The character is thee primary reason for the IP. Adventure Is Indiana Jones, and what is Indiana Jones' relationship to animals? What images does that evoke? are the kinds of questions asked if a property was tied in.
Primarily, Indiana Jones' connection with animals is his fearing of snakes while raiding temples and covering them with gasoline and setting them on fire.
Your description and idea is great as far as what can be done, and we know he can be made to fit, but it also makes the character ironically enough inconsequential.
It is not that your idea (and likely, they are coming up with one like it) are bad. But exploring and raiding are not the same.
The same framework you wrote is Expedition Everest with the mythical creature as the diety protector, and there was more care to that then plopping Indiana Jones on that adventure, because its not quite a fit. (It was argued against getting Indy in AK for a long time)
There seems to be a deep confusion around the difference between theme and characterization.
Taking out the fact that the IP mandate is dumb, and operating within those parameters, I'm going to say something controversial.
Almost *any* Disney IP can fit in almost *any* Disney Park.
There are a couple of qualifications to this:
* The *story* of whatever attraction the IP is added to has to fit the *theme* of the park or area - *or* the characterization of a specific character lends itself to the theme of the area.
* The characterization cannot be out of place for that character.
That's the whole point of taking known characters and putting them in new circumstances - you could have Wall-E in AK and have it be a thematic fit - or the Incredibles.
Now,.some things wouldn't fit. I would have a hard time seeing Star Wars, but even there there are some concepts that would fit.
Case in point: Many felt that Moana was a poor fit for Epcot - yet the end product actually turned out to be a decent thematic fit, even with the other legit criticism of that attraction. Conversely, Frozen is a decent thematic fit for Norway on the surface, but the execution was poor and not at all a thematic fit.
Indy can certainly be a good fit as described by other posts - a specific adventure that pits Indy against nature that he learns from.
Encanto as well - could be a ride through Casita and culminating in Antonio's room for an exploration of South American animals, or something more complex such as a threat to the local ecosystem.
Both of these can work within the theme of AK, be true to the characters, and present good stories and rides. Now, whether they execute on that is another story.
