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

EricsBiscuit

EricsBiscuit

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The Fantasy Springs fairy ride is WDI’s latest c ticket bus bar ride. Photos from my trip last May:

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Queen Victoria!
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Gremlin Gus

Gremlin Gus

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Marc Davis Fan said:
It'll be really interesting to see how the "green hills facade" will look.

DAK has some of the best "geology" in all of WDW. Although this doesn't seem like it'll be Zsolt Hormay rockwork, I hope it creates a sense of depth that makes the land feel more real.
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We can see how it'll look from Bioreconstruct where if you look at to left of the image below, you can see testing of the Encanto showbuilding exteriors and mountains (the light green wall being the mountain and the dark green one with all the plants being the wells for the showbuilding)

It also looks like you can see exterior testing for what I assume is the Casita and other walls around the Encanto attraction

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Goofyernmost

Goofyernmost

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Brer Panther said:
From what I recall, the idea of the Tony Baxter pitch was for the attraction to be two-level, with the underwater scenes on the lower level. There was no way Iger's Disney was gonna do that, though - too expensive and probably too complicated for them as well.
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Someone can correct me if I'm my memory is deserting me, but I seem to remember that as we enter the underwater zone we did go downward to the scenes.
 
flyerjab

flyerjab

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mitchk said:
The building is rising very quickly. This was taken about 25 minutes ago.View attachment 905009
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I just watched DSNY’s video on the construction coverage of this. I keep forgetting how big this building is going to be in its entirety. It measures out to roughly 80,000 square feet. We are really seeing closer to a bit more than a third of it from a vertical perspective. Really hoping they nail this with Vaughn’s leadership.
 
mitchk

mitchk

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flyerjab said:
I just watched DSNY’s video on the construction coverage of this. I keep forgetting how big this building is going to be in its entirety. It measures out to roughly 80,000 square feet. We are really seeing closer to a bit more than a third of it from a vertical perspective. Really hoping they nail this with Vaughn’s leadership.
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Oh yeah, I love Jack… I watch him whenever he puts a new video up. He just had one up about 24 hours ago… Great guy… Yes, that ride building is going to be huge… From things I’m hearing and what they’ve been saying on the Internet is that it’s definitely gonna be an Omni mover type of ride system… I’m guessing something along the lines of the little mermaid .. but on a much bigger scale obviously… And surprisingly it looks like they could be on track to get it done by mid to late 2027… I just hope they don’t let us down… Again…🤞
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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A related question - The last day for Dinosaur is this coming Sunday.

Does anyone know if there are still PPRs remaining for that Sunday?

Someone asked me but I have no way to find out myself so I figured I would ask you folks.
 
Coaster Lover

Coaster Lover

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In the Parks
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mitchk said:
From things I’m hearing and what they’ve been saying on the Internet is that it’s definitely gonna be an Omni mover type of ride system… I’m guessing something along the lines of the little mermaid .. but on a much bigger scale obviously… 🤞
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I think the consensus among insiders here has been that it will be a tracked/buzz bar, multi-car system (think Journey into Imagination, but [likely] without any elevation changes).
 
Disney Analyst

Disney Analyst

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Can anyone help me to understand how the Dinosaur layout differs from Indiana Jones? I know it's said to be the same (mostly), but when I think of my times riding both, I don't feel like Dinosaur has the same level of layers and depth

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Is it a similar layout, but flatter? Trying to figure out what a new version of Indy could be like, in a gutted Dinosaur. I'm assuming no grand expanse, bridge moment, pit below?
 

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