The Disney Parks Blog has posted this neat video of the Ornament Valley being constructed at Cars Land of the Disney California Adventure park:
Led by Zsolt Hormay, our rockwork art director, this incredible team of artisans from around the world have spent approximately two years growing, sculpting and painting our mountain. It’s been fascinating to watch it grow.
We’re getting ready to say goodbye to this talented team of folks as the mountain nears completion. Click on this video and take a look at Zsolt explaining the process and what it takes to speed up Mother Nature. I think you’ll agree that our finished product is spectacular!
Cars Land is inspired by the fictional Route 66 town of Radiator Springs, as depicted in the 2006 Disney-Pixar animated film “Cars.” The Cadillac Range part of Ornament Valley in the film was inspired by the Cadillac Ranch public art installation near Amarillo and the Black Mountains of western Arizona — both of which are found off the real-life Route 66. Other features are inspired by Tucumcari Mountain near Tucumcari, N.M.; the red bluffs near the Arizona-New Mexico border, and hood ornaments on classic cars.
Cars Land is scheduled to open sometime this summer.