Autopia Re-vamped by Cars Ride?

[Disneyknight467]

My friend told me that Disney is probably going to keep the name Autopia for the car ride, but he also said that their cars are probably going to be re-modeled after the Pixar movie Cars. Any say on this?

[Cali Coaster]

This is probably only a rumor and there has been no word on this as far as I've heard. It wouldnt suprise me that Disney would revamp one of their original rides by adding a Pixar feel to it. This is still unlikely. Plus, the rumors for a Cars ride is for DCA and not DL.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

I've actually heard it bantered around different places. DL Paris has announced their's, but anything else is minor hearsay. Chevron's got a few years left on its Disney contract so if it did happen @ Disneyland, it wouldn't happen in this decade most likely.

-- The Chief :cool:

[Cali Coaster]

And if it DID, Tomorrowland would be a lost cause IMHO.

[Kileli]

i have heard this a few times, and like i have said before, how would you sit in the cars? all of them (i think) in the movie have roofs, and none are convertibles. the fun of the ride is sitting outside while driving. also, everyone is going to want lightning or the blue car(forgot her name for some reason....) and what happens when you get stuck with luigi? lol, "i wanna drive the forklift mommy!" since they re did it a few years ago, i doubt they will re re do it

[baldbandit]

I kinda wish they'd just undo it. I've always thought Autopia is a waste of space. Not futuristic, so not sure what it's place in tomorrowland is. Boring for older people. Too hard to drive for little kids. Weak theming. Not really anything to see on the road. I wish they'd just rip it out and put something cool there.

[Kileli]

^^^ well, it was one of the original rides, and walt disney put it in for a reason. (i think it was his daughter who crashed their car into something so walt wanted a fun and safe place for kids to drive) it really isnt futureistic, like you said, but i doubt they would take it out

[MVP]

I Say Let The Magic Talk!

[Disneyknight467]

Yeah I never gave my opinion, I also think it'll kill the tomorrowland view. They are kind of already destroying it in Florida with the Laugh Floor Comedy Club in Tomorrowland based off of Monsters Inc.

[ryguy222]

^^Right now it is closed, the reason is they needed to get a crane into the nemo area. I don't know how long it will be there, so they may keep it closed until the crane is done. They also added safety rails to the loading area, so you the cars park in the right spot, and so ppl don't jump into the middle of the track. Also for some matinence, and some tree tirmming. They may also wait until the ramp is completed.

[reillysix]

^ Bad memories of the HUGE tree on the Autopia... LOL

[Disneyknight467]

lol. Last year my dad brought his girlfriend's kids along to DLR and they rode Autopia. One of them kept stopping, afraid she would ram into another car and she kept up a whole line of Autopia drivers, including me! I was literally laughing afterwords and making fun of her. lol.

[BCC]

I kinda wish they'd just undo it. I've always thought Autopia is a waste of space. Not futuristic, so not sure what it's place in tomorrowland is. Boring for older people. Too hard to drive for little kids. Weak theming. Not really anything to see on the road. I wish they'd just rip it out and put something cool there.

How about... something like test track maybe? Take out autopia and innoventions and put something like test track. Or just take out innoventions and put Stich Escape there.

[Cali Coaster]

^ There are rumors about a Test Track like ride coming to DLR so you might get your wish!

[Disneyknight467]

I would like to see test track on the un-used Peoplemover/Rocket Rods track! That would be awesome! Keep innoventions and Autopia and add Test Track atop Tomorrowland!

[Palm Desert Babe]

That might be cool. Just remodel the cars, because some of them look ugly. Not a full remodel would be nice.

[Disneyknight467]

Yeah. Use the Rocket Rods if they are still availible, remodel them, and make them go full speed, no sudden stops or slow downs!

[Cali Coaster]

^I heard some rumors that the Rocket Rods cars were destroyed in various ways.

[Disneyknight467]

lol, figures they would get destroyed. I guess it was hated so much people had to sneak in and destroy the ride lol. But like I said in another post, it shouldn't be used for the Peoplemover because it will eventually show the same things over and over and get old, but I really wouldn't mind it coming back to Tomorrowland DLR.

[linklewtt]

all the rides show the same things over and over...that's why we love them

[Disneyknight467]

Yeah I don't really mind the Disneyland Railroad because its a way to get to the otherside of the Park. I think maybe Honey, I shrunk the audience should go already and like alot of people have been suggesting, Stitch's Escape to replace it? I would like Innoventions to stay, but can Disney please find new gadgets to show off? Last time I went the Entertainment Zone wasn't being shown and I think the transportation zone wasn't either. only like 2 or 3 zones were being shown. I don't really care what gets put on the peoplemover track too. I want some sort of thrill ride maybe to be there. And Disney, Please fix the observatron!

