DAK Needs More Than Blue Aliens

[FutureCEO]

Brazil and Australia needs to go where Dino Land and Chester and Hester is. Avatar as a movie, I thought was horrible but obviously it made almost 2 billion. But the movie landscapes are visually stunning.

 

[DisneyNeighbor]

My kids have pointed out a Lion King Virtual Safari narrated by Timon and Pumba.
This would make an awesome addition to the park.

 

[NoChesterHester]

Brazil and Australia needs to go where Dino Land and Chester and Hester is

As offensive as Dino Land is, we need more to do - not less. This culture of slow replacement and not adding new experiences has got to stop.

 

[SirLink]

As offensive as Dino Land is, we need more to do - not less. This culture of slow replacement and not adding new experiences has got to stop.

Exactly. More not less.

 

[PhotoDave219]

Just because a McDonalds can be built in 9 weeks in the real world....

Ever see one of those show up, pre-fabricated on the back of a truck? It's weird

 

[Captain Neo]

"will feature at least two major attractions"

Is he sure about that?

Nothing new or really interesting in that article. A rehash of much of what has been said on the forums for years. He also misses some of the other significant changes coming to DAK.

1. The simulator similar to Soarin' where you ride a banshee
2. The boat ride through the bioluminescent forest with AA's and special effects

Thats 2 right there

 

[wdwmagic]

1. The simulator similar to Soarin' where you ride a banshee
2. The boat ride through the bioluminescent forest with AA's and special effects

Thats 2 right there

I guess it depends on your definition of major. I class it as being an E+.

 

[Suspirian]

Speaking of flying ride, I wonder how they're going to make riding the banshee convincing.

 

[Soarin' Over Pgh]

Speaking of flying ride, I wonder how they're going to make riding the banshee convincing.

Makes the seats super uncomfortable and smelly?

 

[SirLink]

I guess it depends on your definition of major. I class it as being an E+.

The problem with Disney and the word 'major' is they use it in relative terms ...

 

[TubaGeek]

The problem with Disney and the word 'major' is they use it in relative terms ...

They probably consider Under the Sea and the 7DMR as "major"...

 

[Wikkler]

And probably also Enchanted Tales with Belle...

 

[SirLink]

They probably consider Under the Sea and the 7DMR as "major"...

Well they classed the Princess Meet + Grope as a 'major' addition. But your right Disney loves making mountains out of molehills.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

My kids have pointed out a Lion King Virtual Safari narrated by Timon and Pumba.
This would make an awesome addition to the park.

And move a freshly printed Circle of Life film from Epcot to DAK.

 

[Ignohippo]

As BGT has updated animal areas like the Cheetah enclosure and Jungala they are better than anything comparable to DAK. Jungala is one of the best tiger habitats I have ever seen and I'm still amazed how active the tigers still are.

Good to know! I haven't been back to Busch Gardens in about 5 years, so it's great to hear they've made improvements.

I've been there at times when it looked like the elephants were going to commit mass suicide. They were so bored, they were standing in a line swaying back and forth. It was really sad and pathetic.

 

[ford91exploder]

Iron Men? Like more than one of them? Is there something I missed when I saw the first Iron Man?

The men who sailed wooden ships were called iron men because of the sheer guts it took to sail a tall ship

 

[WDWFan_Boston]

At least that is what this fairly well-informed dude thinks:

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2014/01/17/disney-animal-kingdom-avatar-theme-park-analysis/

My thoughts to come next month but thought you may find this a good read as I head off to the land of real castles!

(seriously, who drinks that much?!?!)

I'm curious how many people read this article and saw how lacking it was. Or how many just pushed "Like" because they have "Spirit dust" in their eyes?

 

[discos]

As the park was before CMM closed I could easily stay in the park from about 9:30 to 3:30-4pm. That's doing pretty much everything in the park including FOLK, Nemo, Everest 3 times and MJJP. So with the addition of avatar and two new rides, that would take the day until about 5:30 or so. Now it's dinner time. So really AK just needs a couple more restaurants, and one more attraction (I'll take an exact clone of Mystic Mannor, even though I don't see it fitting in with the park 100%). Then with the new nighttime show you're there until about 8:30-9, and there you have more of a full day park.

 

[GoofGoof]

I'm curious how many people read this article and saw how lacking it was. Or how many just pushed "Like" because they have "Spirit dust" in their eyes?

The article is complete garbage. The bigger point is probably that a somewhat main stream, unbiased, financial media source is questioning the financial impact of AvatarLand.

 

[twebber55]

The article is complete garbage. The bigger point is probably that a somewhat main stream, unbiased, financial media source is questioning the financial impact of AvatarLand.

To me the article is more about the lack of attractions at DAK