MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Disstevefan1]

There is literally an active construction project right now.

Agreed and they are fighting the rain right now.

Obviously who ever is in charge knows it rains a lot in Florida so I am sure this is all a known part of what is called active construction.

At the very least they are learning how long it takes to re drain it.

It wont be the last time they will be doing it.

All part of the active construction process I presume.

 

[Disney Dead Head]

Agreed and they are fighting the rain right now.

Obviously who ever is in charge knows it rains a lot in Florida so I am sure this is all a known part of what is called active construction.

At the very least they are learning how long it takes to re drain it.

It wont be the last time they will be doing it.

All part of the active construction process I presume.

Here are some images of the culverts and drainage that they will be using to get the rainwater out of ROA

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

What happened with CBJ is the closest thing to a compromise between keeping the original creative intent without conflicting with Iger's IP mandate. Same with Luminous at EPCOT.

It's a miracle it came out as well as it did. The fact the bears all feel like the same characters and the don't utter the word "Disney" once is super refreshing- I was expecting it to be a machine that turns crushed dreams into synergy, but instead it feels like it's just another seasonal overlay- the bears are the same as always, just doing a new setlist.

I would say COP is since its the only version around and originated from Walt. Peoplemover is another but more by default since DL's closed.

COP is pretty important, though it's still not an MK original. I'd say it's maybe second place, but that's just my opinion. If we count the castle as an attraction then it's probably the most sacred.

 

[danlb_2000]

Agreed and they are fighting the rain right now.

Obviously who ever is in charge knows it rains a lot in Florida so I am sure this is all a known part of what is called active construction.

At the very least they are learning how long it takes to re drain it.

It wont be the last time they will be doing it.

All part of the active construction process I presume.

Construction sites routinely fill with water. You can't go instantly from one configuration to another so there is always going to be a period where you are dealing with water.

 

[DonniePeverley]

At the risk of scouring of 810 pages, have the bulldozers moved in to commence this attraction yet ?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Construction sites routinely fill with water. You can't go instantly from one configuration to another so there is always going to be a period where you are dealing with water.

I am guessing this area could be more challenging because it was designed to hold water and I suspect designed to take in rain runoff from the park in rain storms.

I am sure given enough time they will work it out.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

At the risk of scouring of 810 pages, have the bulldozers moved in to commence this attraction yet ?

Latest is they are removing silt from the river bed. So work going on but nothing major yet

 

[lazyboy97o]

At the risk of scouring of 810 pages, have the bulldozers moved in to commence this attraction yet ?

Glad to see you finally learned that this sort of stuff isn’t done with hand shovels.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Latest is they are removing silt, iPhones, wallets, dead fish, rainwater from the river bed. So work going on but nothing major yet

FIFY JK JK JK.

 

[dlfan1313]

I read in a subreddit, and get your tinfoil hats ready, that all they found at the bottom of RoA were Walt's hopes and dreams.

 

[Agent H]

I read in a subreddit, and get your tinfoil hats ready, that all they found at the bottom of RoA were Walt's hopes and dreams.

They found progress city?!

 

[WorldExplorer]

I didn't realize that they didn't have walls up around half the island and you can just see all the ugly construction going on.

People say Studios has the worst layout, and they'll get no arguments from me, but it got a nice happy accident with how neat and clean blocking off construction has been over there. You barely notice compared to the mess that is this and Dinoland.

 

[Purduevian]

I didn't realize that they didn't have walls up around half the island and you can just see all the ugly construction going on.

People say Studios has the worst layout, and they'll get no arguments from me, but it got a nice happy accident with how neat and clean blocking off construction has been over there. You barely notice compared to the mess that is this and Dinoland.

Dinoland construction is only obvious because they are limping Dinosaur and resturantatsaurous until 2026. Once those 2 close there won't be many guest facing construction walls.

 

[DonniePeverley]

Latest is they are removing silt from the river bed. So work going on but nothing major yet

Classic Josh.

 

[Starship824]

 

[Brer Panther]

It's alive!

 

[EeyoreFan#24]

Is that a protective barrier on the inside areas?

 

[MisterPenguin]

Enhance...

 

[EricsBiscuit]

One thing I have been reflecting on that may have contributed to the demise of the RoA and unfortunately it makes a lot of sense is the cost of insurance.

Starting with the Liberty Belle, things that are not easy to replace are not easy to insure. Many of the parts needed to keep it going were only getting more difficult to find. As the cost of replacing those parts increased, I’m certain the cost of insuring it did as well (not to mention the actual maintenance costs).

As for TSI, the risk of bodily injury and the age of the attraction probably meant that it would have eventually needed a large retrofit to bring it up to code.

Seeing this, and I hate saying this, it did unfortunately make sense to close the RoA from a business and liability perspective. At the very least, we still have real steam on the WDWRR, which WDW seems committed to maintaining as evidenced by their multimillion dollar investment in each of their four locomotives. It pained me greatly to see the RoA close, but I have made my peace with it.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

One thing I have been reflecting on that may have contributed to the demise of the RoA and unfortunately it makes a lot of sense is the cost of insurance.

Starting with the Liberty Belle, things that are not easy to replace are not easy to insure. Many of the parts needed to keep it going were only getting more difficult to find. As the cost of replacing those parts increased, I’m certain the cost of insuring it did as well (not to mention the actual maintenance costs).

As for TSI, the risk of bodily injury and the age of the attraction probably meant that it would have eventually needed a large retrofit to bring it up to code.

Seeing this, and I hate saying this, it did unfortunately make sense to close the RoA from a business and liability perspective. At the very least, we still have real steam on the WDWRR, which WDW seems committed to maintaining as evidenced by their multimillion dollar investment in each of their four locomotives. It pained me greatly to see the RoA close, but I have made my peace with it.

I am sure the insurance rep walking through the caves would just point out a million spots that are just waiting for a claim to happen

It's hard to argue that from a business perspective, the costs related to the area (be it for insurance or upkeep, etc) vs the capacity usage and the impact on intent to visit for new/infrequent guests, it totally makes sense to replace it

It is all the non-spreadsheetable reasons to keep it and the intrinsic impact it has on guests emotions that they don't even realize is impacting them and may motivate them to return - obviously hard to quantify that