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

[doctornick]

I would like a walkthrough similar to Journey of Water.

I think it was a huge missed opportunity to not have an "animal trail" in Pandora analogous to the trails in Africa/Asia but with obviously AA animals. Especially if it would be at least partially indoors and out of the weather. The land is nice to walk about and explore but an explicit path would have really been a good way to round off the land.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Not sure how you figure we're down a ride unless you're counting Primeval Whirl as two rides.

We're down a C-Ticket level ride. It (Primeval) is being upgraded to a D- or E- Ticket ride.

Remember the fandom mantra... "Disney parks need more C-Ticket rides."

And Disney execs: "Make 'em all Es!!!"

 

[BrianLo]

We're down a C-Ticket level ride. It (Primeval) is being upgraded to a D- or E- Ticket ride.

Remember the fandom mantra... "Disney parks need more C-Ticket rides."

And Disney execs: "Make 'em all Es!!!"

The shoes used to be reversed. Stop building spinners and give us some quality again.

I much prefer this current era and execs like the monetization.

 

[eddie104]

That still doesn't defend USF's recent line up of modern stinkers plus imo the Lost Continent should have a replacement before they started closing stuff. Imagine you walked into Africa one day in AK and they said "yeah we decided to close the Safari and FOTK but we don't have any released plans for whats going here"

People would be rightfully ed off.

I’m not excusing anything and even agree with you about Jurassic needing a huge refurb.

Universal Creative leadership admitted that Fast and Furious shouldn’t have never been built.

You must not follow their parks like I do. All this information is very much public.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I’m not excusing anything and even agree with you about Jurassic needing a huge refurb.

Universal Creative leadership admitted that Fast and Furious shouldn’t have never been built.

You must not follow their parks like I do. All this information is very much public.

Universal does a lot of “destroy and replace”. I my view, what was the replacement; are we getting something better in replacement.

F&F was the worst destroy and replacement ever done by Universal. They destroyed Disaster! I loved the subway with the exploding tanker and the food! That was always great no matter how many times you saw it.

Universal destroyed two attractions for the failed F&F; that monsters stage show and Disaster! For that. Very bad!

 

[UNCgolf]

While I think USF is a pretty bad park right now (other than Diagon Alley), it's probably significantly worse for people who visited/remember the 1990s version.

Most of current USF is a downgrade from what was there 30 years ago, so it fares especially badly in comparison. It's similar to the former Future World at EPCOT in that regard.

 

[IMDREW]

I think it was a huge missed opportunity to not have an "animal trail" in Pandora analogous to the trails in Africa/Asia but with obviously AA animals. Especially if it would be at least partially indoors and out of the weather. The land is nice to walk about and explore but an explicit path would have really been a good way to round off the land.

When we saw that banshee animatronic in Singapore I thought it only natural for a trail at DAK through caverns leading to the creature, but it never came. I think a lot of people would visit the park to see that and it could be a very fast build.

 

[flyerjab]

If we're talking Encanto/Indy expansion (looks up at thread title) I think the focus needs to be on Nemo. That's a pretty substantial plot for future development. Either leveling it or a new show that's themed to Tropical Americas. I guess if they were to do a flat ride here however, I'd probably want it to be Bumper Cars or Bumper Boats for a change.

One idea I thought of instantly when Tropical Americas was first mentioned was changing the Finding Nemo show to an Encanto show. I don’t know how overall popular the movie was, but I do know that the music from that movie was very well liked.

With the change to a Tropical Americas land, having a random Nemo theater show place between Asia and Tropical Americas seems odd to me. I would rather this get changed and included into the Tropical Americas land instead.

 

[eddie104]

While I think USF is a pretty bad park right now

Not liking the attraction lineup doesn’t make it bad park in essence.

A lot of people use nostalgia as a way to justify not liking something. But I can only name a few problem areas and they can be fixed in time.

 

[Gremlin Gus]

One idea I thought of instantly when Tropical Americas was first mentioned was changing the Finding Nemo show to an Encanto show. I don’t know how overall popular the movie was, but I do know that the music from that movie was very well liked.

With the change to a Tropical Americas land, having a random Nemo theater show place between Asia and Tropical Americas seems odd to me. I would rather this get changed and included into the Tropical Americas land instead.

I think the only issue with changing the Finding Nemo show to an Encanto show is that there would be an "oversaturation" of Encanto content in a land that's themed to the tropical regions of the Americas. I could see them maybe doing an Encanto show there if they want to save money rather than demolishing it, though I would like to see the Finding Nemo show get replaced with an Up ride as the space is there to do it (though I doubt it'll be an E or maybe a D ticket attraction) and there is a rumored Up ride coming to Tokyo Disneyland, so there's that. I guess the other possible IP I could going there is maybe Coco or Emperor's New Groove as either stage shows or attractions, but I'd like to see Up the most imo.

 

[Fox&Hound]

I think the only issue with changing the Finding Nemo show to an Encanto show is that there would be an "oversaturation" of Encanto content in a land that's themed to the tropical regions of the Americas. I could see them maybe doing an Encanto show there if they want to save money rather than demolishing it, though I would like to see the Finding Nemo show get replaced with an Up ride as the space is there to do it (though I doubt it'll be an E or maybe a D ticket attraction) and there is a rumored Up ride coming to Tokyo Disneyland, so there's that. I guess the other possible IP I could going there is maybe Coco or Emperor's New Groove as either stage shows or attractions, but I'd like to see Up the most imo.

