Originally Posted By TP2000 VIDEO SPOILER ALERT! A video has been leaked this week on YouTube that shows a full ride-through video of the Radiator Springs Racers attraction. It features a lot of working audio and dialog, and shows the entire ride with all the major show scenes. This is NOT the heavily edited and packaged video they showed at D23 Expo this summer. Only click on this YouTube link if you want to see an admittedly simple yet very thorough preview of Radiator Springs Racers... <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDKenpHoBUE&context=C3260c08ADOEgsToPDskKLXhAZtQBVrxcDtTT9FXru" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...tTT9FXru</a> Not sure how long that video will stay up on YouTube, as it looks to be a private presentation at WDI secretly taped by an audience member. But it really whets your appetite for Summer 2012!
Originally Posted By oc_dean I wouldn't want the entire ride spoiled ... but 2 or 3 single frame clips would be nice. If anyone could capture a few frames, stick them on the net .... that would be nice. thank you
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo It looks like this is going to be a lot of fun! Thanks for sharing.
Originally Posted By oc_dean Then I realized ... I could just pause at any point ... which I did. ;-) Well ... it's just a rough cgi look .. can barely see anything. Didn't spoil anything .... I look forward to it in person .. with all the other 20 million people who will try to descend into this tiny land.
Originally Posted By CuriousConstance It does look like a lot of fun! Looks like quite an extensive indoor portion to the ride which is nice to see. Thanks for posting this TP!
Originally Posted By Manfried Interesting. I wonder who had the cell phone running against the WDI rules?
Originally Posted By TP2000 I have to wonder why WDI is showing this sort of stuff to field trip groups to begin with. You can tell by the dialogue before and just after the video that this was aimed at novices, or maybe some college engineering class with a professor who has good connections at WDI. They were obviously not Disney Company employees in that small audience. So why does WDI do this sort of thing? Do they not realize that in the second decade of the 21st century EVERYONE has an iPhone or Android with more computing power and high-tech wizardry stuffed in their pocket than all of NASA had back in the 1970's? Why does WDI show their latest mega-budget E Ticket ride to a group of casual observers? Is it just an ego trip to prove to the pretty college coeds in the audience how cool they are? It seems like a boneheaded policy by WDI to even allow this sort of video to be shown to anyone without a corporate security clearance. Dumb!
Originally Posted By Manfried If you look at the writing on their own blog, you can tell they write like no one has seen any of the other stuff.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "It seems like a boneheaded policy by WDI to even allow this sort of video to be shown to anyone without a corporate security clearance. Dumb!" At this point, with the attraction and new land just 6 months away from opening and new construction photos online daily, does it really matter? It's not like you can't put 2 and 2 together and figure out what the course of this ride will be. Cars Land will be a huge hit for Disney, but I said from the start that it's mostly elaborate set dressing and not much in terms of content.
Originally Posted By dagobert Thanks for the video. This ride looks very promising. For me it's a little bit strange that Luigis Tires Shop is included in the ride, while it's also part of Radiator Springs Village.
Originally Posted By phruby I thought the two cars were going to change lanes during the race. I guess that didn't make it in.
Originally Posted By tashajilek i will not watch only because i do not want to spoil it. Can someone tell me if the high speed part of the ride will be long than Test Track? also, when will CL officially open? I would love to visit late summer.
Originally Posted By leobloom The "race" takes about 40 seconds in that video, which is almost the exact length of the fast portion of Test Track. I thought the Cars racing section would be longer than it was in the video.
Originally Posted By ksargen Having watched it, and listened to the guy at the end, this was a sample. It would not surprise me if there are changes from said sample, and he clearly stated that there would be variations for each ride, as well (which made me think of Indy). It seemed a mix of dark ride and tame-ish coaster. It shows promise. We're just going to have to be patient and wait to see the final product, gang. 8)
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Personally, I'm not terribly impressed. The show portion of the ride doesn't seem repeatable to me. Like with Test Track, I think I would be completely bored after the second or third ride. And I'm a fan of Radiator Springs and the first Cars film.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<We're just going to have to be patient and wait to see the final product, gang. 8)>> Sorry, but the lameness shows through, changes pending or no. Disney media hacks were hyping up Little Mermaid to be the next great E-Ticket, even though it's a cute family-friendly D-Ticket, and nothing to get super excited about. Radiator Springs Racers is supposed to be the next great E-Ticket, given the several hundred million being spent to build it. And for that kind of money, it should be. But I'm simply not impressed with what it's turning out to be, even with minor show alterations. It's Test Track with a Cars theme overlay. The mediocrity shows through, even in the ride-through animatic. Look at what Uni is doing with Potter/Forbidden Journey and Transformers. Now look at this. No comparison.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Then I'm definitely concerned that RSR won't live up to the Disney hype.
Originally Posted By DlandDug I would place Mermaid in the solid D class (granted, depending on the era). Racers will be an E ticket caliber ride, by any past standard. There were never plans announced for the cars to change lanes. They will race, however. There are two possible "businesses" for the cars to enter in Radiator Springs in the show building-- Luigi's or Ramone's. The cars then "race" out into the hairpin curve and across the bunny hills. The winner will be randomized. Stands to reason that something like this would get out (either leaked or by design) and folks would immediately draw final judgements. As Hitchcock would say, "It's only a mooooovie."
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Look at what Uni is doing...<< Why? Why can't we just look at what this is, without comparisons? (And FWIW, my 16 year old ds, a MEGA Potter fan, came away very disappointed with Forbidden Journey. He loves the WWoHP, but has no interest in the attraction, finding the story line very formulaic and predictable. Don't know that I disagree. Amazing technology in the service of what is, basically, a pop-up spook house ride. As in: Look out for the spider! Look out for the dementor! Look out for the dragon!)
