It’s official! While Disney confirmed that a new Cars-themed area was coming to Magic Kingdom a while back, we only had a handful of details about it.
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But, that’s all changed, because not only do we know more details about this new part of the park — we also know what it will officially be CALLED!
Get ready to travel to Piston Peak! Disney Imagineers have revealed the name of this new Cars-themed area coming to Magic Kingdom. Inspired by the United States’ National Parks — and Rocky Mountain National Park, specifically — this new spot will officially be under construction beginning on July 7th.
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If Piston Peak sounds familiar, it’s for a good reason! Piston Peak National Park is the setting for Disney’s 2014 animated film, Planes: Fire & Rescue, which is part of the Cars universe. Imagineers shared that the Piston Peak coming to Magic Kingdom is not directly from the Planes movie, but it is where Disney is pulling some of its inspiration from.
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Piston Peak is based on Rocky Mountain National Park, which includes red rocks, mountains, rivers, and tons of diverse landscapes. But it’s also based on Disney animated parks, and even existing park buildings like Disney’s Wilderness Lodge and Grizzly Peak in Disney California Adventure!
Wilderness Lodge
The buildings in Piston Peak will have “car-ified” elements like lower windows so that cars can see out of them, entrances and building additions that are big enough for cars, and architecture that shows the cars are using found materials — like old wagon wheels — in their buildings.
Disney also shared that Big Thunder Mountain Railroad will be subtly updated to fit into the Piston Peak area — you’ll see rainbow geyser pools scattered around the base of the mountain, and possibly even some tire tread tracks in the dirt!
Coming to Frontierland at Magic Kingdom, a new area themed to Pixar Animation Studios’ “Cars” will leave Radiator Springs and head to the wilderness with two new attractions, including an off-road race.
Oh, and did we mention that this area will have a LOT of water elements and shade?! Both are things that have been sorely missing in some of the other lands opened recently. Imagineers said they lost count of the number of waterfalls being added to this new area.
We also know that there will be a geyser inspired by Old Faithful called Old Tankful — which is just the best pun.
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We can’t WAIT to learn more about the new Cars area coming to Magic Kingdom. Piston Peak will certainly add something new to this iconic park! We’ll be on the lookout for more updates on this new area, so make sure you stay tuned to the Disney Food Blog for the latest Disney news and more.
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