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Peek inside Cars Land as construction reaches a milestone at Disneyland with Radiator Springs topping off

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Radiator Springs-inspired theme park land featuring winding roads, colorful buildings, thrilling rides, and a backdrop of the desert landscape from Cars Land at Disneyland.

Currently under construction at the Disney California Adventure theme park, Cars Land today reached its highest point as a topping off party was held for the desert mountains of Radiator Springs.

The photo below shows a common tradition of placing an American flag at the peak of a construction project – and few construction projects are more elaborate than Disney’s.

Construction workers decked out in safety gear closely observe as a crane hoists steel beams skyward at an active build site, capturing the energetic spirit and excitement found in Cars Land at Disneyland’s Radiator Springs.

(Photo by Marcy Massura of marcywrites.com).

Ultimately that mass of metal will resemble the Radiator Springs model shown off at 2009’s D23 Expo:
Radiator Springs-inspired desert landscape model from Cars Land at Disneyland, showcasing iconic red rock formations, the winding road of Route 66, and pops of greenery that bring the animated world to life.

The scenic town of Radiator Springs is where the Disney/Pixar film Cars takes place and it is being constructed in real life by Walt Disney Imagineers. Due to open in 2012, Cars Land will feature new restaurants, shops, and several exciting attractions, including the E-ticket ride Radiator Springs Racers.

More construction shots from behind the walls, this time depicting parts of the Radiator Springs Racers ride track:
Steel beams rise from the ground as part of a new attraction taking shape, with concrete forms and dirt surrounding the site—bringing to mind those exciting first looks at Cars Land’s Radiator Springs in Disneyland during its early development stages.

A bustling construction site with towering scaffolding, heavy machinery, dirt-covered ground, and vivid red safety tape all set beneath a partly cloudy sky—capturing the excitement of the earliest days when a patch of land begins its transformation into an imaginative world like Cars Land in Disneyland’s Radiator Springs.

(Photos by Marcy Massura of marcywrites.com).

Back in June, Imagineers offered us a glimpse at what’s to come for Cars Land, including a preview of the Radiator Springs Racers attraction:

It’s all part of an ongoing $1 billion+ expansion/update of the theme park that sits opposite the original Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. Before Cars Land is complete, Disney will be opening a new dark ride based on The Little Mermaid in 2011.

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