MK Cars-Themed Attractions at Magic Kingdom

[Agent H]

Reading Jacklyn Krol’s X feed tells you everything you need to know about the type of “Imagineer” who is destroying the Rivers of America. Until people like her are fired and rooted out of TWDC, you will see one classic attraction at a time be ripped out and replaced with drivel.

I looked up her twitter account. What’s wrong with it?

 

[lazyboy97o]

So you can have it slightly steeper if this is considered an existing site?

edit: even if you make it twice as steep and cut the length of the ramp in half, the combined up and down plus landing space is still longer than the linear distance between TBA and the island.

edit2: not to mention the width of the tunnel to accommodate two way traffic going up and down.

If you had to do it, the best way to conserve space would be an elevator shaft and switch back stairs. But that's not looking pretty in the middle of frontier land.

Might as well keep the rafts.

You wouldn’t be allowed to make the slope steeper. The Advisory is noting that long ramps, while allowed, are not actually a very accessible design choice.

Fun fact, the Otis Elevator Company was founded nearly 30 years before the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. An elevator in Frontierland, excluding some specific required features at the access points, would not have to look like a sleek, contemporary elevator. Disney has a whole team of people who be able to make one not stand out. The easy thing would be to make it look like mining equipment, and that’s assuming it has to be visible.

 

[JD80]

You wouldn’t be allowed to make the slope steeper. The Advisory is noting that long ramps, while allowed, are not actually a very accessible design choice.

Fun fact, the Otis Elevator Company was founded nearly 30 years before the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. An elevator in Frontierland, excluding some specific required features at the access points, would not have to look like a sleek, contemporary elevator. Disney has a whole team of people who be able to make one not stand out. The easy thing would be to make it look like mining equipment.

Of course they aren't a very accessible design choice because the idea from the beginning is bad.

Forget about the theming, do we really want another Astro Orbiter bottleneck in the park? One on either side of this thing? Not to mention the requirements for emergency evac.

Again the idea of a tunnel is stupid. Just keep the rafts if they were ever going to keep the island.

 

[Disone]

The dock for guests is still there, and for maintenance I suggested having a river just wide enough for it between BTM and Cars, connecting to the current out point

Make it like Disneyland's and build their own Fowler's harbor somewhere alone the shortened route. Perhaps a short dead end spur into the dry dock just about where the bridge that connects the two halves of Tom Sawyer's Island is today.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Good luck maintaining BTM ever again.

Have you seen BTM in Paris? It’s on an island.

Still not enough room for Villains.

There is if you only keep the lower portion of the River. Cars isn’t going to take up that much space.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Of course they aren't a very accessible design choice because the idea from the beginning is bad.

Forget about the theming, do we really want another Astro Orbiter bottleneck in the park? One on either side of this thing? Not to mention the requirements for emergency evac.

Again the idea of a tunnel is stupid. Just keep the rafts if they were ever going to keep the island.

You don’t have to make the elevator the only choice… And not to mention egress? That’s not something difficult to figure out and make work. It’s 0.2” clear width per person with a minimum 44” clear. Design it right and you wouldn’t need more than that minimum.

Eddie actually did serious design work for a tunnel connection at Disneyland which is he gave the island the name he did.

 

[donaldtoo]

How about a compromise?
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[Stripes]

There is if you only keep the lower portion of the River. Cars isn’t going to take up that much space.

But that’s not what Eddie “Imagineered.”

I’d rather the finite funds available for investment/maintenance be spent on something better than preserving a decapitated ROA. Of course it feels like I’m in the minority. However, my expectation is that more people will warm up to this project once things start to take shape. But we’ll see.

In any event, as Eddie mentioned, the case is closed. The river will be drained soon. In my opinion, it’s a waste of time to discuss “what ifs” at this point. Better to focus on what will be.

 

[donaldtoo]

How about a compromise?
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Then again, now that I’ve thought about it for a bit…
New IP and attraction forthcoming from the new movie “Boats” (or “Boattopia”…title still TBD…)………..CONFIRMED…!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[LittleBuford]

I looked up her twitter account. What’s wrong with it?

If I’ve found the right account, she’s into BTS and dogs. I’m not sure what’s wrong with it either.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Given that Universal pushed forward to develop an entire new park in that same time period, Disney's flounderings with relatively miniscule projects and their outright failures (i.e. Galactic Starcruiser and Harmonious) seem even more ludicrous.

Universal "value engineered" EU (where's the 2nd Potter attraction, e.g.) and the new Kid Zone. Comcast is currently tight on cash on hand. The excitement for further additions to their 3 parks is in stark contrast to all the dead spots languishing without a replacement (Fear Factor, Sinbad, Poseidon) and their own outright failures (F&F). Which should be a sign that they're also "floundering" a bit.

Neither company has the cash to do what their fan base would like them to do. Both companies have to prioritize projects and prune dead weight. Both companies had plans changed due to the pandemic.

 

[donaldtoo]

I feel like people would be if they did more with them! Figment and Orange Bird merch sells well because they keep it up. I’m telling ya, selling the Big Al plush from CBMJ would be the next Figment Popcorn bucket!

Can you just imagine how much money they’d lose on fillin’ up a Big Al popcorn bucket…!!!!!

