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

TrainsOfDisney

TrainsOfDisney

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It may be easier to add capybaras to an existing facility near tropical Americas than to build a new one.

If the sloth rumor is true. They are considering animals that go with the franchises they are adding.
 
Coaster Lover

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danlb_2000 said:
Probably going to be part of the construction crew. ;)
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doctornick

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lentesta said:
Yes. I'm excited by all of Tropical Americas, including the Indy ride.

The Encanto building is massive, with tons of story elements. It might be like Runaway Railway is to DHS: not the headliner, but something I'll go on every time I'm in the park.
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From what you know, do you have any thoughts on how well the ride “fits” into DAK?
 
Gremlin Gus

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lentesta said:
Yes. I'm excited by all of Tropical Americas, including the Indy ride.

The Encanto building is massive, with tons of story elements. It might be like Runaway Railway is to DHS: not the headliner, but something I'll go on every time I'm in the park.
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I want to ask two question if possible:
1. Based off of what you've seen for the Encanto and Indiana Jones rides, what do you think will be the "fan-favorite" ride of the two?
2. In the Encanto ride concept art (see below), there appears to be water just below the Tapirs next to Camilo, is there anything from what you've seen that could indicate there will be actual water features in the ride, or is the water here just either just for concept or will be fake?

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lentesta

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doctornick said:
From what you know, do you have any thoughts on how well the ride “fits” into DAK?
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I think part of that answer depends on how you view Pandora in the context of DAK [1].

Right now it looks like the main thing that links Encanto to DAK is Antonio and the animals, going along with DAK's theme of man's relationship with nature.

If you're okay with Flight of Passage and NRJ in DAK because they show a (fictitional) culture's relationship with nature, then all of Tropical Americas should work for you. Especially since the cultures in Tropical Americas did not, to the best of my knowledge, originate with James Cameron [2].

If you think all of Pandora should've been in DHS because it's more about the movie than the nature, then you might feel the same way about Encanto.

I do think that the Indy story fits really well with DAK's themes of man's relationship with nature; and how different cultures view that relationship. I can see similarities with the story in Kali River Rapids, and the message of conservation on the plaster murals in Maharaja Jungle Trek.



[1] If you're okay with Pandora in Disney California Adventure, you're okay with anything.

[2] IDK guys I'm not an arthropologist or anything.
 
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doctornick

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lentesta said:
I think part of that answer depends on how you view Pandora in the context of DAK [1].

Right now it looks like the main thing that links Encanto to DAK is Antonio and the animals, going along with DAK's theme of man's relationship with nature.

If you're okay with Flight of Passage and NRJ in DAK because they show a (fictitional) culture's relationship with nature, then all of Tropical Americas should work for you. Especially since the cultures in Tropical Americas did not, to the best of my knowledge, originate with James Cameron [2].

If you think all of Pandora should've been in DHS because it's more about the movie than the nature, then you might feel the same way about Encanto.

I do think that the Indy story fits really well with DAK's themes of man's relationship with nature; and how different cultures view that relationship. I can see similarities with the story in Kali River Rapids, and the message of conservation on the plaster murals in Maharaja Jungle Trek.



[1] If you're okay with Pandora in Disney California Adventure, you're okay with anything.

[2] IDK guys I'm not an arthropologist or anything.
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Well I guess my question was more “Does the Encanto ride actually emphasize animals and nature?” as opposed to being more like a movie book report (and many here argue it will be).

If they do the same level of story treatments in Tropical Americas that they did for Pandora then I’d be thrilled. I’m one of those that thought Pandora was a logical choice for DAK (given the movie’s messaging) and the land execution was excellent in reinforcing that.
 
lentesta

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Gremlin Gus said:
I want to ask two question if possible:
1. Based off of what you've seen for the Encanto and Indiana Jones rides, what do you think will be the "fan-favorite" ride of the two?
2. In the Encanto ride concept art (see below), there appears to be water just below the Tapirs next to Camilo, is there anything from what you've seen that could indicate there will be actual water features in the ride, or is the water here just either just for concept or will be fake?
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1. I think they're both going to be popular. Definitely more popular than what was there before. The Indy ride will have actual Maya stories in it - the exterior temple design tells a story based on real Maya gods, and that story is continued in the attraction. So that's going to appeal to the "keep the theme in theme parks" folks and people who like thrill rides. (Apologies if you've heard this before, but I went to the Maya archaeology conference where Imagineering presented their work for the ride. Here's a blog post on it with slides from Imagineering's presentation.)

Encanto's going to appeal to people who want a kid-friendly, long, indoor dark ride with a catchy soundtrack. And people who like big, detailed dark rides. I think I said upstream that this feels a lot like Runaway Railway, and I love Runaway Railway.

2. I'm not sure what scene that concept art is from - I'm guessing the finale or the "goodbye" scene before unload.

I don't see anything about water features in the attraction. I can look for pipe runs the next time I have the docs open. But definitely nothing obvious like a show scene named "Rainforest" or callouts like "Water pools go here" are mentioned.
 
lentesta

lentesta

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doctornick said:
Well I guess my question was more “Does the Encanto ride actually emphasize animals and nature?” as opposed to being more like a movie book report (and many here argue it will be).
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Ah, got it. There's a show scene dedicated to Isabela. I'm guessing this will show flowers growing.

There's also a show scene that involves weather, so I'm guessing that's Pepa.

So yes, a substantial portion of the ride talks about the family's relationship with nature.

Thanks for that question - really helped clarify for me what's going on there.
 

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