I just read on Disney Central Plaza that for next year's MMF, Lightning McQueen will be replacing Herbie in the show... More details to follow :?
uh oh! I hear a familiar cry of outrage coming.
S0, to fan the flames...I always felt the Herbie moment always fell a bit flat in the show. It fills a bit of time during a prop change but maybe it could be done better. Can't really imagine what Lightening McQueen will be able to do except drive up and down a bit though! Now, if he could talk I'd be impressed.
It's true... check out the new brocure for next sping, it's all in there!
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Just on the weekend I was talking with friends about what Disneyland will do to promote Cars 2. I didn't think about Moteurs...Action!
Although I think it is strange to feature him in a "shooting" of a spy movie, but why not. Herbie also didn't fit. So one wrong part will replace another.
Aren't Lightning and Matter part of an espionage in the new movie? So replace all humans of Moteurs..Action! with Cars and everything is fine. :lol:
By God he's cracked it :P
Quote from: "dagobert"Aren't Lightning and Matter part of an espionage in the new movie? So replace all humans of Moteurs..Action! with Cars and everything is fine. :lol:
You've hit on an excellent point. Cars 2 is all about secret agents and international espionage. Very James Bond. And Lights Motors Action was always James Bond themed, just without the James Bond IP.
So, yeah, why not re-theme Lights Motors Action to Cars. Replace the hero car with Lightning McQueen, add Mater in there, and add on a soundtrack by Michael Giacchino. Perfect.
Hmmm, I dont know how I feel about this.... yet more commercialisation of Pixar....
As a "special appearance" it makes perfect sense and is again very well-timed. DLP have excelled themselves with this lately after Toy Story Playland, Princess and the Frog and Rapunzel, getting back to that time in the '90s when the parks would always celebrate the newest features. It's a very good thing.
A full retheme of the show to Cars? No thanks, and I don't think WDI would agree to that either.
I wonder where they're getting the car(s) from? How many drivable Lightning McQueens were originally made?
I think WDI created a drivable Lightning for WDW and DL Anaheim where it was used in DCA. Since DCA is a major construction site and Carsland will not open before 2012, maybe ED SCA got their Lightning McQueen just for the next year.
I don't think that Lightning McQueen will be incorporated into the show. I can imagine that he will make an appearance before the show starts and Disney will show the trailer of the movie on the big screen.
Quote from: "dagobert"I don't think that Lightning McQueen will be incorporated into the show. I can imagine that he will make an appearance before the show starts and Disney will show the trailer of the movie on the big screen.
I'd guess an appearance like Herbie would be more likely. Either replacing Herbie himself like the rumours said (hopefully not, that's a fun effect) or even better one of the far too drawn-out audience interaction moments, like the remote-controlled car.
Good thinking about DCA. Do the cars still make appearances in Florida? They used to be part of Disney Stars and Cars Parade, didn't they.
I really hope that Lightning will not replace Herbie.
I'm not sure about Florida, but I think that DHS will get a new Pixar parade and I can't imagine that Cars will not be part, since there will be Cars 2 in cinemas next year. So I guess that DLR gets DCA's Lightning McQueen just for one year and when Carsland is finished he has to return.
One thing about the new brochure... Why is Toy Soliders Parachute drop being plugged as a *new* attraction? Why not the other two as well?
Quote from: "Martyn"One thing about the new brochure... Why is Toy Soliders Parachute drop being plugged as a *new* attraction? Why not the other two as well?
Toy Soldiers Parachute is featured at "Family Moments", Slinky Dog at "Moments for Kids" and RC Racer at "Thrilling Moments", so all the Toy Story Playland new attractions are featured in the brochure.
Also, I'm also intrigued about what are going to do with Herbie... I've always liked that moment of the show.
If Herbie is leaving the show (I'd guess that's the part Lightning McQueen is replacing), then it's be nice to see them add the split car to the Tram Tour, one per side of the track so you drive through it? That or rig up the non stunt Herbie to flash it's lights/bounce when the tram goes past? Like the vehicle graveyard is coming to life?
