The area gives young fans of the movie a chance to meet robotic versions of Lightning McQueen and Tow Mater, the animated characters whose voices in the movie were provided by Owen Wilson and Larry The Cable Guy.

The cars have been around Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park for a couple of years but have not had a permanent spot until Luigi's Garage was finished a couple of weeks ago, a Disney spokesman said. The spot, set in the fictional desert town of Radiator Springs, is located between the Muppet Vision 3-D attraction and the Lights Motor Action! attraction in the park's Streets of America section.