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

[Gremlin Gus]

Ok so sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I want to ask, now that the permit is now issued, does that mean that proper demolition of Dinorama and TriceraTop Spin can start? Because I'm surprised that besides some sign removal and minor demolition of TriceraTop Spin, nothing else that has been closed off has been demolished.

 

[wdwmagic]

Ok so sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I want to ask, now that the permit is now issued, does that mean that proper demolition of Dinorama and TriceraTop Spin can start? Because I'm surprised that besides some sign removal and minor demolition of TriceraTop Spin, nothing else that has been closed off has been demolished.

Yep!

 

[lazyboy97o]

Ok so sorry if this sounds like a stupid question, but I want to ask, now that the permit is now issued, does that mean that proper demolition of Dinorama and TriceraTop Spin can start? Because I'm surprised that besides some sign removal and minor demolition of TriceraTop Spin, nothing else that has been closed off has been demolished.

Yep!

This is incorrect. The South Florida Water Management District has no general authority over demolition. You can demolition and build all you want without a water management permit if you’re not making changes to the water management.

 

[wdwmagic]

This is incorrect. The South Florida Water Management District has no general authority over demolition. You can demolition and build all you want without a water management permit if you’re not making changes to the water management.

I should rephrase my response to be more along the lines of there isn't anything now holding up the project at this point, so no reason for any of the work (including demo) to be on pause. Should hopefully be all systems go.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

Still, dismantling half of triceratops spin in two days and then leaving the half-built ride sitting for a week is confusing to me. I would think they'd demo the whole ride at once

Getting contractors to show up consistently is like herding cats.

 

[Agent H]

Getting contractors to show up consistently is like herding cats.

“Well he is a contractor they don’t do much”

 

[lazyboy97o]

I should rephrase my response to be more along the lines of there isn't anything now holding up the project at this point, so no reason for any of the work (including demo) to be on pause. Should hopefully be all systems go.

That’s still incorrect. If you need a water management permit then that has to be issued before building permits will be issued. There is also not going to just be one building permit submitted for everything.

 

[Bill Cipher]

Project Ro Approved: Disney's Animal Kingdom Tropical Americas Expansion Clears Key Regulatory Hurdle​

Project Ro Approved: Disney's Animal Kingdom Tropical Americas Expansion Clears Key Regulatory Hurdle

Project Ro Approved: Disney's Animal Kingdom Tropical Americas Expansion Clears Key Regulatory Hurdle

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Did we ever determine what the project name "Ro" is in reference to?

 

[Gremlin Gus]

Did we ever determine what the project name "Ro" is in reference to?

I'm guessing Ro is a codename (or something similar) for Tropical Americas

 

[Bill Cipher]

I'm guessing Ro is a codename (or something similar) for Tropical Americas

Well yes, but I was wondering if we knew why the name was chosen. Project names are usually a reference to something adjacent to the project. For instance, RotR was "Project Alcatraz" because it involves a prison escape. TSL was "Project Ascot" because Ken mentions an ascot in Toy Story 3.

 

[MisterPenguin]

I'm guessing Ro is a codename (or something similar) for Tropical Americas

Indeed...

Project... (goes by first initial or full code word)

• 89 - Reflections Lodge (construction halted)
• Alcatraz - Rise of the Resistance
• Ascot - Toy Story Land (reference to Ken's ascot)
• Big Bird - Smuggler's Run: Millennium Falcon
• Delos - Star Wars Land DL / Delos II - Star Wars Land DHS (Delos runs WestWorld)
• Gamma - Epcot Hub reimagining
• Hubble - Star Wars Hotel (astrologer Edwin Hubble discovered other galaxies, far, far away)
• Kappa - Harmonious
• Marceline - Mickey & Minnie Runaway Railway (Walt's home town)
• MK1 - Main Street Theater (cancelled)
• MK2 - TRON
• Mischief - Ratatouille
• Morpho - Avatar Land (the blue morpho butterfly)
• Nugget - Either the 50th celebration as a whole, or just the part that pertains to the MK castle and/or its fireworks
• Ro - The Tropical Americas land in DAK replacing Dinoland.
• S - The revived Reflections Lodge DVC. Now called Lakeshore.
• Sausalito - Cosmic Rewind (Guardian's ship = Milano. Milano and Sausalito are also cookies.)
• TIJ, The Italian Job - Gondolas (name of a movie, but gondolas are also boats in Venice, Italy)
• U - Polynesian DVC (maybe... Ukele?)

