News Animal Kingdom 25th Anniversary

[Elijah Abrams]

Not happening man.

Way to be a buzzkill, man! 5 users here liked my previous comment on this thread.

 

[BlakeW39]

Way to be a buzzkill, man! 5 users here liked my previous comment on this thread.

Sorry but I mean it isn't. Wish it was but I'd bet all my assets it won't.

 

[doctornick]

WDW used to follow Disneyland's approach up until the mid to late 2000s. You can thank the existence of Mickey's Birthdayland/Starland/Mickey's ToonTown for the existence of this.

It’s different crowds and demand though. Many guests that come to WDW want to have specific places and times to meet specific characters. This demand requires longer meeting hours and results in lines and given the climate in Florida having them indoors just works better.

DL with more of their guests being regulars doesn’t have the same type of demand so those roaming M&Gs aren’t the mob scenes they would be at WDW.

 

[TrainsOfDisney]

Many guests that come to WDW want to have specific places and times to meet specific characters. This demand requires longer meeting hours and results in lines

It’s the same at Disneyland. There are specific areas you can see specific characters and those characters are pretty much always out and they always have a line.

In addition to that - many more less popular characters roam the park freely.

It’s very rare that you walk into DL or DCA and you don’t see Mickey and others out greeting guests.

 

[UNCgolf]

It’s different crowds and demand though. Many guests that come to WDW want to have specific places and times to meet specific characters. This demand requires longer meeting hours and results in lines and given the climate in Florida having them indoors just works better.

DL with more of their guests being regulars doesn’t have the same type of demand so those roaming M&Gs aren’t the mob scenes they would be at WDW.

I think this is a the chicken or the egg thing. Did they make the change because people want specific times/places, or do people want that because it's now what they're used to?

I don't think people really had a problem at WDW when characters were more free roaming (and as I said, they still do this at EPCOT sometimes, even with headliners like Mickey). Once it became a standard offering, though (likely due to FP+ rather than any other factors), people became accustomed to it and there could be a pushback if it was eliminated.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

WDW should treat meet and greets like Disneyland where most of "them" are just characters walking around.

They add SO much to a land's atmosphere. To me, that´s how you use IP.

They tried that with Mando and Grogu, they were met with mobs of people

 

[bmr1591]

Hollywood Studios does a good job of putting characters out just hanging. Edna Mode, Chip and Dale, and Donald and Daisy all will walk around the park, have a picnic, hang out in front of the theater...

 

[wdwmagic]

Here is the letter that was inside the time capusle

 

[BlakeW39]

Here is the letter that was inside the time capusle
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Congratulations to Disney's Animal Kingdom! A wonderful park that has been my personal favorite from the very first time I visited.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Here is the letter that was inside the time capusle
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Sadly, they don't seem to like using that "New Spiecies of Theme Park" anymore...Notice NAHTAHZU is no where mentioned...

 

[BlakeW39]

Sadly, they don't seem to like using that "New Spiecies of Theme Park" anymore...Notice NAHTAHZU is no where mentioned...

Well I think that's partly just because the park is no longer a "new" anything.

 

[Vinnie Mac]

Here is the letter that was inside the time capusle
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It's pretty cool reading this cause im sure 2023 seemed like such a far off year back then and now here we are with a changed world and evolved technology reading reading this letter.

Would love if Epic Universe had a time capsule set for like 2055 or something

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

It's pretty cool reading this cause im sure 2023 seemed like such a far off year back then and now here we are with a changed world and evolved technology reading reading this letter.

Would love if Epic Universe had a time capsule set for like 2055 or something

I don't even think they did one for IOA as it's 25th anniversary is next year..

 

[No Name]

Way to be a buzzkill, man! 5 users here liked my previous comment on this thread.

I choose to pretend that comment and this one are a joke. I refuse to succumb to this level of cringe!

seems kind of silly to dig up a time capsule only 25 years after it was buried. I mean people working when it was buried are still working there today.

I don’t think the video made clear the fact that the people who buried it intended for it to be dug up 25 years later, so while that’s still a fine decision to question, it was decided 25 years ago!