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

[Timothy_Q]

I know OP meant specifically domestic parks, but as a whole the last 15 years had a pretty great roster of headliner rides

Rise of the Resistance
Flight of Passage
Radiator Springs Racers
Mystic Manor
Big Grizzly Mountain
Battle for the Sunken Treasure
Tale of Beauty and the Beast
Frozen Journey
Peter Pan's Neverland Adventure

 

[Disstevefan1]

I know OP meant specifically domestic parks, but as a whole the last 15 years had a pretty great roster of headliner rides

Rise of the Resistance
Flight of Passage
Radiator Springs Racers
Mystic Manor
Big Grizzly Mountain
Battle for the Sunken Treasure
Tale of Beauty and the Beast
Frozen Journey
Peter Pan's Neverland Adventure

It is sad that I have been on only ONE of these attractions

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I know OP meant specifically domestic parks, but as a whole the last 15 years had a pretty great roster of headliner rides

Rise of the Resistance
Flight of Passage
Radiator Springs Racers
Mystic Manor
Big Grizzly Mountain
Battle for the Sunken Treasure
Tale of Beauty and the Beast
Frozen Journey
Peter Pan's Neverland Adventure

been on the first 5 and they are all really great and well done and well themed. Mystic Manor is my favorite Disney dark ride I have been on.

I am optimistic the Encanto ride will be added to this list

 

[TheMaxRebo]

If the Harry Potter lands are mistakes, then Disney needs to make mistakes like these. I am not a fan of HP but these lands are so immersive that you don't need to be a fan to enjoy it.

I think even people that haven't read any of the books or seen any/many of the movies can still really enjoy and appreciate the lands - maybe they don't "get" all the details but they will still seem impressive, and assume that will be the case in the future

Figure similar for Pandora at AK, not everyone is super into Avatar (even if a lot have seen the movies) but can appreciate the land.

And optimistic the lands at Epic Universe will be similar - I haven't seen any of the HTTYD films, know nothing about it, but the land looks like it will be impressive

 

[UNCgolf]

I think even people that haven't read any of the books or seen any/many of the movies can still really enjoy and appreciate the lands - maybe they don't "get" all the details but they will still seem impressive, and assume that will be the case in the future

Figure similar for Pandora at AK, not everyone is super into Avatar (even if a lot have seen the movies) but can appreciate the land.

And optimistic the lands at Epic Universe will be similar - I haven't seen any of the HTTYD films, know nothing about it, but the land looks like it will be impressive

I think this is right for the best lands. I've never seen Avatar but think Pandora is great, and I know people who haven't read/seen Harry Potter but thought Diagon Alley was incredible. I'm not sure HTTYD is going to be at that level, though.

It looks relatively bland and uninteresting to me as someone who's never seen the films, but I could just be an outlier.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I think this is right for the best lands. I've never seen Avatar but think Pandora is great, and I know people who haven't read/seen Harry Potter but thought Diagon Alley was incredible. I'm not sure HTTYD is going to be at that level, though.

It looks relatively bland and uninteresting to me as someone who's never seen the films, but I could just be an outlier.

You could be right - was mostly using that as an example of a property I am not really into but could still be great.

Maybe Dark Universe is a better example for people who aren't into the classic monsters

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

I have no doubt Disney can create something spectacular. To me the problem recently has been that there hasn’t been one singular vision they’ve worked towards.

Rather it’s been an exercise of multiple visions and trying to be all things to all people by satisfying individual goals/narratives/personal objectives - then at the very end they try to bring it all together thinking it will be cohesive.

And it just ends up stinking. I still hold out hope, though.

 

[gerarar]

Source and more:

 

[SpectreJordan]

Am I losing my mind or hasn't Indy at Disneyland always been viewed as the far superior attraction to Dinosaur?

It certainly has by me lol, and I think this is an obvious good move.

Not adding a fourth attraction is a miss though. Get some more capacity at that park stat!

