News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

This have been a huge win if it was north of BTM and Villans land between Cars and HM plus behind HM.

Getting rid of ROA is either or a cost or political play.

Sadly, even Epic Universe will now have more water than the MK. Heck all of the Universal Parks will!

Iger is allergic to water

Fountain of Nations
Tom Sawyer Island
Echo Lake 2027
World Showcase Lagoon 2029
Animal Kingdom 2030

 

[GhostHost1000]

OMG! All for this ... is this possbile???

No. The LB is way bigger than what is needed for that show I believe

 

[Kamikaze]

Car Park to the British is a parking lot

Yes.

 

[Winter]

Well, if these trends continue there won’t be the cash to see these changes through, and perhaps sanity will prevail once third parties start reacquiring a stake in the company.

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That would result in this still happening but no villains land lol

 

[SplashJacket]

Cars Rides Replacing Rivers of America & Tom Sawyer Island at Magic Kingdom

Walt Disney World has announced that the Cars attractions coming to Magic Kingdom will replace the Rivers of America and Tom Sawyer Island, fully eliminating the waterway. This post shares details, concept art, and everything

www.disneytouristblog.com

Tom Bricker with a good take as always.

This block especially stands out

“Beyond that, instead of being singularly fixated on increasing capacity, I wish Walt Disney World would endeavor to eliminate stress. When it comes to this, there are the usual suspects–screen time, lines, ride breakdowns, etc. But another one is offering up lovely places to decompress that bring smiles to the faces of guests.

Some of those decision-makers should go inside one of the massive Magic Kingdom quick-service restaurants during the middle of the day and count all of the people not eating anything. Just sitting there with their heads on the tables or attempting to ‘rest and recharge’ in about the most chaotic environment possible. (Nothing says ‘recharging’ quite like the midday rush at Pinocchio Village Haus!)

I’m not kidding. One important goal should be getting these people out of the loud and unpleasant restaurants and into actual serene spaces that offer nice ambiance and actually will allow them to mentally refuel for a brief bit. Walt Disney World needs to understand that Magic Kingdom is a world-class theme park, and those two words have meanings beyond just the fanciest and most modern rides. There should be a concerted effort to not just keeping it a “park” but enhancing that angle. It may not be captured on guest satisfaction surveys, but it’s as big a part of what separates Disney from an average amusement park as the envelope-pushing attractions.”

 

[Mike S]

I had the same thought! The current concept doesn’t rule this out… I’m hopeful that they plan to save the northern loop of ROA. It would allow big thunder to remain on the water front and they could dock the belle just west of the haunted mansion in a new small extension of liberty square which would transition to villains…

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If this is what they do I think it would’ve been better to keep the loop up front and put cars in the back half of the river.

 

[wdrive]

Maybe early days and I’ll get over it, but at the moment it feels like this is the straw that breaks the camels back for me. The parks just aren’t what I fell in love with and became a fan of anymore. Theme and atmosphere be damned, let’s just get the hottest IPs in anywhere.

I could write for hours how the Rivers of America is integral to the Magic Kingdom. I have a trip coming up next month, I’ll be sure to spend plenty of time by the river. I cannot say for certain I’ll be back.

 

[Kamikaze]

Theme parks historically were parklike, and the park-aspects of them are much of what makes them attractive places to spend time.

Removing heat dissipating and shade providing natural areas and replacing with concrete and rock work will both elevate the temperature and remove places for people to take breaks from the sun.

Because it was cheaper. Not because it was 'attractive'.

Fenway PARK isn't called that because its 'natural'.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

A huge overall downgrade to the park experience.

The ones in California company isn't thrilled of WDW getting love a new nighttime parade, Encanto, Monster's Inc Land.

They are telling you, you want Villains and better you'll pay the price. It's no wonder there are almost 4 Frozen Lands around the World but only 1 Cars Land in California all this Time.

 

[corran horn]

Poseidon's been closed for a year or more.

The exterior is still there to walk past but they're clearly biding their time until EU is complete since that entire land is nothing but dining and shopping without a clear reason for existing at this point.

yup. (I meant the building)

 

[JD80]

I enjoy reading Tom's work because he's going through the process of changing from a Disney Adult to being a Disney Dad and watching his takes changes based on that is nostalgic for me.

 

[Captain Neo]

Promoting brands is more important than celebrating America according to Disney and Bob Iger

 

[corran horn]

Absolutely. This is just like Splash in that they certainly know this change is going to be shredded by the most loyal and vocal parks fans, but they did it anyway because... reasons.

'loyal' is doing a lot of work here.

 

[michmousefan]

Nothing about the concept art suggests anything on par with Radiator Springs.

I guess we are looking at the concept art differently, then.

 

[Raineman]

Iger is allergic to water

Fountain of Nations
Tom Sawyer Island
Echo Lake 2027
World Showcase Lagoon 2029
Animal Kingdom 2030

How many rides/lands can they fit on the World Showcase lagoon after they fill it in and concrete it? I shudder to think of the answer to that.

 

[FigmentFan82]

Coco is no longer. It's moved over coast.

A Coco attraction is going west, yes. This doesn not mean Coco won't come to WDW. There's a reason Cars is going where it is

 

[MrPromey]

Most of the new announcements seem like a desperate response to the New Epic Universe Park. Except it is to little, and to late. Iger said that they have known about Epic was coming for around 10 years, and they are just now announcing new stuff. They should have announced this stuff 5 years ago, and had some of this stuff up and running starting this year and into next year.

They were clearly waiting and watching to see what kind of a threat Universal's new park might pose before committing to anything.

I'm fairly convinced that's why the last few D23s have been so lame with blue sky crap (prior to this one, of course). They didn't want to commit to more than they had to before they knew.

Regardless of what fans want to argue one way or the other, I think at this point, Disney has made their calculations on what they expect the impact to be on them and someone is not happy with the outlook.

What's happened here is clearly a case of "Pay attention to what they do and not what they say" as Bob's statement made it sound like Disney wasn't worried at all but these announcements out of D23, complete with conflicting concept art, clearly show that Disney is now seriously worried about the impact Universal may have on their Florida operations in years to come.

This is all Potter-Swatter™ activity all over again.

For those who don't remember, that's how we ended up with NFL only this time, they appear to be taking the potential threat a whole lot more seriously.

My guess is someone finally realized their entire profit center in resorts and DVC is anchored by the parks and that the whole house of cards with that could be in jeopardy if they were to loose complete dominance over their traveling guests' central Florida vacations.*

Not much sense paying Disney's grossly inflated rates for what in modern times are often lower standard rooms if you're not planning on staying mostly in the "bubble" they started poking their own holes in to save a buck back with the end of Magic Express.


*Maybe this year's downward attendance (affecting more than just Disney, of course) make the dangers of something like that more obvious on a spreadsheet or two.

 

[JohnD]

So glad they are adding “additional” attractions and capacity to the parks

Apparently it won't fit.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

Absolutely. This is just like Splash in that they certainly know this change is going to be shredded by the most loyal and vocal parks fans, but they did it anyway because... reasons.

This is nothing like Splash because EVERYONE loved Splash. The hardos and the casuals alike. Killing Splash was universally hated outside of a micro-niche faction of culture warriors. This decision is going to be hugely popular with the normies.

 

[horatiog]

I had the same thought! The current concept doesn’t rule this out… I’m hopeful that they plan to save the northern loop of ROA. It would allow big thunder to remain on the water front and they could dock the belle just west of the haunted mansion in a new small extension of liberty square which would transition to villains…

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This is what I want. Truly. I can cope with losing Tom Sawyer Island, but losing the rivers entirely would be a profound shame.