Quote from: "Scissorsboi"If Herbie is leaving the show (I'd guess that's the part Lightning McQueen is replacing), then it's be nice to see them add the split car to the Tram Tour, one per side of the track so you drive through it? That or rig up the non stunt Herbie to flash it's lights/bounce when the tram goes past? Like the vehicle graveyard is coming to life?
That would be cool and a nice addition to Tram Tour, as it seems they remove more and more props of it lately...
from what i have heard from the cast is that the finally will involve Lightning Mcqueen, you will hear the catchphrase cachow then see him do the leap!! i dunno how true this is as it was from one of the stunt drivers!!
Hmm, sounds good an all, but people, mainly kids, may be dissapointed as you only see him for a split second at the end?
Hi there guys,
I'm a newbie around here, avid Disneyland Paris fan yada yada..
Happened to go for a few days to celebrate my birthday from Sunday 9th Jan- Thursday 13th Jan 2011. I adore Moteurs..Action! (I happen to be training at Uni to go into theatre/concert/event Lighting and special effects have always been a passion of mine from a young age, seems the show was made for me!) and I left the show daily disappointed. I don't know what had happened, but all of the car jumps had been removed.
Ballet Chase: The reverse car didn't perform the usual backwards jump from one ramp to another before positioning up for the 'shooting' of the split car, it just drove across the ramps in the flat position, accompanied by the Villain cars doing the odd turn.
This proved interesting when they look at the hero car in detail using the pull away from the jump shot 'thats one special automobile'. They ended up just replacing the jump shot with the video assist and cutting to the CGI image.
Villain Blockade: (I've got a video of this occurring and the lack of audience reaction if anyone is interested!) All of the lorries for the jump sequence came out as usual, as did the various market stalls. The crew just didn't pull out the airbag or put any of the steel tension cables between the lorries to keep them the correct distance apart, also the 'ramp' was left in the up position on the first lorry. They had the first villain car come out and go up on two wheels, then come down in line with the flat topped truck, accompanied by the director moaning and shouting about it, accompanied by a bit of fist shaking, then the single car would come out again and go up on two wheels the whole distance. They then bought out the two cars and had them do it together as usual, with the usual soundtrack. Then, they had the two villain cars do it again, with the normal 'jump' soundtrack, building the tension as it were, then the hero car would do it's normal pass under the villains on two wheels, with the usual skid around at the end. I pity the cast trying to get applause and react to it, the audience simply weren't having it!
Motorcycle chase: Done as normal, apart from one day, due to a radio problem, all of the pyrotechnics/fire after the gunshot section (doorway gunfire, window blowout and machine gun hits fired) didn't go off. We had the drive by on the petrol pump with no 'reaction' at all, also the fire man come on, go over unlit and lay stock still until a fireman lit him. However, all of the other performances ran normally (including the motorcycle ramp jump, ruling out any form of ramp issues with the hydraulic/automation gear)
Finale: This is the one which annoyed me the most. No truck, no jump. After the clip finished, the hero car simply flew out from one of the villain car entrance points for the finale, skidded to a halt and the pyro all went off.. Again, i've got it on video if anyone is interested.
I did notice that the car from 'Ballet Chase' performed all of the hero car roles during the show (your could see the large gap for the pyrotechnics/marks/charing from them on the front section) and two cars were in the workshop the whole time, one of them (which looked like the normal 'jump' car) was being worked on constantly (with a big red sign in the windscreen, along the lines of NOT OK) and another car was in the workshop, but with a green OK sign in the window. Obviously, this could explain the Villain Blockade lack of jump and the finale lack of jump, but it still puzzled me why the reverse car didn't jump. Didn't notice any new stuntmen on the rota for the show at all.. I don't know if anyone has heard anything? Obviously it's too early to be re-blocking the show for the 'Cars' arrival later in the year.. The main thing that puzzled me was I spoke to a couple of cast members who all said a normal show was running.. Who knows!
I appreciate accidents/mistakes happen but for a show to run, twice a day for five days scaled back.. was a bit strange!
The same thing happened when I was there in December, but I thought it was down to the fact that it was snowing! Interesting that they're still not doing a full show even with good conditions :?
You were there the same week as me, and I was also disappointed with the shortened show- no split car and no going over the truck ramps- pointless bringing them all out for no reason. I was surprised when they all got dragged back in again after not being used. ANd the finale was a damp squib as well without any sort of jump. People just left puzzled and disappointed that we had just spent 45 mins sitting in the cold for a pretty dull show, for which it was as all the good bits were taken out!
