Brer Oswald
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If Lion King isn't a "good fit" for the park, then maybe it's time to retheme the park. Though I would gurantee most of you would be onboard if Disney officially announced it.
If Lion King isn't a "good fit" for the park, then maybe it's time to retheme the park. Though I would gurantee most of you would be onboard if Disney officially announced it.
Seems like a bold claim in a thread where not only are many denouncing that exact idea but also denouncing Encanto, Indiana Jones, Coco, Moana, and Zootopia as fit for Animal Kingdom.If Lion King isn't a "good fit" for the park, then maybe it's time to retheme the park. Though I would gurantee most of you would be onboard if Disney officially announced it.
I'll say this - I've spent years arguing that Indy isn't a good fit for Animal Kingdom. Then a few weeks ago I saw some *stuff*, and now I'm excited for it to happen.Our Mystical sources are telling us the new story line to the Indy retheme of DINOSAUR will speak to the themes of DAK.
Whether it is deemed successful or not is an unknown.
Presuming it will be unsuccessful at addressing the themes of DAK is just an opinion at this point with no basis on which to have that opinion. Beware of those who will assume it will fail without any knowledge of what it is, and then nerdrage over its (supposed and unproven) failure.
Perhaps the characters would be characters in a story being told to us, the riders? We enter the story through the ride and learn the lesson.Maybe. But it’s still missing the human connection all other animal kingdom attractions have and have had.
It certainly remains to be seen whether they come up with Encanto and Indiana Jones attractions that do fit the park. I personally see more potential there, though, than I do for a Lion King ride that would fit the park's theme. As people have noted, you can at least use the theme of a Mayan temple to explore the relationship of the Mayan people in some way with the natural world. Encanto I'm less sure about, but at least one of the characters is supposed to have some connection with animals who otherwise are just animals, so they can possibly do something with that.I actually agree with your concerns regarding the Lion King. Although I don’t exactly think Encanto or Indiana Jones are great fits either. I think it really comes down to how they treat the story and its inclusion in the park. If it’s just a book report ride where you’re plopped into their world then it doesn’t fit at all.
But at least they are animals behaving like animals…. Zootopia is the one that really angers me.
That's the thing: it kind of worked as an educational film, but I have trouble seeing a ride based around an ecological message featuring The Lion King characters. If the idea is that this would be the same ride as the one going into Walt Disney Studios Paris, then I can't imagine how they would balance a ride that reads as a fun ride featuring your favourite characters from The Lion King in that context and one that carries a message in tune with the theme of DAK in Florida.A balanced ecosystem, a clear theme in TLK, would be very relevant to DAK. The question is if they can turn it into a good attraction.
Same here.I'll say this - I've spent years arguing that Indy isn't a good fit for Animal Kingdom. Then a few weeks ago I saw some *stuff*, and now I'm excited for it to happen.
I still think the property overall is a better fit for Studios, and would prefer Dinosaur! be updated rather than removed, but what they're planning for Indy is better than people are expecting. In multiple ways.
Apparently Encanto and IJ cannot ever fit no matter what, but Animal Hamlet would be just fine.Seems like a bold claim in a thread where not only are many denouncing that exact idea but also denouncing Encanto, Indiana Jones, Coco, Moana, and Zootopia as fit for Animal Kingdom.
Doesn't really look like opinions change just because Disney moves plans forward.
Agreed! I've always said an Indy land at DHS would solve so many of their problems. It can give them a jungle area of the park and finally some shade. Plus an Indy water ride, either like Pirates from SDL or a MACK water coaster would be perfect for this ride. And then maybe an updated version of Paris' coaster, only with the animatronics that they originally planned for it.I'll say this - I've spent years arguing that Indy isn't a good fit for Animal Kingdom. Then a few weeks ago I saw some *stuff*, and now I'm excited for it to happen.
I still think the property overall is a better fit for Studios, and would prefer Dinosaur! be updated rather than removed, but what they're planning for Indy is better than people are expecting. In multiple ways.
The park was full of IP on opening day.Perhaps even more than EPCOT, Animal Kingdom is not a park suited to IP additions and overlays.
