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

[PizzaPlanet]

Nope.
The billboard outside the stunt show...look again. It looks like Johnny Knoxville. A joke I stated durring my CP many moons ago.

Hmm maybe the billboard just works better in person when you’re looking at it from a distance. I do think the GMR figure looked way better than the DL one

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

@Moth seemed pretty excited about whatever plans they saw so who knows

...but that was a while back, so if I'm understanding @celluloid correctly that it's been scaled down from the earlier plans, it may have been downgraded from what @Moth saw earlier on. Maybe @Moth will jump in sometime with info about when they saw the plans, so we can compare that against when @celluloid saw what they did, etc.

 

[celluloid]

...but that was a while back, so if I'm understanding @celluloid correctly that it's been scaled down from the earlier plans, it may have been downgraded from what @Moth saw earlier on. Maybe @Moth will jump in sometime with info about when they saw the plans, so we can compare that against when @celluloid saw what they did, etc.

Yeah that would be great. Because I don't know when and what plans Moth saw. the scale difference I mentioned have come after that model was on display.

 

[Moth]

It was older plans. I assume Ye Olde Budget Cut has come for Jones.

 

[Streetway]

No. Probably not.

I hope they get Indy right. That’s what I have highest hopes for bc Retheme=more money for actual ride scenes yknow? Then again, do we worry to much about budget cuts? I mean that happens to everything

 

[Mike S]

It was older plans. I assume Ye Olde Budget Cut has come for Jones.

I can’t wait for Indy to open and come with Disneys current standard of screens + dark tunnels a la Frozen and Tiana…

 

[celluloid]

Just put the scale in perspective and the reason why Disney is doing this is to keep in mind.

Hope that Encanto is dang good because it is the only actual new attraction ground up we are getting and have gotten for a long time at AK.

With a lot of closures around it.

 

[ToTBellHop]

They could save even more money building a ride inspired by that train at the start of Last Crusade.

Indiana Jones Adventure: Quest for that Cross that BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!

 

[celluloid]

They could save even more money building a ride inspired by that train at the start of Last Crusade.
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Indiana Jones Adventure: Quest for that Cross that BELONGS IN A MUSEUM!

The one where the guy who intentionally kills animals in almost every movie ends up on a circus train. NAUHTACIRCUS ;-p

 

[MisterPenguin]

They're still going to spend what was budgeted. But what was budgeted may not provide for all the extra bells and whistles they were hoping for.

Remember, it's not so much that money gets taken away (a budget cut), but that things cost more than they expected (cost overruns forcing a scaling back).

 

[Streetway]

They're still going to spend what was budgeted. But what was budgeted may not provide for all the extra bells and whistles they were hoping for.

Remember, it's not so much that money gets taken away (a budget cut), but that things cost more than they expected (cost overruns forcing a scaling back).

That’s a bit ominous. Hope it isn’t too much of a scaleback where it significantly impacts quality.

 

[James Alucobond]

That’s a bit ominous. Hope it isn’t too much of a scaleback where it significantly impacts quality.

A thing that has happened with pretty much every attraction ever is not ominous.

 

[Bocabear]

I guess if you are expecting the attraction to be absolutely remarkably groundbreaking, the thought that it will be value engineered to a degree does sound ominous...though we all know it happens on everything... Hopefully it will look amazing and whatever cost overruns they have will not be noticeable in the final product. The IJ incorporation is an exciting idea... I love the integration...so hoping for the best on this.

 

[Timothy_Q]

Even DisneySea got scaled back in the development process

 

[MisterPenguin]

Even DisneySea got scaled back in the development process

No! Not OLC, too?!!

The universe can't be that cruel!!!

 

[Mike S]

Even DisneySea got scaled back in the development process

And yet it’s still way beyond what Disney had done elsewhere at the time.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

Not at all worried for Indy.

 

[Disgruntled Walt]

Not at all worried for Indy.

Why not? Their recent track record doesn't exactly fill one with confidence.

 

[𝐌𝖆𝖓 𝖎𝖓 𝐖𝖊𝖇]

Why not? Their recent track record doesn't exactly fill one with confidence.

This one has talent behind it

 

[andre85]

And yet it’s still way beyond what Disney had done elsewhere at the time.

Tbf Animal Kingdom had just opened a few years prior which I personally consider one of Disney's best themed parks ever, though it was admittedly a bit light on attractions upon opening by comparison to DisneySea. But then again, DCA was the same year as DisneySea which is a much less favorable comparison lol