Morning all,
Some great colour changes over the past few days:
ShannyMcB,
sophy1996,
Twilight Sparkle,
Alicatt and the entire
Team as a whole have made it to
blue, and I (
clappyclaps) have pushed through into
orange - congrats everyone!
It seems only fitting to follow on from Test Track with, of course,
Radiator Springs Racers:
Despite the final race being very similar to Test Track's speed trial, RSR only manages a top speed of 40mph (64km/h) - a massive 24mph slower. Does anyone else think it seems faster than that?!
Unsurprisingly considering its similarity to TT, RSR uses a third generation version of the same transport technology used in TT, right down to the 6 seats. The ride cost over $200 million and is the most expensive ride at
Disneyland, accounting for around 18% of the entire $1.1 billion cost for the DCA expansion. The attraction was first announced in 2007 and officially opened in June 2012, with wait times of up to 6 hours!
The ride is randomly programmed to select a different winner each race so you have a 50/50 chance of being in the winning car. The steepest banking angle on the track is 45 degrees. Each vehicle on the track is estimated to do more than 36000 miles a year, which is equivalent to doing more than 14 trips down the original Route 66.
Did you know that the peaks of the mountain range (pictured above), represent classic Cadillac tail fins from 1957 to 1962?
Any thoughts on RSR? Love it, hate it, never been on it? I personally really love this ride, prefer it over TT, although I wonder how much more fun it would be if it got up to TT speeds??
I'll leave you with a ride POV video as usual and also one of my photos from my trip last March (front left - don't I look thrilled?
):
