A lot that held the cars of Disney Resort visitors will soon hold cartoon-character autos from Pixar’s “Cars” movie.
Monday was the first day the lot was closed to make way for the new attraction, one of the largest components of Disney’s California Adventure’s $1-billion expansion.
Cars Land will be a new, self-contained segment of the California Adventure park featuring it’s own themed attractions, merchandising and live entertainment.
California Adventure occupies the land that was the original parking lot of Disneyland in the 1950s when it first opened. David Gill, a Disney spokesman, said the Timon lot wasn’t opened until much later.
(Around Disney will try and get how many spaces are disappearing, and how Disney will now handle parking and report back on the blog.)
Cars Land will be a 12-acre expansion of the park, recreating the town of Radiator Springs from the movie. Pixar head John Lasseter was personally involved in developing the project.
Three new rides will be added to the land, including Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree and Luigi’s Flying Tires and Radiator Springs Racers.
Cars Land will be exclusive to Disney’s West Coast resort.
Cars Land will be the final installment of the California Adventure expansion, and it’s set to open in 2012.
Click the map below to see an interactive graphic of the California Adventure expansion plans, including the site of Cars Land.
– Sally French contributed to this story
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