News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Here's the thing about Walt...he cared more about the Florida project in his last years than Disneyland. I am sure he was aware of what the theme park was going to have.

Walt never championed Florida to have a park nor a second Disneyland. Walt created the Walt Disney World resort for something bigger! His team insisted though they needed to include a castle park. Do we know if he would of made Magic Kingdom completely different probably can't know that answer.

 

[GhostHost1000]

I’m mixed on this.
The artwork of the whole land looks spectacular, but to think it will replace that ambience and feel that I’m used to as I walk towards BTM - it’s tough to accept.

Having said that, RSR in Anaheim is spectacular and this promises to be even better again.

I think I’ll get used to it if the blending in of the land works with the theming transition. Ultimately though, the ride has to deliver the goods. This needs to be nothing short of one of the best rides in DW.

The end results NEVER look like concept art

 

[wm49rs]

Yes, they should be expanding instead of replacing, I don't think anyone can argue that. But if the two options are replace or do nothing, I'll take replace.

Those aren't the only two options. Just the ones TWDC has decided to choose from. They have the resources and size to do otherwise; they just choose not to. Again...

 

[Jrb1979]

Man you do like to put words in people's mouths.

Why is when others are saying it's ok. But whenever I say something similar I'm bad for saying it?

 

[JohnD]

Finally chiming in. Sad to see TSI and Rivers of America go away. Without question the river boat should be moved to Fantasmic and replace the clunky boat they have there now.

 

[spresso81]

Has anybody considered how bad that robot looking mountain will look from the hub or is it even tall enough to be seen from Adventure land?

DL has the Matterhorn but due to the size of their castle is actually improves the skyline.

Lastly, we have not heard any reports of balloon height testing - maybe WDI doesn't even care about sightlines anymore to float one up

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

The end results NEVER look like concept art

Only Epic Universe has shown it can

 

[Coaster Lover]

From what I understand, the new Cars attraction would have a driver, driving the car as well.

It would be against the spirit of "Cars" if a human driver was controlling the vehicle... further, with the limited number of guests per car, the staffing demand if they had a cast member driving each car would be unsustainable... I'm 99.9% sure these will be fully autonomous vehicles.

 

[lightningtap347]

Roy wouldn't. He put it there. He put it there for his brother.

Nothing is sacred anymore. He'll probably be a robot soon, too.


There's always important real world issues, even before these parks were built. These places are the antidote to those issues for a lot of people.

Now you have concrete jungles.

They'll still be after this too. It's just not personally worth it to me to freak out about every change compared to the Disney of old. They've shown time and time again that they don't care and that they aren't changing. I'm not fighting that, it's exhausting and a waste of time.

 

[rct247]

I feel sick to my stomach.

 

[Charlie The Chatbox Ghost]

They've shown time and time again that they don't care and that they aren't changing.*

*When it's any park other than Disneyland. For whatever reason, Disneyland is allowed to have its identity preserved, but Magic Kingdom is just whatever they feel like doing that day.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I feel sick to my stomach.

Dude.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Has anybody considered how bad that robot looking mountain will look from the hub or is it even tall enough to be seen from Adventure land?

DL has the Matterhorn but due to the size of their castle is actually improves the skyline.

Lastly, we have not heard any reports of balloon height testing - maybe WDI doesn't even care about sightlines anymore to float one up

That new mountain range shocks me. In earlier they showed the Mountains of Ornament Valley model for WDW without the carcentric roofs which DCA has and yet here there's this car robot bust on the top. If they want to make this natural frontier then this roof destroys it.

I wouldn't worry about it though for now because it reminds you the same thing with Tiana and the boat on top. This will change and look different hense next concept art. The first ones is always to show a wow factor!

 

[John park hopper]

Jurrasic Park diverges cars without the dinosaurs

*When it's any park other than Disneyland. For whatever reason, Disneyland is allowed to have its identity preserved, but Magic Kingdom is just whatever they feel like doing that day.

Powers to be are all in California they could careless about WDW

 

[Mireille]

It would be against the spirit of "Cars" if a human driver was controlling the vehicle... further, with the limited number of guests per car, the staffing demand if they had a cast member driving each car would be unsustainable... I'm 99.9% sure these will be fully autonomous vehicles.

Wouldn't human beings existing be against the spirit of Cars? I think they should bio-engineer riders into cars as part of the attraction. Remove arms and legs and replace them with tires!

 

[JD80]

Why is when others are saying it's ok. But whenever I say something similar I'm bad for saying it?

I have no issue with someone giving an opinion, but your whole post just lambasted a whole group of people (a generation) for not caring about the parks etc. You don't know those people.

Hate this addition or love it, that's fine. But I just find it offensive when you just insult a large swath of people to bolster your own opinion.

 

[lazyboy97o]

More fundamentally bad design for the sake of hubris. The Festival Center turbocharged. Huge costs to make a change for the sake of making changes, even if they create negative impacts.

Theme parks are not just a random assorted of rides just dropped down wherever but that has very much been Disney’s strategy more and more of late.

Frontierland is designed as an edge condition, its main corridor exists because of the River. It is how the space is shaped and defined. This contrasts it with Main Street, USA, Tomorrowland and even Adventureland. The walkway will now be walled off by the attraction berm. All made worse by the disinterest in activating the existing facilities. It’ll be a pretty version of permanent construction walls.

This is also the parade corridor. If the entrance ends up anywhere nearby then that’s just a compounded operational mess.

Crowding is about perception and this will make not help.

 

[doctornick]

Playing devils advocate perhaps they’re trying to distinguish Magic Kingdom from Disneyland with this.

Maybe, but that's not a good thing. If you want to differentiate them, do it in ways that makes the park being changed better.

 

[Disstevefan1]

The end results NEVER look like concept art

Especially when the concept art is AI generated and not created by a human artist.

I remember Mission Space did end up looking like the rendering.

I remember looking at the rendering and saying, "its not going to look like that" , and was surprised when it did.

But that's a long time ago.

You are correct for the way things are done today,

 

[duncedoof]

*When it's any park other than Disneyland. For whatever reason, Disneyland is allowed to have its identity preserved, but Magic Kingdom is just whatever they feel like doing that day.

I don't even believe that anymore. I can only imagine they're paving that river next, except the bare minimum they would need to keep Fantasmic running.