doctornick
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If Moana goes into DAK, it wouldn’t be “part of” Dinoland. It would be part of a detached new land (Oceania?) separate from Dinoland.
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News Zootopia and Moana Blue Sky concepts for Disney's Animal Kingdom
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ToTBellHop
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Dinoland would be leaving, anyway…
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
That’s kinda sad…not that it’s current state is great, just that animal kingdom couldn’t have a good section for dinosaurs without things like carnival games.
doctornick
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I’m still holding out hope the Moana gets built but Zootopia gets cut due to inevitable budget cuts.
lazyboy97o
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You can now buy flying theaters that are significantly smaller than Soarin’ Over California. It would be possible to reduce the physical size of the Flight of Passage ride system and layout similar to how Brogent’s m-Ride is a smaller version of their i-Ride flying theater. I doubt James Cameron would ever be on board with a “LieMAX” version of Flight of Passage, but it could be done.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I still think the way Moana is turning out to look at Epcot that it should have gone in at AK (which needs more things anyways)
gerarar
Premium Member
Replacing and retheming Dinosaur to whatever they have planned (probably Zootopia) will surely be one of the biggest bonehead decisions from Disney (imo).
This is probably the first retheme where I'm personally in disgust. There's been TGM to MMRR and now SM to TBA, but losing Dinosaur just hits different for me.
It was always one of my favorite rides, one that I would do over and over again and never get tired. One of the main reasons I would start my day at AK versus any other park before I start hopping.
And that's without touching the subject of needing + increasing capacity in a park that really needs it. If DL can fit MMRR in the back corner of the park, I'm sure Disney can do the same over at AK for crying out loud.
Build. New. Stuff. And. Stop. Replacing.
This is probably the first retheme where I'm personally in disgust. There's been TGM to MMRR and now SM to TBA, but losing Dinosaur just hits different for me.
It was always one of my favorite rides, one that I would do over and over again and never get tired. One of the main reasons I would start my day at AK versus any other park before I start hopping.
And that's without touching the subject of needing + increasing capacity in a park that really needs it. If DL can fit MMRR in the back corner of the park, I'm sure Disney can do the same over at AK for crying out loud.
Build. New. Stuff. And. Stop. Replacing.
ToTBellHop
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A Zootopia retheme of Dinosaur with a new movie coming out is rather likely and not all that expensive.
UNCgolf
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Which is sad. It makes me believe that they honestly don't see the parks as anything other than interchangeable locations for IP. Moana doesn't make a ton of sense at AK either, but there are ways to make it fit (especially by tying it into an Oceania region with animals etc.).
Zootopia, on the other hand, is roughly comparable with putting MMRR or TRON at Animal Kingdom.
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GhostHost1000
Premium Member
I still wonder what happens if the movie doesn’t do well. Some of disneys recent releases are a crap shoot on what to expect
ToTBellHop
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Then we hope the ride is great! They’ll be committing before the movie is released.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
That figures *facepalm
UNCgolf
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It will likely be a copy (as much as possible, I know it can't be a complete clone) of the ride they're building at Shanghai, won't it?
ToTBellHop
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I don’t know, honestly. Cheaper to keep the Dino ride system.
UNCgolf
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Yeah, that's why I know it wouldn't be an exact clone. Seems likely they'd just use the Shanghai ride as a base and retrofit it onto the Dinosaur ride system, though.
For me, it could be the best ride at WDW and it would still make Animal Kingdom a worse park. The strength of individual attractions is less important to me than the park as a whole (which is probably why I liked 2000 or so DHS better than current DHS).
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
Because Disney is gonna Disney. Why make one mistake when you can make two and spend more money on it! (sadly)
doctornick
Well-Known Member
Or maybe they could come to their senses and build a new land for Zootopia - make it an exact clone of Shanghai if need be to control costs - and keep Dinosaur/Dinoland as is (Moana can still replace the Dinorama area).
Zootopia in DAK is stupid but I’m more bothered by the idea of replacing rather than expanding.
Zootopia in DAK is stupid but I’m more bothered by the idea of replacing rather than expanding.
Animaniac93-98
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They don't and Iger's comments today made that loud and clear.
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