Cars area coming to Magic Kingdom

[GAcoaster]

So, maybe they re-route the HM queue onto the pathway to Villains Land?

 

[UniversalRBLX]

So, maybe they re-route the HM queue onto the pathway to Villains Land?

My expectation is that you would enter Haunted Mansion the same as today (still part of Liberty Square), but they will expand the graveyard extended queue further back. Then a small berm of trees between the mansion and the future national park area.

 

[jarmor]

I dunno, Galaxy's Edge was supposed to be a new location and it kinda fell flat to the fans. Hope it doesn't happen with this project.

 

[Jake S]

I dunno, Galaxy's Edge was supposed to be a new location and it kinda fell flat to the fans. Hope it doesn't happen with this project.

the cars universe doesn’t have a tattoine, hoth or endor, though. i just don’t see that as a problem here.

 

[LPCaptainDeath]

I dunno, Galaxy's Edge was supposed to be a new location and it kinda fell flat to the fans. Hope it doesn't happen with this project.

the cars universe doesn’t have a tattoine, hoth or endor, though. i just don’t see that as a problem here.

Yeah, when we opened something new that no one could relate to, we were all left scratching our heads as to why it wasn't even an amalgamation of things we already liked and instead a result of several 'maybe' concepts scrambled together based off the parts of the franchise people didn't even really like in comparison to what made the franchise popular in the first place. The product didn't measure up to the hype because they -just like the sequel film series- largely misunderstood what people even wanted out of that universe or what its stories were capable of doing. Which is ironic because when we look at the movies we wanted something NEW and got retreads, and when we look at the park we wanted to revisit and got something NEW. In a franchise like Star Wars people wanted to go to places they've SEEN to interact with characters they KNOW; With such a rich history of things and characters to draw from, you'd think it would be a surefire success. I really think there were just expectations to be met that were moreso undelivered.

In a franchise like CARS... you're... well... you're expecting... cars...? So... Yeah...

 

[Jake S]

I really think there were just expectations to be met that were moreso undelivered.

I also think there is a far more diverse set of "wants" from Star Wars fans than from Cars fans. It would have been impossible to satisfy all Star Wars fans, and even satisfying a plurality would have been very challenging. I just don't think those problems exist with a franchise about anthropomorphic cars that, ironically, look back nostalgically on a time before today's highway system.

 

[Mad Dog]

So far Cars Land looks what most people would expect it to look like. GESWL, on the other hand, looks just like the rusting, rotted, decaying, closed steel mills that we had here in the Pittsburgh area. Disney Imagineers got the look down pat. It's very authentic. Ugly, decaying, depression invoking. But not really a site that people want to visit while on vacation. Major misstep by Disney. They had much better looks they could have used.

 

[OrlLover]

the cars universe doesn’t have a tattoine, hoth or endor, though. i just don’t see that as a problem here.

Plus Piston Peak is not a new area.

It’s technically exists in other Cars media.

 

[Tobias]

Yeah, when we opened something new that no one could relate to, we were all left scratching our heads as to why it wasn't even an amalgamation of things we already liked and instead a result of several 'maybe' concepts scrambled together based off the parts of the franchise people didn't even really like in comparison to what made the franchise popular in the first place. The product didn't measure up to the hype because they -just like the sequel film series- largely misunderstood what people even wanted out of that universe or what its stories were capable of doing. Which is ironic because when we look at the movies we wanted something NEW and got retreads, and when we look at the park we wanted to revisit and got something NEW. In a franchise like Star Wars people wanted to go to places they've SEEN to interact with characters they KNOW; With such a rich history of things and characters to draw from, you'd think it would be a surefire success. I really think there were just expectations to be met that were moreso undelivered.

In a franchise like CARS... you're... well... you're expecting... cars...? So... Yeah...

I also think there is a far more diverse set of "wants" from Star Wars fans than from Cars fans. It would have been impossible to satisfy all Star Wars fans, and even satisfying a plurality would have been very challenging. I just don't think those problems exist with a franchise about anthropomorphic cars that, ironically, look back nostalgically on a time before today's highway system.

Agreed, and speaking of expectation Cars is not a franchise where people have very high expectations for. While it's a money maker in terms of merch, the series isn't as critically acclaimed as other Pixar films. So I don't think people were expecting a whole lot out of the land when it was coming to DCA, save for Radiator Springs Racers. It probably didn't help the much-maligned Cars 2 came out a year before the land opened.

But lo and behold, Cars Land turned out to be a very pleasant surprise! I know a lot of folks who don't care for the IP, but they love the land. If that's not a fantastic testament to how well they did it, I don't know what is!

 

[DrStarlander]

I do think Cars Land at DCA works so well is because it's Radiator Springs, "the" place Cars fans want to visit (which I'm one). If it was a made up place -- say the Grizzly Peak / Airfield area but with cars sprinkled around, I'm not sure it would be one of the most successful lands Disney has ever made (which I think Cars Land is).

I agree with @Jake S that Star Wars "wants" are more diverse, but I also think had they done any well-known place (Tatooine, Hoth, Endor...) and did it with the faithfulness of their rendition of Radiator Springs, and kept it to about 50% the size of what they did with SWGE, instead of a "meh" or negative reaction, they would have gotten a "cool!" reaction from most people (even if it wasn't their #1 desired location). And there would be lots of positive hope/speculation they may expand the land to include another well-known location from the franchise.