Luigi's Flying Tires Closing 02/16/15- becoming Luigi's Rollickin' Roadsters 03/07/16

This is great news!

I loved the theme and the queue, but that attraction was weak.

So weak.

cer;2446329 wrote: This is great news!

I loved the theme and the queue, but that attraction was weak.

So weak.

Yes! The first line should read:

"Ever since Cars Land opened at Disney California Adventure park in 2012, it has been a huge success - with the exception of Luigi's Flying Tires." ;)

Oooh, might this be the debut of the trackless ride vehicles here in the U.S.? Or a version of it, considering they are calling it "new".

That would be AWESOME, Nat!

Melanie;2446330 wrote: Yes! The first line should read:

"Ever since Cars Land opened at Disney California Adventure park in 2012, it has been a huge success - with the exception of Luigi's Flying Tires." ;)

So true. ;)

Would love to see a trackless system! I'm on board for that! :thumbsup:

I've only been on the old ride twice since Cars Land opened. I've lost count of how many times I've been on Mater's tractor and Radiator Springs Racers.

The ride never caught on, or worked the way they wanted. From the beginning they seemed to know it was a failure, thus added the large beach balls, so people had something to do. So I guess this is the second time a hover ride didn't last long at Disneyland Resort.

They spent a lot of money on those 3 or 4 large blowers installed for the ride system. Wonder what will happen to those if they don't need them anymore.

Hopefully the new ride will work well. Glad to see them fixing stuff that wasn't quite right. Similar to the fixes they did on the Little Mermaid ride after it had been open for a while.

This is welcome news. I never had the desire to go on Luigi's Flying Tires but other members of the family have tried it and they all gave it a thumbs down.

I just said to my DS, "I never did go on this ride. I guess I should have tried it once."
He said, "Did you ever sit in a chair? It is the same experience as Luigi's Flying Tires."
So . . . guess I'm not missing anything.

Happy they are switching it out and not just shutting that little area down.

tinkwest;2446361 wrote: This is welcome news. I never had the desire to go on Luigi's Flying Tires but other members of the family have tried it and they all gave it a thumbs down.

I just said to my DS, "I never did go on this ride. I guess I should have tried it once."
He said, "Did you ever sit in a chair? It is the same experience as Luigi's Flying Tires."
So . . . guess I'm not missing anything.

Happy they are switching it out and not just shutting that little area down.

That is so funny....and so TRUE!

tinkwest;2446361 wrote: This is welcome news. I never had the desire to go on Luigi's Flying Tires but other members of the family have tried it and they all gave it a thumbs down.

I just said to my DS, "I never did go on this ride. I guess I should have tried it once."
He said, "Did you ever sit in a chair? It is the same experience as Luigi's Flying Tires."
So . . . guess I'm not missing anything.

Happy they are switching it out and not just shutting that little area down.

Lol On what your DS said about the chair. It wasn't my favorite. Was lucky to get it to move at all.

Wish we were still there to see the new changes.:(

Personally this just frustrates me because we are leaving for our trip and the kids' first trip the 21st and there is already too much closed. So frustrating!!!

I've been on this ride just once and it was hilarious, or shall I say it was probably hilarious watching us try to move the vehicle?? Lol. It was fun to do once, but yes, the actual ride did not function at all like it was supposed to. :crazy:

Hopefully they will get a more state-of-the art attraction this time around. A trackless system would be great.

Disney_pups2;2446427 wrote: Personally this just frustrates me because we are leaving for our trip and the kids' first trip the 21st and there is already too much closed. So frustrating!!!

While I understand your frustration for the many closures, this particular one should not cause you any heartache. I am being most sincere. If you want to experience this ride, no joke - sit in a large chair with your loved one and lean way over to your right and to your left. Do that for about 2 minutes going virtually nowhere and you will have the exact same ride experience as my daughter and I did in September 2014.

True. story.

Carrie

CBR: 2/21-2/25/17
POR: 6/4-6/11/16
POFQ: 11/15-11/19/15
8/28-9/1/14 -DL-Dumbo 19.3 C2C
POR: 1/7-1/14/14 -Dopey 48.6
POR: 6/11-6/17/13
ASMu: 1/11-1/15/13 -1st Full 26.2
ASMu: 9/22-9/28/11
ASMu: 6/7-6/13/11
Pop: 1/30-2/6/10
Pop: 2/1-2/7/09
Pop: 1/08
ASMu: 05/06
Off-site: 12/93

 

Carrie,
Thank you, You made my day with a chuckle and a smile. I don't feel so bad now! :thumbsup:

We actually liked this ride but it was probably because MOST of the other tires didn't go anywhere and we got a lot of space to "fly". It was fun but obviously most people never could get the hang of the movement. We were one adult and one kid each and got them going pretty good.