Disney’s Cars Land Review Part 2! #CarsLand #JustGotHappier

Yes­ter­day, we started our tour of Radi­a­tor Springs, “the cutest lit­tle town in Car­bu­re­tor County” (aka Cars Land at the newly reopened Dis­ney Cal­i­for­nia Adven­ture Park) with a review of all the awe­some ride attrac­tions. So, if you missed that, you might want to start here with the Cars Land Review Part 1.

As you walk down the recre­ated Route 66, the rides aren’t the only awe­some things to check out. Details from the movie and Route 66 abound every­where you look! Plenty of stuff to “get your kicks” on! In addi­tion to the fun ride attrac­tions, Cars Land treats guests to food and mer­chan­dise loca­tions inspired by the Radi­a­tor Springs land­marks in the film like Flo’s V8 Café, Fillmore’s Taste-In, Cozy Cone Motel, Radi­a­tor Springs Curios, Sarge’s Sur­plus Hut and Ramone’s House of Body Art. Plus, you’ll be able to meet some fun char­ac­ters while you cruise around!!

 Radi­a­tor Springs Road­side Restaurants:

After all that fun rid­ing and cruis­ing around, you’ll need a place to re-fuel. And, Cars Land has 3 dif­fer­ent options. First up as you walk in is…

Fillmore’s Taste-In:

With Fillmore’s love of organic fuels, you’ll find some more nat­ural choices on the shelves in his tie-dyed geo­desic dome, includ­ing items like whole and cut fruits, bot­tled water and juices. There are some other snacky options avail­able as well.

Con­tin­u­ing on down Route 66, you’ll come up on your next refu­el­ing sta­tion on your left. And, it’s filled with heartier snack, foods, & sweet treats than you’ll find at Fillmore’s…

Cozy Cone Motel

This was so fun to see in per­son as it’s inspired by the quirky “wig­wam” motels along Route 66. My dad grew up in North­ern Ari­zona in a town on Route 66 with a wig­wam motel that seri­ously looks almost exactly like this. We drove by it every time we vis­ited my grand­par­ents! So, I can per­son­ally attest to this type of look being a very real thing on Route 66!

At the Cozy Cone Motel, you’ll dis­cover each of five giant teepees cones, offer­ing dif­fer­ent tasty cone-themed treats. “Coney” puns & decor abound, where you can order food like “pop-cone” or “chili cone queso”!

(Photo Credit: Dis­ney­land Resort)

• Cone Num­ber 1 offers churro bites with cinnamon-chocolate sauce, cinnamon-spiced hot cocoa and Ramone’s Pear of Dice Soda (made with dessert pear fla­vor, mojito fla­vor and Sprite). 
• Cone Num­ber 2 fea­tures soft-serve ice cream and “route” beer floats. 
• Cone Num­ber 3 offers savory bites all served in edi­ble bread cones (such as a bacon-scrambled egg cone for break­fast, chicken verde or chili “cone” queso for lunch and din­ner) and  Fillmore’s Fuelin’ Groovy Ades (all-natural lemon­ade with wild berry foam, or pome­gran­ate limeade with lemon-lime foam).
• Cone Num­ber 4 is pret­zel bites with cheesy sauce and Red’s Apple Freeze (frozen con­coc­tion with apple juice, toasted marsh­mal­low syrup and pas­sion fruit-mango foam). 
• Cone Num­ber 5 fea­tures two fla­vored pop­corns daily (rotat­ing choices include dill pickle, sweet & spicy, bacon & ched­dar, nacho cheese, and salt & vine­gar) and Doc’s Wild Grape Tonic (sprite with wild grape syrup and wild berry foam).

I couldn’t resist get­ting a cone full of churro bites on the Grand Open­ing night–Sooooo good! And, in true preg­nant lady form, Emily (from Fam­ily and Life in Las Vegas) and I had to try a lit­tle dill pickle pop­corn!! I’ve heard that Cone Num­ber 3’s savory bread cones are deli­cious too, but didn’t get a chance to eat one of those too.

And, last, but cer­tainly not least, almost right across the street from the Cozy Cone, you’ll find…

Flo’s V8 Cafe

Inspired by time­less road­side din­ers, here you’ll find the “finest fuel on Route 66″. There’s a large show­room with a good amount of indoor seat­ing. Plus, out­side, you can pull up to shaded tables right by your favorite gas pump!

(Photo credit: Dis­ney­land Resort)

Flo’s is open for break­fast, lunch and din­ner, fea­tur­ing foods much heartier than your tra­di­tional amuse­ment park fare.  For lunch, Mr. Mom Endeav­ors and I split the cit­rus turkey salad which was deli­cious. And, we were really impressed with the kid’s meal. Mac & Cheese served with apple slices, grapes, peas & car­rots, and milk! Nice to have a well-balanced meal right in the park!

So, def­i­nitely, between your three refu­el­ing loca­tions, every­one should be able to find some­thing to eat & enjoy in Cars Land!

Radi­a­tor Springs Shops

While you’re cruis­ing around, you’ll also prob­a­bly want to check out the shops for some fun Cars Land mer­chan­dise! There are three stores to choose from: Radi­a­tor Springs Curios, Sarge’s Sur­plus Hut and Ramone’s House of Body Art. We found our grand open­ing Cars Land Mickey hats inside Ramone’s. And, in Sarge’s (which has the largest selec­tion of kid stuff), we found our lit­tle car sou­venirs. The boys picked out cars mod­eled after the rides—so we came home with two of Mater’s baby trac­tors and two con­vert­ible Radi­a­tor Springs Rac­ers!

Meet the Res­i­dents of Radi­a­tor Springs:

There are options to pose with Light­ning McQueen and Mater of course! Plus, Red the Fire Truck can be found enlist­ing young guests to help him water the flow­ers and clean up the town. But, be pre­pared to get wet!! You might also run into DJ’s Dance Party (as seen in “Cars”).  He and his team of dancers coast down the boule­vard, treat­ing guests to a rolling dance party!

Radi­a­tor Springs at Night

The whole land is fan­tas­tic any time, but there is some­thing extra mag­i­cal about Radi­a­tor Springs at night!! When night falls, 16 lumi­nous neon signs in bright col­ors light the sky. It cre­ates such an amaz­ing atmosphere–and is extra fit­ting when, just like in the movie, Sha­boom starts play­ing! So fun!

So, even if you’ve been to Cars Land ear­lier in the day, I def­i­nitely rec­om­mend head­ing back once the sun goes down to expe­ri­ence it at night! Go for a stroll by the neon light and enjoy a treat at the Cozy Cone motel!

Hope you’ve enjoyed our two day cruise around Cars Land! It really is so fun–with absolute per­fec­tion in the atten­tion to detail.

Dis­clo­sure: In order to expe­ri­ence Cars Land & cover the events, I received com­pli­men­tary items as a media mem­ber. How­ever, I was not asked nor com­pen­sated to write this post.  My love of Dis­ney, excite­ment, and opin­ions are entirely my ownl