MK Piston Peak and Villains Land Construction Thread

[Gusey]

Not at all - Tropical Americas has lots of detailed art and information. We know exactly what they are building and how it will look.

I meant in terms of number of official updates from Disney (e.g. in Parks Blogs, We Call It Imagineering, panels), It feels like Cars has had quite a few updates since D23 last year, it's just that we've been drop-fed info

 

[Advisable Joseph]

The entire bottom of RoA is concrete, correct? Due to water management issues, I assume this means not just dumping dirt on top of the concrete, but rather removing the concrete first. If so, that’s a whole lot of loud demo work.

More about soil cement:

Soil cement is not just soil but

a composite material composed of soil, cement, and water that is used to create a strong and durable construction material. The process involves mixing soil, cement, and water in proportions and compacting the mixture to form a solid mass. The result is a strong and stable material that can be used for various construction applications, such as roadways, foundations, and building walls.

(Emphasis mine)

Soil Cement- Composition, Types, Advantages, And Disadvantages - Civil Engineering Portal

Introduction: Soil cement is a composite material composed of soil, cement, and water that is used to create a strong and durable construction material. The process involves mixing soil, cement, and water in proportions and compacting the mixture to form a solid mass. The result is a strong and...

www.engineeringcivil.com

Soil cement is commonly used as a base or sub base for roadways, airport runways, and other heavy traffic areas and for foundation and retaining wall construction.

So, it sounds like it was there to support the riverboat track. Structural support.

Since you can't even see the track through the water, I'm uncertain how it could be there for aesthetics.


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Oh, a detail: my earlier post was about soil cement.

 

[brettf22]

More about soil cement:

Soil cement is not just soil but


(Emphasis mine)

Soil Cement- Composition, Types, Advantages, And Disadvantages - Civil Engineering Portal

Introduction: Soil cement is a composite material composed of soil, cement, and water that is used to create a strong and durable construction material. The process involves mixing soil, cement, and water in proportions and compacting the mixture to form a solid mass. The result is a strong and...

www.engineeringcivil.com

So, it sounds like it was there to support the riverboat track. Structural support.

Since you can't even see the track through the water, I'm uncertain how it could be there for aesthetics.


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Thanks for the research. I don’t know enough about soil cement permeability nor Florida water management regulations to understand why they are able to leave that in situ. But obviously it’s not an issue. Bonus that they don’t have to jackhammer it all out!

 

[danlb_2000]

Quick question - is there anything not normal going on here?

Like with monsters…. The day the construction wall went up some pretty detailed concept art went up as well.

So far we have gotten concept art, and then an artistic cartoon (so…. Less detailed than the concept art… a step back).

Is there a chance this still changes completely but they wanted / needed to go ahead with leveling the River ?

If this is a normal timeline by comparison tell me - if all whispers behind the scenes are this is going ahead say it. I’m not arguing one way or another just thinking how quiet it’s gotten.

One big diferences between the two projects is that Cars requires a lot more prep , demolition and infrastructure work before actual ride construction can begin.

 

[Advisable Joseph]

 

[Bocabear]

It would be nice to have some more finalized art for Villains... or something other than the teaser placeholder art that we have seen...It wuld also be nice to see how it relates to Car Parts land and the existing Haunted Mansion...What the transitions between worlds will be like... Big Thunder to cartoon car land, then to Villains area...

 

[Jedi14]

It would be nice to have some more finalized art for Villains... or something other than the teaser placeholder art that we have seen...It wuld also be nice to see how it relates to Car Parts land and the existing Haunted Mansion...What the transitions between worlds will be like... Big Thunder to cartoon car land, then to Villains area...

We’re probably getting new art at Destination.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

It would be nice to have some more finalized art for Villains... or something other than the teaser placeholder art that we have seen...It wuld also be nice to see how it relates to Car Parts land and the existing Haunted Mansion...What the transitions between worlds will be like... Big Thunder to cartoon car land, then to Villains area...

I'd like some more details on the attractions as well.