I had an idea sometime ago for a river expedition at the Magic Kingdom that would have involved an attraction similar to The Pirates of the Caribbean, but be based on Lewis and Clark's Corps of Discovery. Also, I had an idea for a new land to the north of Tom Sawyer Island that I called Alaskan Village, but I think in a later post renamed Glacier Bay. I'm cutting and pasting one of the posts and summarizing my idea from the other post:
Alternative Idea for a Magic Kingdom Land that retains the theme of the Rivers of America:
Hi all,
I had the thought that my idea for a Swiss Village/Alpine Village along the Rivers of America might not be in keeping with that theme. Consequently, I came up with an idea for a wintry and mountainous land that would conform to that theme. So, instead of the theme of Switzerland, it would instead be based on Alaska and would be called Alaskan Village. The E-Ticket attraction would be a reproduction of Alaska’s famous Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley) and would stand at around 199 feet. It would have a bobsled ride like the Matterhorn, but would be longer since the mountain is wider than the Matterhorn relative to its height. At the base would be a reproduction of some of the buildings along the main streets of Ketchikan and Sitka (with some of its historical Russian architecture). There could be a neighboring Tlingit Village reflecting some of the native peoples and cultures of Alaska. In the Sitka part of the land could be a Russian mansion, kind of like Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mystic Manor, that has a similar ride to the HKDL attraction. However, instead of it being an English aristocrat's home, the home could be owned by a relative of a famous Russian royal or aristocratic family, such as the Romanov's or Stroganov’s (No relation to the food. The family is very real and was hugely influential in Russian history.) respectively. Like the Mystic Manor ride at HKDL, the ride could go through the various rooms of the mansion seeing strange apparitions from the family’s collection of historical artifacts from around the world (which might include some new artifacts such as a Nutcracker that comes to life, a painting of A Night on Bald Mountain that comes to life, etc.). Additionally, there could be an attraction using the kind of ride technology used on Snow White’s Scary Adventures that recounts the Jack London novel, The Call of the Wild (and its depiction of a dog’s experience adapting to life as a member of a bobsled team in Alaska and in Canada’s Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush. I just thought that basing the land on something new would help prevent it from being considered a knockoff of Disneyland. I hope you enjoyed!
Last edited: Oct 19, 2015
Corey, Oct 19, 2015
Also, back in a post from April 6, 2013, I made a suggestion of converting the existing Pirates of the Caribbean at the Magic Kingdom into a Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition. I would then build a new Pirates of the Caribbean in another location that is like the one at Disneyland, which is longer and more detailed.
Alternative Idea for a Magic Kingdom Land that retains the theme of the Rivers of America:
Hi all,
I had the thought that my idea for a Swiss Village/Alpine Village along the Rivers of America might not be in keeping with that theme. Consequently, I came up with an idea for a wintry and mountainous land that would conform to that theme. So, instead of the theme of Switzerland, it would instead be based on Alaska and would be called Alaskan Village. The E-Ticket attraction would be a reproduction of Alaska’s famous Denali (formerly known as Mt. McKinley) and would stand at around 199 feet. It would have a bobsled ride like the Matterhorn, but would be longer since the mountain is wider than the Matterhorn relative to its height. At the base would be a reproduction of some of the buildings along the main streets of Ketchikan and Sitka (with some of its historical Russian architecture). There could be a neighboring Tlingit Village reflecting some of the native peoples and cultures of Alaska. In the Sitka part of the land could be a Russian mansion, kind of like Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mystic Manor, that has a similar ride to the HKDL attraction. However, instead of it being an English aristocrat's home, the home could be owned by a relative of a famous Russian royal or aristocratic family, such as the Romanov's or Stroganov’s (No relation to the food. The family is very real and was hugely influential in Russian history.) respectively. Like the Mystic Manor ride at HKDL, the ride could go through the various rooms of the mansion seeing strange apparitions from the family’s collection of historical artifacts from around the world (which might include some new artifacts such as a Nutcracker that comes to life, a painting of A Night on Bald Mountain that comes to life, etc.). Additionally, there could be an attraction using the kind of ride technology used on Snow White’s Scary Adventures that recounts the Jack London novel, The Call of the Wild (and its depiction of a dog’s experience adapting to life as a member of a bobsled team in Alaska and in Canada’s Yukon Territory during the Klondike Gold Rush. I just thought that basing the land on something new would help prevent it from being considered a knockoff of Disneyland. I hope you enjoyed!
Last edited: Oct 19, 2015
Corey, Oct 19, 2015
Also, back in a post from April 6, 2013, I made a suggestion of converting the existing Pirates of the Caribbean at the Magic Kingdom into a Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery Expedition. I would then build a new Pirates of the Caribbean in another location that is like the one at Disneyland, which is longer and more detailed.
