News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[the_rich]

give us an example of concept art of something they announced at WDW turned out like that

Pandora

 

[Quietmouse]

Aside from nostalgia warriors, is this really going to play such a huge impact on the core of Disney world audience (younger families typically with small children, with above middle income brackets?)?

These families are paying nearly over 4k for 4 days at Disney world. Does the river boat and river and island add to the magic experience, detracts or is neutral for these families ?

Likewise, same question, would a cars land, with a well done e ticket experience, plus a smaller family experience ride, with solid theming and landscaping add, detract or be neutral ?

My guess, if well done (big if), then it will probably add to the overall trip versus a boat ride/island visit that most kids and families found boring and time wasting and would typically skip over.

 

[Beacon Joe]

If they truly pave over a pretty riverscape, this will make their greenwashing dopiness about straws and cup tops even more hilarious. At least to me. Maybe they can use the tons of plastic garbage merch sitting, unmoving and unwanted, in Big Lots and Ollies currently and use it as fill material.

 

[Brian]

Does this mean WDW eventually gets animatronic Roy?

No, outside of devoted Disney fans, nobody knows who he was. If you linger around 'Sharing the Magic', you'll hear various people say "Oh look, Walt and Minnie!" or the occasional "Who's that old man supposed to be?"

 

[vagabondarts]

Uh…so “Frontierland” is now about giant princess tiaras and anthropomorphic cars?

I give up. Honestly.

And Josh’s rationalization is just embarrassing.

Well if they came right out and said they and their advisors find the American Frontier and even Riverboats as racist and problematic, people would rightfully get angry. The slow change is much more appealing on paper.

 

[Sectorkeeper71]

They better not take away Harbor House just because they're taking away the Harbor.

Harbor house: under new management

 

[Scuttle]

Sad to say, but Disney World is just no longer worth it.

You’re going to have Lightning McQueen zooming past the Haunted Mansion. WOW.

So you know, f Iger, f. D’Amaro. F the whole lot of them. They can take their lightning lane plus or whatever scheme they come up with next and shove it right up where the sun don’t shine.

I gave up my annual in 2018. Was a passholder for 10 years. I’ll never buy a pass again. I’ve been back twice since 2018. Don’t miss it a bit. There’s a lot more to life than WDW. Imagineering has no talent and on top of that corporate makes the worst decisions possible. Disney is truly screwed until they hire real talent and stay out of politics. The board needs to grow a pair and hire a conservative CEO that understands that.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Overall, ROA at Disneyland is better than MK’s.

It definitely is now! I will say that the cruise on the river was nice but not as great as when it was longer. There is more to say though, that's for sure.

 

[Sectorkeeper71]

Place this ride in Test Track, Pixar Land, Tomorrowland Speedway, or almost any one of the World Showcase countries ("Cars around Italy/Germany/America") and there would be almost no complaints.

That’s patently false, there’d be A LOT of complaints with all those ideas

 

[Beacon Joe]

Uh…so “Frontierland” is now about giant princess tiaras and anthropomorphic cars?

I give up. Honestly.

And Josh’s rationalization is just embarrassing.

Well, we are in the "see, the Marvel character visited Epcot as a kid so this makes perfect sense" phase of visionary leadership at the Parks division.

 

[pwnbeaver]

give us an example of concept art of something they announced at WDW turned out like that

This is a good point, but the example I can think of is, ironically, Cars Land.

Ah. Everyone who thinks water in Florida looks beautiful should instead check out Water, Japan.

Got it.

Animal Kingdom is beautiful. Islands of Adventure is beautiful. Rivers of America is nothing special, outside of its historical ties and nostalgia. I totally get that, but this isn't like bulldozing Haunted Mansion or Pirates, or even retheming Splash Mountain.

Plus, Disneysea really is the best. I have never seen anything in my life that can compare to that kind of scale and accomplishment. The water is purposeful and looks beautiful in completely different ways in every section of the park. It is better.

 

[vagabondarts]

Well, we are in the "see, the Marvel character visited Epcot as a kid so this makes perfect sense" phase of visionary leadership at the Parks division.

Wait til they ‘reimagine’ world showcase and shut down American Adventure for being problematic and promoting colonization.

 

[FettFan]

Aside from nostalgia warriors, is this really going to play such a huge impact on the core of Disney world audience (younger families typically with small children, with above middle income brackets?)?

The Iger Company continues to think the average guest is a drooling moron who will happily lap up whatever they toss out.

And that’s why we’ve seen such stunning failures for Disney parks.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Seems like one of the reasons they're rushing to get started so management can get no take backsies once the blowback comes.

We can't talk about rushing until we see ANY work done.

 

[Scuttle]

There’s a lot of “new members” being vocal in support of the change. Most of their support follows the same argument outline. Peculiar.

Probably paid by Disney.

 

[FutureCEO]

I think I went to Tom Sawyers Island once (that I remember) but the water and trees has it's use when it's 100 degrees out.

 

[vagabondarts]

The Iger Company continues to think the average guest is a drooling moron who will happily lap up whatever they toss out.

And that’s why we’ve seen such stunning failures for Disney parks.

The shills and corporate bootlickers hate having this pointed out because its true

 

[BrianLo]

It looks to me that you'll now have a big mountain shaped like a piston as your first view as you walk over from the hub. My mind is blown that people are describing this as looking "beautiful", but I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Would you not call Radiator Spring beautiful? They are all designed to look like the back end of cars.

 

[DHSfanatic]

I laughed out loud at this. Thank you.

I just recently reupped for Touring Plans and I did notice this fine print: "Full refund given if Len's posts on WDWMagic are ever criticized."

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Ask every single person who off-roads, overlands or likes rally racing. Cars and the wilderness go hand in hand.

Of course, it's nice to be without technology in the wilderness as well.

I guess this is more on the subjective side of things, as I am sure some people do feel that way about the relationship between cars and wilderness.

Frontierland was always my favourite land in MK mainly for the calmer atmosphere, and especially the effect at night with the music, dim lighting, water, and trees which added some respite when crowds and temperatures dipped. Adding cars to that equation subtracts from the appeal to me, in the same way that Grizzly Peak would be far less charming to me if there were cars zooming all over the mountain in place of the rapids ride.