See here:

Thread 'Big List of Forum Abbreviations'

Mar 25, 2018

20k – 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, MK, defunct

7DMT – Seven Dwarfs Mine Train

AA – American Adventure

AA – Audio Animatronics

ABD – Adventures By Disney (world-wide tourist experiences)

AC – Adventurer's Club (defunct) at Pleasure Island (defunct) at Disney Springs

AC – Avenger's Campus

ADR – Advanced Dining Reservation, or, what normal people call 'restaurant reservations'

AE – Alien Encounter (replaced by Stitch's Great Escape), MK

AH – After Hours, upcharge time in the parks after closure to the general public, very limited attendance so as to make most of the rides a...

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[lazyboy97o]

Delos - Star Wars Land DL / Delos II - Star Wars Land DHS (Delos runs WestWorld)

Delos is also the mythological birthplace of the twins Apollo and Artemis who are associated with the Sun and Moon. Galaxy’s Edge was a twin project focused on “design once, build twice”.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Delos is also the mythological birthplace of the twins Apollo and Artemis who are associated with the Sun and Moon. Galaxy’s Edge was a twin project focused on “design once, build twice”.

Cool beans. Updated the list.

You wouldn't happen to know the significance of: 89, S, and Ro?

 

[HauntedPirate]

Cool beans. Updated the list.

You wouldn't happen to know the significance of: 89, S, and Ro?

"S" is for Sparrow. Don't know the significance.

 

[Agent H]

"S" is for Sparrow. Don't know the significance.

reflections was supposed to be nature themed it could have something to do with that

 

[MisterPenguin]

"S" is for Sparrow. Don't know the significance.

Perhaps...

The dusky seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima nigrescens) was a non-migratory subspecies of the seaside sparrow, found in Florida in the natural salt marshes of Merritt Island and along the St. Johns River. The last definite known individual died on Walt Disney World's Discovery Island in 1987,[3] and the subspecies was officially declared extinct in December 1990.[2]​

Dusky seaside sparrow - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Agent H]

Perhaps...

The dusky seaside sparrow (Ammospiza maritima nigrescens) was a non-migratory subspecies of the seaside sparrow, found in Florida in the natural salt marshes of Merritt Island and along the St. Johns River. The last definite known individual died on Walt Disney World's Discovery Island in 1987,[3] and the subspecies was officially declared extinct in December 1990.[2]​

Dusky seaside sparrow - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

That’s really interesting I didn’t know that thanks for sharing more information about your friends

 

[Disstevefan1]

Project Ro Approved: Disney's Animal Kingdom Tropical Americas Expansion Clears Key Regulatory Hurdle​

Project Ro Approved: Disney's Animal Kingdom Tropical Americas Expansion Clears Key Regulatory Hurdle

Project Ro Approved: Disney's Animal Kingdom Tropical Americas Expansion Clears Key Regulatory Hurdle

www.wdwmagic.com

YaY! Now in 3 to 5 years from now there will be previews of this new land!!!

 

[Garyjames220]

Over the years iv noticed Disney needs permits for everything, to change rides, even signs, new experiences etc

Who do they need to get the permit from and why is this needed with more less everything if Disney own the land anyway and there just changing a ride etc

Iv always wondered but never asked

 

[Gremlin Gus]

If I had to guess what "Ro" for TA means, yeah, I have absolutely no clue, I don't think it's a reference to anything in Encanto or Indiana Jones, so I'm guessing it's either an abbreviation for something (though the "O" would have to be capitalized), or it's a part of a word, your guess is as good as mine on that one.