Cars Ridge Run Rally site: walls, concrete and a crane in aerial photos

What the photos show

A set of aerial photos posted on X by photographer bioreconstruct shows construction for Cars Ridge Run Rally at Piston Peak National Park in Magic Kingdom. The images show a large, flat, muddy work area ringed by pale concrete retaining walls, with a blue tower crane, excavators and green utility machines at work, and orange safety netting marking off sections. In two of the frames a long teal covered structure runs along one edge of the site. Guests are visible on the walkways just outside the construction fence.

None of this is confirmed by Disney in the material available here. It is one photographer's account of what the site looks like.

What the photographer says

The captions add detail the pictures alone do not. In one photo, the photographer says, the recently cast concrete at top center is for an underground portion of Cars Ridge Run Rally, and Piston Peak's highest point will be above about the center of that frame. Another caption says the same area will hold the tallest sections of Piston Peak and that the attraction areas visible in the close-ups will be hidden under rockwork.

A wider frame points to recently cast concrete for floors and an elevation change at the left, and the photographer says Piston Peak's highest, snowy sections will also be on that side. One caption also says the Frontierland boardwalk was recently removed from between the retaining walls and the fence.

Where it sits

The captions place the work near Big Thunder Mountain Railroad and Tiana's Bayou Adventure, and one aerial is labeled as showing Piston Peak construction near the Haunted Mansion. The overview shots show how much ground is involved: a wide excavated area with walls, equipment and a crane rising from the middle.

What is not known

The posts do not give an opening date, a ride type, a layout or a construction schedule, and the photos should not be read as showing how far along the project is. No official source in this batch confirms what the photos show or the details in the captions, including the Piston Peak plans the photographer describes.

What it means for a visit

If you are headed to Frontierland, the practical point is that a big work site sits beside two popular rides, and the photographer says a stretch of boardwalk is gone. The photos show guests still walking the paths along the fence, but they do not say whether routes have changed. Check walkways on the day, and treat the construction as something to look at, not something to plan a trip around yet.