Get Your Kicks in Radiator Springs
Today, theย โcar-actersโ ofย DisneyโPixar’s animated film Cars will welcome guests toย Cars Landย and its three new attractions:ย Radiator Springs Racers, Materโs Junkyard Jamboreeย andย Luigiโs Flying Tires.
Radiator Springs Racers
What you thought was a leisurely, scenic tour of Ornament Valley turns into an all-out race for the Piston Cup as guests race side-by-side through the mountain range, around Willyโs Butte and past the plunging waterfall, Radiator Falls โ all familiar sights to fans of the movie.
Guests entering the six-passenger convertible will notice their car features a male or female face. The gender of the car is determined by the color of the car – eight in all. The scenic road trip begins through the countryside and town of Radiator Springs. After a stop at Luigi’s Casa Della Tires or Ramone’s House of Body Art, final racing tips will be given by Doc Hudson.
The race begins as the cars are separated onto parallel tracks. Racing nose-to-nose to the finish, the cars will encounter 45 degree turns as they zoom through the desert landscape.
Radiator Springs Racersย is aย FASTPASSยฎ attraction. Guests must be 40″ high to ride. It is estimated that each vehicle of the attraction will travel approximately 36,000 miles per year –ย equivalentย to more than 14 trips down the original Route 66!
Materโs Junkyard Jamboree
It’s an old-fashioned “tow-si-do!” Everyoneโs favorite tow truck, Mater, has corralled a herd of runaway baby tractors in his junkyard. Step into Materโs salvage yard and ride trailers hitched to the baby tractors.
As you load into your tractor, you’ll notice that no two tractors are the same. All 22 have different markings, mouths, and eye colors. They also have license plates with letters that represent initials and birthdays of key contributors to the Cars Landย project. However they do have one thing in common: They all LOVE to dance!
The minimum height requirement for Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree is 32 inches.
Luigiโs Flying Tires
โUno for the money, due for the show, tre to get ready and quattro to go!โย Carsย characters Luigi and Guido play host to a โFestival of the Flying Tiresโ at Luigiโs Casa Della Tires.ย ย When the music starts, tires float and dance in the grand tradition of a celebration that first started in Luigiโs hometown of Carsoli, Italy.
Guests board oversized Fettuccini-brand tires, accommodating up to two adults and one child, or one adult and two children.ย Guests steer by shifting their body weight , bumping into other tires as they float across Luigiโs 8,000-square-foot Italian garden and tire storage yard. For extra fun, try to catch one of the inflatable balls scattered throughout the attraction.
Nostalgic Disneylandยฎ Parkย fans will recognize the attraction as a descendant of the Flying Saucers attraction, which operated in Tomorrowland from 1961 to 1966.ย 6,714 air vents keep the tires floating approximately two inches above the ground! Theย minimum height requirement for Luigi’s Flying Tires isย 32 inches.
