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DAK 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom
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Haymarket2008
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Great to hear. The use of “mystery” and depth in current domestic theme park design has been….wanting. Something Harambe and Anandapur excel at. It seems like it will be a worthy sibling to the other DAK lands.
TrainsOfDisney
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I don’t disagree - the model and details that we have seen look like this new land will go really well with the rest of the park. I’m not sure if Joe was consulted on this or not, but it feels like he was. Compared to all of the other expansions (tron, Epcot, cars at mk) this looks like a completely natural fit.
My only side note is - there was a time that Dino-Rama wasn’t too bad - the carnival games and rides set the scene but the entire land when it was properly staffed with jugglers, lucky the Dino, etc. worked pretty well.
If we could have gotten an all ages dinosaur fun house style dark ride to replace primeval whirl and some better carnival games that felt more on brand - the land had some lovely potential as being very fun and quirky.
Quietmouse
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I think if they got rid of the cracked parking lot and made it artificial turf with more trees and maybe live music from a band it would have been more approachable.
The church style carnival on a parking lot just wasn’t a good look.
I was thinking if they had a second dark ride attraction during that time that played into the characters or Chester and Hester and the whole backstory of why there is a giant carnival portrayed thru a dark ride then maybe the theming would have been better understood.
TrainsOfDisney
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Or citizens of Hollywood style Chester and Hester Characters. They did that a little bit with Lucky the Dino - and later with a modified version of Flights of Wonder cast members.
Advisable Joseph
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WorldExplorer
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Cornivores (popcorn stand in the middle of Rama) was closed today. Marni might have been literal; might have stopped operating yesterday.
The lightup caroling dinosaurs they put on top of Donalds' meet area is possibly my favorite piece of Christmas decor on property. It just makes me really happy for some reason.
What I don't see anyone bringing up is Dino-Bash; I'm hoping a desire to keep the meets running as long as possible leads to them preserving a chunk of Route 498 and the Cretacous Trail until the second phase of closing, which would mean more decorated areas.
Ooh, I've never heard of this modified Flights of Wonder thing; what was that? Was it related to Chester and Hester's meetable versions? The fact that I can't find any images of them drives me nuts.
And I'm surprised they never had a Seeker, especially since they tried out a ton of different characters for the area. Just a dude wandering around going "have you seen a dinosaur? What? No, haha, no, just kidding, of course not, there are no more dinosaurs, uh I...gotta go..." would be really funny and could have gone anywhere in the land.
The lightup caroling dinosaurs they put on top of Donalds' meet area is possibly my favorite piece of Christmas decor on property. It just makes me really happy for some reason.
What I don't see anyone bringing up is Dino-Bash; I'm hoping a desire to keep the meets running as long as possible leads to them preserving a chunk of Route 498 and the Cretacous Trail until the second phase of closing, which would mean more decorated areas.
Ooh, I've never heard of this modified Flights of Wonder thing; what was that? Was it related to Chester and Hester's meetable versions? The fact that I can't find any images of them drives me nuts.
And I'm surprised they never had a Seeker, especially since they tried out a ton of different characters for the area. Just a dude wandering around going "have you seen a dinosaur? What? No, haha, no, just kidding, of course not, there are no more dinosaurs, uh I...gotta go..." would be really funny and could have gone anywhere in the land.
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TrainsOfDisney
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It was “Guano Joe” from the bird show and one of the bird handlers presenting birds related to dinosaurs and similar characteristics. I only saw it one time, not sure how long it lasted. It was like a street show type thing.
danlb_2000
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Permits filed for three trailers behind Dinosaur.
621 MARINA AL(OPERATIONS TR R364) - Buena Vista Construction Company - Provide labor, material and/or electrical for construction
504 DINOLAND DR(DINOLAND OPERATIONS TR W164) - Buena Vista Construction Company - Provide labor, material and/or electrical for construction
502 DINOLAND DR(DINOLAND SHOW QUALITY TR W183) - Buena Vista Construction Company - Provide labor, material and/or electrical for construction
621 MARINA AL(OPERATIONS TR R364) - Buena Vista Construction Company - Provide labor, material and/or electrical for construction
504 DINOLAND DR(DINOLAND OPERATIONS TR W164) - Buena Vista Construction Company - Provide labor, material and/or electrical for construction
502 DINOLAND DR(DINOLAND SHOW QUALITY TR W183) - Buena Vista Construction Company - Provide labor, material and/or electrical for construction
And the meteor whizzes ever closer
Starship824
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When they announce the closure of Dino Land USA, it would be a major missed opportunity if they don't say "experience Dino Land USA before it goes extinct"
AidenRodriguez731
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Dinoland as a whole going out with a "Countdown to Extinction" themed party/celebration of what was would have been a pretty fun little last nod to everything. I hope we could maybe see some references to Dinoland in the new land. Maybe some newspaper clippings of Indiana being hired by the "Dino Institute" for work nearby. Maybe a version of the Boneyard opening up in South America, technically South America is a pretty frequent place to find fossils iirc.
Maybe on the nose but could also reference "Chester and Hester" as two American charlatans who have been spotted trying to sell oddities/scams to locals.
Quietmouse
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So will this transformation to tropical America land allow animal kingdom late? Or will it still close early because of the animals well-being?
I wish I could experience at avatar at night because the photos I see look stunning.
I’ve heard things where people will say it’s because of staffing issues, or Disney executives still view animal kingdom as a half day park, or the other reason is so the animals are properly taken care of and aren’t exposed to people/firework celebrations late at night.
I know zoos are typically only open until 5/6 pm in the United States…so if animal kingdom is viewed as a zoological park then will we essentially never see animal kingdom open late ?
I feel there should be ways to mitigate the impact of human activity/noise, because obviously animal kingdom isn’t built out and there will be more lands/attractions in the future.
But realistically, if you continue to expand animal kingdom how do you justify it only staying open until 6?
I wish I could experience at avatar at night because the photos I see look stunning.
I’ve heard things where people will say it’s because of staffing issues, or Disney executives still view animal kingdom as a half day park, or the other reason is so the animals are properly taken care of and aren’t exposed to people/firework celebrations late at night.
I know zoos are typically only open until 5/6 pm in the United States…so if animal kingdom is viewed as a zoological park then will we essentially never see animal kingdom open late ?
I feel there should be ways to mitigate the impact of human activity/noise, because obviously animal kingdom isn’t built out and there will be more lands/attractions in the future.
But realistically, if you continue to expand animal kingdom how do you justify it only staying open until 6?
cjkeating
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I would expect the meets (or at least the character budget) to be moved elsewhere around the park.
The shorter hours aren't anything to do with animal well-being. So hopefully longer hours return like pre-COVID.
If anything on the model I think access to Dinosaur/Indy looks more hidden/forested away.
ToTBellHop
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The new area is being designed to operate at night but they’ll need to get a nighttime show up and running to actually operate after dark (outside of December).
doctornick
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I am assuming that the plan would be to have a new nighttime show begin - along with extended hours into the nighttime regularly - once Tropical America opens. That is when you'd arguably have enough "stuff" to justify the longer hours of operation, though it would help to have a TLK ride open as well.
I assume though that the nighttime safari rides are not coming back. That was deemed to not be a success I think.
doctornick
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Or anywhere else in DHS or keep it in DAK somewhere. Seems silly to just remove it rather than move it.
gorillaball
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You might have to make a winter trip to see AK at night (5:30p sunset), it is a different experience. Even Everest is quite a different ride at night... you can see a lot better in the mountain without your eyes adjusting from bright Florida sun.