Moth
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Bear, frog, pig, yeah, good enough fit! Yuk yuk yuk.
Indy is shaping up to be good.
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DAK 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom
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Indy is shaping up to be good.
Starship824
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- In the Parks
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The concept art certainly hints there will be many, of course concept art can be deceptive.
Starship824
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- In the Parks
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Personally I don't have a problem with screens. When they're used correctly, I don't want them to be substitutes for things that can be done physically, or least they need to be good. For example the Mama Odie screen right before the drop into the laughing place is great but the one before the drop is not. Or Navi River journey does a good job with them too like Len pointed out.
The muppets do a really fake dinosaur safari, and you can seee the gang struggle to keep the crappy animatronics together while Kermit is your guide and stabler and Waldorf heckle. give me a budget.
Disgruntled Walt
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Define "good." Animatronics galore? A ride experience so unique that I won't constantly be comparing to its predecessor (with the same track layout)? A new John Williams score written for the attraction?
It's a very high bar to be replacing Dinosaur, which I considered (at the height of its maintenance), my favorite WDW attraction.
Moth
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It has Quetzalcoatl, which is the coolest thing ever. I heard some crumbs about AAs also.
It's gonna be no Dinosaur, because I LOVE dinosaurs, I was raised on the foam Styracosaurus they sold in the post-ride gift shop, but I see potential in Indy.
Starship824
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I love Indy (more than Star Wars personally), so I do hope the potential is realized. To be fair to Disney how do you compete with Jurassic? And Quetzalcoatl are cool. Dinosaur will be missed. Protect WDW’s cult classic attractions!
In before disco Quetzalcoatl
Starship824
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That'll be two broken disco AAs at DAK. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it could happen twice right?
Moth
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I mean there's a statue of it in the concept art. Maybe?
I hope we decide to collectively give him a name, like we did with Murphy and Harold. I propose Seeker, or Grant!
Starship824
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I just hope they go all out with it. They don't have to worry about building any new show buildings or developing any new ride systems so they just focus on the effects and sets of it.
blizzbeachbum
Member
I had the fortune, or misfortune depending on your point of view, to ride Indy at DL before riding Dinosaur at AK. I loved Indy and thought it was a great ride. The sets and effects were incredible. I had high expectations when I rode Dinosaur the first time. I couldn't wait to see all of the effects and elaborate sets that I hoped would be on par with Indy. Imagine my disappointment when you get in the jeep and go thru the time portal to a dark building.... bumpy ride.... jeep stops... lights come up.... people scream at the so so dinosaur.... lights go down... bumpy ride... lights come up.... people scream at a so so dinosaur.... rinse and repeat 5-7 more times.... it was obvious someone had value engineered the hell out of this ride... lets see how can we shave off a couple million.... forget about theming the entire show building... lets make the ride in the dark then we only have to theme maybe half of the building... lazy and a waste of what could have been an incredible ride. I realize there are many that love this ride... I don't get it.... maybe most of you haven't seen/ridden Indy. I can't wait for the retheme. See ya dinosaur... you won't be missed by me.
bmr1591
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All mythical creature AAs at Animal Kingdom forever in B mode.
Moth
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Wait for the TERROR OF THE MOTHMAN ride in the North America section of the park. Trust the plan. If I say it enough it'll happen!
heck, we can work around the ip mandate and make it a gravity falls ride. Trust the process. I will make anything in the parks work somehow if it involves gravity falls for the muppets
UNCgolf
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It'll be wildly disappointing if the Encanto attraction ends up mainly screens. Na'vi River Journey is probably best case scenario from an execution standpoint for a ride featuring a mix of physical sets and screens, although Encanto needs AAs too if it wants to be at least a D ticket.
KDM31091
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I really don't get the hype for the River Journey. It's scenic, it's relaxing, the animatronic is great, but it just feels like it's missing something. Suspense, excitement, I dunno, something. Not to say it needs to be a thrill ride, but it's basically just stunning visuals and not much else. IMO, nowhere near worth the usual wait times it has. I'll do it as a pleasant relaxing attraction if the wait is <30 mins.