News Zootopia and Moana Blue Sky concepts for Disney's Animal Kingdom

[Smugpugmug]

Dinosaur is probably the worst ride at WDW. Happy to see it being potentially redone.

Figment in it's current form is way worse than Dinosaur and it isn't really close. But I agree with others that the ride is really dark. Last time I rode it a bunch of the animatronics weren't working either.

 

[Incomudro]

Agree, way too dark. It’s not fun. Wasn’t fun in 1988 and my girls didn’t like it last week when we went.
Amazing how different the Indians Jones ride is with the same track. Indiana Jones is awesome.

Love the near total darkness - not knowing where you are until the scene calls for it.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Agree, way too dark. It’s not fun. Wasn’t fun in 1988 and my girls didn’t like it last week when we went.
Amazing how different the Indians Jones ride is with the same track. Indiana Jones is awesome.

Animal Kingdom as a whole was no fun in 1988. I hated DHS back then, too, but California Adventure was great.

 

[Ghost93]

Animal Kingdom as a whole was no fun in 1988. I hated DHS back then, too, but California Adventure was great.

Animal Kingdom SUCKED in 1988. There weren't any rides whatsoever!

 

[ToTBellHop]

Animal Kingdom SUCKED in 1988. There weren't any rides whatsoever!

Honestly, both DAK and DHS are largely unchanged since then. DAK was trees everywhere and DHS was no shade and no Mermaid show. When will this company learn?

 

[WDWFREAK53]

Animal Kingdom SUCKED in 1988. There weren't any rides whatsoever!

Weren't any in MGM either.

 

[SirLink]

Considering the Moana project is relatively modest and Zootopia is a retheme, they could definitely expand Pandora. I wouldn’t be surprised to see something developed for DL and DAK in unison.

If it indeed happens in 2075 ... then the word 'modest' is extremely underwhelming.

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Ha. This land would take 10 years at Disney's pace to build. Epic Universe will have already needed new paint by then!

 

[ToTBellHop]

Ha. This land would take 10 years at Disney's pace to build. Epic Universe will have already needed new paint by then!

SWGE was less than 4 years from announcement to opening…

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

SWGE was less than 4 years from announcement to opening…

But it took them 5 (FIVE!) years to build an already-built TRON...make it make sense!

 

[ToTBellHop]

But it took them 5 (FIVE!) years to build an already-built TRON...make it make sense!

All pandemic era attractions were delayed due to the pandemic. Like Epic Universe…

That will not continue. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will be a quick turnover, which is a nice surprise given the structural work and extensive ride system repairs required.

 

[KingMickey13]

But it took them 5 (FIVE!) years to build an already-built TRON...make it make sense!

As has been said a million times in the Tron thread, there was a pandemic in the middle of construction that caused a lot of problems, and they didn’t start back construction immediately. This won’t be the case in the future (barring another world-wide disaster).

 

[UNCgolf]

Dinosaur is probably the worst ride at WDW. Happy to see it being potentially redone.

I mean, it's not one of the best rides, but I think I could easily name 15 that are worse.

 

[pdude81]

Not without removing something. In DL, it would need to be a distance away to hide the show building appropriately.

A new attraction developed in tandem with DAK could avoid that issue by not needing floating mountains.

They seemed to be marking up the plans for Disneyland Forward to extend the theme parks across the street and comingle with hotels. The plans reminded me of a wildlife bridge in a way. I have no idea how this becomes reality, but it would certainly allow for some more expansion.

 

[pdude81]

The damn Pixar Pal-A-Round swinging gondola is the scariest thing I’ve ever ridden.

Scarier than Goofy's Sky School?

 

[pdude81]

Figment in it's current form is way worse than Dinosaur and it isn't really close. But I agree with others that the ride is really dark. Last time I rode it a bunch of the animatronics weren't working either.

This may be true, but DAK as a whole needs more love right now than Epcot does. And that's saying something

 

[Casper Gutman]

Dinosaur is probably the worst ride at WDW. Happy to see it being potentially redone.

As long as Mission: Space and modern Imagination exist, it’s not even a contender. In my incredibly important personal opinion, it reaches the high bar of being pretty good.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I’d be willing to bet that both are coming, with an addition to Pandora. I would think those, in culmination with the “Beyond Big Thunder” plans are set in stone and will be announced before the end of the year.

I could see
- Mary Poppins Epcot (low possibility)
- Play! Being a better attraction (medium possibility)
- DHS getting an animation courtyard overhaul (low probability)

Avatar is the weirdest darn franchise. It consistently makes astronomical amounts of money while seeming to have almost no larger cultural footprint. I can’t think of many comparable IPs in Hollywood history.

 

[Casper Gutman]

This may be true, but DAK as a whole needs more love right now than Epcot does. And that's saying something

It needs more capacity, but AK is a functional, coherent theme park. EPCOT isn’t. One is busted from the foundation up, one needs a few more sprinkles.

 

[lazyboy97o]

All pandemic era attractions were delayed due to the pandemic. Like Epic Universe…

That will not continue. Tiana’s Bayou Adventure will be a quick turnover, which is a nice surprise given the structural work and extensive ride system repairs required.

2019 - 2024 is about five years according to my math.