 

[JoeCamel]

Then again, now that I’ve thought about it for a bit…
New IP and attraction forthcoming from the new movie “Boats” (or “Boattopia”…title still TBD…)………..CONFIRMED…!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dump the old girl in Bay Lake and put in a real star...

Will you all please stand and welcome Ms. Boaty McBoatface!!!

A star for the ages

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

Universal "value engineered" EU (where's the 2nd Potter attraction, e.g.) and the new Kid Zone. Comcast is currently tight on cash on hand. The excitement for further additions to their 3 parks is in stark contrast to all the dead spots languishing without a replacement (Fear Factor, Sinbad, Poseidon) and their own outright failures (F&F). Which should be a sign that they're also "floundering" a bit.

Neither company has the cash to do what their fan base would like them to do. Both companies have to prioritize projects and prune dead weight. Both companies had plans changed due to the pandemic.

This is something I've always found interesting. In recent times, a lot of newer stuff by Universal imo have been kinda major flops (Minions, Fallon, F&F, Kong (seriously my god what a downgrade for Kong's prescence in the parks), Dreamworks land. Their US park is imo the worst of the major parks in Florida and IOA needs some desperate funding between the last time I was on Jurassic Park and the sorry state of Lost Continent. Yes, Hagrids + Velocicoaster are INCREDIBLE attractions but looking back at the last decade imo its clear Disney had the much much better decade imo but they're essentially remembered for their few flops while Universal got remembered for their few wins.

 

[Gusey]

People love to hate on Jim, but I really think he’s got a lot of good takes (though he does have some bad). He was an Imagineer after all lol.

Yet, he can't tell the difference between test footage testing terrain and what the actual ride will look like? I can't believe the amount of people that see that footage and believe Disney are going to build a barren dirt track in the middle of Frontierland when that is obviously not what's going to happen

 

[lentesta]

I’m on depression. How about you?

I'm old enough to just start on Acceptance now.

 

[phillip9698]

Universal "value engineered" EU (where's the 2nd Potter attraction, e.g.) and the new Kid Zone. Comcast is currently tight on cash on hand. The excitement for further additions to their 3 parks is in stark contrast to all the dead spots languishing without a replacement (Fear Factor, Sinbad, Poseidon) and their own outright failures (F&F). Which should be a sign that they're also "floundering" a bit.

Neither company has the cash to do what their fan base would like them to do. Both companies have to prioritize projects and prune dead weight. Both companies had plans changed due to the pandemic.

They have announced they are replacing F&F in Hollywood. One would expect Orlando won’t be too far behind.

 

[peter11435]

The could build a replica death star if they really wanted to.

Let's say we want to do this and I assume you want this tunnel to be ADA compliant?

• What is the level difference between TBA and the bottom of the river? 6'? 8'?
• What is the thickness of the ceiling of your tunnel going under a river? 2'? (I have no idea how thick the concrete is for ROA and or what utilities are under it if any)
• What is the height of the tunnel? 8'?

So to go from TBA and down below the tunnel we need to go maybe 16'? An ADA compliant ramp is a max of 30" rise per run. So we would need 6 runs where you are allowed 1 foot of elevation change per 12 foot of linear distance. A single 30" rise would need to be 30' long. In order to get down you would need 180' ramp not including landing space etc.

The distance between TBA area and the island is around 150' depending on where you measure.

So we just got down, but we didn't even get back up yet.

I guess we can build an elevator shaft with some switch back stairs that's 2-3 stories tall going straight down somewhere. I wouldn't want to have to design the drainage system for this tunnel.

Maybe it's late and I didn't do my math right.

Oh wait, the island itself isn't ADA compliant anyway so who cares.

There are already areas of the utilidor that go under waterways.

 

[Streetway Again]

I'm old enough to just start on Acceptance now.

A lot of people are still on “denial” for many projects.

 

[JoeCamel]

The could build a replica death star if they really wanted to.

Let's say we want to do this and I assume you want this tunnel to be ADA compliant?

• What is the level difference between TBA and the bottom of the river? 6'? 8'?
• What is the thickness of the ceiling of your tunnel going under a river? 2'? (I have no idea how thick the concrete is for ROA and or what utilities are under it if any)
• What is the height of the tunnel? 8'?

So to go from TBA and down below the tunnel we need to go maybe 16'? An ADA compliant ramp is a max of 30" rise per run. So we would need 6 runs where you are allowed 1 foot of elevation change per 12 foot of linear distance. A single 30" rise would need to be 30' long. In order to get down you would need 180' ramp not including landing space etc.

The distance between TBA area and the island is around 150' depending on where you measure.

So we just got down, but we didn't even get back up yet.

I guess we can build an elevator shaft with some switch back stairs that's 2-3 stories tall going straight down somewhere. I wouldn't want to have to design the drainage system for this tunnel.

Maybe it's late and I didn't do my math right.

Oh wait, the island itself isn't ADA compliant anyway so who cares.

Surprised Lazyboy didn't correct this but every 30 foot of ramp will need a five foot resting platform so your ramp will be at least 20 feet longer. Does not matter as a ramp is not what is needed to get guests under the water just put them in a lay down vehicle and shoot them over to the other side. Make it a ride and you can sell LLs for it.