Cars Land will be 12 acres of rides, shops and restaurants
As construction continues on Cars Land, the Disneyland Resort has announced that the new 12-acre land and its three new family attractions at Disney California Adventure park will open to the public June 15, 2012. Cars Land will immerse guests in the thrilling world of the Disney-Pixar blockbuster "Cars" film franchise as they step into the town of Radiator Springs. Also debuting on June 15 are Buena Vista Street and Carthay Circle Theatre, completing the five-year expansion of Disney California Adventure park. (Paul Hiffmeyer/Disneyland Resort). ANAHEIM, California (AP) — Lightning McQueen and friends are about to get the green light at Disneyland.
The park announced Wednesday that Cars Land, based on the Disney-Pixar "Cars" movies, is the headliner of four new attractions opening June 15 at Disney California Adventure Park after a five-year expansion.
Cars Land will be 12 acres (5 hectares) of rides, shops and restaurants based on the movie's town of Radiator Springs. Along with rides based on "A Bug's Life," Monsters, Inc." and "Toy Story," it further cements California Adventure as the Pixar park.
Also opening will be Buena Vista Street, based on Los Angeles the way it was when Walt Disney first saw it in the 1920s, and the Cathay Circle Theater, a recreation of the place where "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" premiered in 1937.