MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

TrainsOfDisney

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Not sure I believe that... if I'm being honest.
It’s not something up for debate….

Coco is #8 on the highest grossing Pixar Films of all time. None of the Cars movies are in the top 10.

On rotten tomatoes Coco is #7 with a 97% / 94% score. All 3 cars movies are actually at the very bottom of the list with the exception of the first cars movie which beat out Elemental in popularity.

I have nothing against cars… cars land in DCA is incredible. But facts are facts.
 

JohnD

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The cars attractions are a thrill ride and maybe a flat ride. Neither replace the speedway experience.
Well, speedway is definitely not thrilling. I'll give you that. It's still flat, though. It's not Autopia either. Disney has already decided on the route of replacing items in MK that DL will maintain. ROA is gone. There is no more point in keeping a very short track for speedway either when they will have a thrilling cars ride on the other side of the park.
 

TrainsOfDisney

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Disney has already decided on the route of replacing items in MK that DL will maintain.
They have? So pirates, mansion, small world, dumbo, jungle cruise, WDW railroad, space mountain, buzz, little mermaid, tiki room, treehouse, big thunder, Tiana’s, Peter Pan, Pooh, carousel, teacups are all getting replaced? I must have missed that memo! Haha
 

JohnD

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They have? So pirates, mansion, small world, dumbo, jungle cruise, WDW railroad, space mountain, buzz, little mermaid, tiki room, treehouse, big thunder, Tiana’s, Peter Pan, Pooh, carousel, teacups are all getting replaced? I must have missed that memo! Haha
I'm just saying that's the hill Disney is dying on now. I'm in no way advocating for it. Still, if there is one attraction I think most can agree (not you) has outlived its usefulness, it's Tomorrowland Speedway, especially with a new Cars attraction.
 

Smiley/OCD

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whats the speedway experience? waiting at an airport for a car to pick you up then idling in traffic for 10 minutes?
While I agree that the ride needs to be improved (new cars & get rid of that god awful center rail), the speedway should stay…my 2 DD’s learned how to drive on the gas powered go karts on the Seaside Heights, NJ boardwalk.
 

Bocabear

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Oh I’m all for the tron overlay! I was sad it didn’t happen.
I am too, but they might have had to do something more than aesthetics to the speedway as Tron Vehicles would definitely attract a lot more people....and if it was the exact same featureless track and slow cars, it would generate a lot of negative attention... They could have done something in the Cars area based on the Lizzie character with old Model T cars to drive around some mountain features for the younger kids...then they couls actually get rid of the Speedway and do something fun with the space
 

Advisable Joseph

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Yeah... because it's an iconic IP. It's not my thing but it clearly strikes a tone with the youngsters still.
To be fair your statement is related to its popularity. You are almost answering your own question.
It's one of the top "Popular searches" and "Trending searches" on Disney+ right now, and it has been consistently been on the trending list during the summer for the last few years.

Remember, people here are upset.
 
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DisneyHead123

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It's one of the top "Popular searches" and "Trending searches" on Disney+ right now, and it has been consistently been on the trending list during the summer for the last few years.

Remember, people here are upset.

I kinda question those searches as I think Disney could use them to push the movies it wants to push.

I don’t doubt toddler and preschool kids still watch Cars, but I just don’t know that it’s the hot ticket item that it once was (I say that as someone who thinks that should have no impact on what replaced Rivers, btw. Cars could be the most watched movie in the world and I still don’t think it would be a good replacement. I think Bambi could have been an excellent replacement while acknowledging it’s not a big IP with kids these days.)
 

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