News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[bwr827]

If you read the entire post - “and plussing up the showmanship along the river that operating attractions would interact with, to get back to 2,500ish riders per hour”

AKA “waving a magic wand” to somehow get people to care about riding the boat or visiting the island.

 

[peter11435]

And you know that how?

All options were explored

 

[bwr827]

You’d think Small World merch would be especially easy to make- just do tiny dolls!

They could sell the dolls at the Villains Land store — if they’re going all-in on the scare factor.

 

[FettFan]

Be careful, with such a logical solution, you will have a ton of pixie dusters lining up to explain why that can’t work.

Ironic that actual fans of WDW are better versed in how the operation should be run than the actual suits who run it.

 

[Wall-e]

For those who are looking for coh

Star Wars Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland has two entrances I think, Villans would be a problem if only has one entrance.

So the whole reason why the Rivers are going away is because of Villains Land even though the Land in itself is an expansion of its own away from Frontierland. Removing the River makes it and Cars reason basically a road for Villians. A street currently to get to Villains area would be narrow not big enough. This is sad realizing this may be the cause here.

Here’s an interesting bit of possible cohesive theming and a happy coincidence (perhaps purposefully)…For one of the Big Thunder’s they created a fictitious character who owns the mine who is based on Tony Baxter. I believe in one of the parks the Haunted Mansion is also a property of this character (or his portrait appears in one of them).

Given MK’s HM and BTMRR’s proximities within this new land and a few tweaks to HM’s story you could end up with some pretty good theme cohesion.

 

[FettFan]

I bet those people who were begging that a Cars Land clone wouldn't be built in DHS would much rather prefer that now as opposed to what has been announced.

Man just think if it had been this way: Galaxy's Edge in Echo Lake/Indiana Jones area expanding out into the parking lot. Toy Story Land where it is now. Cars Land where Galaxy's Edge currently sits. Monsters Inc Land where Animation Courtyard is. Hollywood Studios would have been a full day park by then. Then we could have just had Villains Land and all would have been fine.

LMA being a Cars 2-themed stunt show.

 

[lazyboy97o]

For those who are looking for coh

Here’s an interesting bit of possible cohesive theming and a happy coincidence (perhaps purposefully)…For one of the Big Thunder’s they created a fictitious character who owns the mine who is based on Tony Baxter. I believe in one of the parks the Haunted Mansion is also a property of this character (or his portrait appears in one of them).

Given MK’s HM and BTMRR’s proximities within this new land and a few tweaks to HM’s story you could end up with some pretty good theme cohesion.

The Haunted Mansion is not Phantom Manor, it does not need an unrelated backstory shoved into it.

 

[larryz]

Crazy how a multi billion dollar corporation is too stingy to pay for unique merch but Six Flags #329 that’s running at a net loss has something for every random ride

If only there was an economic clue in that statement...

 

[October82]

For those who are looking for coh

Here’s an interesting bit of possible cohesive theming and a happy coincidence (perhaps purposefully)…For one of the Big Thunder’s they created a fictitious character who owns the mine who is based on Tony Baxter. I believe in one of the parks the Haunted Mansion is also a property of this character (or his portrait appears in one of them).

Given MK’s HM and BTMRR’s proximities within this new land and a few tweaks to HM’s story you could end up with some pretty good theme cohesion.

Obscure backstories aren’t a substitute for theme.

 

[October82]

Ironic that actual fans of WDW are better versed in how the operation should be run than the actual suits who run it.

The basic issue is that Disney once empowered the design and storytelling professionals to make decisions. A large part of the Disney Parks fan base are fans of the work of a core group of designers.

Contemporary Disney no longer views the expertise of the professionals they employ - in some cases the same group and in others their successors - as worth empowering.

 

[Wall-e]

The Haunted Mansion is not Phantom Manor, it does not need an unrelated backstory shoved into it.

Obscure backstories aren’t a substitute for theme.

