NEW Details Revealed — A Long-Abandoned Magic Kingdom Land Is Set for a Major Overhaul

Magic Kingdom is about to look completely different!

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Disney World’s original park has seen many changes in the recent years including the addition of TRON Lightcyle / Run, Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, and an overhaul to the Country Bear Jamboree. 

Even more changes are on the horizon as the Magic Kingdom expansion progresses with the addition of Villains Land “Beyond Big Thunder Mountain” and the Cars expansion on Tom Sawyer Island. While construction has yet to start on the Cars expansion, Disney recently shared new details about this new area of the park!

As a refresher, Tom Sawyer Island along with the Rivers of America are set to close to make way for a brand-new Cars expansion that will feature two new rides. With this new addition, Tom Sawyer Island, the Tom Sawyer Island rafts, the Liberty Square Riverboat, and The Rivers of America are all set to close this year, although no closing date has been announced. 

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When this expansion was announced at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event back in August of 2024, Disney shared some concept art of the land along with the “Rally Race” attraction. At D23 in Brazil, we got to see some clips of Imagineering testing the potential “track” for the attraction. 

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Well now we have even more Cars expansion details! Earlier this month, Disney shared some of its new projects at SXSW (South By Southwest). One of the projects that they showcased was the new Rally Race ride coming to the new Cars area. Imagineers took a trip to Arizona to take a ride in some real off-road vehicles to help provide some inspiration. They then worked with a motocross company to build a dirt track and work on creating the new ride vehicles.

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Imagineers want to make this ride as realistic as possible, so they are using a customized production vehicle with sensors all over to gather data on how it feels to drive on varying terrain while the ride is in its development phase. Just like Radiator Springs Racers in Disney California Adventure, you will get to ride in a car that has their own personality, except these cars are ready for a spin off-road! 

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Along with the concept art of some of the new cars, Disney shared the 3D model that they have been using, otherwise known as a “3D Sketch.” One of the Imagineers working on the project, Michael Hundgen, said that, “Our primary goal is creating an emotional experience for our guests. For this Cars attraction, we need to invent a new type of ride vehicle. No one builds these in a factory because it has to do so much more than just carrying you from one place to another. We have to create a car that conveys a feeling when you ride in it.”

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Along with what is to come to Frontierland and Tom Sawyer Island, Disney also shared looks at Avengers Infinity Defense and Stark Flight Lab which are two new attractions coming to Avengers Campus in Disney California Adventure. 

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We are so excited to experience and explore all these new projects when they open! To stay up to date on all the latest Disney news, make sure to keep following along with us here at the Disney Food Blog!

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