On Saturday June 23rd I made my first visit to the newly opened Cars Land at Disney’s California Adventure park.
It’s a big place! We’ve been peaking in on it from this angle for years durring the construction…
… But to stand at the other end and look back really is something to see.
The view of Grizzly Peak from Cars Land is quite impressive. It never really stuck me as a park icon before but now it really seems to stand out.
I started with Luigi’s Flying Tires – a really great addition to the park.
The line was structured in such a way that you could observe several complete ride cycles before riding.
That made it a lot easier, I thought, to get the hand of it when actually riding.
This ride is a winner. I hope it lasts a lot longer than it’s predecessor.
Radiator Springs Racers has been described as a “Super E Ticket” and I think that description fits.
The line winds through Stanley’s Oasis – the orginal Radiator Springs and the line really adds a lot to the story of the ride itself.
I actually saw a certain redheaded Nickelodeon actress in line for this ride, but that’s another story for another site.
The ride starts as a slow to medium paced dark ride before going two cars wide for the race.
Here, just have a look for yourself…
And finally, there was Matter’s Junkyard Jamboree.
Definately the least impressive of the three rides, but that’s grading on a serious curve.
Those cars have some serious “whip” to them! I was trying to hold my camera still for the onride video, but it really threw me around quite a bit.
I’ll save my thoughts on the rest of the Park for another post, but I must say that they did a great job with this new addition.
I have 130 orginal photos from around Cars Land in the gallery. Please click on any still image in this post to see the rest of the set.