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

Professortango1

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They should've put Guardians of the Galaxy either in Tomorrowland or as a retheme of Rock 'n' Roller Coaster.
Exactly! They should have done Mission BreakOut in Orlando and then rethemed RnRC to another non-Universal Superhero IP. They could even make Rogers the Musical work in the theatre by just never outright saying "Captain America" or any taboo IP's.
 

Tom Morrow

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Not sure if joking or not, but no, they should not do any of that, and I'm glad that the Muppets taking over RnRc doesn't change the area from fictional Hollywood to something else.

Not that it isn't without its own issues - The first half of Sunset Blvd is set during WWII, and ToT, RnRc, and the theaters are "present day" (the Hollywood Tower Hotel was abandoned in 1939 but you are experiencing it in present day). But this is still so much better than just scrapping all of that for Marvel slop.
 

BrianLo

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*anthropomorphic

Oops, I actually claim real autocorrect this time! Post I made moments before just so I don’t have to live in forever vernacular shame. 🤣

More of a comedy. Much more anthropomorphic. The gist being all critters are anthropomorphic in their own way, we just can’t tell; rather than the main character having to instill human behaviour or learning much about animal behaviour. Most of the “animal behaviour” the movie offers you’ve seen in the trailers.

Wild Robot is more artsy and sentimental. This movie goes unhinged. Both in their own good way.

I’d say this movie is more Pixar’s’ Secret life of pets than Wild Robot, tonally. Rather than a statement of quality, this is a much better movie than Secret Life of Pets. Or kinda reminiscent of how Fish act in Nemo.
 

Professortango1

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Not sure if joking or not, but no, they should not do any of that, and I'm glad that the Muppets taking over RnRc doesn't change the area from fictional Hollywood to something else.

Not that it isn't without its own issues - The first half of the street is set during WWII, ToT, RnRc, and the theaters are "present day" (the Hollywood Tower Hotel was abandoned in 1939 but you are experiencing it in present day), but this is still so much better than just scrapping all of that for Marvel slop.
I mean, I'd prefer to keep all Tower of Terrors and just update RnRC and the area around it, but if they were intent on turning TOT into an action ride, Orlando's TOT is far better suited for that experience. They could have had an actual show scene in the 5th dimension area with AA's and effects that we travel through instead of the fully screen-based downgrade in California.
 

Centauri Space Station

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Moana - Journey of Water - there's almost no educational aspect and it's just an excuse to take Moana photo ops in a pretty environment. It does not fit thematically or aesthetically with Epcot at all and they forced in a couple of educational signs to give it the tiniest sliver of connection to "World Nature".
Every interactive element is a part of the water cycle. The signs are exactly what exhibits in world showcase use to teach. It fits world nature to a tee.
 

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Sir_Cliff

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Great, I'm busy through June, so when I have some time to myself this summer, I can watch it for free without giving Disney a dime. Thanks Disney! Aren't you glad you have your own streaming service where you have trained people to not see your movies in theatres because we know exactly what streaming service they will show up on in a quick amount of time. The ambiguity of where a non-Disney will stream forces me to see it in theatres, but not Disney! I haven't seen a Disney movie in theatres since summer of 2024.
If you're going to be too busy to watch the movie until June, then I guess you wouldn't have paid to see it in theatres anyway. Best of luck making it through the next few months!
 

peter11435

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Moana - Journey of Water - there's almost no educational aspect and it's just an excuse to take Moana photo ops in a pretty environment. It does not fit thematically or aesthetically with Epcot at all and they forced in a couple of educational signs to give it the tiniest sliver of connection to "World Nature".
You managed to type all of this and not have a single bit of truth
 

Tom Morrow

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Every interactive element is a part of the water cycle. The signs are exactly what exhibits in world showcase use to teach. It fits world nature to a tee.
You managed to type all of this and not have a single bit of truth
It’s about the water cycle.

Wave your hands to make water rise into the air magically = part of the natural cycle of water. Got it. The effects do not teach you what the signs are talking about, they teach you how to feel like Moana and control water. Remove the signs and what is the attraction about? Pretty views and moving the water magically like Moana.

I actually don't hate the attraction or anything, it's just drastically out of place in Epcot and was better suited for DAK.
 

MLevell

Member
that’s a great question… is there anything about Tropical of Americas that wouldn’t fit if they bulldozed Adventureland and plopped it down there?