Quote from: "Dolph7800"You were there the same week as me, and I was also disappointed with the shortened show- no split car and no going over the truck ramps- pointless bringing them all out for no reason. I was surprised when they all got dragged back in again after not being used. ANd the finale was a damp squib as well without any sort of jump. People just left puzzled and disappointed that we had just spent 45 mins sitting in the cold for a pretty dull show, for which it was as all the good bits were taken out!
I agree with you on that totally. Hotel guests were still seeing the full show clips shown on TV (funnily enough, with almost all of the cut bits being shown!) and yeah, people did seem to be leaving puzzled. After all, I've still seen the full show performed over the summer in a torrential downpour.. so I generally can't figure out why they would still be running a 'snow' show in what was really, just the odd bit of surface water. And yeah, I did wonder why they bothered bringing the trucks in at all to be quite honest!
Yeah, I just found the finale the most pointless thing ever. I love the build-up (yes, feel free to call me sad!) and seeing all of the water fire systems ignite up, sort of builds everything up. Then, just seeing the hero car shoot out from one of the two track exits at the side of the buildings and skid into place before the ramp, accompanied by a random huge blast of pyro/fire was, sort of an epic fail in my mind! Obviously, they wouldn't apologize for showing a 'cut down' show as it's not the way it should be done, but I just found it strange that the cast members called it a 'full/normal' show. I just hope it's back to normal by July!
The only thing I could think of to explain it is that the jump car/backwards cars were both out of action after crashing? I saw a crash on a show on my last visit, and they replaced the villain car that crashed with a motorbike. It's a long shot, but it'd be the only reason I could think of?
Unless it's got something to do with preparing one of the cars for Lightning McQueen?
Quote from: "Scissorsboi"The only thing I could think of to explain it is that the jump car/backwards cars were both out of action after crashing? I saw a crash on a show on my last visit, and they replaced the villain car that crashed with a motorbike. It's a long shot, but it'd be the only reason I could think of?
Unless it's got something to do with preparing one of the cars for Lightning McQueen?
The reverse car was still in use, but the ramps were un-used. I've got a feeling the finale/villain blockade jumps were taken out due to the jump car being in the workshop the whole week, as one of the jump cars (the one with the small space at the front filled in, where the pyrotechnic charges sit) was sat in the corner of the workshop or up on the maintenance lift every time I went past the workshop space.
Surely they couldn't be re-blocking the show in January for an April 're-launch' of sorts, but it's a possibility. I'm reserved to the fact that I will never find out to be quite honest!
If you don't mind me asking, which scene did they replace the villain car with a motorbike, seeing the show done differently is something that always interests me (yes, I'm a theatre/lighting/special effects/stunt show geek)..
I can't completely remember, I want to say it was during the blockade, the first car completed it's handbrake turn and lined up, but the second overshot and crashed into the first. They cut the soundtrack/video feed off and the director came out and did a short sketch about 'let's get that one off and go to plan B', then they brought on one of the bikes. It seemed like an odd choice to me when there are 3 of the villain cars to use, but I guess they have their reasons..
I'm a newbie and joined just to reply to you FishyBoy15! Im impressed with how much you know about the stunt show. Its easily my favourite thing in the studios and we HAVE to see it everytime we visit!! I've seen it countless times (that it quite sad). I want to ask you how you know so much about it? You seem to know so much about each individual car...im always trying to find out things/secrets about it but never can....I don't really know where to look? Anyway, whenever I've seen a shortened version (usually during winter season) I've figured it was for that reason. Also I thought (wrongly) that the show was a bit shorter at weekends. That isn't the case, I don't think. I even emailed Disney (on bahalf of my little boy) last year asking them loads of questions about it but they emailed back saying it would 'spoil the magic'.
