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News Red Car Trolley to close in early 2025
- Thread starter Misted Compass
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Disney Irish
Premium Member
Not sure what Lassiter would change if he was still around, he was all for IP especially Pixar. He did after all push to revive a failed ride system with Pixar IP in the Flying Tires.
Starship824
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
What does this have to have Lassiter?
Dr.Cheeto
Well-Known Member
Disappointing news. I've said it before, but I'd love it if they built an elevated track for the Red Car, similar to the Electric Railway in Tokyo Disney Sea and turned it into a DL Railroad equivalent for DCA. It could start on Buena Vista street, go thru the caves of Grizzly Peak, meander through Pixar Pier, go through the Cars show building, through Avengers City College Campus, and back.
CosmicDuck
Well-Known Member
We said our goodbyes when Avengers campus was announced but still sad to see it finally go.
Does anyone remember that weird concept art they released that made it look like the trolley would be undergoing some kind of crazy looking spiderman retheme?
Does anyone remember that weird concept art they released that made it look like the trolley would be undergoing some kind of crazy looking spiderman retheme?
Shame that it is going. Another loss of kinaesthetics in a park.
Hopefully it would return at some point, but is there anywhere else that they could put the car barn?
Shame that they couldn't turn left between Hyperion and Mission Breakout and access some backstage area back there where they could build a new barn.
Or, if they aren't planning on putting a new show in Hyperion anytime soon, take out part of the queue area and build a new barn on part of the courtyard, with the remainder as queuing space - would probably look nicer than the tables often set up there.
Hopefully it would return at some point, but is there anywhere else that they could put the car barn?
Shame that they couldn't turn left between Hyperion and Mission Breakout and access some backstage area back there where they could build a new barn.
Or, if they aren't planning on putting a new show in Hyperion anytime soon, take out part of the queue area and build a new barn on part of the courtyard, with the remainder as queuing space - would probably look nicer than the tables often set up there.
DarkMetroid567
Well-Known Member
This forum is huge on treating dudes as hypothetical saviors
“____ would have hated this!”
“_____ needs to come in and fix this!”
Starship824
Well-Known Member
- In the Parks
- No
Clearly
Mr. Sullivan
Well-Known Member
Can’t wait for my Twitter feed for the next week being people pretending that the trolley has always been a critical part of their Magical DCA Day.
jmuboy
Well-Known Member
It was a piece of a larger project to make this failing park a success with great attractions and attention to detail. And a little Disney magic and non IP infusion. Let’s not pretend that’s not true
I’d like to pretend there’s a SLIVER of hope this could come back after Avengers is done or after they find a better home for the trolly
CosmicDuck
Well-Known Member
On an optimistic note, removal of the trolley frees up a lot flexibility for new parades
Mr. Sullivan
Well-Known Member
I gotta say I don’t think that’s true at all. It was a copy paste of the main Street vehicle concept because the original version of the park had very little to do other than shopping and eating and so they added this so they could call it a ride. it was neat sure I won’t say it wasn’t neat, but I think it’s really disingenuous to pretend there was ever some grand vision behind it other than it was something to do for the bad park they’d just built.
Consumer
Well-Known Member
Pretending? The RCT is the Mark Twain of DCA.
This one? In hindsight it was pretty clearly supposed to be a Web Slingers ride vehicle.
Mr. Sullivan
Well-Known Member
You can’t be serious.
They were an afterthought copy paste of something that already existed over at Disneyland in a different form form that most people have no sentimental attachment to. Sure I will relent that some probably do and some probably really love this.
But let’s not act like these trolleys are to the this park what the Mark Twain is to Disneyland. The closest comparison to Disneyland would be the main street vehicles and nothing more.
Just because something was there when the park opened does not make it essential. The park it was designed for thankfully no longer exists and even then were only there so they could lie about how many rides that park actually had.
DLR92
Well-Known Member
Regardless, it added a NICE touch to the park.
Dr.Cheeto
Well-Known Member
Except it was only added 12 years ago as part of the beginning of the "big fix" for DCA.
Consumer
Well-Known Member
Do you think the RCT are from 2001?