Tough crowd. Just trying to help people find a silver lining. Thankfully I’m already fully onboard and look forward to walking straight from BTM to HM and back again, cohesive story or not.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Tough crowd. Just trying to help people find a silver lining. Thankfully I’m already fully onboard and look forward to walking straight from BTM to HM and back again, cohesive story or not.

Alot of the Cars shorts relating to Piston Peak were of a spooky nature as well. Disney could potentially lean into that if they wanted a transitional area leading to Haunted Mansion.

 

[FettFan]

Alot of the Cars shorts relating to Piston Peak were of a spooky nature as well. Disney could potentially lean into that if they wanted a transitional area leading to Haunted Mansion.

The Cars are actually human ghosts possessing automobiles. They started by possessing suits of armor in the Mansion.


Eventually, they will lose their personalities and faces, just moving on their own….the trains of BTM.

 

[lentesta]

You have got to be kidding me

If they're going to let the current political climate dictate what they do with an original WDW attraction, they truly are lost. I sincerely hope both @wdwmagic and @lentesta are simply speculating here. I can't believe this is true.

I mean, there are only four possible timelines (who wins the election and whether HOP closes before the show can be updated with that result).

Write out those four possibilities.

The one that *I* would least like to be asked to justify to the board, guests, cast members, and the media is "We closed Hall of Presidents before anyone could see the United States' first woman President there."

They have options. They could announce before the US election that HOP is closing no matter who wins. They'd probably get the same "Here's why there'll NEVER be a woman in Disney's Hall of Presidents" clickbait headlines, but maybe for a shorter period of time.

Given the fan reaction to Rivers of America (and Muppets, if/when that happens), my guess is they have enough to handle right now.

I could be wrong.

 

[lentesta]

The Cars are actually human ghosts possessing automobiles. They started by possessing suits of armor in the Mansion.


Eventually, they will lose their personalities and faces, just moving on their own….the trains of BTM.

Questions I would love to ask Josh D'Amaro:

• Does Lightning McQueen purchase life insurance or car insurance?
• The Popemobile appeared in Cars 2, implying the existence of Jesus Christ as an automobile. What make and model was the messiah?

This is why I don't get invited to media events.

 

[Tha Realest]

• The Popemobile appeared in Cars 2, implying the existence of Jesus Christ as an automobile. What make and model was the messiah?

It’s Disney. As if you need to ask that question:

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

It is horrible to wake up every morning and realize it wasn’t a bad dream

 

[Incomudro]

I bet those people who were begging that a Cars Land clone wouldn't be built in DHS would much rather prefer that now as opposed to what has been announced.

Man just think if it had been this way: Galaxy's Edge in Echo Lake/Indiana Jones area expanding out into the parking lot. Toy Story Land where it is now. Cars Land where Galaxy's Edge currently sits. Monsters Inc Land where Animation Courtyard is. Hollywood Studios would have been a full day park by then. Then we could have just had Villains Land and all would have been fine.

I was quite happy with a Radiator Springs Cars Land being built in DHS!

 

[psherman42]

Tough crowd. Just trying to help people find a silver lining. Thankfully I’m already fully onboard and look forward to walking straight from BTM to HM and back again, cohesive story or not.

Well by that logic, let’s just pave over world showcase lagoon as well. Who cares about theming but at least you can walk straight from future world to any of the other countries in world showcase.

 

[MrPromey]

The Cars are actually human ghosts possessing automobiles. They started by possessing suits of armor in the Mansion.


Eventually, they will lose their personalities and faces, just moving on their own….the trains of BTM.

Weird. I thought they were going to be the ghosts of slain unhappy guests opposing these changes to this part of the park and that would be part of the narration every time is breaks down:

"Sorry folks - looks like the pesky ghost of a WDW Forum member gained free will again and brought their vehicle to a stop. Sit tight while we get 'em under control. You'll be back rollin' along in a jiffy."