Quote from: "Rachel84"I'm a newbie and joined just to reply to you FishyBoy15! Im impressed with how much you know about the stunt show. Its easily my favourite thing in the studios and we HAVE to see it everytime we visit!! I've seen it countless times (that it quite sad). I want to ask you how you know so much about it? You seem to know so much about each individual car...im always trying to find out things/secrets about it but never can....I don't really know where to look? Anyway, whenever I've seen a shortened version (usually during winter season) I've figured it was for that reason. Also I thought (wrongly) that the show was a bit shorter at weekends. That isn't the case, I don't think. I even emailed Disney (on bahalf of my little boy) last year asking them loads of questions about it but they emailed back saying it would 'spoil the magic'.
Hi there! I know a decent amount about it through seeing it loads, speaking to people and seeing simular effects done elsewhere. I'm the same, I normally end up seeing it daily when I'm at Disneyland Resort Paris and also, when you see it something crazy like seven times in five days, you do tend to start picking up on things. Theme parks are also a field I want to go into, show wise, so it's also stuff i've picked up from college/uni/work i've done.
If you want to know something about the show, feel free to drop me a PM and I will see what I can answer. Obviously, without working on a show of this size, it's impossible to know how every little thing works, but drop me a PM and I will see what I can answer!
Last time we saw this show (October 2009, I think) I already noticed a few things missing compared to the earlier years, but nothing as drastic as these changes!!
Hope they are temporary cuts (maybe they're short of stunt drivers??)... This is a great show, they cannot keep cutting out all the good bits!
Just a quick post.. To anyone who is interested, I've put a rather quickly cobbled together video up on youtube, which shows comparisons of the summer 2010 and January 2011 shows I managed to catch on film (they are all on my iPhone 4, so forgive the shakiness)..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faH48_UTSyI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faH48_UTSyI%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Quote from: "FishyBoy15"Just a quick post.. To anyone who is interested, I've put a rather quickly cobbled together video up on youtube, which shows comparisons of the summer 2010 and January 2011 shows I managed to catch on film (they are all on my iPhone 4, so forgive the shakiness)..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faH48_UTSyI (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faH48_UTSyI%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Thanks for that video, was good to see what it was supposed to be compared to what we actually got the other week!
It still baffles me that they even bothered to bring the lorry ramps and the grocers stall out when they weren't used in anyway whatsoever!
anyone know if the show is back with all the jumps etc now? We are heading out on the 20th Feb and I'm not sure we will bother with the stunt show at all if most of the stunts are missing!
I've not heard anything to be quite honest. When I spoke to various cast members, they all told me that the show was running 'normally' the whole time I was there, which is a bit worrying! If it ends up staying as it was when I was there a month ago, that will be a show firmly off my to-do list.
I'm thinking about going out for the 're-launch' in April.. hmm!
After doing some digging (looking how my video got so many views, through embedding on other forums), this is apparently why the jumps have been removed. Due to the amazingness that is google chrome translation, apparently they will be back in sometime in march post investigation.
[youtube:2xwrdhj8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4v-Il3WuLI[/youtube:2xwrdhj8]
Source: McFly @ Disney Central Plaza
hmm... doesn't look like anything major but the comments mention a hospital trip so I guess it must have been worse than it looks!
Still, no jumps makes an already rather longwinded show a bit pointless :-( Not sure we will bother next week.
Anyone able to confirm it's still without jumps? I'd have thought more people would have been commenting if it was but the internet appears fairly quiet about it... From your comments it sounds like there isn't any point asking Disney - running 'normally'? Yeah right...
Quote from: "rocklobster"hmm... doesn't look like anything major but the comments mention a hospital trip so I guess it must have been worse than it looks!
Still, no jumps makes an already rather longwinded show a bit pointless :-( Not sure we will bother next week.
Anyone able to confirm it's still without jumps? I'd have thought more people would have been commenting if it was but the internet appears fairly quiet about it... From your comments it sounds like there isn't any point asking Disney - running 'normally'? Yeah right...
If you here nothing, I would personally still go once, you never know, you may even catch a test of the new 'Lightning McQueen' car being used, I have read that some guests have seen tests, but wasn't able to deduce what exactly happened.
The first sign that a 'no jump' show will be running is that no crew member brings on the barrels (the ones on their sides usually used between the two horizontal ramps) when they 'reset' at the start of the show. Obviously, you can still see Motorcycle chase in it's entirety with jumps from the bikes, so personally, I would still stick your head in once. Make sure you let us know if anything has changed!
