Originally Posted By teddibubbles I am only looking at this photo . But there is a reason it is HOT in the desert! ( I live here . and I Know that baking rocks help make it 125 - 135 temps) I sure hope disney knows what they are doing!. Look at this photo. you see the workers in their yello vests. Look how HUGE a BOWL WALL that is faced like desert rock that is. THREE SIDES. Do they even know how much the three sides are going to HEAT UP just like the real deal. and HOW MUCH COOLING AIR BREEZE they are BLOCKING OUT. WOW. can you say HEAT STROKE! can I lay in a bet now. on overheated ride closures and Venting put in. wow <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/Showpic.asp?filename=http://s231432788.onlinehome.us/lotion/pics/SS20110426-DL/big/P16-0005.JPG&caption=" target="_blank">http://www.laughingplace.com/S...caption=</a>
Originally Posted By teddibubbles they should have staggered that wall like they do fences some times to let the breaze free flow. time will tell. but you heard it from this desert person first.
Originally Posted By danyoung They don't have anywhere near desert temps in Anaheim in the summer. A few warm days, sure. But I don't see massive heat being any kind of problem.
Originally Posted By jmuboy The Carsland are is still wide open to the North and east. This may be a minor problem from time to time but I think this is a not as big an issue as you might think it will be.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub I have been thinking the same thing every time I look at the photos. Anaheim has been having more hot days lately and all that concrete and crowds of people intensifies the temps. How much heat will the cars generate? At least it won't be as bad as Autopia generates...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Isn't the only thing inside those U-shaped walls the Radiator Springs Racers ride itself? And when you're on that you'll be moving at a pretty good clip, creating your own breeze. The rest of CarsLand it outside that "U", isn't it?
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It may be slightly stuffier for guests in the area due to blocked ocean breezes in the summer, but from all the images I've seen it seems like a good portion of the area around the main attraction will be shaded by the rocks most of the time. I think you're probably getting worked up over nothing.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip The heat will be good for the hippos though. I wonder if they will have spinach available?
Originally Posted By skinnerbox There is a related issue that I've posted about previously, and that's the noise from RSR being concentrated by the Cadillac Mountain backdrop. Test Track at EPCOT is noisy enough. But at least the old WoM building is out in the open, so the noise can't concentrate in front of the building. Plus, the majority of the track is out in back behind the building. Not so with RSR's track, which will be right out front. The mountain range surrounding Carsland is going to act like a sound barrier, pushing the noise from the ride out towards the rest of Carsland, back to ToT and Hyperion Theater. Walking through Radiator Springs is going to be very, very loud. Combine that with reduced air flow from the west, and it's apt to be very unpleasant.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Do we know that RSR is going to be as loud as TT? Isn't this the "next generation" of that technology? I'm not saying it WILL be quieter, but theoretically couldn't it be?
Originally Posted By teddibubbles RoadTrip You said it brother! the spinach shortage in afrca .. poor hippos!
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I would take a 100+ degree day at Disneyland than ANY day at home, anytime....
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<Do we know that RSR is going to be as loud as TT? Isn't this the "next generation" of that technology? I'm not saying it WILL be quieter, but theoretically couldn't it be?>> I highly doubt it, given the speeds it will be running at. And even if the newer technology can reduce the noise by 50%, there are two tracks instead of one, because it's simulating a race. So the noise reduction will not be realized. <<Good grief, you folks will create an issue out of any little thing.>> This is a very real issue. Test Track is very loud, but it doesn't really affect anyone, because EPCOT is so spread out. Carsland will not be. It's a small confined area surrounded by a fake mountain range. The sound will have no place to go but down the main drag of Radiator Springs towards ToT and Hyperion. Test Track's entrance is painfully loud. Imagine an entire land with this constant noise from RSR, all day long. Personally, if the noise level in Carsland ends up exceeding the noise level just outside the TT entrance, that whole area will simply suck.
Originally Posted By darcy-becker Perhaps they're trying to keep the noise inside the park. After all there are neighbors to consider.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I wonder... How much of the Test Track noise is real, and how much of it is simulated to enhance the experience? I would guess they can tweak this.
Originally Posted By danyoung Hmmm. Walking into DL's or WDW's Tomorrowland and hearing the vroom vroom of the Autopia - very cool. Walking between Futureworld and World Showcase and hearing the cars speeding around Test Track - very cool. Walking down Sunset Blvd. in the Studios and hearing the screams from the funlovers on Tower of Terror - very cool. My guess is that any noise generated by the new land in DCA will quickly become absorbed and accepted by the visiting public.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Good point Dan, I absolutely love the sound of Test track as you walk past. And I used to love the noise of Tomorrowland as a kid with the autopia cars, the sound of the monorail and it's horn, the rattling of the people mover, the screams of the Matterhorn, and the waterfalls on the sub lagoon - the sound and the kinetics mixed together were wonderful, and I am hopefuly of this in Carland too. About the heat issue, there will be some water in the attraction too, surely that will help.
