Crews have begun installing retaining walls in Piston Peak National Park, a new Cars-themed area coming to Magic Kingdom. Aerial photographer @bioreconstruct on X shared these photos from the sky of the retaining walls under construction.
Piston Peak National Park Retaining Walls
The above photo shows a wide view of the construction zone in Frontierland and backstage. Piston Peak National Park will be an extension of Frontierland, while the space beyond Big Thunder Mountain will be the new Disney Villains Land.
The retaining wall is near the center of the photo, at the edge of the Piston Peak construction site not far from Big Thunder Mountain Railroad.
This appears to be the vertical structure we saw rising this week, but we can see more from the air than from the ground. The wall currently runs alongside part of Big Thunder Mountain and the nearby sidewalk, but a concrete foundation appears to outline the wall’s future path, continuing along the Frontierland boardwalk. This is the foundation we’ve seen in the works before but couldn’t quite identify.
The retaining wall may outline a new river that will run in this area and/or separate two different levels of land.
The site of Piston Peak is generally lower than the rest of Frontierland and Liberty Square because it used to be Rivers of America. If the site remains lower, the retaining wall will help hold the separate levels.
It looks like a few dozen concrete pipes are staged in the construction zone beyond Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. Though these are in the Disney Villains Land area, they are probably for use in Piston Peak National Park, which we expect to be completed before the Villains area.
Piston Peak National Park will include an off-road rally race ride and a family-friendly attraction. Disney Villains Land will also include two attractions but details are currently scarce.
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