Didnt seem to major a shunt, and still the fact they do this 2-3 times a day for many years without many problems, it seems OTT to abandon the jump after one seemingly small crash. If anything it looked like the crash mat needed extending or moving as it was overshot.
^ If he/she was seriously hurt, then there could be some kind of pending investigation, that could take a while.
Obviously I know nothing about it, but its just an idea...
Quote from: "Dolph7800"Didnt seem to major a shunt, and still the fact they do this 2-3 times a day for many years without many problems, it seems OTT to abandon the jump after one seemingly small crash. If anything it looked like the crash mat needed extending or moving as it was overshot.
Looks like it flew way too fast up the jump and barely touched the top of the lorry. Maybe something to do with the wet weather? Good thing those padded sides were introduced around the set a few years ago...
I think that the throttle jammed on the ramp. I watched that video
[youtube:1yu218cd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4v-Il3WuLI&feature=player_embedded[/youtube:1yu218cd]
and a video from a normal show
[youtube:1yu218cd]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41qfhZSBAss&feature=related[/youtube:1yu218cd]
(7:35 for that bit) and you can hear the throttle on the ramp in the accident when in the normal one you cant hear the throttle on the ramp. But this what i think so I could be right I could be wrong.
To be quite honest, the throttle jamming sounds very plausible, equally it could be a speed limiter failure, however, the throttle does sound like a much more likely scenario.
A bit off topic but I found this video on youtube and would love to know what they are talking about! Anyone here speak French....its times like these I wish I had paid more attention at school!! Im not expexting word for word but just a general idea of what they are talking about would be great :) What is the stunt man talking about? THANKS IN ADVANCE! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ2tA_U8yi4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQ2tA_U8yi4%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
According to Disney Central Plaza on Facebook, the jumps returned to normal yesterday! :D
Awesome news! Glad to hear it.
Quote from: "Festival Disney"According to Disney Central Plaza on Facebook, the jumps returned to normal yesterday! :D
Great.. Cheers for this. A visit might be in order for the 'relaunch' then!
So was there any official reason for them changing it?
Was all running fine on Thursday - loved it!!!
Video of Lighting McQueen's new cameo by Photos Magiques:
[youtube:1t45tgry]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezk7tAyPiWY[/youtube:1t45tgry]
The villain car's face is funny. :x
Besides the fact that these are toons, and the show is supposed to show how stunts are done (even Herbie did that), this one seems pointless with the exception of trying to advertise Cars 2. I tried to keep an open mind, but this was even worse than I feared.
By the way, the wall of fire wasn't working. They lit the stuntman up with a lighter...
It doesn't make any sense to have these charcters in the stuntshow. It's really just for promoting the new Cars movie. I don't like Herbie in the show, and I don't like Lightning McQueen in the show. Honestly I think it is disrespectful against the stunt drivers to add the toons, because it is a hard job and people should learn about the work that goes into such scenes and now the guests will think that Lightning is the star of the show.
IF it had been entertaining I would have forgiven it. As much as my kids enjoy the show their attention does wander during the long pauses between 'takes'.
But the whole hide and seek thing was pants and needs a lot more work. Maybe if McQueen actually did a stunt - it is a stunt show after all. Even a jump, flash the lightening bolt, Kerr-chow over the speakers.....anything. Cause at the minute he might as well come out and say 'Hey kids, dont forget to pester your parents until they take you to my new movie'
yup, very uninspired. A bit more fun/surprise like Herbie did and I would welcome it, but this drags then suggets some kind of pace only to disappoint.
Irrelevant rubbish.
Had another look at the clip to make sure I could believe my eyes! The soundtrack describes lightning mac queen as a race car, well on this pedestrian performance its a good job they let us know! The" chase" invloving an enemy spy with a secret weapon, secret weapon? its one of the shows black cars with a rocket shaped ski box on its roof!! This really is unworthy of Disney, they have some of the best stunt drivers around and they get to drive a car at about 10/20 mph,surely they could have dreamed up a scenario that gave us a couple of high speed chases and some handbrake turns? It's a stunt show, Disney, lets have some excitement!!
According to Screamscape.com and Disneyworld.com Lightning McQueen will be added in DHS as well.
