart the anti-ROA camp, which has been grumbling about the river for more than a decade.

 

[MisterPenguin]

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.

Why would Iger be afraid of a franchise that has produced one 'land' in the parks and not the other franchise that has its own land in three different parks?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Would they even bother with the cost of sanitizing it if there’s:...

b. So little chance of guest contact?

There's a much higher chance of contact with the presumed geysers going off all over the place and the open-air vehicle running through water.

TBA is sanitized with bromine.

 

[HauntedPirate]

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.


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It likely was never a serious thing. They routinely put out "Walt stuff" in an effort to placate the die-hard fans. This is Bob's Disney, not Walt's.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

No.

Darn, so we’re stuck with it!

 

[FettFan]

Why would Iger be afraid of a franchise that has produced one 'land' in the parks and not the other franchise that has its own land in three different parks?

Because in Orlando, it was literally direct competition to Dinoland USA.

Which tells me that was the reason for scrapping the land for Tropical Americas instead of building TA on the giant expansion pad that already exists between Asia and Rafikis Planet Watch.