A blog that closely follows developments at the Walt Disney Co.’s revealed more details about the Cars Route 66 Road Trip attraction coming next year at Disneyland Paris.
Laughing Place reported about the “Cars”-themed attraction at Walt Disney Studios Park that Disney and Pixar executives described as “a family-friendly journey, discovering some of the wacky roadside attractions along the famous Route 66 highway.”
The attraction’s new boarding station, inspired by mid-century modern architecture, fittingly offers several nods to the automotive world. As your gateway to all the wonders awaiting you on Route 66, guests will enter the station through a tourist booth complete with maps, postcards and other decorative items (design details that Pixar Animation Studios and Walt Disney Imagineering are known for and guests love – see examples below). The loading station, which stands halfway through construction, is actually the first building constructed outside the current perimeter of Walt Disney Studios Park, and once completed will be accessible to visitors via a new road extending from Toy Story Playland. Cars Route 66 Road Trip represents the first step in the expansion of Walt Disney Studios Park.
Cars Route 66 Road Trip will be a fully themed Cars experience with new decor, story, music and vehicles, bringing guests along a Route 66 Road Trip to discover natural wonders such as the World’s biggest lugnut and active water springs. Guests will even encounter Lightning McQueen and Mater along the way.
The post included construction photos of the boarding station and images of the maps, postcards and other items.
The upcoming attraction in Paris should be fun for the substantial number of Route 66 fans in France and the rest of Europe.
The 2006 Disney-Pixar movie “Cars” ignited years of new interest in Route 66 because of the real-life people and places that inspired the film.
(Screen-capture image from video of an artist’s rendering of Cars Route 66 Road Trip)
For those who like driving the old road here’s something to consider.
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/urbs/drive-like-its-1950-on-u-s-route-11/