[linklewtt]

i don't get why some people want Stitch's Great Escape to replace HISTA. it's one of the worst rated attractions over at MK by the Disney community.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

But those folks have never known the joys of HISTA. :smile:

-- The Chief :cool:

[Cutthroat CGM]

Journey into Imagination, Epcot? HISTA's not only over here in Orlando, it took over the whole pavilion seven years ago in one of the all-time worst attraction rehabs in Disney theme park history.

Believe me, y'all can HAVE Stitch's Great Escape. Free of charge. Just don't expect us to ask for it back.

MOD EDIT: Edited for masked swearing and rudeness. Masked swearing is a violation of VF guidelines.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Actually HISTA works better in its location there than it does in its location in DLR. In Epcot, HISTA is tucked away in its own pavilion, so you can make yourself belief it doesn't exist at all if you want to. It's quite easy to miss it entirely at Epcot. At DLR, however, it's right there staring you in the face. That's really more of what I was referring to with the above post. SGE isn't the world's greatest attraction, but it's much more of an attraction than HISTA could hope to be.

-- PMM :cool:

[Neo]

LOL dude I think I helped spread the rumor that Autopia was going to get a 'Cars' make over LOL.

We were all talking about pixar taking over tomorrowland and I totally had the great idea to make autopia into cars but it would actually work IMHO cause it would intrigue the kids and since autopia really isnt the future it cant really hurt it LOL its already behind the times why not give us kids another reason to love driving those cars?

[PeoplemoverMatt]

Autopia wasn't necessarily meant to be a prediction of the future in the sense of having 8 year old drivers out there on the I-5 someday, but showing those 8 year olds what driving a car was like. Remember originally, Autopia had no track.

Times have changed and we now have everything from a protective track on the ground to a large fence between the sidewalk and the road. But, none of that has changed the fun that kids can have on Autopia, turning the tables and driving their own cars or driving their parents. Would the ride be better if the kids drove their parents through Radiator Springs? Maybe, but thinking of it like that just makes the introduction of the movie pointless marketing run amok.

-- PMM :cool:

[Disney_Guy]

Hehe, maybe it was Walt's vision of the future that kids young as eight will someday be able to get drivers licenses. lol

[Ezra]

Consider this: When Disneyland was under construction, construction of the California freeway system was just begining. Anaheim was chosen in part because the Santa Ana Freeway would come through there later. People had never driven on long stretches of concrete highway. Autopia in 1955 was the first glimpse of what the new freeways might be like. So in a way, it was futuristic... for a few years, anyway.

[adrianne]

But those folks have never known the joys of HISTA. :smile:
-- The Chief :cool:

...are there "joys of HISTA"? I always thought of it as something I had to endure to please the out-of-state relatives I was hosting...

[Neo]

LOL "joys of HISTA" lol thats something oxymoron man would say LOL

And I dub that the newest and greatest Disney Oxymoron of all times.

[kodiak]

Hi guys... PPM and Ezra have presented some interesting points. As for me, I think that making Autopia into Cars Autopia would be a change that wouldnt hurt the attraction. but they would have to do it nice. they wouldnt even have to change the cars. I mean... no cardboard cut outs of Mater and stuff like that. perhaps we could cruise by some localles or characters from cars. the offroad segment of the ride is like the offroad segment in learning to drift on cars... the freeway... it could all fit. I think that some Cars AA's would be pretty neat to see as you drove by... however... it might create congestion as kids try to stop to get a better look.. never mind.

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[Disneyknight467]

I personally also don't think it should get a makeover. I don't want another attraction to be full of long lines. POTC was enough because of its minor makeover, but I wonder what'll go on with Submarine Voyage. It kind of sucks to see Tomorrowland turning into "Pixarville" or something like that. I don't want Space Mountain to turn into something like "Buzz Lightyear's Astro Adventure!" or a huge shopping area like DLR Paris's Space Mountain was going to be.

[linklewtt]

NO NO NO! why should Disney take away from what Tomorrowland is? Autopia was fine when it was created, so why retheme it to anything? there's no point!

[Coolbeans326]

I would be very upset if this happens. So much that I would have to track down John Lasseter myself and tell him personally.

