Cars Land is a new themed land at Disney California Adventure Park that is currently under construction. This 12 acres (48,562.3 m²) land will be built as part of the $1.1 billion expansion plan for Disney California Adventure Park on the former Timon Parking Lot behind the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror and A Bug's Land

A bug's land

"A Bug's Land" is a section of Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The area is based on the Disney·Pixar film "A Bug's Life"...

. Cars Land is inspired by the 2006 Disney

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...

·Pixar

Pixar

Pixar Animation Studios, pronounced , is an American computer animation film studio based in Emeryville, California. The studio has earned 26 Academy Awards, seven Golden Globes, and three Grammy Awards, among many other awards and acknowledgments. Its films have made over $6.3 billion worldwide...

 film, Cars

Cars (film)

Cars is a 2006 American animated family film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and Pixar's final, independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney...

. This land will have new dining and shopping venues as well as new attractions. One will be a major "E ticket

E ticket

The phrase E ticket refers to an unusually interesting, thrilling or expensive experience. It derives from the admission ticket system used at Disneyland and Magic Kingdom theme parks before 1982, in which the E ticket admitted the bearer to the newest, most advanced, and/or most popular rides...

" attraction called Radiator Springs Racers

Radiator Springs Racers

Radiator Springs Racers is a planned attraction currently under construction that will be part of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. The attraction will feature third-generation Test Track technology, an attraction located at Epcot in Walt Disney World. Radiator Springs Racers will be themed...

which will feature the third-generation Test Track

Test Track

Test Track is an attraction at Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, sponsored by General Motors The ride is a simulated excursion through the rigorous testing procedures that General Motors uses to evaluate its vehicles, culminating in a high-speed drive around the...

 technology, an attraction located at Epcot

Epcot

Epcot is a theme park in the Walt Disney World Resort, located near Orlando, Florida. The park is dedicated to the celebration of human achievement, namely international culture and technological innovation. The second park built at the resort, it opened on October 1, 1982 and was initially named...

 in Walt Disney World. Opening date is around Summer of 2012. This new land features points from both Cars

Cars (film)

Cars is a 2006 American animated family film produced by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Joe Ranft. It is the seventh Disney·Pixar feature film, and Pixar's final, independently-produced motion picture before its purchase by Disney...

and Cars 2

Cars 2

Cars 2 is a 2011 American computer-animated action film produced by Pixar, and it is the sequel to the 2006 film, Cars. In the film, race car Lightning McQueen and tow truck Mater head to Japan and Europe to compete in the World Grand Prix, but Mater becomes sidetracked with international espionage...

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History

Cars Land, along with the rest of the Disney California Adventure Park multi-year expansion, was announced on October 17, 2007. However, the first indication of the new land was some concept art published in the Dreaming section of The Walt Disney Company's 2006 Annual Report.

Future Attractions

• Radiator Springs Racers
  Radiator Springs Racers
  Radiator Springs Racers is a planned attraction currently under construction that will be part of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. The attraction will feature third-generation Test Track technology, an attraction located at Epcot in Walt Disney World. Radiator Springs Racers will be themed...
  
  
• Mater's Junkyard Jamboree
  • A C-Ticket attraction in the style of a whip ride and the Mad Tea Party
    Mad Tea Party
    Mad Tea Party is a spinning tea cup ride at all five Disneyland-style theme parks around the world. The ride theme is inspired by the Unbirthday Party scene in Disney's Alice In Wonderland...
    
    , at Disneyland, without spinning out of control. The attraction is themed to Mater's Junkyard and also the fields with tractor cows from the first film. Mater will be the Master of Ceremonies of the Jamboree. The vehicles will be tractors with pull cars attached to them that move around with the music.
• Luigi's Flying Tires
  • This attraction will be an updated and safer version of the original Disneyland attraction Disneyland Flying Saucers and will feature the distinct theming of the movie Cars. Guests will queue in the Casa Della Tires shop. A play area featuring a tire jungle gym, slide and kid-sized cars will be located next to the attraction.

Future Shops

• Courthouse
• Ramone's House of Body Art
• Sarge's Surplus Hut
• Radiator Springs Curious

Layout

• The Layout from the guests perspective is one of looking down the main street of Radiator Springs, AZ, as seen in Cars and Cars 2. The main street is Route 66 coming in from the Golden State area, across from the Golden Vinerey and currently Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar
  Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar
  Walt Disney Imagineering Blue Sky Cellar opened October 20, 2008, replacing the old Seasons of the Vine Theater at Disney's California Adventure at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California....
  
  . The other two entrances into the land is through a path in Bug's land in between the entrance of Heimlich's Chew Chew Train and Tuck and Roll's Drive 'Em Buggies and through a tunnel being constructed as a part of the rockwork making up Ornament Valley from the Pacific Wharf. The two other entrances are the same path crossing through the middle of Cars Land. The path's name is Cross St. At the end of Route 66 is the Court House/Firehouse where the street splits. To the left of the split is still unknown to many people, but it may be a backstage access gate. To the right of the split will be the entrance to Radiator Springs Racers
  Radiator Springs Racers
  Radiator Springs Racers is a planned attraction currently under construction that will be part of Cars Land at Disney California Adventure. The attraction will feature third-generation Test Track technology, an attraction located at Epcot in Walt Disney World. Radiator Springs Racers will be themed...
  
  . In the distance, the Radiator Cap and Cadillac Range can be seen.