Maybe, maybe not. I don't think its a far stretch to think that they could have gone from potentially talking dragons and such to other sentient animals more akin to Zootopia. But guess we'll never really know from that perspective.
Here’s my opinion this project should have started happening in 2022 and should have had an up ride instead of encanto it would have been a better fit for animal kingdom and would have filled the same family ride role in the parks lineup but encanto is what’s happening and I’m still very excited to see a great movie get its own ride!
“Promptly shudders”
I'm sure many monocles would fall into dole whips as the artists faint and gasps since i'm the first person to ever comment its always been profit driven.
I think any film that involves animals CAN fit into AK if the storyline and theme of the ride fit in AK. If the Encanto ride is either about Antonio introducing us to various animals or if the Madrigals are trying to help nature or find or respect a columbian animal or something, the ride will fit. I assume we will get a book style report ride with the songs, with a slightly enhanced presence for Antonio... which while I'm sure will be a great ride, won't fit in AK.
The emperor's new groove soundtrack actually has 12 songs... it was just all cut when the movie was no longer a musical https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emperor's_New_Groove_(soundtrack)
Thanks Len, so the GOTG:MB ride ranks higher than the TOT ride at DCA. I'll call that a win for Joe Rohde
Don't twist yourself into knots trying to make it work. I like the execution of Pandora's landscape, but that doesn't make it fit the park. They should have put Pandora in DHS, if they were going to put it anywhere.
The cowards should put The Sweatbox on Disney+.
I'm not. I just happen to agree with Rohde's statements around it.
Rohde said all of that with Iger's pistol in his back.
I’m trying to distinguish between emperors new groove and kingdom of the sun.
Kingdom of the sun's plot was a Prince and the Pauper story with Owen Lighting McQueen Wilson as Pacha instead of John Goodman and David Spade still as Kuzco..
I know. we were discussing the idea of a show repurposing parts of the plot of kingdom of the sun for the Nemo theater.
After reading said plot and seeing The Sweatbox which is a very interesting film I'm glad Mark Dindal came in to fix it to the best abilities and make it what it is..
Funnily enough, I agree with this on essentially everything EXCEPT Zootopia. It seems counterintuitive because, looking superficially at things, Zootopia seems to have the most to do with animals, but of the IP listed, it actually leaves the least room for real animal stories. It’s certainly accurate to say that animals are not core to IJ or Encanto, but the characters at least can and do interface with animals and/or cryptozoological creatures that behave in animalian fashion. Even if you went to the outskirts of the Zootopia world as you suggest, the characters still act like humans, just rural ones. Anything “animal” is essentially reduced to a quirk. Oh, this character is slow, that one has poor eyesight, that one sleeps underground, etc. Again, they can kind of work as commentators within our world, but unlike IJ and Encanto, which mostly share “our” world with some supernatural touches, the world of Zootopia is completely divorced from the topics and issues AK tackles.
