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

BrianLo

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I only want one thing out of both Encanto and the Villains dark ride - AA figures arranged in depth to form a scene. I don’t need bleeding edge figures. Movement can be limited. But I want them DOING something - dancing or arguing with each other, making potions, playing with animals. I don’t want them staring at me and flailing.

I’m preparing for disappointment.

In isolation, what are you thoughts on the finale scene of Tiana’s? Just curious if the rider being entirely left unaddressed is also the requirement?

B&TB might be the most recent one that springs to mind where riders are generally being ignored. On the flip side, I also quite like Mystic Manor where we are both addressed and unaddressed.
 

HMF

Well-Known Member
I'd be surprised if Indy has many AA's but I do think Encanto and Villains will have a good amount of AA's. At least more than Tiana's and hopefully these one's actually work.
They will likely work better because they aren't being retrofitted into a damp building constructed in the late 80s/early 90s right next to a water flume.
 
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HMF

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There is a distinction between the older IP and non-IP rides, but I’d argue you’re overstating it. Pan has the boat fight, for instance, Scary has the dance scene and dwarf chase finale, Pooh has the windy day and rainy day. There aren’t as many characters as in Pirates or Mansion, but they’re formed into scenes and are interacting with one another. None of the rides you mentioned except Frozen and Mermaid have the figures directly addressing the riders. Frozen is really the prime example of how not to do a dark ride.
Also, Scary Adventures wasn't as much of a literal re-telling of the movie initially as it was when it closed. The original version which lasted until 1994 seems to imply that the witch stalks you through the forest and in the dwarfs, mine ends up dropping a diamond on your head supposedly killing you.
 

eddie104

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They will likely work better because they aren't being retrofitted into a damp building constructed in the late 80s/early 90s right next to a water flume.
Wow I actually agree with you.

But this point constantly gets overlooked when Tiana’s is brought up because they hate that Disney had to replace a “classic” attraction for it.
 

lazyboy97o

Well-Known Member
I'm of the opinion that one of Disney's biggest mistakes in the parks is feeling the need to create E tickets which seem to end up with lower throughput. Give me a high capacity C and and D for the price of a E any day.
Most everything has to be a marquee attraction that will drive visitation because their project costs are so out of control.
 

_caleb

Well-Known Member
It's interesting that so many are calling for the tea party approach to AA scenes. It's been a long time since they adopted the interactive approach, where AAs acknowledge and "interact" with guests rather than acting as if we aren’t there, hasn't it?

Some of this may be due to generational preferences, but I believe both approaches are valid and can be useful in the right circumstances. I generally think audiences expect our presence in a scene to be part of the story (I partly blame Universal for this), which helps build tension and create the feeling that the action is happening to us, rather than just to the characters as we watch.
 

James Alucobond

Well-Known Member
It's interesting that so many are calling for the tea party approach to AA scenes. It's been a long time since they adopted the interactive approach, where AAs acknowledge and "interact" with guests rather than acting as if we aren’t there, hasn't it?

Some of this may be due to generational preferences, but I believe both approaches are valid and can be useful in the right circumstances. I generally think audiences expect our presence in a scene to be part of the story (I partly blame Universal for this), which helps build tension and create the feeling that the action is happening to us, rather than just to the characters as we watch.
There are many modern examples that don’t interact with the guest. What is rarer is to see them operating on a loop. They almost always trigger now as a result of the ride vehicle approaching.
 

Nickm2022

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I'm of the opinion that one of Disney's biggest mistakes in the parks is feeling the need to create E tickets which seem to end up with lower throughput. Give me a high capacity C and and D for the price of a E any day.
completely agree! while obv not a copy they should build rides the same size of Pooh or Peterpan where they eat a lot of ppl but are smaller rides, esp TL and DHS would benefit from those greatly
 

Brer Panther

Well-Known Member
I'd be surprised if Indy has many AA's but I do think Encanto and Villains will have a good amount of AA's. At least more than Tiana's and hopefully these one's actually work. Personally I am more curious if they're gonna used that new projection mapping face they teased on the imagineering video they posted recently as I could see that being used for indy
I'm sure there'll be at least one animatronic of each Encanto character. They'll likely just stand there flailing their arms like the ones in Tiana's, though.
Pan has the boat fight, for instance, Scary has the dance scene and dwarf chase finale, Pooh has the windy day and rainy day. There aren’t as many characters as in Pirates or Mansion, but they’re formed into scenes and are interacting with one another.
Another thing worth mentioning is that Peter Pan and Pooh both move through the scenes quicker than Tiana and Runaway Railway do, so you don't really notice that the scenes don't have seventy-three animatronics in them.
None of the rides you mentioned except Frozen and Mermaid have the figures directly addressing the riders.
Well, actually, some of them do. Pooh has Tigger and Gopher talking to the riders. In Disneyland's Alice in Wonderland ride, some of the characters (like the Doorknob and Tweedledee and Tweedledum) do talk to the riders as well. I honestly don't mind that, it helps bring you into the story. By contrast, in Little Mermaid you just roll by the characters singing and not interacting with you at all (aside from Scuttle), which makes you feel like you're just watching the movie.

Frozen's main problem is that the story sucks, as folks on Tumblr have said it's basically a meet-and-greet masquerading as a ride.
 

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
What you think about drones coming to AK? @marni1971 Fascinating the info put out today with Aquatic drones at Disney Adventure World!
I’ve not heard about DAK. I’ve been following the drone development for Paris over the last year. They’ve done a lot of R&D plus the amphitheater in Orlando is just wasting away. And a bit of an eyesore.
 

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