Yes but the Up ride is literally a swings ride from a local amusement park or state fair. It is nothing special. Up should have a moving theatre ride that makes you feel like you are lifting up in the air and moving back and forth.

Edit- I do think parks need more rides and A/B tickets at that but it is disappointing that Up’s first ride is so basic. Maybe with a little more theming it would seem better but the theming in the concept art is pretty bare.

 

[Gremlin Gus]

Yes but the Up ride is literally a swings ride from a local amusement park or state fair. It is nothing special. Up should have a moving theatre ride that makes you feel like you are lifting up in the air and moving back and forth.

I was talking about the Tokyo Disneyland rumor of the ride, not the Disneyland Paris one. Though I agree with what you said with it being a moving theatre ride.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Probably never happen but maybe they could do a stage show of Raya and the Last Dragon. While in a fictional land it is inspired by Southeast Asia so could connect it to the Asia part of AK and then could finally have Dragons represented like on the park logo

 

[MrHappy]

Not liking the attraction lineup doesn’t make it bad park in essence.

A lot of people use nostalgia as a way to justify not liking something. But I can only name a few problem areas and they can be fixed in time.

Just got back from 2 days USF, 3 days IoA. Flew in from CT. We chose not to give Disney our money this year, rather, take advantage of pre-Epic deals.
There are definitely some pros and cons comparing to Disney. But as an admitted pixie duster, I was impressed. USF’s front was a little wonky, but Minion “land” is a nice strip. Dreamwork land was nice too.
Whatever they do to Rip Ride, I’m sure will further add cohesion and energy.
Disney better stop with the silly summertime discounts and get a clue.

 

[Disney Analyst]

Not liking the attraction lineup doesn’t make it bad park in essence.

A lot of people use nostalgia as a way to justify not liking something. But I can only name a few problem areas and they can be fixed in time.

The parks bones are still good, but the lineup inside is pretty … lacklustre.

If Fallon, F&F, Minions (both of them) all closed tomorrow, I don’t think any tears would be shed.

 

[UNCgolf]

Not liking the attraction lineup doesn’t make it bad park in essence.

A lot of people use nostalgia as a way to justify not liking something. But I can only name a few problem areas and they can be fixed in time.

The park was better then in reasons beyond just the attraction lineup (although the attraction lineup was significantly better, the current attraction lineup at USF is lackluster at best). It's easily the worst park out any of the Universal or Disney parks in Orlando, even though Diagon Alley is fantastic.

Most of what's good about the park today (again, Diagon Alley aside) are the underlying bones from when it actually was a good park. You honestly might be the first person I've heard suggest that the current version of USF doesn't need a major overhaul.

And no, it has nothing to do with nostalgia. That's a cop out argument -- basically boils down to "I don't want to accept that someone could think differently than I do for legitimate reasons, so I'll just dismiss their opinion out of hand".

 

[eddie104]

might be the first person I've heard suggest that the current version of USF doesn't need a major overhaul.

Because there a lot of things to like about the park’s current design that don’t necessarily need a full overhaul but maybe a few touch ups here and there.

I can go into extreme detail about what I do to “improve” the main campus but rather not.

Anyways this is not the USO thread I won’t be replying further concerning that topic.

If Fallon, F&F, Minions (both of them) all closed tomorrow, I don’t think any tears would be shed.

I actually agree with you but we all know F&F is a horrible attraction. Fallon and Minion are popular and get good guest scores.

Not saying they don’t need replacements but I don’t think they are leaving anytime soon.

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

IOA is one of the best parks in Orlando and USF is not horrible at all.

It’s been getting small upgrades and refreshes here and there while Epic has been under construction.

Now they can fully focus on their main campus since the budget is not tied up anymore.

USF isn’t horrible not but I do think it’s comfortably last place of the 7 Disney/Uni parks. It’s a in a bad state at the moment. Not even the attractions only, the park itself is not in good shape.

 

[RosR9]

One idea I thought of instantly when Tropical Americas was first mentioned was changing the Finding Nemo show to an Encanto show. I don’t know how overall popular the movie was, but I do know that the music from that movie was very well liked.

With the change to a Tropical Americas land, having a random Nemo theater show place between Asia and Tropical Americas seems odd to me. I would rather this get changed and included into the Tropical Americas land instead.

I’m surprised they haven’t torn down Nemo and put the Moana ride there. One random ocean experience traded for another. Is there room behind Nemo for an expansion for the Moana ride and they could make a mini Oceana land?

 

[threvester]

One idea I thought of instantly when Tropical Americas was first mentioned was changing the Finding Nemo show to an Encanto show. I don’t know how overall popular the movie was, but I do know that the music from that movie was very well liked.

With the change to a Tropical Americas land, having a random Nemo theater show place between Asia and Tropical Americas seems odd to me. I would rather this get changed and included into the Tropical Americas land instead.

you hear the songs on the attraction and then again in a show.......no thanks...1 encanto thing is more than enough