Loose Pebble
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But Turning Red has a panda so it’s animal themed. So it’s a perfect fit.
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DAK 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom
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Where would Mulan fit in Anandapur?
Loose Pebble
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I thought that post was being sarcastic as Mulan wouldn’t fit at all
Quietmouse
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So today I went to the Columbus zoo and they had a dinosaur boat ride (part of their temporary dinosaur exhibit) with hundreds of dinosaur animatronics. It was all themed pretty well (partially due to it taking place in the area of the zoo that already had natural jungle foliage).
It made ponder upon the dinosaur land at animal kingdom and made me realize that they honestly never did enough with it.
Obviously the dark ride is great, but they truly should have added some accompanying rides to go with it.
I think if they actually had a budget for dinosaur land it would still be here today…and mine you, I think it’s a concept that should come back at some point.
But they never did the land the true justice it deserved.
It made ponder upon the dinosaur land at animal kingdom and made me realize that they honestly never did enough with it.
Obviously the dark ride is great, but they truly should have added some accompanying rides to go with it.
I think if they actually had a budget for dinosaur land it would still be here today…and mine you, I think it’s a concept that should come back at some point.
But they never did the land the true justice it deserved.
JoeCamel
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You just explained the parking lot
Loose Pebble
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It's sad that they never added the Excavator coaster. They seemed to just give up against Universal IOA's Jurassic Park land 
. Ironically that land needs more TLC as well. I definitely think if Disney had invested in the land more, they could have beaten Jurassic Park land in quality.
. Ironically that land needs more TLC as well. I definitely think if Disney had invested in the land more, they could have beaten Jurassic Park land in quality.AidenRodriguez731
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The thing Disney realized is they won't ever beat the IP. They would always be playing "second fiddle" in peoples mind compared to Jurassic Park because Disney has the "generic dinosaur land" vs the empire that is Jurassic Park. River Adventure is in a terrible state right now in my opinion but Velocicoaster is one of the top coasters in Florida so JP has a huge range of meh to great.It's sad that they never added the Excavator coaster. They seemed to just give up against Universal IOA's Jurassic Park land
Disney twice failed to make a popular dinosaur movie (and Fox didn't do much better). While Universal ran away with that genre.It's sad that they never added the Excavator coaster. They seemed to just give up against Universal IOA's Jurassic Park land
So... under the IP mandate.... no dinosaur rides or lands. They did indeed give up. Probably for the best.
Loose Pebble
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I agree with you both that it doesn’t make business sense and we weren’t getting non-IP stuff. I just wish that we could have seen what WDI could have done with dinosaurs without massive budget cuts forcing them to do a parking lot fair.
AidenRodriguez731
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Well there was a world where we instead got a half-baked Beastly Kingdom so... atleast we kinda got the good ending with Beastly Kingdom inspo seemingly going elsewhere. In a different world, Disney would have figured out the Dino thing and we could have gotten a killer dinosaur land. This reality isn't too bad imo. Dinosaurs should still have some representation in Animal Kingdom but maybe a whole land wasn't ever really going to work out.
Ayla
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The WDI of a decade ago is not the same as it is today.
Bleed0range
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I don’t think this one will be hard to get right. The land itself fits in with other lands of AK and it is really only the IPs from the rides that don’t. But I think that’ll be hidden mostly by the facade with Indy. With Encanto it might be a little less so.
JD80
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Are you saying they are less creative and able? I will have to disagree with you on that.
KDM31091
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Exactly. It screams missed potential. Dinosaurs are an ever popular theme, not to mention melding well into AK. If Dinoland were simply plussed rather than eliminated, it would be great.
I am glad the new Tropical Americas area is at least a broad theme in and of itself and not a land strictly for one IP, but that's about where my praise ends so far. We will see how it comes out. I am hopeful they'll throw us a couple dinosaur easter eggs.
KDM31091
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I'm concerned about the Encanto house, not going to lie. I just struggle to see how it will really fit into the park. But, people say the same thing about the existing carnival games, so I guess you can't please everyone.
I would have been in your same boat, but IMO there’s no denying that WDI has had a mixed bag of successes and failures lately.
Recent WDI failures:
• reliability issues with TBA, ROTR, and the EPCOT hub lighting package (to me these are undeniable)
• TBA and Cosmic Rewind storylines (I’ll admit this one is a bit subjective and perhaps could be blamed on executives and creatives outside of WDI)
• poor use of space and shade in Toy Story Land
That being said, I will praise WDI in particular for Pandora as a whole (probably my favorite thing they’ve done post-Everest) and Guardians’ innovative ride-system (the most fun I’ve ever had on a roller coaster). To me, WDW is so much better than it was a decade ago.
Brer Panther
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They're clearly just doing this because they don't have any popular dinosaur-related IPs. Of course, the most recent Indiana Jones movie flopped, so I don't see why The Good Dinosaur's underperforming should prevent them from doing anything with THAT.
I'd argue that the Ratatouille ride and Mickey's Slow-Moving Railway suck too. Oh, and who can forget the Beauty and the Beast sing-along and its weird "Lefou was orchestrating everything" subplot?
TrainsOfDisney
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Oh I don’t think either suck. I’ve only ridden each of them once but I liked Ratatouille better than Cosmic Rewind!
Runaway Railway is fun for what it is - feels like a classic Disney dark ride.
What I don’t understand about the trackless rides is why they must operate in large warehouses that feel like….. large warehouses - are they using some type of overhead cameras to track them?
Brer Panther
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Ratatouille is just a crappy simulator masquerading as a dark ride. I don't go on dark rides because I want to be parked in front of a screen the whole time.