MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

All in all I think Tron looks great, but is not a great attraction overall, and like other things done since 2020, it feels like it is in the wrong park.

Had they went with putting Tron in Epcot if keeping The Universe of Energy was important it could be placed where Wonders of Life is otherwise we would lose The classic UOE building with in return something kinetics and able to lit up along with Spaceship Earth with the canopy not destroying sightlines with the park and WDW. Guardians of The Galaxy in either Tomorrowland or Hollywood Studios would made one of those parks top dog, but I believe the whole reason for it to be at Epcot how odd it is was to pull in teens and adults a reason to go to Epcot. That's all you hear about on the monorail!

 

[Casper Gutman]

Question for the forum, what is the last thing that was built inside the domestic parks that has "wowed" you?

We don't have anything post 2020 to assure us that they can knock out of park aside everything that was built internationally!

MMRR. Maybe not a full “wow,” but an enthusiastic “gawrsh.”

 

[TomboyJanet]

Question for the forum, what is the last thing that was built inside the domestic parks that has "wowed" you?

We don't have anything post 2020 to assure us that they can knock out of park aside everything that was built internationally!

That would be Pandora probably. That was awe inspiring and truely created a feel that etched another different kind of Disney magic into the mix. After that idk really. Guardians coaster was OK but I mean it was basically Paris Space mountain but spinning and backwards sections instead of loops. The queue was cool but you get whisked by so fast with the stupid virtual queue that its really not something you can stop and enjoy. I had to let people past me.

Runaway railway was not even close to the GMR in terms of theming, and feels more rushed and NYC art exhibit experience room than anything else. Living in NY this stuff is basically around every corner so It's nothing unique. Then again we also have our own soarin' ride... and it has Jeff Goldblum instead of Pat Warburtan. https://www.riseny.co/?srsltid=AfmBOorbhSeNvxUrGJPSKYKq3WAb-0JUJZUenRuDYj1l5uSp8hcjn2YR

Disney used to make things that couldn't be replicated by random places in cities. I mean where is the NY version of Splash Mountain.....Nowhere!! We don't really have that many water dark rides, I can only think of the Old Mill at play land which is cool as can be, but seems to build up to a non existent drop.

The point is that They Avengers campused everything lately. I mean who wants to go on an antman man ride that is basically scanning barcodes at self check out for the same item over and over again.

 

[Disstevefan1]

That would be Pandora probably.

Agreed! The only problem is it took WAY TOO LONG!! But then again, that's the case with ALL PROJECTS Disney does (Except DVCs, the build them FAST)

Anyway back to Pandora, everything is a WOW; the land, the food offerings, and I still think FOP is the best attraction in WDW.

 

[TomboyJanet]

Agreed! The only problem is it took WAY TOO LONG!! But then again, that's the case with ALL PROJECTS Disney does (Except DVCs, the build them FAST)

Anyway back to Pandora, everything is a WOW; the land, the food offerings, and I still think FOP is the best attraction in WDW.

I even love the underappreciated River journey, if not simply for it's stunning soundtrack and it's trippy atmosphere and great Animatronic. Just wish It had more of them. But I would love to go in there after sampling a bit of the various IPAs near Everest and something more (jk)...... Anyway....

There are many ways in which rides could have been far better, like Tiana having a villain to make the drop make sense, and also there is one part of that ride where there is nothing but one ugly animatronic of a giant frog, and I think that's even worse than the notorious Frozen Tunnel Of Nothingness. It looks like you got shrunk and a kid dropped his annoying rubber toy next to you that keeps making noise.

I dread seeing what non adventure this RSR knockoff is going to be. Are we racing to find the magical lost gas station? or are we trying to get to the mini mart of progress? Maybe even braving the dreaded 101 Traffic experience, or drop the kid cars off at car soccer in our mini vans? Oh wait I got it, We're trying to find the missing catalytic converter but we learn that we were the real catalytic converter all along!
-Literally...that's why we're in the car....

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

I don't understand, they want everything IP based and not original anymore these days, aren't using classic IP's everyone loves that are timeless for new rides and lands, however using an IP "Planes" that no one is familiar with, something to leave people confused by just like TBA...All because California has the original Cars Land but it's okay for Galaxy's Edge which nobody wants as that version to have two. I swear if Mater and Lightning McQueen aren't in the indoor portion then count this as a FLOP!

 

[FettFan]

Question for the forum, what is the last thing that was built inside the domestic parks that has "wowed" you?

We don't have anything post 2020 to assure us that they can knock out of park aside everything that was built internationally!

GotG is an awesome coaster…would be even better if they got rid of the Marvel crap and made it the “Universe of Energy Solar Coaster: Ride The Sunshine” with a queue full of hands-on energy displays like the old Energy Exchange from Communicore East.


Because looking at a models of fictional cities from a fictional planet makes me want to quote Beetlejuice.

 

[Brer Panther]

Runaway railway was not even close to the GMR in terms of theming, and feels more rushed and NYC art exhibit experience room than anything else.

That's a great comparison. I've been to a Van Gough walkthrough exhibit that did the "projected sets on walls" thing, too, and while it was neat it does not a good replacement for The Great Movie Ride make.

 

[John park hopper]

Question for Disney --how are you going to fill in RoA --trucking in dirt won't that be a major disruption to MK?

