Cars Road Trip Review: Disneyland Paris’s New Ride
Cars Road Trip is the newest attraction at Disneyland Paris, having opened on June 17th 2021. The attraction is located in the Walt Disney Studios Park and can be accessed by walking through the Toy Story section of the park.
The attraction itself is a recreation of the Studio Tram Tour making it, in our opinion, the oddest overlay Disney has ever done on an attraction. The attraction still utilises the same tram tour vehicles and the main part of the experience is still the old “Catastrophe Canyon” which has been rethemed to fit the new Cars theme. Outside of this section, Disney have added several new set pieces including both a Lightning McQueen and Mater animatronic.
The Studio Tram Tour at Paris was certainly in need of refurbishment and we definitely feel that the Cars Road Trip is an upgrade on the old attraction. However, the attraction itself falls way short of what you expect from a Disney attraction. The level of theming throughout the route is very much lacking and that which exists looks cheap and falls way below the level a company like Disney should be aiming at.
The attraction’s brand new and relocated station, designed to look like a tourist booth and inspired by mid-century modern architecture, is probably the largest improvement to have been made. As huge fans of Cars Land located at Disney’s California Adventure we did enjoy standing in the queue and hearing some of our favourite songs that play in the incredible area of the Anaheim based park.
Another positive regarding this attraction is its high capacity in a park littered with rides with a very low hourly guest put through rides, such as Crush’s Coaster and RC Racer.
Overall, we did enjoy the attraction for what it is but we hope, and expect, that the future planned additions to the Studios Park are of a much higher quality than that of Cars Road Trip.