MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[SamusAranX]

How does anyone with any creative or aesthetic sense at all look at this and not realize it’s a huge mistake?

I’m more upset about losing Muppets, but I can comprehend the decisions that led to that even if I think they’re deeply misguided and foolish. This is just so obviously outside the bounds of what should even be considered. The Magic Kingdom has plenty of space for expansion!

Apparently it doesn’t. Didn’t you know that RoA and TSI were obstacles in the way of Cars Land. Sorry, Cars Mountain Experience

 

[WorldExplorer]

 

[lazyboy97o]

Exactly. This is the big picture.

What big picture? Seeing a boat somewhere else has no bearing on the spatial design of Frontierland and Liberty Square.

 

[monothingie]

Well I would think 2 things:

1. The grass patch is not real and temporary, Cars and Villians are proven successful IP and MK needs the capacity boost.

Cars last movie bombed and it’s no longer the merchandising juggernaut that it was more than a decade ago.

2. Barely anyone bothered to show up for TSI closing, I've seen bigger crowds for both Dinoland/Triceratops Spin closing and ITTBAB. I think its last day truly shows how the public reacted to TSI. It went out with an eh.

That is completely false. Despite the Magic Kingdom being dead, TSI and LB were packed all day.

 

[Tha Realest]

Cars last movie bombed and it’s no longer the merchandising juggernaut that it was more than a decade ago.

But don’t you see! Someone will point to vague marketing statistics from the early 2010’s to show it remains, today and in 2029(?) a marketing juggernaut.

 

[Squishy]

Boat looks to be gone this morning.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

let the draining commence!

 

[monothingie]

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Boat looks to be gone this morning.
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if it's going to go I hope the works starts right away, let's get moving on things - so sort of glad to see this vs letting it just sit there (you can look but you can't touch scenario)

 

[JohnD]

Boat looks to be gone this morning.
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Not surprised. Towed out in the dead of night. Its probably in the boat dock in the NW side of Bay Lake.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

Not surprised. Towed out in the dead of night. It’s probably in the boat dock in the NW side of Bay Lake.

Sunk to the bottom of Bay Lake.

 

[Squishy]

Not surprised. Towed out in the dead of night. Its probably in the boat dock in the NW side of Bay Lake.

It cant get to bay lake cause they already put up a tempoary dam for draining RoA + two debris catchers in the canal unless they took it out just to reinstall it again a 2nd time.

 

[Incomudro]

Well I would think 2 things:

1. The grass patch is not real and temporary, Cars and Villians are proven successful IP and MK needs the capacity boost.

2. Barely anyone bothered to show up for TSI closing, I've seen bigger crowds for both Dinoland/Triceratops Spin closing and ITTBAB. I think its last day truly shows how the public reacted to TSI. It went out with an eh.

You're making that poor argument again that the area only worked for guests who entered it.

 

[Incomudro]

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Nailed it.

 

[PK2]

Well I would think 2 things:

1. The grass patch is not real and temporary, Cars and Villians are proven successful IP and MK needs the capacity boost.

2. Barely anyone bothered to show up for TSI closing, I've seen bigger crowds for both Dinoland/Triceratops Spin closing and ITTBAB. I think its last day truly shows how the public reacted to TSI. It went out with an eh.

I think point 2 could definitely be down to the fact that the "I need to see Good Disney before it closes" have already had their wallet drained over the last few months. Like, anyone who was travelling to see things before they closed has already been really recently because we've had a sort-of-unprecedented double whammy of iconic attraction space closures.

With that said, the map paint-in really highlights a partial reason for this massive project - it really highlights how Mansion and Big Thunder are just dead-ends at the end of a path with no connectivity. To that end, the project will be an improvement - the rest of it, well, we're firmly in "wait and see" mode now, but I'm still very unsure that the lost natural and visual harmony is a worthy sacrifice.

 

[EeyoreFan#24]

During the final loop there were CM on the RR bridge waiving to the LB. Everyone was thinking about the send off from the RR CMs, which was nice, but my suspicion is their main reason for being there was to start opening the bridge as soon as the LB passed the bend.

 

[JohnD]

It cant get to bay lake cause they already put up a tempoary dam for draining RoA + two debris catchers in the canal unless they took it out just to reinstall it again a 2nd time.
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Its a temporary dam. I think they have figured how to remove a riverboat every time they drain ROA. Except this is the last time doing it.

 

[Bocabear]

We had our last ride on the Liberty Belle and visit to TSI in June...TSI was very sad... None of the streams and waterways were running, the old mill was static, the wind mill was closed... The fort however looked amazing with everything working... Oddly the cave, mine, and escape tunnel all had cool white light bulbs in the fixtures that looked terrible... Sad to see it all in disrepair as a last look... I hope people remember it as fondly as I do...as a kid running up the hill and exploring every inch of it... It was one of my very favorite things... We will never have that kind of space again...

 

[Squishy]

Its a temporary dam. I think they have figured how to remove a riverboat every time they drain ROA. Except this is the last time doing it.

Right but it wouldn't make sense to put it up a week before the closure knowing they gotta remove the riverboat, I believe they docked it right before the locks and are going to take it apart piece by piece using the crane thats onsite for BTM construction.

 

[wdwmagic]

Here is a look at Frontierland from this morning

Frontierland - July 7, 2025

Frontierland - July 7, 2025

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