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WILL LUIGI'S FLYING TIRES BE RETIRED?
Ever since it opened in June
2012, Cars Land at Disney California Adventure has been considered a smash-
ing success—with the notable exception of Luigi's Flying Tires. This slow-
to-load, low-capacity ride hasn't exactly been wowing the tens of thousands
of Disneyland guests who visit Radiator Springs daily. So the Imagineers are
now reportedly toying with the idea of replacing this underwhelming attraction
(whichdrewitsinspirationfromDisneyland'sFlyingSaucers,aTomorrowland
ride from the 1960s) with a new
Cars
-themed dark ride, something similar in
style and scale to Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, that would fill a niche that Radiator
Springs Racers and Mater's Junkyard Jamboree don't.
Mater's Junkyard Jamboree
What it is
Midway-type whip ride.
Scope and scale
Minor attraction.
When to go
The first 30
minutes the park is open.
Special comments
Must be 32" tall to ride.
Duration of ride
About
1½ minutes.
Average wait in line per 100 people ahead of you
8 minutes.
Loading speed
Slow.
DESCRIPTION AND COMMENTS
On the outskirts of town sits the junkyard home of Mater,
the redneck tow truck voiced by Larry the Cable Guy. In his yard sit 22 baby tractors, each
towing an open-air two-seater trailer. While Mater's voice emerges from a jury-rigged
jukeboxsingingoneofsevenspeciallycomposedsquare-dancingtunes(plusonehilarious
hidden song that plays only once per hour), the tractors travel in overlapping figure eight
patterns along interlocking turntables. The vehicles are transferred from one revolving
turntable to another, creating near-miss moments much like Francis' Ladybug Boogie.
The difference is that Mater's trailers swing freely from side to side, creating a centripetal
