Is this actually insider info? Or just speculation? Because honestly I'd prefer a family dark ride over Cars. Monsters coaster and the Star Wars E-ticket will both have height requirements. There should probably be a new major ride that everyone can enjoy.
With a $1.7 billion budget (or at least something as big as DCA's makeover)... that's about what I would expect.
Much of this has basically been rumored already, but if you actually got real confirmation from somewhere...
It wouldn't be out of service any more than Test Track. If your ride has to close in the rain, it doesn't matter if it's 10 feet of track outside or 10 miles.
I never thought it was incongruous. You drive around in the country in the beginning (outside, so could be day or night), you get to town the night before the race, the paint/wheels and Doc's pep talk are indoors on the day of the race (could be any time), then you race (the race takes place day or night, depending on when you're riding).
The scenery is a big part of the ride. And Radiator Springs builds up to RSR better/more than any other Disney ride/land combo... better than Sunset Blvd and ToT. I actually suggested an all-ages indoor dark ride version of RSR for DHS (and one for Japan in WS, but that was much more blue sky) a long time ago, but it would be hard to live up to the original. That's my concern; I don't need them to be the same, but it would be tough to measure up to the DCA one.
According to this it won't be any time soon.
