News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[TheRealSkull]

Currently holding out hope the backside of the Rivers of America is left untouched, and Villains goes behind it. There wouldn't be Tom Sawyer's Island, but it would be the best case scenario now.

 

[Moth]

There's something potentially being announced possibly as soon as next Destination D23 just as work starts on RoA that can be open as early as late 2026 to soften the blow for fans for another park. It'll be a fan favorite if it happens.

Disney has plans for 2026. I've heard some stuff, others have heard some stuff. Let's see where stuff happens.

Stuff.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

If that's the new criteria for Frontierland — believing in yourself and carving your own path — we could have rides themed around modern Disney classics like Wish and Strange World as the heroes in those movies all strive to carve their own path. They would be new, relevant IPs. Could maybe get rid of outdated rides like Big Thunder Mountain to make room for them.


In all seriousness though, while I'm not at all upset about the loss of Tom Sawyer's island, that quote was one of the silliest things I've ever heard.

I'm surprised they haven't decided to turn Frontierland TSI into Frozen 2 with the Autumn Forest. Infact this could be brilliant because there's a river where Anna and Olaf moat on so there's your reason to keep ROA.

Isn't Anna and Elsa literally creating their own path in the sequel.....

Bingo!

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Currently holding out hope the backside of the Rivers of America is left untouched, and Villains goes behind it. There wouldn't be Tom Sawyer's Island, but it would be the best case scenario now.

Chef Idea Mickey`= says

Havent thought of that. All we ask is to keep the Liberty Bell even if the sight of it with the castle was beautiful. Can it stay and have a smaller circle route on the backside. You can drive cars and ride a ship. At least you then have the Best of Both World's a Legacy, a new Land, and new attractions.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

My understanding is
- Tropical Americas (2027)
- Monsters Inc (2028)
- Cars (2029)
- Villains (2029-2030)

Could also see Cars/Villains opening in the same year or Cars in the same year as Monsters Inc.

That's insane...makes Frontierland Brutal Epcot Walls Forever Again!

 

[SCOTLORR]

There's something potentially being announced possibly as soon as next Destination D23 just as work starts on RoA that can be open as early as late 2026 to soften the blow for fans for another park. It'll be a fan favorite if it happens.

Disney has plans for 2026. I've heard some stuff, others have heard some stuff. Let's see where stuff happens.

Stuff.

Reading the tea leaves, I assume the blow being softened is muppets being replaced in DHS for monstropolis? Muppets to MK in some way announced at Destination D23 next year?

 

[Moth]

Reading the tea leaves, I assume the blow being softened is muppets being replaced in DHS for monstropolis? Muppets to MK in some way announced at Destination D23 next year?

Anything HoP, be it Kamala in the event she wins, Trump going back to the current president spot if he wins, Muppets, or anything else in between, will be before then.

 

[BasiltheBatLord]

Reading the tea leaves, I assume the blow being softened is muppets being replaced in DHS for monstropolis? Muppets to MK in some way announced at Destination D23 next year?

I was thinking Imagination.

If Muppets is going for Monsters, I think we're going to know this year and the HoP Muppets will be announced at the same time.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

Reading the tea leaves, I assume the blow being softened is muppets being replaced in DHS for monstropolis? Muppets to MK in some way announced at Destination D23 next year?

This TEA pretty much confirms "why they did rid Splash Mountain, Country Bears to IP, and now TSI and ROA and there hasn't been a break since the first one."

 

[Jrb1979]

Epcot is too big for the number of attractions. Every country should have something.

That was the original plan. Each country was going to have an attraction but for many reasons they never finished them. They haven't gone back to them and never will as they aren't IP.

 

[tomast]

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[Disgruntled Walt]

There's something potentially being announced possibly as soon as next Destination D23 just as work starts on RoA that can be open as early as late 2026 to soften the blow for fans for another park. It'll be a fan favorite if it happens.

Disney has plans for 2026. I've heard some stuff, others have heard some stuff. Let's see where stuff happens.

Stuff.

When is next Destination D23? Does RoA work start by next July (when I’ll be there)? If they think for a second that Figment is going to soften the blow of losing Muppets, they’ve got another think coming.

 

[Homemade Imagineering]

I was thinking Imagination.

If Muppets is going for Monsters, I think we're going to know this year and the HoP Muppets will be announced at the same time.

If the current rumor of reusing the existing track layout holds up then I could see it taking about a year, given they shutter the current attraction immediately after Destination concludes. Don’t think anyone’s gonna need that much time to say goodbye to the 22 yr old dumpster fire that’s there now. resurrecting the original set pieces is very doable.

