Cars area coming to Magic Kingdom

[Cwoolboy]

Honestly, going muddin' with the Cars characters sounds low-key appealing.

 

[belloq87]

The talk over on Magic about where this is going is concerning!

 

[Jake S]

Yeah, I increasingly think TSI is toast.

 

[belloq87]

And that, in isolation, isn't even the real loss (though it is a loss; it's something Walt Disney felt strongly about, and we need more Walt touchstones to remain).

The real loss is the Liberty Belle and the kinetic energy of the Rivers of America.

I fervently hope for wisdom and good sense to prevail.

 

[PerceptiveCoot]

Yeah, I increasingly think TSI is toast.

Josh's evasive language certainly seemed to suggest that.

 

[GAcoaster]

And getting rid of TSI and the riverboat means they can build the hotel that connects to the park. If the canal doesn’t have to be used for towing the riverboat to the dry dock for rehab the can build a non-lifting bridge.

 

[Magic-Man]

No one wants to see this come more than me, but there is a LONG history of things being cancelled. Especially when they give no timeline or more than one concept image, this is essentially still blue sky.

This is a full land with multiple attractions that's starting construction next year. Plus it's based on an IP AND there's not going to be another pandemic soon, so there's no incentive to cancel it. This is nowhere close to the same situation as the Play Pavillion and Main Street Theatre.

 

[Allison]

No one wants to see this come more than me, but there is a LONG history of things being cancelled. Especially when they give no timeline or more than one concept image, this is essentially still blue sky.

What’s been canceled as of late is 2 glorified indoor playgrounds and a theater, I think what was announced, and stated pre-presentation as already in groundbreaking phases which afaik isn’t considered blue sky, should be enough to give them the benefit of the doubt at least for now.

 

[ReelJustice]

And getting rid of TSI and the riverboat means they can build the hotel that connects to the park. If the canal doesn’t have to be used for towing the riverboat to the dry dock for rehab the can build a non-lifting bridge.

Yep, this is the other part of it. Liberty Belle glowing away or getting permanently docked means they can get rid of the “light show channel” and earnestly expand beyond Adventureland. Also spells doom for the Water Paegent

 

[GAcoaster]

Yep, this is the other part of it. Liberty Belle glowing away or getting permanently docked means they can get rid of the “light show channel” and earnestly expand beyond Adventureland. Also spells doom for the Water Paegent

Not necessarily— they can dock it back near the drydock area. Especially now that there’s no parasailing back on Bay Lake, they can set up a place there for it.

 

[Tobias]

Cool, but we don’t need this huge dollop of cynicism in every single thread. We get it. You’re skeptical. We don’t need to get hit over the head with it in every thread.

Not to mention, this is a project where they literally said they're starting construction next year. And from what's been rumored on where it's going and such, that's gonna' take a bit to get done.

 

[Freak]

I'm gonna be real here....this was my least favorite announcement for WDW.

I don't hate the ride concept art in isolation....I just don't think this belongs at Magic Kingdom. I think this kind of ride should go at DHS and replace the Indy stunt show. I'll even go ahead and say the unthinkable by saying this would be a better fit at Animal Kingdom. Yeah, I said it. Fight me. At least by putting it there, you can try to make it fit by having animals thrown in there and set in the Himalayas or something. They're gonna make that "work" for Encanto and Indy, so why not here? You could even have a cameo of the yeti from Monsters Inc offering the riders a snow cone! I just think Magic Kingdom is way too "traditional" in nature to make this work.

It would be one thing if this was going in "Beyond Big Thunder" and was a little more isolated (Which is what I hope they're doing here), but the latest rumors kinda worry me a bit. Really hoping its going where it "should" (Beyond BT)....but Disney thinking about how they can cut operational costs does concern me. I dont think it's fair to shut this rumor down when there is talk of replacing stuff for Monsters Inc, when they clearly don't need to (GMR > MMRR situation anyone?)

Well, if the worst case scenario does come true, at least Disneyland will still have the Mark Twain and Tom Sawyer Island.....for now at least.

 

[Jake S]

I'm skeptical that many of these location "rumors" are anything other than people with an incentive to create engaging content making educated guesses (and even then, I'm being generous).