New things to see at Disneyland in 2012!
The SFGate.com site has a slideshow of 10 new things to check out at Disneyland this summer. A five-year “expansive” plan that is now complete. Last Friday, Disney opened up Cars Land to the public – a 12-acre part of California Adventure that is based on the Pixar movie Cars. A neon strip of old-style diners and shops brings back Radiator Springs the town along Route 66 in the movie. A red rock background looks authentic, until you notice the Cadillac-tail-fin shapes. The Radiator Springs Racers ride buzzes along at 45 miles/hour!
I’ll just give some highlights of the slides:
- The Matterhorn has a fresh coat of paint and new bobsleds – and MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS!
- The heroine and archer, Merida, sports her full head of red hair at a location near “It’s a Small World.”
- California Adventure houses the Carthay Circle Theater, a replica of the movie palace where Snow White premiered in 1937.
- Buena Vista Street is the new “Main Street” of California Adventure, with a trolley car that takes you back to the 1920s.
- Cars Land has no shortage of neon in the reconstruction of Radiator Springs.
- Flo’s V-8 Diner, based on the Midpoint Café in Adrian, TX, serves up real food. And yes, there is neon….
- Radiator Springs Racers is the star attraction of Cars Land, beginning sedately and then screeching along at 45 miles/hour!
- Minnie’s Fly Girls: Minnie Mouse leads flight attendants in harmonies about travel in the 1950s and 1960s!
- Mater and Lightning McQueen can suddenly show up while you are having lunch at Flo’s diner.
- In Luigi’s Tire Ride, you LEAN to control your tire that is floating on air. Meanwhile, beach balls are bouncing around!
Well, even though I have a friend who can make Disneyland more affordable for us, I still don’t think that we’ll get down to Anaheim this year.
But that shouldn’t stop YOU! Ride Luigi’s Tire Ride for me – it looks like a lot of fun!
-Bill at
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