Galaxy’s Edge was the big recent experiment in designing for two places at once. Nothing else has been intended to be used in multiple places. Mickey and Minnie’s Runaway Railway has a different configuration. TRON and Ratatouille were just dropped down someplace they could physically fit, but that was not intended. It doesn’t really happen all that often.
The company is known for green lighting attractions for two parks at once. There is a long history like with Haunted Mansion and Splash. It’s better to build two of everything at once if it’s coming down the road anyway. Plus R&D costs are split.
Would Mermaid (MK and DCA) apply here?
Splash Mountain was not done at the same time and has two completely different layouts using different ride vehicles. One of the challenges with Tiana’s Bayou Adventure has been that the two rides are very different. The Haunted Mansion is really the only example of show elements being created in duplicates years beforehand.
Is going back over a decade recent? And even then, the Magic Kingdom attraction trailed behind the California original so much that a few rounds of reworking was done and incorporated by opening day.
See? Now you've gone and made me feel old.
They built Splash for Japan and MK at the same time. Opening a day apart.
The park that was built as a repository of a bunch of clones. Not really the same situation as the present day.
It absolutely is but okay.
Due to the positioning of this area of the park, it would put animal exhibits close to parking and up against a water retention area. All the current animal exhibits are north and east of the park where there is room for exhibits and backstage holding areas for them (with the exception of small enclosures in Oasis and around the Tree of Life).
While I like your "blue sky" thinking, most of the ideas aren't practical or have already been decided:
There are currently animal exhibits in Dinoland, albeit small, so they could definitely make something work. Tropical Americas could house some great animal exhibits, especially if Encanto is the anchor. Does anyone else think that if Encanto does get the green light, Nemo will be changed to a new show that coincides with the whole area?
They just recently changed up the Nemo show from the original 45 minute longer Nemo story to a shortened 30 minute recap. I think it fits fine being between Asia and Tropical Americas as a transition between the two areas.
"Tropical America's Land?"
That’s my fear. They are going to basically end up with the same number of “attractions” as they did once before. They don’t seem to get we need to ADD more people eater things as well
