Reimagineering [COSMIC REWIND BRAINSTORMING OPEN!]

[Outbound]

Since WEB Slingers ideas have slowed down, it’s time to move on to our next attraction:
Cars: Road Trip

Would you keep the same ride system?
How would you change the storyline?
What are your best ideas?​

Oh boy, so this ride isn't the best. It has little to no theming and is more or less an extended trip to Catastrophe Canyon and back. I understand Disney is focusing their money elsewhere but this is just sad. That said, there's a lot of space for improvement, as you can see in the map below.

I would remove all the trees and start from scratch. For starters, theme the entire landscape to look like Route 66. Avoid screens as much as possible and instead create a calming "dark ride" variant of Radiator Springs Racers. Catastrophe Canyon can stay as a midpoint setpiece, but there will be more to the attraction both before and after.

For a story, anything really will do, but how about Lightning McQueen is traveling up to the Wheel Well Motel to meet Sally for a special date (maybe it's their anniversary) and he doesn't know what to bring. So Lightning goes on a series of misadventures with the characters of Radiator Springs and along the way collects a bunch of souvenirs.

These setpieces could include (just spitballing here):

• Sheriff Overseeing the Fast and Furious Cars Tugging Bessie
• A Drive-In Theater Playing Cars 2 (and everyone laughs at how ridiculous it is)
• Sarge and Filmore Getting into a Hippe/Army Debate
• Lizzie Tries to Sell Us Old Postcards
• Luigi and Guido Selling Tires to Authentic Italian Racers
• Catastrophe Canyon
• Going Tractor Tipping With Mater (and barely escaping Frank)
• The Drive Up the Mountain, Entering the Pine Forest w/ Cruz
• Arriving at the Wagon Wheel Motel

I think this would much more entertaining than what we go. A chilled-out "road trip" version of Radiator Springs Racers, exploring the town and its surroundings from a series of gags and a basic but heartwarming story.

 

[Miru]

The road trip, eh? I feel like it’s beyond saving, but...

Mater would take riders on a tour of the countryside, using foliage, rockwork, and animatronics to convey the desert setting, along with painted backdrops, while he commentates on tractors that release smoke, harvesters, bulldozers, and Lightning himself as riders move into enclosed areas from the outdoor setup. However, the ride takes a dark turn where Mater enters a spooky forest, menaced by the Ghostlight, as spon Professor Zundapp appears before riders, who are sent backwards in a flight of fear, and escape from the claws of the Screamin Banshee. The ride ends with Mater taking riders past the waterfall to calm himself down after the terror he just witnessed.

 

[Brer Panther]

I think making the ride a retheme of the tram tour was a dumb idea. Just bulldoze the whole thing and build a Cars ride from scratch.

 

[montydysquith-navarro]

Another alternative could have been to just expand Toy Story Land. There's enough space to build the U.S. version instead of Cars Road Trip and double the size.

And they'd have their pick of the litter for attractions and restaurants. Many of the U.S. and Asian attractions aren't currently in Paris' version of the land.

Toy Story Midway Mania
Slinky Dog Dash
Alien Swirling Saucers
Pizza Planet
Woody's Lunchbox
Toy Box Cafe
Woody's Roundup (Bullseye ride)
Roundup Rodeo BBQ
and Al's Toy Barn

That's in my WDSP 2.0 plans, especially since the Toy Soldiers Parachute Drop and RC Racer rides would get into the sightlines of Sunset Boulevard...

 

[CookieMouse]

Is changing the ride system or layout allowed?

 

[MickeyWaffleCo.]

Is changing the ride system or layout allowed?

Yep! As long as it’s reasonably within the attraction’s speculative general budget you’re good.

 

[MickeyWaffleCo.]

An eagerly-anticipated new attraction has recently opened! So far the reviews have been generally positive, but that doesn’t mean we can’t introduce any improvements!
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Would you keep the same premise?
How would you change the storyline?
What are your best ideas?​

 

[Disney Dad 3000]

An eagerly-anticipated new attraction has recently opened! So far the reviews have been generally positive, but that doesn’t mean we can’t introduce any improvements!
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Would you keep the same premise?
How would you change the storyline?
What are your best ideas?​

Can I answer this in 3.5 weeks? Lol

 

[MickeyWaffleCo.]

Can I answer this in 3.5 weeks? Lol

Sure thing It’ll stay on this attraction for the foreseeable future.

 

[Brer Panther]

How about adding some dang animatronics? That's all I can think of at the moment.

 

[CookieMouse]

An eagerly-anticipated new attraction has recently opened! So far the reviews have been generally positive, but that doesn’t mean we can’t introduce any improvements!
Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind

Would you keep the same premise?
How would you change the storyline?
What are your best ideas?​

not sure. im fine with the ride system, it does fine, and epcot did need a coasster but i would change the story since the set pieces it flies through arent really imaginitive. id change the plot to be more a race through time, like the cancelled time racers. you could even have a repurposed energy adventure animatronic for the dinosaurs. could also be a simulator or a kuka dark ride