News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Streetway]

Because Disney’s stewardship of the Muppets demonstrates they know what they’re doing.

I know we aren’t the biggest fan of the muppets handling here, but if we’re being honest with ourselves, if any other major film studio owned them they’d probably be dead and buried by now. Disney is the best case sceneario imo.

 

[dav23]

Replacing one of the most iconic sightlines in Disney Parks with talking cars pretty much sums up Disney of today. No respect for the legacy of the park. I'm all for new things and new additions. Nothing to this point has really bothered me. But demoing the Rivers of America - the element that ties together half of the park and the entire soul of Frontierland - is something I just can't support or even understand. Especially replacing it with one of the least respected IP's Disney owns. Ugh...

 

[GhostHost1000]

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More fun speculation. But what you might get is all the river below the red line filled in. The river above that will stay in some fashion.

The poorly chosen color of purple I used is probably the start of Villains land somehow. You saw some river/water at the bottom of the concept art.

something I don't think has been discussed yet especially when it comes to Villainsland is the railroad track. It'll be interesting to see what they do there.

 

[zann285]

Pave paradise, put up a parking lot.

Pave paradise and put up a dirt track

 

[CaptainAmerica]

True to Disney this will be closed down 50% of the time due to weather and mechanical breakdown

Honestly that's my biggest fear. They can't open this with Tiana or Test Track levels of downtime.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Replacing one of the most iconic sightlines in Disney Parks with talking cars pretty much sums up Disney of today. No respect for the legacy of the park. I'm all for new things and new additions. Nothing to this point has really bothered me. But demoing the Rivers of America - the element that ties together half of the park and the entire soul of Frontierland - is something I just can't support or even understand. Especially replacing it with one of the least respected IP's Disney owns. Ugh...

if you thought they cared about the park's legacy... check out the Epcot transformation

 

[JD80]

For me it's not TSI, it's the river, the views, the pacing of it all. Gone.

I think there will be views, but different. Not to mention any weenie you may see from Villainsland just "beyond the horizon" that will entice you to walk further.

The water is beautiful and I love walking this at night during fireworks, but it's mostly unused and the park needs capacity. This is best way to do it imo.

 

[Tha Realest]

Two for two so far…

The mgm one is most interesting to me

Too much news.

What’s the MGM news?

 

[McMickeyWorld]

No wonder it seemed strange that they didn't show a model at the expo. I don't really like how they abandoned the river, but that didn't justify removing it. I was hoping they would do a treatment like Disneyland's.

 

[marni1971]

If this happens, they really have lost the plot.

Good bye Magic Kingdom. You used to be good.

 

[LittleBuford]

There is no doubt in my mind that this Cars attraction will be the #1 most popular attraction across all four parks (at least until Villains opens). Absolutely guaranteed.

The land also looks beautiful, so it will ALSO provide character, atmosphere, and beauty.

They're replacing a beautiful, unpopular thing, with something that will be tremendously popular *and is also beautiful.*

What we’re losing, however, is breathing room, and that isn’t unimportant either. Not every inch of “unused” space needs to be filled; in as crowded an environment as the Magic Kingdom, a bit of visual and spatial respite from all the busyness is a wonderful thing.

 

[fgmnt]

True to Disney this will be closed down 50% of the time due to weather and mechanical breakdown

This is the number 1 thing that they need to tackle here. Has to have good uptime. Can't be East Cost Rocket Rods.

 

[John park hopper]

This big announcement has not helped Disney stock today--- still going down

 

[Brian]

If this happens, they really have lost the plot.

Good bye Magic Kingdom. You used to be good.

Maybe a Martin's Ultimate Tribute is in order for Frontierland and Liberty Square as lands rather than their attractions? For historical purposes.

 

[invader]

In a matter of 5 years they will have completely changed Frontierland, an area that didn’t really need to be “fixed.”

 

[Disstevefan1]

I don't know of any specific plans. But it is valuable real estate for a low-capacity attraction that's below average in guest satisfaction, makes a lot of noise, and is responsible for a disproportionate number of guest and CM injuries (allegedly).

Looking forward to looking at noise, guest satisfaction, injury data 15 years from now if I am alive to read it.

 

[Andrew C]

but it's mostly unused

"Unused" doesn't mean there is no purpose or benefit that exists...

the park needs capacity

There are other ways to add capacity.

 

[doctornick]

River boat is the thing you do to kill time when there's nothing actually fun to do.

I enjoy the riverboat a good bit, even if it is only something we do every third trip or so. I actually like it more than the train.

RIP

 

[kevlightyear]

So if they're keeping the Liberty Belle launch platform, does that mean it's the entrance to the new ride?

Edit: no, after looking more closely the entrance is clearly toward the middle of the artwork. So what will the launch building be used for?

 

[GhostHost1000]

If this happens, they really have lost the plot.

Good bye Magic Kingdom. You used to be good.

Well they half ruined Epcot, I guess it’s MK’s time next. AK look out.