MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[CoastalElite64]

Me too. I bring it up because it’s a strange coincidence; but it being an R&D pass off of the DCA project is also what I recall.

I would put Cars Land up against any new land, even the EU lands. It holds up.

 

[rogerrabbitfan9]

I’m glad the train isn’t being completely shut down again.

 

[Bocabear]

I would put Cars Land up against any new land, even the EU lands. It holds up.

Carsland in person is jaw dropping... The scale, the layers of design and story telling... One of the best theme park lands they have ever built...

 

[Ayla]

Here's the link to the DLR forum, if you'd like to continue discussing Disneyland. https://forums.wdwmagic.com/forums/disneyland-resort.13/

This thread is about WDW.

Quoting myself, again.

 

[JackCH]

Quoting myself, again.

I think discussing Frontierland and Carsland at DL is relevant for comparing to a Cars area at MK Frontierland.

 

[Donfan]

Have Disney released any better plans of how the actual track for this attraction will layout? Looking at that latest cartoon of the area, it's a little hard to figure out how the portions of the track will all fit together.

 

[James Alucobond]

Have Disney released any better plans of how the actual track for this attraction will layout? Looking at that latest cartoon of the area, it's a little hard to figure out how the portions of the track will all fit together.

The cartoon in particular should not be taken as indicative of what the ride route will look like. Elements like the show building are purposely omitted, and scale and placement are exaggerated.

 

[HMF]

I remember reading once that John Lasseter came up with the plot for Cars 2, then realized said plot required no one believe Mater because he regularly makes stuff up and Mater doesn't actually make anything up in the entire original movie, so instead of throwing away that stupid idea that led to a crappy movie he decided to make a bunch of shorts to force that character trait onto him.

"This is dumb" "No no, see, I wrote here that it's not dumb" ended up being prophetic for future uses of the Cars franchise, as we can see.

I personally think if Lasseter were still around, He would have vetoed paving over the River and TSI.

 

[Casper Gutman]

Carsland in person is jaw dropping... The scale, the layers of design and story telling... One of the best theme park lands they have ever built...

Carsland is, without the slightest doubt, the best single IP land Disney ever built. It’s tied with or just very, very slightly behind (depending on how I’m feeling that day) Diagon and Wizard Paris. It’s a masterpiece.

This post risks being too positive, so I’ll add that Carsland is SO good it makes Disney’s other single IP lands, particularly TSL, Avengers, and SWL, look much worse in contrast.

 

[gerarar]

 

[Casper Gutman]

Another mad point about this project - if you have a severely limited space and you want to build a ride that maximizes the use of that space and hides the limitations, the FIRST thing you do is make it an INDOOR ride, which gives you a lot more control. Making this an outdoor ride is deeply foolish.

 

[ChrisFL]

I remember reading once that John Lasseter came up with the plot for Cars 2, then realized said plot required no one believe Mater because he regularly makes stuff up and Mater doesn't actually make anything up in the entire original movie, so instead of throwing away that stupid idea that led to a crappy movie he decided to make a bunch of shorts to force that character trait onto him.

"This is dumb" "No no, see, I wrote here that it's not dumb" ended up being prophetic for future uses of the Cars franchise, as we can see.

I dunno, I liked Cars 2 and there's at least 5 of us in the world that liked it

 

[Agent H]

I dunno, I liked Cars 2 and there's at least 5 of us in the world that liked it

Make it 6! I think it’s the best cars movie.

 

[donaldtoo]

I dunno, I liked Cars 2 and there's at least 5 of us in the world that liked it

I wasn’t a huge fan of it, but we sold a heckuva’ lot of Cars 2 merch when I was a CM at our local mall Disney Store.

 

[donaldtoo]

Another mad point about this project - if you have a severely limited space and you want to build a ride that maximizes the use of that space and hides the limitations, the FIRST thing you do is make it an INDOOR ride, which gives you a lot more control. Making this an outdoor ride is deeply foolish.

A potential problem I can see with this is that it’s an outdoor off-road race.
I guess they’d hafta’ try to make it a dark ride similar to the nighttime portions of the Baja 1,000…?!

 

[Casper Gutman]

A potential problem I can see with this is that it’s an outdoor off-road race.
I guess they’d hafta’ try to make it a dark ride similar to the nighttime portions of the Baja 1,000…?!

I would suggest that perhaps a different theme might be chosen. Although the indoor portions are the absolute highlight of Racers, so…

 

[donaldtoo]

I would suggest that perhaps a different theme might be chosen. Although the indoor portions are the absolute highlight of Racers, so…

I think all the concept renderings I’ve seen have shown an outdoor attraction…?
Also, I thought I saw way back in the thread that the new ride tech for this is already quite far along…?
And another thought I just had is, if this was to become an indoor attraction, where would they need to put it to hide the huge ride building…?
Just a few thoughts.

 

[JackCH]

Carsland is, without the slightest doubt, the best single IP land Disney ever built. It’s tied with or just very, very slightly behind (depending on how I’m feeling that day) Diagon and Wizard Paris. It’s a masterpiece.

This post risks being too positive, so I’ll add that Carsland is SO good it makes Disney’s other single IP lands, particularly TSL, Avengers, and SWL, look much worse in contrast.

We don't see totally eye-eye on SWL, which I think is a class above TSL and Avengers, but I broadly agree with you. Purely as a land I would give it to Diagon, but if we are also taking into account quality of attractions I rate RSR vastly higher than Gringotts, which would make me give the edge overall to Carsland. (I haven't been to Epic yet)

 

[meggo819]

Weird. All these features were open last Saturday when we were there.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Carsland is, without the slightest doubt, the best single IP land Disney ever built.

People forget examples like Mermaid Lagoon at Tokyo DisneySea because they predate the trend set by Wizarding World, but my vote goes to Mysterious Island from the same park. "Immersive" by any definition with two excellent rides instead of one great ride and then one or two side dishes.

Unless it doesn't count because it's not a super accurate recreation of any specific Verne novel and goes off script in adapting the 1954 Disney movie and mixing its sources.

Arabian Coast is also wonderful, and all the better for not just being "Aladdin Land" and drawing from a broader set of influences.