[DisneyTinkfan86]

It would be sad if Autopia was gone.:(
If there going to do a Car's Autopia they should put the ride in DCA because they don't have that much rides to go on and thats where alot of pixer (Except for Fiding Nemo) rides are so why not there?

[Cali Coaster]

Hmmmmm.....I wonder, I wonder that if Pixar never came to be, I wonder how DLR would be today......in a world without Pixar.

[PeoplemoverMatt]

They would have been forced to think up original themes for attractions, and a few would have failed. That's why they depend on Pixar so much. They've made horrendous mistakes with originals like Light Magic & DCA in recent years. Who wouldn't choose a sure bet like a mega box office Pixar movie based theme over what is a risk at best?

If that was the real choice, I could understand it, but it's not.

Was Haunted Mansion a risk? Was Pirates of the Caribbean a risk? Was the Matterhorn a risk? Was the Jungle Cruise a risk? Was It's A Small World a risk? Was Space Mountain a risk? Was the Tiki Room a risk? No. Those are the originals that Disneyland as we know it is built upon. It doesn't take very much brain power to create exciting, charming & timeless originals like those. But, sadly, the thinking starts & ends with my first paragraph above.

Current management has forgotten its past & that will be a fatal mistake if that winning movie theme lifeline ever dries up.

-- PMM :cool:

[Neo]

are we forgetting the origin of Pixar? was it not Disney's fault pixar was ever made? and weren't the original starters of Pixar ex-disney employees??? so in other words Pixar was influenced by Disney and since they are now back together again its more like the original Disney, No?

[Disneyknight467]

doesn't Pixar make only disney films anyway? I've never seen them like "Dreamworks and Pixar have come together to bring you the next greatest hit in Animation!". Hey I have an Idea! Take out Mullholland Madness at DCA and put in a Cars ride! Make it like "Lighting Mcqueen's Race to the finish!" or something... and get the cars to race up and down treacherous mountain paths...hey at least add some image to the ride...Mullholland madness was just one of the old school coasters with no background or anything, just you, your vehicle, and the tracks

[Coolbeans326]

I think a lot has to do with the fact that they're just throwing in pixar just for the heck of it. If it actually, genuinely worked with the area, then i don't think people would have a problem with it. But it seems that now whenever Disney plans to build a new ride, they instinctively thing, "hmmm.... something with Pixar."

[Neo]

well so far everything seems to fit in nicely: a space ranger "toy story" ride in tomorrow land, finding nemo (submarine ride), even bugs life land works great for the little kids. Where else is a Pixar ride at? so they are building a cars ride thats good too and revamping autopia with a new look won't hurt or change the ride at all and putting in new characters will only help the ride. Everyone says tomorrowland is being over run by pixar but maybe thats because pixar is the future of animation remember tomorrowland doesn't have anything to do with space travel to the moon or space at all really it has to do with the future. The way you interpret the future is all based on different peoples opinions.

[Disney_Guy]

You forgot Monsters Inc. ride in Hollywood Pictures Backlot. ;)

But yeah, you kind of have a point. But so far BLAB, A Bug's Land and Monters Inc. are not the best Disney has ever done... I mean, their just isn't much to the attractions... BLAB is one however, I like since you get to shoot stuff lol. But certainly not the best Disney can do at full potential.

[Neo]

what do you mean by their full potential? are you thinking about haunted mansion or BTMRR or splash mountain? or are you thinking of fantasyland rides? since I think they did a pretty good job on MI compared to snow white. you cant compare two different types of rides its just not possible. like comparing space mountain to splash mountain is not really possible since they are completely different but BTMRR and space mountain are similar enough to compare

[Disney_Guy]

They could've done better with MI though. I mean, bland queue, the ride itself wasn't all that special IMHO, I just feel it could've done better. I do enjoy BLAB, a lot actually. It is just not my favorite attraction. No, I am not hating the dark rides, because I do enjoy them all, Car Toon Spin is actually one of my favorites in the entire park.

[Neo]

I believe they did well but its all just opinions. The bland queue is not too bland compared to the fantasyland rides which are the most similar rides to MI and the ride detail inside is very nice especially the door room.

(please disregard speeling errors I am having a problem with dslyxia)

[Disneyknight467]

I think Tomorrowland should stay "Tomorrowland, the land of the future", but if Pixar is going to overrun it or at least put in rides make them futuristic. I don't mind BLAB because its based off of Buzz lightyear a space ranger but don't add anything like in WDW like with Monster's Inc Laugh Floor Comedy Club. I don't mind Finding Nemo either because it brings back the subs, gives the ride a little treacherous adventure (Hopefully a tiny bit scary) and I like Finding Nemo.

