News Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[J4546]

i dont think the real ride will have dirt on it, this is just a proof of concept

 

[Gusey]

I can tell from the quality of videos shown (also viewing on an iPhone). Is this CGI viz, or actual, on ride testing?

Actual ride vehicle testing

 

[trainplane3]

Disney Reveals Trackless All-Terrain Ride System for New Cars Attraction at D23 Brazil​

Disney Reveals Trackless All-Terrain Ride System for New Magic Kingdom Cars Attraction at D23 Brazil

Disney Reveals Trackless All-Terrain Ride System for New Magic Kingdom Cars Attraction at D23 Brazil

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The way they described this was a "test experience" not a "ride system test". It's literally just people manually driving ATVs (or whatever they're called) on a dirt track to get a feel of what the ride could feel like. Unless the ride will have a person driving each vehicle, this isn't a ride system test.


They said it best^

 

[Animaniac93-98]

I'm sure these vehicles will run flawlessly when scaled to 50+ cars and cause no delayed openings or downtime after.

 

[DisDude33]

This new ride system should be pretty cool once they get it all worked out. I also have reason to believe that the same system will be used for a future expansion in a galaxy far away but that’s a bluest of skies conversation for another thread.

 

[Coaster Lover]

FWIW, Dynamic Attractions has been developing this ride system (which is driverless) for about 7 years. Not saying that they've worked out all the bugs in that time, but it is something that's had plenty of R&D invested into it. The video here appears to have a driver just to give a test of what the ride could feel like, but the final ride would be driverless.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

The way they described this was a "test experience" not a "ride system test". It's literally just people manually driving ATVs (or whatever they're called) on a dirt track to get a feel of what the ride could feel like. Unless the ride will have a person driving each vehicle, this isn't a ride system test.


They said it best^

Exactly. What is shown in the video is no different than me hopping on my 4 wheeler or UTV and riding down a dirt trail with some hills and curves on the back of my property.

 

[DisDude33]

FWIW, Dynamic Attractions has been developing this ride system (which is driverless) for about 7 years. Not saying that they've worked out all the bugs in that time, but it is something that's had plenty of R&D invested into it. The video here appears to have a driver just to give a test of what the ride could feel like, but the final ride would be driverless.

Yes, but Rise had years of R&D and it was still very buggy at launch. I’m not trying to bash anyone for that either, it’s just the nature of new technologies. I’m very eager to see what the final ride will be like.

 

[Casper Gutman]

You know what would be a lot cheaper to build and maintain? A big cool dark ride with a pre-existing ride system.

I’m tired of the sense that guests exist to keep Imagineers amused and not vice versa.

 

[Ayla]

Anyone who has ever gone 4 wheeling or UTV'ing knows all of the fun comes from driving yourself. Sitting captive in a self-driving car who will end up god knows where? Not fun, not exciting.

 

[Jrb1979]

Anyone who has ever gone 4 wheeling or UTV'ing knows all of the fun comes from driving yourself. Sitting captive in a self-driving car who will end up god knows where? Not fun, not exciting.

King Kong clone.

 

[marni1971]

Despite all the pushback internally, despite being told by people who know why this is wrong, despite external complaints, they still insist on doing it.

 

[Moth]

Opening day for this is going to be incredibly interesting.

 

[Coaster Lover]

Despite all the pushback internally, despite being told by people who know why this is wrong, despite external complaints, they still insist on doing it.

"Your [Imagineers] were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

 

[britain]

Anyone who has ever gone 4 wheeling or UTV'ing knows all of the fun comes from driving yourself. Sitting captive in a self-driving car who will end up god knows where? Not fun, not exciting.

Indy and Dinosaur are fun without being able to actually drive them.

 

[JD80]

I've ridden in race cars without driving and had a blast.

 

[Starship824]

Despite all the pushback internally, despite being told by people who know why this is wrong, despite external complaints, they still insist on doing it.

Do you mean this ride system or the entire project?

 

[DisDude33]

Opening day for this is going to be incredibly interesting

Especially if you consider that the Cars area will most likely open with huge construction walls all along the back because of Villains Land work being underway by that time.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Opening day for this is going to be incredibly interesting.

Well at this point I don't have any other plans for 2034

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Indy and Dinosaur are fun without being able to actually drive them.

Those also have extremely exotic scenery. Indy travels through an ancient temple with a ton of crazy supernatural elements and effects going off. Dino is a time travel ride through a prehistoric jungle from tens of millions of years ago when the world looked massively different than today, the landscape is being pummeled by meteors and there are a bunch of huge realistic lifelike animatronic reptiles that don't exist in real life anymore.

This Cars attraction is an ATV ride through some very plain looking woods and hillsides with some googly eyed cars. One that is going to lack all of the scenic elements that made the version in DCA interesting- the well done interior dark ride portion and the insanely huge and elaborate Cadillac Range.

If you took the Indy/Dino EMV ride system and ran it through an environment with the sort of scenery this new Cars ride appears to have, I think it would also be very boring and disappointing too.