And yeah HoP going away for Muppets after their original show is retired isn’t necessarily a “fan favorite” decision. I would hope they receive their own space elsewhere in DHS, potentially even in the AC plot, but that’s just wishful thinking (edit, just realized we are talking about ROA it’s been hard to catch up on either situation but my point still stands with Muppets)

 

[MrPromey]

They clearly said next 5 years.

This thread is 87% people arguing against made-up points. So… just another day at the forums!

They clearly said what of the next 5 years, exactly?

Please, tell me what they actually said and not what you decided to infer from it.

What can we expect five years from today?

But to that, they clearly said we were getting an addition to Main Street that was going to include a live theater show, too.

Do you remember the Play Pavilion?

Marry Poppins attraction?

This leadership has a record of announcing things way too early, over-promising, under-delivering and taking too long to do it, if they end up doing it at all.

I pay more attention to what they actually do than what they use carefully crafted wording to say and I'm sorry but I find it very difficult to trust anything they present anymore given the way this leadership team delivers, be it timelines, concept art, etc.

I feel it's pretty safe to say they've earned that lack of trust over the last ten or so years.

We've already seen that concept art is blue sky since it's using the Frontierland from DLP and not ours in the rendering which tells you right there whatever you're looking at isn't accurate.

Yeah, I exaggerated a little but to put my statement of your referenced post in context, when they first announced Pandora for AK and posted that fake "groundbreaking" photo, my son had not even been conceived yet. By the time it finally opened, he more than met the minimum height requirements.

Anyway, you're welcome to feel differently but don't pretend I'm "arguing against a made up point".

 

[Moth]

I currently have no pointers it's Imagination. Leaning towards a retheme of RnR.

 

[tomast]

I Believe this carland was design for Disneyland Paris and not for the Magic Kingdom!

at the bottom right of the big thunder you can see a mine shaft elevator similar to the ones you can see on Disneyland Paris Thunder Mountain

And the buildings you can see at the left are the Disneyland Paris frontierland buildings with the Lucky Nugget and the Last Chance Cafe and the Silver Spur

Compare to this google maps image I took.

So the building that seems to be Frotierland railroad at the top middle was indeed the Phantom manor.

 

[Mike S]

I think this is fair, but it would also make Fantasy Springs an example of an “original creation” which I likely wouldn’t agree with.

Although I imagine it doesn’t really come from a place of generosity. Universal really loves building the 1:1 recreations of scenes and landscapes from their IPs — if there was a notable enough place in the Universal monster catalogue, they probably would have done it.

I was going from the perspective that the Monsters featured are Universal Creatives own interpretations even though they say all the classic movie events are apparently canon to the lands story.

Yeah, universal has found a genuine weapon against Disney.

Honestly, if universal acquired more rights aside from Nintendo and Pokémon, and really pushed forward with a gaming ip amusement park then I would actually consider creating a vacation to only visiting universal and skip Disney. Something I never thought I would say.

But stuff like Mario, donkey Kong, and Pokémon are all relatable things for adults and it doesn’t hurt my kids love these ips too. It’s a really huge win - win situation for universal and I would honestly be slightly nervous if I were Disney.

I don’t think there’s much left for gaming IP that could be easily adapted to a theme park AND be a huge multi-generational mass market draw outside of core gaming circles. Nintendo was pretty much it.

 

[davis_unoxx]

As a dedicated fan, I find almost all of my time visiting the parks is dedicated to classic attractions. Mansion, Peoplemover, Carousel of Progress, Pirates, Jungle Cruise, etc in MK; Spaceship Earth, Living with the Land, Figment in Epcot, etc.Rarely am I stampeding to the latest IP attraction.

Same for me! I'm in my 20s and other day when I went to Epcot I did LWTL, Spaceship Earth. Then walked around World Showcase and went to the Seas Pavilion through gift shop.

 

[MrPromey]

That's a great question. Will adding cars sell more merch? I'm not really too sure if I really think about it. It's sold just fine without a ride. Little boys will probably always want toy cars. It's kind of like imagination. If they spend the money to fix it, will the line for a figment popcorn bucket be 3hrs instead of 2? I don't know. People just like figment and it sells great with one of the worst rides on property.

It'll sell more merch on property.

 

[MSM]

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Exactly. As the park gets more crowded, with more stampede prone FOMO attractions and no escape or retreat, more overwhelming, hotter with less shade and fewer water features, people will inevitably stay for shorter periods, returning to their hotel or in the case of locals, home. Eventually, this will lead to lost revenue. But by then it will be far too late.

To paraphrase Joni Mitchell "They are paving paradise to put up a parking lot"