Pros: Surprisingly fun whipping action, great themeing
Cons: Seems short when
your are riding it
The Bottom Line:
It spins and whips you
Which proves to be very fun
So visit Mater
Join Mater for a Whip Roaring Good Time
In the new CarsLand at Disney’s California Adventure, there
is already a hierarchy of rides. The one
ride that everyone seems to walk right past is Mater’s Junkyard Jamboree. Okay, I’ll grant you it doesn’t look like
much, but it is surprisingly fun.
The ride is located at the main entrance to the land. If you are walking from the main park
entrance past Bug’s Land and CarsLand toward Paradise Pier, you really can’t miss
it.
The ride itself is a spinner/tilt-a-whirl type ride. But, of course, it’s done with fantastic
Disney touches.
To enter the line, you walk under a sign that is reminiscent
of the sign over Mater’s junkyard in the movie Cars. And while you wait in line, you can see the
opening cards from many of the Mater’s Tall Tales along one wall. The line itself seems to fluctuate between 10
and 20 minutes. Not bad at all for what
you get.
When it is time to board the ride, you select a trailer to
sit in behind a small, baby tractor. Two
adults can sit quite comfortably in the trailer, and if you’ve got a kid with
you, there is room for them as well. You
buckle up using a seat belt and away you go.
The tractors are on four spinning discs, and as the music
starts, the tractors start going, switching circles every time you come to
one. And every time you switch circles
or you go around the curve of the circle, the trailer whips around from one
side to the other. Even watching this
ride doesn’t prepare you for just how much whip you get. I wasn’t expecting much the first time I got
on it, and I was very pleasantly surprised by how much fun it was. Every time I’ve gone on it since, I’ve
enjoyed it just as much.
In keeping with the theme, Disney hired Larry the Cableguy
to voice Mater for this ride. He sings
one of seven different songs while you enjoy the ride. And listen to the instructions he gives
before and after the ride as well since they are often a hoot.
My one complaint about the ride is how short it is. I haven't timed it, but it feels like you're
just getting going when it is over already.
Another 30 seconds would be just about right. Of course, that would make the line that much
longer, so I’m only complaining about the length of time when I’m actually
riding. When I'm in line, the length of
the ride seems about right.
There are a total of 22 tractors on two separate sides of
the ride. Both sides go at the same time
and enjoy the same song while whipping around their circles.
There is a height requirement of 32 inches to enjoy this
ride. It is handicap accessible, but you
have to transfer to the trailer. They
have no other restrictions on it.
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