DAK 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom

[Gusey]

Not sure how well an Up should would be. The Up bird show was pretty much an Up show with a few birds in between and it wasn't great - one of the few times Disney ended up replacing IP with no IP

 

[cjkeating]

I'm guessing that Encanto is an E ticket, that show building is massive.

Is it? Based on the model I don't think the show building actually takes up that much space when you try and work out the scale on Google Maps?

Has there been any word on the Nemo show? Surely it doesn't fit in Tropical Americas, and Up could make for a really great show. They already have the Kevin costume.

Nemo has always exists in it's only place in-between Asia and Dinoland (even though it appears on the map legend as Dinoland) so i don't see any reason why it would change? It was only recently updated after COVID.

I suspect the Encanto attraction will be an E ticket dark ride a notch or two below Rise level of show.

I would temper your expectations... Indy is the lands E-ticket. This will be a family friendly C/D.

 

[bwr827]

I'd be pretty surprised if Encanto ended up being an E-ticket. Not saying it won't be, but Disney is definitely not known for building theme park lands with two E-ticket attractions.

I would assume it's a D-ticket just based on Disney's track record.

A re-skin of Dinosaur doesn’t seem like a capital E ticket. I think we should be able to expect Encanto to be E-worthy.

 

[MisterPenguin]

To return to a topic that we started discussing but faded away...

What are insiders' thoughts on the scale of the Encanto attraction?

Insiders have been saying that the ride vehicle mechanic has been changed from plans just a few months ago from a boat ride to maybe an omni or a trackless. And so, they're unsure what Disney is doing.

So, they won't be able to answer that question unless one pipes up with new, hard info.

 

[Coaster Lover]

it’s still a “3d show in the tree” - Will guests see it as something new?

Not only that, but it's a bit hidden away. The entrance sign is easy to miss when you are walking by, you really can't see the queue of people waiting for the attraction to indicate that there is something there worth seeing (not that there typically is a queue), and when you look at the tree, there's really no indication that there's an attraction under there. Even if the attraction was something amazing, it would still likely get overlooked just based on its location.

 

[Bocabear]

A re-skin of Dinosaur doesn’t seem like a capital E ticket. I think we should be able to expect Encanto to be E-worthy.

The other iterations of Indy with this ride system are all pretty great...and now with a completely new story to tell...newer technology to work with as far visuals... I am hoping they do something amazing with it and keep the Tiana's team far away from the project!

 

[osian]

Primeval whirl was 900 per hour

Each! Unless Disney was operating them at half capacity, the attraction as a whole would have had a capacity of 1,800 per hour?

 

[KDM31091]

I’ve never seen a show that wasn’t packed, which I admit is completely anecdotal. Maybe it’s always crowded during the hottest hours of the day

It's definitely still popular. Whether you have seen the movie or not, you can still easily understand the show. To me, it isn't broken, why fix it?

The things that scare young children i.e. loud noises, effects, darkness, will likely still exist in the new one, anyway.

 

[bwr827]

It's definitely still popular. Whether you have seen the movie or not, you can still easily understand the show. To me, it isn't broken, why fix it?

The things that scare young children i.e. loud noises, effects, darkness, will likely still exist in the new one, anyway.

That ending with the physical effect… *shiver*

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Dinoland has officially fallen into the "screw you and your full priced ticket; we're removing it so we don't care" stage. Some of the signs look atrocious and at least two are visibly falling apart.

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Here's what they're SUPPOSED to look like:

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I know my phone camera isn't the best quality, but I hope the point gets across, the difference is very visible in person. Note that the cart has lost all of its flying shopping dinos. If you told me the current images were from some abandoned, actual Route 66 roadside attraction I would believe you.


The pin truck sign has been broken for weeks, the entrance sign is crumbling and Cementosaurus has a black crack on his neck;

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Why does everything need to end on a sad note, limping to the finish line? Rama's already lost half of the stuff it used to have (the photo booth seems to be broken, too) and it relies heavily on that signage, that's most of its' theming! And we're not talking about complex animatronics here, most of this is fixed with paint.

The Chester and Hester signs actually look more authentic now haha

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

Lol I know they DID make lands with more than one headliner. But they DON'T currently. Maybe this will be the sole outlier to that trend. I just wouldn't bet on it.

Avengers Campus. I would consider Mission Breakout an E Ticket.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

Avengers Campus. I would consider Mission Breakout an E Ticket.

Breakout is an E.
WEB Slingers is not.

We’ll see when Infinity Defense happens…

 

[UNCgolf]

Avengers Campus. I would consider Mission Breakout an E Ticket.

It existed before Avengers Campus, though. The only ride they built for Avengers Campus is the awful web one.

I feel the same about Toy Story Mania at DHS -- it's really grading on a curve to give them credit for grandfathering in something that already existed.

 

[J4546]

still an e ticket. WHen the other 2 rides open, there will be 2 e tickets, 1 mid tier, and whatever the fight lab is gonna be

 

[Loose Pebble]

I hope for Indy they don't use the projection mapping they added to Disneyland a couple years ago with the rocks collapsing

 

[BlakeW39]

Avengers Campus. I would consider Mission Breakout an E Ticket.

Which would mean Avengers Campus has one E-ticket. Your point?

 

[Rosso11]

I am hoping they do something amazing with it and keep the Tiana's team far away from the project!

You’ll be happy to know it’s a completely different team

 

[AidenRodriguez731]

Which would mean Avengers Campus has one E-ticket. Your point?

They're building a second E-ticket. Point made.

 

[Orange is the new Red]

Yes. Same with ITTBAB to Zootopia. And seemingly Muppetvision to Monsters. And even RoA/TSI to Cars.

They literally are investing billions of dollars in WDW in the next few years and getting marginal gains to capacity. It’s insane.

I feel like they will add a third attraction at some point, but I think this is a great start. The addition of EnCanto is more than a marginal improvement to Animal Kingdom's capacity. Even if you add the boneyard , triceratops spin and primeval world, I would say Encanto has the potential to dwarf the capacity of those 3 carnival “rides” put together, especially if this ride system of Encanto is an Omnimover as suggested. Either way. The rides you mention have poor capacity and are A ticket rides. Seems like a odd comparison

 

[BlakeW39]

They're building a second E-ticket. Point made.

Which won't open for at least five years after the land did. Point invalid.