As you point out, Disney's vast catalog of animal stories are, for the most part, about humanized animals, or animals interacting with humans. Very little is focused on the natural world or conservation in a way that doesn't just use them as a backdrop against the human drama. Even Pocahontas, a movie whose big song is about not exploiting nature, is guilty of this.
It really was a park that could only have been green lit and built as it was by 20th century Disney.
Some folks really don’t get it.Apparently Encanto and IJ cannot ever fit no matter what, but Animal Hamlet would be just fine.
Apparently Encanto and IJ cannot ever fit no matter what, but Animal Hamlet would be just fine.
The "burden of proof" is on Disney to reasonably demonstrate they can properly implement the property in the park. There have been a ton of recent cases of them not being able to do so. People are right to be extremely skeptical. And telling people to "beware" of negative comments is such a childish way of shutting down other opinions, it's gatekeeping.Presuming it will be unsuccessful at addressing the themes of DAK is just an opinion at this point with no basis on which to have that opinion. Beware of those who will assume it will fail without any knowledge of what it is, and then nerdrage over its (supposed and unproven) failure.
I sort of wonder if they'd even include Scar at all. Even as a book report ride. Most recently, they opened a Beauty and the Beast ride pretty much without Gaston (a brief shadow against a wall being his only cameo), and that WAS a book report ride. And Tiana is going to be without Facilier (which isn't a book report ride but still had a clear path to include him regardless).But the real question is, would a Lion King attraction contain goosestepping hyenas?
A lot of the current additions lack the "emotional aspect" many of the classic Disney rides have.The "burden of proof" is on Disney to reasonably demonstrate they can properly implement the property in the park. There have been a ton of recent cases of them not being able to do so. People are right to be extremely skeptical.
I'll also note that just because yensidtlaw1969 thinks something fits, it doesn't mean everyone else will necessarily agree. For instance, I believe he has said he is happy with the Hatbox Ghost's placement next to the endless hallway at WDW. Many other people (myself included) are not happy with this and feel that it has negatively impacted the ride to a fairly significant degree. That isn't a knock on his own opinion as he has a right to believe that. But not everyone is a hivemind who has to agree with someone with information, and i'll remain skeptical they could pull this off until I see it for myself.
I sort of wonder if they'd even include Scar at all. Even as a book report ride. Most recently, they opened a Beauty and the Beast ride pretty much without Gaston (a brief shadow against a wall being his only cameo), and that WAS a book report ride. And Tiana is going to be without Facilier (which isn't a book report ride but still had a clear path to include him regardless).
It will easily be the best version.I'll say this - I've spent years arguing that Indy isn't a good fit for Animal Kingdom. Then a few weeks ago I saw some *stuff*, and now I'm excited for it to happen.
I still think the property overall is a better fit for Studios, and would prefer Dinosaur! be updated rather than removed, but what they're planning for Indy is better than people are expecting. In multiple ways.
It will easily be the best version.
I'd recommend you pull quotes for this sort of thing in the future rather than just allowing yourself to misremember, because I haven't said that.The "burden of proof" is on Disney to reasonably demonstrate they can properly implement the property in the park. There have been a ton of recent cases of them not being able to do so. People are right to be extremely skeptical. And telling people to "beware" of negative comments is such a childish way of shutting down other opinions, it's gatekeeping.
I'll also note that just because yensidtlaw1969 thinks something fits, it doesn't mean everyone else will necessarily agree. For instance, I believe he has said he is happy with the Hatbox Ghost's placement next to the endless hallway at WDW. Many other people (myself included) were not happy with it and feel that it has negatively impacted the ride to a fairly significant degree. That isn't a knock on his own opinion as he has a right to believe that. But not everyone is a hivemind who has to agree with someone with information, and i'll remain skeptical they could pull this off until I see it for myself.
I sort of wonder if they'd even include Scar at all. Even as a book report ride. Most recently, they opened a Beauty and the Beast ride pretty much without Gaston (a brief shadow against a wall being his only cameo), and that WAS a book report ride. And Tiana is going to be without Facilier (which isn't a book report ride but still had a clear path to include him regardless).
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