Likewise the frozen ride at Epcot would be right at home in fantasyland - nobody would ride it and say “why is something about Norway at the magic kingdom? That belongs at Epcot!”
The Castle Parks are so all-encompassing of the Disney Parks Experience that really there are very few attractions that Disney has built anywhere that would feel really out of place at a Castle Park. It's probably only some of the behind-the-scenes MGM Studios stuff and yeah some of the World Showcase stuff that wouldn't fit at all.
 

Bocabear

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You managed to type all of this and not have a single bit of truth
I don't know.... It doesn't fit with it's location in EPCOT...certainly not thematically...The educational aspects are fine but seem thin...without a proper pavilion backing everything up it feels kind of lost...it certainly doesn't connect architectually or visually with the Seas pavilion... it is too far away, and again, no design connection whatsoever....and when I was there it was being used mostly as a selfie spot and kiddie splash pad... So yeah, I do feel like it is misplaced... Wuld have worked beautrifully in DAK... coukld have even worked as some part of Adventureland...but this was a bad location... It's pretty... but makes no sense where it was placed....
 

eddie104

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I don't know.... It doesn't fit with it's location in EPCOT...certainly not thematically...The educational aspects are fine but seem thin...without a proper pavilion backing everything up it feels kind of lost...it certainly doesn't connect architectually or visually with the Seas pavilion... it is too far away, and again, no design connection whatsoever....and when I was there it was being used mostly as a selfie spot and kiddie splash pad... So yeah, I do feel like it is misplaced... Wuld have worked beautrifully in DAK... coukld have even worked as some part of Adventureland...but this was a bad location... It's pretty... but makes no sense where it was placed....
I actually agree it looks a tad out of place at Epcot but they made it work by incorporating some educational aspects to it.
 

TrainsOfDisney

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Ideally that money would have been spent to plus the gardens that featured the worlds first jumping fountains - the gardens outside of the imagination pavilion! Ironically this is one of the few places at Epcot you can see actual topiaries as well! (The characters are not actually topiaries)

as much as I feel it’s thematically out of place…. It’s a true all-ages and all abilities attraction that never has a wait. The fact that was built in the Iger era is truly magical and makes me want to give it more credit than it actually deserves.
 
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Bocabear

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I think it is a cute splash pad/selfie attraction... no problem with the design...But a few educational signs doesn't really make it fit it's location... or even within the park. If it were literally attached to The Seas....so that it was essentially the entry into The Seas pavilion, and the style of the existing Seas pavilion were overhauled to match the aesthetic, then...Then it would work as part of the Seas... But as it is, it is a separate thing....that feels completely wrong for it's location and park.
 

AidenRodriguez731

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Wave your hands to make water rise into the air magically = part of the natural cycle of water. Got it. The effects do not teach you what the signs are talking about, they teach you how to feel like Moana and control water. Remove the signs and what is the attraction about? Pretty views and moving the water magically like Moana.

I actually don't hate the attraction or anything, it's just drastically out of place in Epcot and was better suited for DAK.
Yeah if you remove the one educational part about most educational attractions, turns out it won't be educational. Who knew!

If you removed all the narration from Living with the Land, it would also not be very educational. If you removed the educational aspects of Spaceship Earth, its just a ride through scenes of history that we don't know anything about!
 

aladdin2007

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Wave your hands to make water rise into the air magically = part of the natural cycle of water. Got it. The effects do not teach you what the signs are talking about, they teach you how to feel like Moana and control water. Remove the signs and what is the attraction about? Pretty views and moving the water magically like Moana.

I actually don't hate the attraction or anything, it's just drastically out of place in Epcot and was better suited for DAK.
Bingo! I had a friend with me visit who is not a regular but once in a while, and even she said how it looked like something that should be at DAK. That's because Disney didn't know what to do with Epcot, they still don't know what to do with Epcot, they have gotten so off course and abandoned just about everything it was about and designed to be, (no one with a vision, too many cooks in the kitchen). I could go on, but back to Tropical Americas, which I think is going to be beautiful when all is said and done.
 

AidenRodriguez731

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Bingo! I had a friend with me visit who is not a regular but once in a while, and even she said how it looked like something that should be at DAK. That's because Disney didn't know what to do with Epcot, they still don't know what to do with Epcot, they have gotten so off course and abandoned just about everything it was about and designed to be, (no one with a vision, too many cooks in the kitchen). I could go on, but back to Tropical Americas and Encanto and Jones.
But it is about the land/water cycle. And it is in front of the Land/Sea pavilions... And has nothing to do with animals.
 

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