DAK “Zootopia” is being created for the Tree of Life theater

[Tony the Tigger]

I think when people understand none of these things are meant to be permanent, and stop worrying about recreating that memory from when they were six, this will all go better.

Enjoy and appreciate attractions, restaurants, and resorts for what they are in the moment. Know they will change over time. Everything changes. Towns change. Other theme parks change.

And if you don’t like something, same thing, know it will change!

ITTBAB was great. But how many times do people enjoy it before skipping it? It reaches a point where it’s time to change it up. I enjoyed it. I appreciate that I was able to see it as a walk-on several times over decades, and I look forward to what comes next. I guess I’ll have to finally watch Zootopia on D+. (See, synergy is real lol.)

 

[Vclguy90]

Go back to the beginning of the thread you're commenting on, that was started 2 years before you became a member.

I'm sorry, but why is this response relevant to his comment?

 

[Jayspency]

The loss meter is like...

Muppets=RoA>Dinosaur>>ITtbaB>>>RnRC

For me at least.

It’s different for everyone.

I don’t care about ROA at all, but I’m devastated to lose MuppetVision.
Meanwhile, my mom really only cares about RnRC.

I’ll take pride in being the one here to fully care about RnRC

 

[Sorcerer Mickey]

I can't believe we're still groaning about IP being shoved into the parks. The mandate began more than a decade ago. They're only replacing IP with other IP at this point.

 

[joanna71985]

I'm so ready for the show to change! I never liked the current one at all

 

[Professortango1]

It’s different for everyone.

I don’t care about ROA at all, but I’m devastated to lose MuppetVision.
Meanwhile, my mom really only cares about RnRC.

Yes, it is different for everyone. Tough to be a Bug is the biggest loss for me. Then ROA. Then RnRC and MuppetVision a distant last. I appreciate MV3D, but I can't say that I still like it. It feels like a museum piece or time capsule.

 

[PizzaPlanet]

I’ll take pride in being the one here to fully care about RnRC

I’m with ya, I have a lot of great memories and will definitely miss it. Although thankfully this redo seems to be keeping a lot of the theme intact. I much prefer this option over a total retheme to some random Disney movie

 

[GenChi]

I can't believe we're still groaning about IP being shoved into the parks. The mandate began more than a decade ago. They're only replacing IP with other IP at this point.

An original attraction being removed always hits harder than IP replacing IP because you know we aren't getting new ones and once it's gone it's almost never coming back.

What's interesting here is seeing what IP is being retired. Bugs Life is one that's fully being removed from parks for newer fare, likely never hit the metrics they wanted. Makes you think which IPs are being retired next, or will newer stuff get attractions and be retired themselves in the far future.

 

[WorldExplorer]

It's Tough to be a Bug is one of those things that was very enjoyable, but it's not a personal favorite and if I had faith that what they were replacing it with would be just as enjoyable I would be a little sad but okay with it.

I just don't expect them to make anything as good.

An original attraction being removed always hits harder than IP replacing IP because you know we aren't getting new ones and once it's gone it's almost never coming back.

What's interesting here is seeing what IP is being retired. Bugs Life is one that's fully being removed from parks for newer fare, likely never hit the metrics they wanted. Makes you think which IPs are being retired next, or will newer stuff get attractions and be retired themselves in the far future.

It's worth remembering that It's Tough to Be a Bug's IP use is just one step above Dinosaur for how vague and useless it is. If you like A Bug's Life there isn't a lot for you in there unless you like it mainly based off the character design style.

All it really has is Flik = nice ant and Hopper = mean grasshopper. Any additional traits for those characters, like fifteen other characters, and all of the plot is gone. While bugs in the movie had whole cities, here you don't see anything more advanced than a slingshot. If you changed the designs and names of Flik and Hopper but kept the same script, I don't think anyone would go "Wait... isn't this just A Bug's Life?".

So while there's IP in there, it's a rare instance of fitting the park prioritizing over the IP. Actually fitting, not twisting into a pretzel just to reach that slim "well, technically..." area where it still doesn't fit.

 

[Gusey]

It's worth remembering that It's Tough to Be a Bug's IP use is just one step above Dinosaur for how vague and useless it is. If you like A Bug's Life there isn't a lot for you in there unless you like it mainly based off the character design style.

All it really has is Flik = nice ant and Hopper = mean grasshopper. Any additional traits for those characters, like fifteen other characters, and all of the plot is gone. While bugs in the movie had whole cities, here you don't see anything more advanced than a slingshot. If you changed the designs and names of Flik and Hopper but kept the same script, I don't think anyone would go "Wait... isn't this just A Bug's Life?".

So while there's IP in there, it's a rare instance of fitting the park prioritizing over the IP. Actually fitting, not twisting into a pretzel just to reach that slim "well, technically..." area where it still doesn't fit.

That is partly because It's Tough to be a Bug opened 7 months before A Bug's Life came out, so they couldn't really use any of the movies storyline without spoiling the movie

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I can't believe we're still groaning about IP being shoved into the parks. The mandate began more than a decade ago. They're only replacing IP with other IP at this point.

Perhaps because the results aren’t great…as is their ineptitude to do anything that makes sense has grown even more

 

[MisterPenguin]

I'm only OK with Zootopia taking over the ToL if and only if, spiders drop from the ceiling and I can hear terrified shrieks from children and adults alike over very clearly fake spiders.

 

[aladdin2007]

I'm only OK with Zootopia taking over the ToL if and only if, spiders drop from the ceiling and I can hear terrified shrieks from children and adults alike over very clearly fake spiders.

reminds me of honey I shrunk the audience, use to love watching that whole room go crazy with the mice, that was fun! Can't do anything like that anymore it upsets too many.

 

[mattpeto]

This attraction still has hours through the end of March (last calendar day published).

Winter 2025 is late December. This has to be closing soon doesn't it?

 

[Tony the Tigger]

I'm only OK with Zootopia taking over the ToL if and only if, spiders drop from the ceiling and I can hear terrified shrieks from children and adults alike over very clearly fake spiders.

Confirmed! It’s Tough To Be A Zookeeper With Arachnophobia In A Zoo Inexplicably Under The Tree (Not Under The Sea)

 

[Gusey]

This attraction still has hours through the end of March (last calendar day published).

Winter 2025 is late December. This has to be closing soon doesn't it?

If they're aiming for a November 2025 opening (when Zootopia 2 comes out), they'll have to close it by Mayish if we're going by Country Bear update timeline.

 

[Agent H]

This attraction still has hours through the end of March (last calendar day published).

Winter 2025 is late December. This has to be closing soon doesn't it?

Stuff on the website gets messed up all the time I wouldn’t be surprised if this changes

 

[Brer Panther]

I recall reading in an Imagineering book that Flik and Hopper were the only character designs solidified when It's Tough to Be a Bug was in production, so that's why they're the only characters from the movie to appear.

 

[Brer Panther]

Why couldn't they put Claire, Chili, and Termiteator in the movie?? Even as background cameos??

I believe it was Rhythm and Hues who did the animation for It's Tough to Be a Bug as opposed to PIXAR, so maybe PIXAR just didn't have the models for those characters?

 

[Brer Panther]

Who are Rhythm and Hues?? Did they do the non-movie Toy Story stuff??

They mainly did visual effects for movies, but they also animated the Coca-Cola ads with the polar bears.

I think the non-movie Toy Story stuff was still done at PIXAR, but I could be wrong.