[Neo]

well those are the only two pixar additions to tomorrowland. Of course they cant make autopia anymore futuristic since we have no clue about the future of cars but I think bringing back an old classic like route 66 would still be an awesome idea and we should want that for the future. Everyone says they like the nostalgia of disneyland well why doesnt disneyland honor other nostalgic landmarks like route 66 and that should be our future to go back and open route 66 and have it like it used to be for historys sake

[Disneyknight467]

That would be cool! I would sort of want the Flying Saucers back and re-vamped but not sure where it would have room to be put. I was thinking some of the area outside of Redd Rocket's Pizza Port where they have the large globe with water all over it spinning, or maybe take out HISTA and put in an Indoor "LGM's Saucer Spin!" or something and make it a large indoor Flying saucer thing like bumper cars are now a days.

[Rogue]

I LOVE Roger Rabbit's Cartoon Spin! Autopia is such a classic ride, I would hate to see it turn into a Cars ride. However, I think that a ride based on Cars would be fun.

[Disneyknight467]

^^I keep what I said before, they should put it into Paradise Pier and replace it with Mullholland Madness, a Cars ride that is.

[linklewtt]

I think Tomorrowland should stay "Tomorrowland, the land of the future", but if Pixar is going to overrun it or at least put in rides make them futuristic. I don't mind BLAB because its based off of Buzz lightyear a space ranger but don't add anything like in WDW like with Monster's Inc Laugh Floor Comedy Club. I don't mind Finding Nemo either because it brings back the subs, gives the ride a little treacherous adventure (Hopefully a tiny bit scary) and I like Finding Nemo.

i have to agree. i don't mind BLAB because yes it does have to do with space and fits the Tomorrowland theme. but something like Monsters Inc Laugh Floor Comedy Club? that has nothing to do with Tomorrowland at all is the best example of synergy in the parks, more so than the new Finding Nemo Musical in DAK.

i'm not too crazy about Nemo taking over the subs either because he doesn't really fit into Tomorrowland. but i deal with it since it's bring back the subs.

you could make the argue that the orginal subs themselves didn;t fit into tomorrowland, but i think Walt was going for a Sci-Fi theme rather than just future. also it was called "Submarine Voyage Through Liquid Space" so it keeps that "space" theme that was prevalent in other rides like Mission to Mars and such. either way the original subs fit into Tomorrowland MUCH better than the new subs ever will.

then again, the lagoon is on the outskirts of Tomorrowland and borders Fantasyland, so Nemo would fit that theme. Actual subs= Tomorrowland; Nemo and Friends= Fantasyland.

[One Swell Bear]

This is probably a rumor! I knew this rumor would start some day. I even came up with the idea for an Autopia revamp for Cars long ago as a joke. Most Predictable rumor ever!

[Disneyknight467]

Well now we know that there will be a Cars Ride, but it will not replace Autopia. This thread can now be closed :)

[Executioner]

....then again, the lagoon is on the outskirts of Tomorrowland and borders Fantasyland, so Nemo would fit that theme. Actual subs= Tomorrowland; Nemo and Friends= Fantasyland.

Then are they trying to say that the vision of tomorrow is only fantasy? I mean, seeing as Buzz is in TL and Star Wars is not the future (technically). LOL

[Neo]

WHATTTTT?!?!?! Star wars is not the future? Then why have I been paying 2000 galactic credits a month to learn how to use a lightsabre properly?

[ryguy222]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away...
I like what they said in the family guy star wars

a long time ago, but somehow in the future...
that was awesome.

Ok, yes there will be cars stuff in DCA, but there is toystory stuff in DL, and DCA, so maybe disney is starting a new trend. I would hate it if they did that, but who knows.

[Foolish Mortal]

I am so sick of Pixar rides, but what the heck is a car ride doing in Tommorowland anyway, right?!? Personally, I don't think it's a bad thing.

[CLASSIC HM]

Autopia is a classic. It doesn't need to be remade into a ride that is Pixar based. Autopia belongs in Tomorrowland because it deals with technology, just like Finding Nemo Submarine Voyage.

[mousecrazy]

I live in the Bay Area and John Lassater was on the local radio show. He is on quite a bit. I called in and asked that he please do not make Disneyland Pixarland. He laughed and said duely noted. I wouldn't want that either. So ya never know what will happen. lol