Dragon Rock & The Cavern by Pandora

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Just wondering if there is hope that Dragon Rock and the Cavern during the former planned Beastly Kingdome Might still have some use over by Pandora..

Since they will have an eventual pathway from Harambe into Pandora it will give a better look at the once planned home of the Dragon's Cave...Does beg to wonder if the effect still works after it was shut off...

 

[doctornick]

Could someone describe where these things are along the river bed? Which side of the river are the on?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Could someone describe where these things are along the river bed? Which side of the river are the on?

Dragon rock was visible close to the right side of the bridge when you entered Camp Minnie-Mickey and the Cavern was another few feet down from it..

 

[Alektronic]

Just wondering if there is hope that Dragon Rock and the Cavern during the former planned Beastly Kingdome Might still have some use over by Pandora..

Since they will have an eventual pathway from Harambe into Pandora it will give a better look at the once planned home of the Dragon's Cave...Does beg to wonder if the effect still works after it was shut off...

The Dragon Cave is long gone, torn down and gutted. In fact, the new wood boardwalk will go over top of it. I don't know if they will leave any remnants or not.

 

[Rteetz]

The Dragon rock is still there though.

 

[BD-Anaheim]

Would be nice homage to a past (that never was and never will be).

 

[Princess Leia]

I'm still hoping that someday, they will finally add Beastly Kingdom. Maybe as a stage 4 (is that what we're on now?) with the park. They can update the Dinosaur area at the same time.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I'm still hoping that someday, they will finally add Beastly Kingdom. Maybe as a stage 4 (is that what we're on now?) with the park. They can update the Dinosaur area at the same time.

It would be nice...But, if you wanted a taste of what it could have been Universal's Islands of Adventure would have been the best next thing since many of the imagineers went there after they left Disney to create that area which now got Potter-ised...

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

What else I find interesting is this....There was at one point a planned AA Dragon that was to come out of the Cavern and blow the fire that you see when you passed by..

To make it even MORE Interesting is if you ever got any of the Animal Kingdom Kids Meal Toys at Mcdonalds one of them was the Same River Dragon that was to come out of the Cave as a toy...Making it the most sought out collectible Disney Kids Meal toy of an AA That never was made...

 

[Mike S]

What else I find interesting is this....There was at one point a planned AA Dragon that was to come out of the Cavern and blow the fire that you see when you passed by..

To make it even MORE Interesting is if you ever got any of the Animal Kingdom Kids Meal Toys at Mcdonalds one of them was the Same River Dragon that was to come out of the Cave as a toy...Making it the most sought out collectible Disney Kids Meal toy of an AA That never was made...

I have that toy

 

[danlb_2000]

I have that toy

I want that toy!

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I want that toy!

Amazon Has it! https://www.amazon.com/McDonalds-Animal-Kingdom-Dragon-Figure/dp/B00H20H0HM

 

[Princess Leia]

It would be nice...But, if you wanted a taste of what it could have been Universal's Islands of Adventure would have been the best next thing since many of the imagineers went there after they left Disney to create that area which now got Potter-ised...

At this point I would even take a dark ride based on fantasy creatures- Loch Ness monster, dragons, unicorns, minotaurs, etc.

 

[danlb_2000]

Amazon Has it! https://www.amazon.com/McDonalds-Animal-Kingdom-Dragon-Figure/dp/B00H20H0HM

Ordered!

 

[MOXOMUMD]

What else I find interesting is this....There was at one point a planned AA Dragon that was to come out of the Cavern and blow the fire that you see when you passed by..

To make it even MORE Interesting is if you ever got any of the Animal Kingdom Kids Meal Toys at Mcdonalds one of them was the Same River Dragon that was to come out of the Cave as a toy...Making it the most sought out collectible Disney Kids Meal toy of an AA That never was made...

I have that toy too. I collect dragons.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

UPDATE! A photo recently showed up of an update on Orlando Theme Park News and shows that low and behold The Dragon Rock is still there! http://www.orlandoparksnews.com/2016/10/animal-kingdom-update-more-avatar.html

 

[HiYa Pal]

Do the geysers still work?

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Do the geysers still work?

I'm pretty sure they were shut off a while ago...Would be nice to see this feature again since many guests will be walking by..

 

[Dunston]

It's the greatest shame that the Beastly Kingdom never saw the light of day...

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It's the greatest shame that the Beastly Kingdom never saw the light of day...

Well, kind of....The Lost Continent Before being Potter-ized was the former Imagineers that left to create that section of Islands of Adventure and why Dueling Dragons is a some-what version of the Dragon coaster that never happened..The Concept art for it looked pretty impressive.