The brand new Cars Road Trip Disneyland Paris experience had its soft opening in June but what is involved in this Cars themed experience?
Brand new for 2021 was the Cars Road Trip attraction at Walt Disney Studios Park.
A bold decision was made by Disney to replace the iconic Studio Tram Tour and working with Disney Imagineers and Pixar the Cars Road Trip was born.
Guests head towards a loading station where visitors will board a tram and head on an adventure with Lightning McQueen and Mater.
Along the way, you’ll discover wacky roadside attractions along the famous Route 66 highway.
The loading station for the attraction is actually the first building built outside of the current perimeter of Walt Disney Studios Park.
The Cars Road Trip ride is part of an ongoing expansion that will see the addition of a new Frozen themed land and a Marvel themed land due to open in 2022.
For me, rebranding this attraction around Cars was a very strange choice indeed, especially when theming it around a studio tram tour that should be promoting movie-making, studio production and special effects.
I’d rather not be exploring the finer details of Catastrophe Canyon but the animatronics were cool to see if albeit limited to that one movie franchise now.
Whilst I hadn’t been on the original studio tour there are many POV’s on the internet and it was certainly in need of a refurbishment and whilst Cars is an upgrade it seems to fall short of what you’d expect from a Disney style attraction.
Upon experiencing the ride in person (not via POV’s) I confirmed all my above suspicions and judgements.
The ride seems rather empty as you go around during its introduction and you just expect much more theming pieces and things to look at as your dream takes you around.
It feels as though it’s very much rushed and it doesn’t add any quality to the already much weaker Walt Disney Studios Park.
The animatronics are absolutely wonderful as you’d expect but the flame and water effect, whilst entertaining was the only thing that happens on the tram tour.
So much more could have been done on the tour with numerous ride buildings the tram could enter to immerse you into a more interactive experience.
Tunnels to witness Lightning McQueen racing or riding through an indoor speedway or similar.
Catastrophe Canyon is the only area explored on the tour and a few flames and water flood later it was done.
With slow rides in the park such as Crush’s Coaster and RC Racer the Cars Road Trip does eat up those queues but it’s offering a much-dampened experience compared to other rides in that area.
Arguably the weakest addition to a Disneyland Paris line-up for quite some time and I only hope the Marvel expansion goes some way to improve the park considerably.
More Cars Road Trip Disneyland Paris information can be found HERE
