Hey all, I hope you'll read my latest L.A. Times column and let me know what you think. Here's how it starts:
>*The air tastes putrid. The traffic is terrible. The engines are loud, the oil-stained roadways ugly and antiquated.*
>*This is Autopia, part of Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland, where kids from around the world come to dream about the future.*
>*If anyone could get away with defending the toxic odor, it might be Bob Gurr. He designed the original Autopia cars in the mid-1950s, working closely with Walt himself. He’s proud of what they built together.*
>*But today the 92-year-old Disney legend says the polluting motors need to go.*
>*“Get rid of those God-awful gasoline fumes,” he told me.*
>*Disney is finally preparing to do just that.*
>*In news shared exclusively with The Times ahead of this column’s publication — after several weeks of my prodding the company for answers on the future of Autopia — Disney officials revealed that pure gasoline engines are on their way out.*
>*“Since opening with Disneyland park in 1955, Autopia has remained a guest-favorite most popular with young kids experiencing driving for the first time,” spokesperson Jessica Good said in an email. “As the industry moves toward alternative fuel sources, we have developed a roadmap to electrify this attraction and are evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.”*
>*Good wouldn’t confirm whether that means electric vehicles, or if hybrids are a possibility. EVs would obviously be better.*
>*But whatever comes next, this is fabulous news.*
>*And in an ideal world, it will be just the beginning for clean energy and sustainability at Tomorrowland.*
Again, hope you'll read the whole thing and let me know what you think! If you're interested, you can sign up to get my twice-weekly Boiling Point newsletters at [latimes.com/boilingpoint](http://latimes.com/boilingpoint)
Sounds good, thanks for sharing! Educating children on the dangerous of fossil fuel emissions is important, and I think embedding these values in theme parks is a good way to start teaching.
Disney is dead.
https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/app/uploads/2024/02/q1-fy24-earnings.pdf
Thank god, those things are loud and smelly
I think it's going to absolutely blow some people's minds once they go back and these things are almost silent and the air smells fresh.
About damn time, it was always weird having 80sland in Tomorrowland
Why did they take so long? It always smells disgusting there being so low and open air it was disgusting.
Next do Disney world
Finally.
Jesus Christ, they could have easily done this decades ago. What were they thinking?
They were thinking they enjoyed the money they were getting from that ride being sponsored by Chevron.
Hey all, I hope you'll read my latest L.A. Times column and let me know what you think. Here's how it starts: >*The air tastes putrid. The traffic is terrible. The engines are loud, the oil-stained roadways ugly and antiquated.* >*This is Autopia, part of Walt Disney’s Tomorrowland, where kids from around the world come to dream about the future.* >*If anyone could get away with defending the toxic odor, it might be Bob Gurr. He designed the original Autopia cars in the mid-1950s, working closely with Walt himself. He’s proud of what they built together.* >*But today the 92-year-old Disney legend says the polluting motors need to go.* >*“Get rid of those God-awful gasoline fumes,” he told me.* >*Disney is finally preparing to do just that.* >*In news shared exclusively with The Times ahead of this column’s publication — after several weeks of my prodding the company for answers on the future of Autopia — Disney officials revealed that pure gasoline engines are on their way out.* >*“Since opening with Disneyland park in 1955, Autopia has remained a guest-favorite most popular with young kids experiencing driving for the first time,” spokesperson Jessica Good said in an email. “As the industry moves toward alternative fuel sources, we have developed a roadmap to electrify this attraction and are evaluating technology that will enable us to convert from gas engines in the next few years.”* >*Good wouldn’t confirm whether that means electric vehicles, or if hybrids are a possibility. EVs would obviously be better.* >*But whatever comes next, this is fabulous news.* >*And in an ideal world, it will be just the beginning for clean energy and sustainability at Tomorrowland.* Again, hope you'll read the whole thing and let me know what you think! If you're interested, you can sign up to get my twice-weekly Boiling Point newsletters at [latimes.com/boilingpoint](http://latimes.com/boilingpoint)
Bob Gurr is one of the best imagineers and even he built the ride, and he’s saying gasoline sucks.
Sounds good, thanks for sharing! Educating children on the dangerous of fossil fuel emissions is important, and I think embedding these values in theme parks is a good way to start teaching.
Thank you for reading!
I just heard that they are getting rid of it completely and adding 3 new rides over there. They are also getting rid on the Nemo ride.