Walt Disney World is planning to expand its lineup of attractions and experiences in new themed areas based on Pixar Animation Studios’ Cars and Monsters, Inc.
With the future of world building at Disney Panels, Disney executives shared more information about new additions.
Here’s what fans are looking forward to:
A “car”-themed land comes to Magic Kingdom
The new land that comes to Magic Kingdom will bring guests across the Radiator Spring as Lightning McQueen, Matter and friends venture into the off-road frontier. (Disney Parks)
The new land that comes to Magic Kingdom will bring guests across the Radiator Spring as Lightning McQueen, Matter and friends venture into the off-road frontier.
Between the panels, Pixar’s Chief Creative Officer Pete Dotter and Walt Disney Imagineer Michael Handgen revealed details about the attraction’s unique ride system.
“Because of the appeal of this car, we need to invent a new type of vehicle,” says Hundgen. “No one builds these in the factory because you have to do more than bring you from one place to another. You have to make a car that conveys the feeling when you get there.”
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Imagineer visited the Arizona Desert for research and tested real off-road vehicles to replicate the feeling of driving on rocky terrain. The team partnered with a motocross company to build a dirt truck to collect data on vehicle movements.
Docter shared an early concept sketch, revealing that each ride vehicle has a clear name and number that resembles a real race car.
“Monsters, Inc.” lands at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
Monstropolis is Monsters, Inc. It is the fictional land of Mike and Sully, and soon comes back to life in Disney’s Hollywood Studios. (Disney Parks)
Monstropolis is Monsters, Inc. It is the fictional land of Mike and Sully, and soon comes back to life in Disney’s Hollywood Studios.
According to Disney, the land features marquee charm based on “Monsters, Inc.” It incorporates the first ever hanging roller coaster into door vaults, Disney parks and vertical lift elements.
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Animated ride previews displayed in the panel showed the ride loading area where guests could lift into the air before running through the iconic door vault.
During the same panel, Disney executives and Robert Downey Jr. shared what brings new additions to Disneyland Resort, including two new attractions coming to the Avengers campus.
