James Alucobond
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Which is exactly what I said in my previous post. You'll basically have to get something else now, quality to be determined.
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MK Piston Peak and Villains Land Construction Thread
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Fox&Hound
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Yes I feel like the long skinny building is shops. It would make more sense if the coaster is to the back of the land. I always imagined walking past twisted trees (like the ones with faces found in Snow White) and then we enter upon a village- similar in appearance to Universal’s monster area (although I imagine they will want to differentiate their product from Universal now. I imagined a village with shops and Maleficent’s castle in the background hiding their roller coaster.
BrianLo
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No need to imagine: It’s shown in the released art.
I do think it will be obscured behind a visual barrier. One that the camera is sitting in front of. They’ve done that a lot recently.
DrStarlander
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What's shown in the art foreground is a tinted-back tease of the coaster circling by 20 to 30 feet underground, so I don't know what to make of that. I chalked it up to Disney concept art fiction given how unlikely that hole was. I wasn't expecting to walk through a few acres of coaster before you get to the village.
yes, that's the perplexing part for me -- that they leveled that huge swath of trees beyond the RR tracks. I initially thought that would be the main coaster show building area (but it's not -- only part of the facility straddles a segment of the land). Now, I wonder if it could be the structure for the background moutains? (but seems too large for that?). I know some of it will be for staging materials but it's perplexing what they intend to do there.
FigmentFan82
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I wonder how far along things will be come D23, and what new/extra information they may clue us in to for these new areas
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
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I mean, with construction starting and permits being filed, I would assume that they are passed the "dreaming" phase, passed the "planning phase", and onto the "realizing" phase. Hopefully, that means we get some finalized info (specifically, concept art that closely mirrors what is actually being built). Now, if they decide to share tat with us now or wait until closer to opening is another thing. I'm hoping we get some really concrete info for cars (new piece of concept art, names for the attractions, and maybe an opening year). For Villains, I'm not expecting much more than a new piece of concept art (maybe a model) and maybe a finalized name for the land. I think extensive details on the rides may be premature.
FigmentFan82
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That seems very reasonable
Goofyernmost
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In all likelihood the plans have been finalized, but they are not written in stone. I have never been part of a project (non-Disney) that didn't have as many change orders as the previous intentions. Those happen from things that are encountered during construction. Some were massive, some were minor, but construction is a minefield of possible problems.
Disney Analyst
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Potentially the start of the new stream.
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FIRST LOOK at Construction for Stream Replacing Rivers of America in Cars-themed Area of Frontierland
Head out to Magic Kingdom with us as we get a sneak peek at the ongoing foundation work to create a new Cars attraction!
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DrStarlander
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I posted this drawing back in Sept. so apologies, but rather than the riverbed itself, I wonder if this is a pad footing for a retaining wall between the lowered river and normal elevation?Potentially the start of the new stream.
FIRST LOOK at Construction for Stream Replacing Rivers of America in Cars-themed Area of Frontierland
Head out to Magic Kingdom with us as we get a sneak peek at the ongoing foundation work to create a new Cars attraction!
Conor.Nam15
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I have high hopes for this stream…Potentially the start of the new stream.
FIRST LOOK at Construction for Stream Replacing Rivers of America in Cars-themed Area of Frontierland
Head out to Magic Kingdom with us as we get a sneak peek at the ongoing foundation work to create a new Cars attraction!
A general idea of what I think may develop based on the permits and fun map:
Timothy_Q
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Best one of these I've seen so far
Love how the big thunder terrain is extending through the west side of cars.
Hope it ends up feeling integrated and connected like that.
I like it too, although I think it has the cars ride extending too far north (?) on both the BTMR and HH side, based on the limited artwork?
I especially like the Cars ride track being an endless loop.
SplashJacket
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Do we have waste water permits from previous expansions (like Galaxy’s Edge) to see how closely the facilities align with the built construction?
Looks amazing! Great job! Really curious if the building to the back right of BTM is for. Also feel very confident the small square building to the left of HM is a restaurant or bar themed to HM. Feel the stream will tie this area together very well like Grizzly Peak and Grizzly Gulch. Personally my only concern is that I hope this ride is at least longer than 2 minutes as I think anything shorter then 7D would be a waste, also curious if they are still gonna do that 2nd cars ride or not.
sedati
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I think this is correct especially in regard to the long mystery structure which does remind me of a similar build from Disneyland's version of Galaxy's edge. There was very long and narrow structure that divided the shortened Rivers of America from Galaxy's edge. The train side became the rock-work and waterfall. The top and Galaxy's Edge side
became a tree covered berm much as you show here. This was partly for sight-lines and also to block sound. They may want to block out the sounds of the "wildest ride in the wilderness" from the entrance to Villains. I'd love if it had similar waterfalls on the Big Thunder side (another great sound buffer.) Here's a pic of the area under construction from Westcoaster.net:
and the finished waterfall:
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Question , picked up a magazine at CVS that was all about the Disney Parks past, present, & future. Wasn't expecting anything new per se and everything in the magazine was accurate about the future projects and timelines. That is except for Cars, which it said "the piston peak area is expected to open in late 2026 or early 2027." And while I know this isn't a Disney owned magazine, I found it so odd everything else had the correct years and details so I wanted to ask, what's the current timeline of this project, and is a year from now totally out of question (which I assume it is still)
AidenRodriguez731
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Interesting but I don't think practically with what we've gotten thus far that they would confidentally put an opening date so early. Not to mention not atleast tease an opening date that is supposed to be earlier than Tropical Americas.
Movielover
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That long narrow structure in Disneyland's Galaxy Edge is the Fantasmic barge storage building. It wasn't built at DHS's version because obviously there is no river show next to it. I doubt the long narrow building in the Villain's plans is for a barge/parade storage, so it will be interesting to see what its actually for. I think it will be a show scene for the land's rollercoaster. But I assume they may put a similar berm on top of it like the Galaxy Edge one.