I rode Indy for the first time last year after riding Dinosaur a dozen times. Indy is better & it's not even close; Indy's perhaps the best ride I've ever been on, even outside of my fandom of the series. The sets are immaculate. I pray that the DAK ride can be even half as good as that ride.

Dinosaur's a ton of fun but you can just feel the budget cuts because of how much of the ride is in the dark. I assume they wanted to have fully detailed sets of the lush prehistoric jungle but had to cheap out and set the ride at night to hide that they didn't have the budget for many sets.

 

[Disstevefan1]

OK, Indy is a better ride than Dinosaur but we have no idea what we are getting in place of Dinosaur.

I presume this will be a glorified re skin, same vehicles same track layout, but they can reprogram how the vehicles move.

Just a guess on my part, but this glorified re skin will be done cheapest as possible.

 

[JackCH]

OK, Indy is a better ride than Dinosaur but we have no idea what we are getting in place of Dinosaur.

I presume this will be a glorified re skin, same vehicles same track layout, but they can reprogram how the vehicles move.

Just a guess on my part, but this glorified re skin will be done cheapest as possible.

They are already the same track layout and vehicles.

I’m almost certain this ride will be done to a similar level as Disneyland Indy, if not better just because of newer animatronics and tech.

And I’m pretty sure insiders have said that imagineering feels this will be the superior version.

This I can speak for specifically. That is not true at all and never was. It is absolutely designed and planned to be the superior version. At least on paper it is and everyone involved I’ve spoken to believes it will be but as we know until it opens we will see if the public perception feels the same way.

As far as budgets in general Disney has always stated that the second half of the 10 year plan will see the bulk of the money. So if true there is a lot more coming.

 

[Disstevefan1]

They are already the same track layout and vehicles.

I’m almost certain this ride will be done to a similar level as Disneyland Indy, if not better just because of newer animatronics and tech.

And I’m pretty sure insiders have said that imagineering feels this will be the superior version.

Since they are using the same layout I have hope it will be as good as Indy and since same vehicles and track even modern Disney cant mess it up.

 

[MisterPenguin]

This is the Tropical America thread.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I wonder how many years it will take them to complete this?

 

[Ichabod Crane]

This is the Tropical America thread.

Sir, this is a Wendy’s

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Sir, this is a Wendy’s

recent rethemes of Wendy's haven't been so hot either

 

[James Alucobond]

recent rethemes of Wendy's haven't been so hot either

I just want to dine in a solarium.

 

[Bocabear]

A solarium with a miniature buffet...lol

 

[Brer Panther]

Two questions:

1) Do you think Disney would be retheming Dinosaur to Indiana Jones if they didn't already have a similar Indiana Jones ride built years earlier? It's not exactly one of their most hyped-up franchises, like Frozen or Marvel.

 

[rle4lunch]

Two questions:

1) Do you think Disney would be retheming Dinosaur to Indiana Jones if they didn't already have a similar Indiana Jones ride built years earlier? It's not exactly one of their most hyped-up franchises, like Frozen or Marvel.

2) What makes everyone so sure that the Indiana Jones retheme - which is being made by Iger's Disney, - will be as good as Disneyland's Indiana Jones ride - which was made before Iger?

1. Probably not, but it's still a very viable and evergreen IP. It had/has/will have staying power as a story telling medium for spinoffs and countless more games. So, in that vein, I can totally understand why this was greenlit. And the fact that Dinosaur isn't that great of a ride (gasp), and WDW kinda gave up on it the last decade or so.

2. 30 years of technologic improvements to how attractions are built almost guarantee that this will be at or better than DL's. DL's version is great, but could definitely use a refresh. For years during covid and coming out of covid, the ride was perpetually running in B or C mode (no fire affects, boulder not moving, snake not moving, etc) and was down about 3-4 hours a day. They've managed to get it running better the last 2 years, but it still feels the ride needs to be shut down for 6-12 months to have a thorough go-thru to fix and refresh/modernize it.