Disney Pulls Back the Curtain on Its New ‘Cars’ Land

If all goes according to plan, when the new Cars-inspired land opens at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, you won’t even see it. Back at the D23 Expo last year, Disney announced it was adding a Cars-themed land to its signature Orlando park, and now, the company has revealed a ton of additional info. There’s a map of what it’ll look like, an explanation of its theming, and the news that even though it’ll be sitting in the middle of the theme park, it’ll be carefully designed to make sure it doesn’t stand out. Oh, and it’s got a name too. The land is called Piston Peak National Park (though fans are sure to just call it “Piston Peak” or “Cars Land”), and though it’s fully set in the world of Cars, it’s being conceived as a national park in that franchise. The idea being, a national park—even if it’s filled with sentient talking vehicles—is a more seamless fit into the land’s location, which is near Liberty Square and Frontierland. You can see the full map above, though it’s just ... Read full article.