Walt Disney World has confirmed that in June 2011 Herbie: The Love Bug will be retired from use in the Lights, Motor, Action stunt show and replaced by a guest appearance from Lightning McQueen, sporting his all new look from Cars 2. I was guessing that this was bound to happen very soon anyway after McQueen was added to the same show at Walt Disney Studios Paris earlier this year
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well, I thought it was boring when we saw it the other week, but my kids, who some would say this was aimed at and like Cars.......they liked it.......but they missed Herbie. Lol However, the crowd seemed to go mad for it. So maybe my family are just out of alignment with popular opinion.
Just out of interest, it is sponsored by Ford now isn't it?
If so, will they ever be changing the bodies of the cars considering the villain cars are still in the Opel Corsa shape..
Quote from: "thekirtley2"Just out of interest, it is sponsored by Ford now isn't it?
If so, will they ever be changing the bodies of the cars considering the villain cars are still in the Opel Corsa shape..
Currently the attraction is neither sponsored by Ford nor by Opel. Ford ended the sponsorship two years ago and has only sponsored Autopia, but never the stunt show.
Quote from: "dagobert"Quote from: "thekirtley2"Just out of interest, it is sponsored by Ford now isn't it?
If so, will they ever be changing the bodies of the cars considering the villain cars are still in the Opel Corsa shape..
Currently the attraction is neither sponsored by Ford nor by Opel. Ford ended the sponsorship two years ago and has only sponsored Autopia, but never the stunt show.
Oh I see, I'm a bit behind :P Thanks
sooo, theyve got rid of all the exciting jumps and tricks they used to do with the cars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lvo0fe0pMY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lvo0fe0pMY%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
and now just have Lightning McQueen drive around after another spy car?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXQo7AM ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXQo7AMNwI&feature=related%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Correct me if Im wrong please?
Quote from: "HayHay"sooo, theyve got rid of all the exciting jumps and tricks they used to do with the cars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lvo0fe0pMY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lvo0fe0pMY%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
I think that's back to normal, now. Wasn't it because of a crash?
Quote from: "HayHay"sooo, theyve got rid of all the exciting jumps and tricks they used to do with the cars http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lvo0fe0pMY (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lvo0fe0pMY%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
and now just have Lightning McQueen drive around after another spy car?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXQo7AM ... re=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yXQo7AMNwI&feature=related%22%20onclick=%22window.open(this.href);return%20false;)
Correct me if Im wrong please?
The 'stunts' themselves are still as they were and are unchanged, apart from a few months earlier this year when a 'scaled back' show was running due to a crash during the Villain Blockade jump sequence. The Lighting Mcqueen section has replaced the Herbie section, which is performed to give the crew time to set up the Villain Blockade stunt, as it's the most complex stunt to physically set up (ie, the lorries must be placed exactly on their marks, connected together at exactly the right distance, the airbag has to be inflated, the stalls have to be placed)
Everything else has remained unchanged in the show as far as I'm aware.
ahh ok! was just wondering because I've not seen it before and was under the impression that it was just Lightening McQueen as the whole show! Sad to hear about the crash! :( Didn't know about that! :(
Check out these fascinating videos which take you backstage at Lights, Motors Action at Disneyland Paris. You may recognise Thierry Coup, who worked on some projects for the Walt Disney Studios Park and went on to create the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Islands of Adventure. Thierry is now Senior Vice President of Universal Creative Studio.
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There's some more information about Thierry, and his move from Disney to Universal, on this page:
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I went in March 2011 and can confirm that all the usual cars jumping, split cars etc were there as expected. However, I'm 100% sure there was no Herbie. That would explain why there was a section in the middle where it felt like the presenters were padding for a good few minutes.
I was pretty psyched when I heard Lightning McQueen would be in the new version of the show, as our whole family loved the show and was looking forward to watching it next time we go, and we all dearly love the first cars film.
However, after seeing a video online (youtube I'm pretty sure, an official Disney promo one for investors by the look of it) It looks like the Lightning McQueen in the show does barely nothing, just drives round for a bit - no jumping, ramps, driving backwards, on 2 wheels, nothing. And the eyes and mouth on the model are completely static. Oh well, I'm sure the kids will like it if just for the novelty.