Africa Marketplace expansion coming to Harambe at Disney's Animal Kingdom

LL2WDW

LL2WDW

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Next Big Thing said:
Yet still only one ride and one show (granted arguably the two best in each category in the park).

Point is, Africa needs another ride imo.
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It's all in how you look at it...to me, Harambe has two amazing attractions: Kilimarjaro, and Pangani. I can spend upwards of an hour in Pangani. Plus FOLK, plus getting a drink and listening to the band. Soon, you could add getting lunch in an outdoor market. Harambe becomes an experience that could last several hours.

Though I realize many people would find my idea dull. I do tend to be dull.
 
Skippy

Skippy

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LL2WDW said:
It's all in how you look at it...to me, Harambe has two amazing attractions: Kilimarjaro, and Pangani. I can spend upwards of an hour in Pangani. Plus FOLK, plus getting a drink and listening to the band. Soon, you could add getting lunch in an outdoor market. Harambe becomes an experience that could last several hours.

Though I realize many people would find my idea dull. I do tend to be dull.
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Pangani is fantastic. Might be my favorite attraction in the park after Everest. I could spend a good chunk of time just in awe of those tigers.
 
El Grupo

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Speaking of attractions, I'm curious if Disney's live-action version of The Jungle Book coming out in Spring, 2016 will lead to a ride for AK. Possibly something in a portion of the available plot just to the NE of the Harambe Village Train Station.

Or (allow me to dream) an Australia/New Zealand in the available plot (with a move of Nemo and addition of rides). And a live performance of Jungle Book in the existing theater where Nemo is performed.
 
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RandySavage

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El Grupo said:
Speaking of attractions, I'm curious if Disney's live-action version of The Jungle Book coming out in Spring, 2016 will lead to a ride for AK. Possibly something in a portion of the available plot just to the NE of the Harambe Village Train Station.

Or (allow me to dream) an Australia/New Zealand in the available plot (with a move of Nemo and addition of rides). And a live performance of Jungle Book in the existing theater where Nemo is performed.
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Not sure if you're aware, but animated Jungle Book was the original show in that theater when the park opened:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-world-resort-building-a-theater-in-the-wild/

That theater is in what I term "an interstitial" area, meaning small and not thematically associated with any land... useful for bringing in hot properties, like Nemo, without shoehorning them into other lands/settings.
 
Sped2424

Sped2424

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Figment2005 said:
Animal Kingdom is the closest thing we have to DisneySea.
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This is an excellent statement. The ONLY THING holding animal kingdom back from being the best park is lack of e ticket and other level attractions. If it had that,some more greatly themed merch places, it would be perfect.
 
Jon81uk

Jon81uk

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Next Big Thing said:
Yet still only one ride and one show (granted arguably the two best in each category in the park).

Point is, Africa needs another ride imo.
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And the Pangani trail, I can spend half hour on the trail alone. Also who can forget the Wildlife Express which leaves from Harambe station ;-)

It would be nice to see something more in the area, but I would rather see a well themed animal exhibit than a cheap spinner ride.
 
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doctornick

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roj2323 said:
Not where, What. What type of attraction would fit well and more importantly tie into the theming?
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Well, the trend for Disney is to make everything tie into an IP. In that vein, the two properties that would make sense in an "Africa" area are The Lion King or Tarzan. Obviously, the former has a presence with the show, but there could still be a ride in addition (one was supposedly on the table in the recent past per @marni1971 as part of the theater build but was scrapped). Either of those IPs would be appropriate "outside" the town of Harambe on the pathway towards Pandora.

Edit: That said, I'd rather see a ride based on an original idea for Africa. But the main thing is that DAK, while an excellent park, could use some additional attractions, especially rides.
 
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El Grupo

El Grupo

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RandySavage said:
Not sure if you're aware, but animated Jungle Book was the original show in that theater when the park opened:
http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/bl...-world-resort-building-a-theater-in-the-wild/

That theater is in what I term "an interstitial" area, meaning small and not thematically associated with any land... useful for bringing in hot properties, like Nemo, without shoehorning them into other lands/settings.
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I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't know. We spent a decent amount of time at WDW between '74 and the mid-90s. But, didn't return to Orlando and first visit AK until 2004. Sorry I missed the show since this was one of my favorite Disney animated films.
 

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