Sans Souci
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When I heard Tomatoa speak, I excitedly whispered into my husband's ear, "It's Jemaine!"
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Disney's Moana
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When I heard Tomatoa speak, I excitedly whispered into my husband's ear, "It's Jemaine!"
Matt_Black
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Aside from Alan Tudyk, the entire cast is of Polynesian descent.
Yert3
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Definitely. I was thinking the same thing.
TomHendricks
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It's like a meld of Tim Curry and David Bowie. I love Shiny, think it fits perfectly with the character and the situation. A Crab that was obviously jealous of Maui and wanted to imitate him.
RandomPrincess
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The singing voice of Moana's father is not either. He is a person of color though. Christopher Jackson is African American and played George Washington in Hamilton.
I want a poly expansion at the magic kingdom. Voyaging and all....
Phroobar
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What if the Polynesian hotel had it's own built in ride based on Moana? It would be like a miniland at a hotel. Imagine how many people would want to stay there if the resort had it's own exclusive ride.
Mata Nui would make one phenomenal port.
Princess Leia
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Finally seeing this today! 
Disneyfanman
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I was really Wowed by this movie! Great music and a terrific ( though slightly predictable) plot. I really thought the score was fantastic, exceeding anything in the past decade. As others have said there isn't a huge centerpiece like "Let it go", but overall I was completely swept away. Dwayne Johnson was a brilliant pick for Maui. This was one of my all time favorites. I hope it makes a gazillion dollars. This and Zootopia showed a brilliant year for Disney Animation.
Suspirian
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I think it would fit quite well somewhere in DAK as well
Disneyhead'71
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Kubo.
Disneyhead'71
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For those saying , "DAK". There was exactly one crab, one pig, and one chicken.
That's only one more than Wall.E had (1 plant, 1 cockroach).
Not really the best representation of Earth's Animal Kingdom is it?
That's only one more than Wall.E had (1 plant, 1 cockroach).
Not really the best representation of Earth's Animal Kingdom is it?
Suspirian
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As well as the Manta rays, various sea life, and the monsters some of which were based on actual polynesian mythology. Adventureland woukd definitely be the better fit for an actual attraction, but some small inclusion in DAK wouldnt be completely out of place imo.
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How about the Living Sea in Moana become part of the Living Seas at Epcot? That Nemo ride is awful. Nemo has the musical and Turtle Talk, it can give up it's dark ride for Moana.
And I like Adventureland for Moana. Start with Stitch playing around with alien time technology and then, bam, you're in Moana's world running from the Kokomorra, beset by singing Tiki birds, then you see the living Mother-God-Island, then singing volcanoes of Lava. Visit the heads of Easter Island who are gods that send you back to the present, but, accidentally some of the Kokomorra come back too, then it's a chase through a surfing competition and a Polynesian fire show to collect them and send them back in time.
There was a bunch of manta rays, dolfins, some fish, and birds.
Yeah but the animals were not the focus. The culture however was! I fully believe it belongs as an expansion at the mk