 

[Bocabear]

And they have to break up the concrete riverbed and haul that out as well... It seemed to take forever to get the old Communicore West building down and cleared...I think this would take even more time....with the size of the area, the amount of excavation....

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

Question for Disney --how are you going to fill in RoA --trucking in dirt won't that be a major disruption to MK?

Unless I’m misinterpreting things based on where the lay down areas are, it looks like they’re gonna work from the back forward. That should functionally not really change anything about how we move about the park as is. Just put walls up around the guest facing riverfront on all three guest accessible sides and they’re free to work. This project benefits from this being a dead end, they can just pull up backstage and start with little guest interruption.

 

[Brer Panther]

Watching the Poseidon Entertainment video about this, and in addition to it making some good points, I noticed a comment that's worth posting here:

You know what's ironic? The original Cars movie has a whole point about the natural simplistic beauty of Radiator Springs being ignored and forgotten due to the more modern and convenient Interstate being built. The movie's main theme is to slow down and appreciate the hidden gems in life instead of just racing past them. Yet Disney here is destroying a natural hidden gem that is the same type of area that the Cars movie teaches us to love in order to build a couple of rides based on the Cars franchise.

 

[lazyboy97o]

And they have to break up the concrete riverbed and haul that out as well... It seemed to take forever to get the old Communicore West building down and cleared...I think this would take even more time....with the size of the area, the amount of excavation....

The CommuniCore building was disassembled in order to recycle more materials. It also had a basement that was preserved. That’s nowhere near similar to just ripping out a slab of concrete.

 

[J4546]

The CommuniCore building was disassembled in order to recycle more materials. It also had a basement that was preserved. That’s nowhere near similar to just ripping out a slab of concrete.

they also expanded the basement considerably as well

 

[TomboyJanet]

That's a great comparison. I've been to a Van Gough walkthrough exhibit that did the "projected sets on walls" thing, too, and while it was neat it does not a good replacement for The Great Movie Ride make.

It's like the difference between seeing that and then seeing the original Van Goughs. It's tangible. Or in this case seeing van gough paint them in real life and tell you everything about how he's feeling while he does.

 

[TomboyJanet]

I don't understand, they want everything IP based and not original anymore these days, aren't using classic IP's everyone loves that are timeless for new rides and lands, however using an IP "Planes" that no one is familiar with, something to leave people confused by just like TBA...All because California has the original Cars Land but it's okay for Galaxy's Edge which nobody wants as that version to have two. I swear if Mater and Lightning McQueen aren't in the indoor portion then count this as a FLOP!

Ikr! I do like Rey though because she's adorable and I wanna dress like her and be all hero girl like her. But I can understand that people want the magic of the original Star Wars, which was the reason anyone loves Star Wars to begin with. If you ask someone to name their fav star wars, it's gonna be A new Hope or Empire, most likely. I think they could have got away with making it timeless like Star Tours, and fantasyland. Same planet different era. Han Solo as an animatronic in the Falcon queue etc.

But anyway, Yeah without Mater and McQueen, it's not cars. Kids will be like "Where's lightning?". Little boys (and yes girls too!) OBSESS over Lighning, like he's a famous athlete they look up to. He's like the modern day Thomas the Tank Engine.

 

[LittleBuford]

That's a great comparison. I've been to a Van Gough walkthrough exhibit that did the "projected sets on walls" thing, too, and while it was neat it does not a good replacement for The Great Movie Ride make.

It's like the difference between seeing that and then seeing the original Van Goughs. It's tangible. Or in this case seeing van gough paint them in real life and tell you everything about how he's feeling while he does.

I prefer Runaway Railway to The Great Movie Ride, though they're so different from each other that I'm not sure a comparison is especially productive or appropriate.

Leaving that aside, I think the attraction's use of projection mapping works very effectively to make guests feel as if they've entered a 2-D animated world, which is the whole point.

 

[TomboyJanet]

I prefer Runaway Railway to The Great Movie Ride and think its use of projection mapping works very effectively to make guests feel as if they've entered a 2-D animated world.

Well I liked GMR because its sets were so complex. They had a full size 20s car in there! Like one of those Awooga ones. They had real fire! They had real actors, and if you love Alien like I do, that scene is just unbelievable. It's like how harry potter fans feel in Universal to me. This was only compounded by when I was a kid I got to evac through the Nostromo, and it felt like I was scared as the movie chars. That is probably what got me into horror in the first place.

I don't HATE the new ride, I love the version in California. That version has a queue full of references to so much of the disney cartoon world, Including Powerline from the Goofy Movie. The props there are so much fun. The queue in florida is so blahh its like the GMR one but cramped and claustrophobic.

 

[LittleBuford]

Well I liked GMR because its sets were so complex. They had a full size 20s car in there! Like one of those Awooga ones. They had real fire! They had real actors, and if you love Alien like I do, that scene is just unbelievable. It's like how harry potter fans feel in Universal to me. This was only compounded by when I was a kid I got to evac through the Nostromo, and it felt like I was scared as the movie chars. That is probably what got me into horror in the first place.

I've said this before, but to me it always felt less than the sum of its parts. I don't quite know why, but all those animatronics, elaborate sets, and flashy effects somehow failed to impress in the same way that, say, Spaceship Earth does.

I don't HATE the new ride, I love the version in California.

Except for the queue, they're the same ride, so if you love one, I don't see how you can feel so indifferently towards the other.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

To put this somewhat back on topic... What do you think the other Cars attraction will be?