News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Sir_Cliff]

Normal animals might actually exist in the Cars universe, actually... this background character has lawn flamingos that don't look like any type of vehicle...

View attachment 825935​

You can also see normal birds (the same ones from the PIXAR short For the Birds) on a power line at one point in the first movie during the "Life is a Highway" scene. So...

These seem more like inconsistencies than proof animals exist in the Cars universe, though. As a thought experiment, imagine a sequence in Cars where they come across a bear or some moose that were not carified; it would be extremely jarring. Same goes for the fairly lame Cars attraction at Walt Disney Studios Paris, where a figure of a real world animal would stick out like a sore thumb.

At any rate, this ride does not appear as a ride through the American wilderness with the characters from Cars as the geographical features of the land form the shapes of car parts. It's hard to imagine the scenery as anything other than just rocks and vegetation or animals made to look like cars. If that's what 'redefining what frontier means', then

 

[Soluna16]

We are now 3 months into this since the announcement (5% of the time until end of 2029) and have no additional news and nothing has happened. Interesting,...

 

[Nickm2022]

If they ever get around to using star tours space for something else could they move the simulators there? Star Tours would be a great addition to Tomorrowland.

Id be pitching making Star Tours Wall E themed at Disneyland for years now, Disney feel free to take my idea

 

[JoeCamel]

OR... an electric vehicle version of Speedway with double helixes.

Parking garage at Tampa airport?

 

[Starship824]

We are now 3 months into this since the announcement (5% of the time until end of 2029) and have no additional news and nothing has happened. Interesting,...

We literally got news at d23 Brazil.

 

[Bocabear]

There is a ton of permitting and environmental work they have to do to even get the equipment onsite and ready to destroy the core of the park...so that all takes time. Just to prep the site will take a huge amount of time, then they have to start building... I would not expect to see any completion until at least 2029... When it takes years to expand seating at Woody's lunch box or a year and a half to build a Margarita kiosk, I can't imagine this gigantic construction project taking less than 4 years...for any part of it to be completed... So Villain's in 2030?

 

[JD80]

The point has become obscured by some (disingenuous) interjections. Of course most rides feature vehicles that drive themselves... but usually, the vehicles aren't the entire point. An overwhelming majority of rides at WDW are a variation on a dark ride, which emphasizes storytelling and narrative through complicated, multi-media scene building. A few rides take a different approach - AK's Safari, for instance, relies on live animals for interest. Everything we've seen of Cars indicates it is going to be an outdoor trip through more Disney rockwork. The PR material so far has focused on the ride vehicles themselves, attempting to make the "off-roading" vehicles the focus of interest. I and others are arguing that being driven around a bumpy track isn't a substitute for more conventional dark-ride-esque storytelling. Indy or Dinosaur wouldn't be interesting if they were outside through rockwork, however cunningly devised.

I'm a few pages behind but I don't get this take. This ride is (supposedly) to simulate being in a offroad experience. The real world has plenty of examples of people riding shotgun in different vehicles (air, sea or earth) driven by experts to get the same feeling.

 

[JD80]

We are now 3 months into this since the announcement (5% of the time until end of 2029) and have no additional news and nothing has happened. Interesting,...

They've said construction will start in 2025 in Cars Land and Monsters. You won't get any more announcements. The next signs will be permits then staging area prep (you're seeing this already with BTM) and then finally walls going up and then shovels in the ground.

The Parksblog won't be giving you updates.

 

[danlb_2000]

They've said construction will start in 2025 in Cars Land and Monsters. You won't get any more announcements. The next signs will be permits then staging area prep (you're seeing this already with BTM) and then finally walls going up and then shovels in the ground.

The Parksblog won't be giving you updates.

The initial permit has been filed but was sent back to Disney for more information. It has now been two months since that happened.

 

[bmr1591]

We are now 3 months into this since the announcement (5% of the time until end of 2029) and have no additional news and nothing has happened. Interesting,...

They literally have scrims up and are doing prep work behind BTM.

 

[danlb_2000]

They literally have scrims up and are doing prep work behind BTM.

That's for the BTM track project.

 

[spresso81]

That's for the BTM track project.

So you are telling me there still is a chance ROA can be saved??????

 

[bmr1591]

That's for the BTM track project.

It'll be used for both. It's no coincidence they're bringing BTM down when they are.

 

[danlb_2000]

It'll be used for both. It's no coincidence they're bringing BTM down when they are.

I really don't see them using that area for the Cars/Villains project, that project already has much larger laydown yards designated for it.

 

[Disstevefan1]

The initial permit has been filed but was sent back to Disney for more information. It has now been two months since that happened.

Here’s hoping they won’t get permits to fill in RoA

 

[Tha Realest]

Trackless means you can't see a visible ride path. Aquatopia, Luigi's Rollickin Roadsters, Pooh's Hunny Hunt, Mystic Manor are all examples of Trackless where there is no parking involved

Yes. But. Each “trackless” ride I’ve been in has very obvious tracks on the floor (often made more obvious by the brightness of the screens reflecting off the floor).

 

[Schmidt]

The Tall Tale Cafe could have been easily modified to look like Louisiana country/New Orleans Bayou architecture and theming...so after passing through the archway out of Adventurland the River Bend could have been squarely themed to Tiana's World....Big Thunder should have been the New Frontierland's backdrop...Forget Cars completely and create an all new Frontierland, with better theming than the old Frontierland and an additional 2 attractions....
Liberty Square could be more like Sleepy Hollow (if the rumors of HOP going away are true)...then allow CBJ and Diamond Horseshoe to become the transition area to the Louisiana River Delta...
And put Cars in DHS where is squarely belongs....

I don’t think Cars belongs in DHS at all. Just my 2 cents though.

I think Magic Kingdom is a good spot as any. Now I do wish they weren’t putting this smack dab on TSI or ROA, but Magic kingdom could be fine. Like anything else it will come down to execution. It could also bring some new life to an area that feels like it’s missing something. I’m also ok with the “old west” theme dying. For me is too cliche at this point to make an interesting theme, not to mention it’s a bit outdated for me….

 

[Schmidt]

Yes. But. Each “trackless” ride I’ve been in has very obvious tracks on the floor (often made more obvious by the brightness of the screens reflecting off the floor).

Stop staring at the floor would be my recommendation.

 

[UNCgolf]

It’s still large enough to fit something as big as IASW or Mansion.

I think it's incredibly unlikely they construct a large building there for several reasons -- for one, almost all of a building would be visible from inside the park/on stage thanks to TRON's placement, so either they'd have to theme the entire building or there'd be significantly more backstage intrusion.

The PeopleMover is also in the way for some of the footprint.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I think it's incredibly unlikely they construct a large building there for several reasons -- for one, almost all of a building would be visible from inside the park/on stage thanks to TRON's placement, so either they'd have to theme the entire building or there'd be significantly more backstage intrusion.

The PeopleMover is also in the way for some of the footprint.

Yup. Are Spaceship Earth and MMRR the only major attractions with guest areas on all sides?

The placement of Tron was shockingly short-sighted.