MK Piston Peak and Villains Land Construction Thread

[FettFan]

How much would you pay for a slice of the riverboat track?

They’ll slice it into one-sixteenth-inch pieces and shove it into a pin.

 

[jah4955]

They’ll slice it into one-sixteenth-inch pieces and shove it into a pin.

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It's worse than I remembered...thanks for finding it (I had no luck finding when referring to these pins the other day)

 

[jah4955]

I’m with you but you can also see them here:

bioreconstruct (@bioreconstruct.bsky.social)

They asked before boarding a futuristic ride at the Toronto CN Tower: Are you a bioreconstruct?

bsky.app

much appreciated!

 

[wdwmagic]

Crews Drain Final Water From Rivers of America at Magic Kingdom as Riverboat Track Removal Begins​

Crews Drain Final Water From Rivers of America at Magic Kingdom as Riverboat Track Removal Begins

Crews Drain Final Water From Rivers of America at Magic Kingdom as Riverboat Track Removal Begins

www.wdwmagic.com

 

[FutureCEO]

So much for shovel ready from when announced a year ago

 

[Jedi14]

Please forgive my out-of-touchness with, well everything, but do we know what this Piston Peak thing is going to be? Seems to me we're trading an absolute benchmark of theming for a dumbed-down, honky tonkified version of Radiator Springs Racers.

The main attraction is a rally race through a national park.

 

[2bornot2be]

So now can they really start to work. They have not shown any great progress yet and I'm getting very bored with a Rivers of America Watch.

 

[Chi84]

And you would be correct. Disney is in the process of getting rid of anything Americana and anything Walt. Current management hates both.

Maybe they can get rid of the first W in WDW. It would be so much easier to say DW than WDW.

 

[Bocabear]

The main attraction is a rally race through a national park.

So does that make it not "a dumbed-down, honky tonkified version of Radiator Springs Racers."? The location is nothing that we associate with the franchise...and will also I am sure lack the humor and whimsy of Radiator Springs.... THe whole thing is an odd idea... Like a Beauty and the Beast attraction set in Cannes or a new Mulan attraction set in Equatorial Africa....

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

So does that make it not "a dumbed-down, honky tonkified version of Radiator Springs Racers."? The location is nothing that we associate with the franchise...and will also I am sure lake the humor and whimsy of Radiator Springs.... THe whole thing is an odd idea... Like a Beauty and the Beast attraction set in Cannes or a new Mulan attraction set in Equatorial Africa....

Apples and oranges.

Cars fundamentally is a movie about American culture and the idea of slowing down and enjoying yourself in its beauty and craziness. The first movie really highlights that aspect with Route 66 vs McQueen's more "modern celebrity" life style.

The 2nd movie... is a movie but it goes into the corruption of oil companies and again reinforces the point of not needing to be some elite flashy celebrity.

The 3rd movie is about legacy, passing down traditions, and once again not needing to be the center of attention.


These movies imo can come together to fit the outlines for what this attraction is about.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

Hoping someone will snag a picture of the switch if it hasn’t already been removed. I’ve never seen it exposed before.

 

[DCBaker]

Trailers have started to arrive on site for Imagineering and contractor offices - photos from today:

 

[DCBaker]

Additional photos from today:

 

[Biff215]

And there’s the scaffolding to support the rest of the construction walls!

 

[EvilChameleon]

Clearly the birds didn't get the memo that everything was supposed to be drained.

 

[Chi84]

Clearly the birds didn't get the memo that everything was supposed to be drained.

They'll figure it out.

 

[Gusey]

so, they are removing the track, right?

 

[DrStarlander]

Which one of us is going to tell this guy about the weather forecast?

 

[Brer Panther]

Clearly the birds didn't get the memo that everything was supposed to be drained.

They're on our side, they're sitting in the remains of the river as protest.

 

[Chester&Hester Enthusiast]

“Old ride mechanisms that used to power”?

No. That is a railed track. The boat was powered by the steam boiler that turned the paddles.

Gotta love the Disney influencers who don’t actually know Disney.

To be fair, the em dashes and random emojis make it very obvious that they're using an AI model to write their captions.