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

[MisterPenguin]

Encanto in Animal Kingdom. What drugs are they on?

 

[CaptinEO]

I wonder if they’ll update the old Sallah and Marion video before you ride

No Marion in the preshow, unless I've somehow missed her. She was in a Disney Channel special for the ride though.

 

[WaltsTreasureChest]

No Marion in the preshow, unless I've somehow missed her. She was in a Disney Channel special for the ride though.

Ohhh that’s what it was

 

[Tom Morrow]

Is it possible that the reason Disney isn't committing to many big overhauls is because they want to wait out the DeSantis situation? Keeping projects that promise more jobs and revenue up in the air gives them even more leverage over him I'd assume.

 

[Bleed0range]

Just blue skying here, but if you took Disneyland’s IJA queue theming and mixed it with animal exhibits it could be AWESOME, either as part of an actual ride queue or a standalone walk through attraction.

That’s a really great idea. But the concept art doesn’t seem to suggest a queue like that.

… changing gears for a moment…

I was looking at the show buildings for both and they don’t look like the same. Are they actually the same exactly? Also, how come Dinosaurs roof looks so rough? IJ’s show building is nice and clean at Disneyland. Geez.

 

[the_rich]

Indy is one of my faves in dl and vastly superior to Dinosaur.

 

[Tom Morrow]

That’s a really great idea. But the concept art doesn’t seem to suggest a queue like that.

… changing gears for a moment…

I was looking at the show buildings for both and they don’t look like the same. Are they actually the same exactly? Also, how come Dinosaurs roof looks so rough? IJ’s show building is nice and clean at Disneyland. Geez.

The buildings are not identical since they have different entrance and exit points and queue configurations, but the track layout and ride system are the same.

Dinosaur's roof looks dirty because roofs get dirty very quickly in Florida due to the wet climate.

 

[Bleed0range]

Indy is one of my faves in dl and vastly superior to Dinosaur.

I have wanted them to do Indy for 20 + years so I am perfectly fine with it. But if it’s South America themed it would be nice if it was designed to be its own thing like Disney Tokyo.

I could easily see it being a temple that brings back a dinosaur in the big room through a time portal and Indy gets to say “that belongs in a museum!”

 

[cjkeating]

Well there would be no reason the ride would be set in 1969. The only reason why we got a 69 setting was because of Harrison’s age, but I loved that they gave us a full fledged flashback into his early years to contrast it with his current age.
Indy is a 1930s/40s character first, and the whole movie is about the sharp contrast of a 1930s hero in a 1960s setting. So it would be weird to have this set it in a period where he’s not at his golden age prime.

One thing to consider is that everything in Animal Kingdom happens today, in the present.

I'm not saying they wouldn't set Indy in the past and I appreciate the fictional character of Indy would be dead by 202X but I could see them being quite unspecific about a time period and not specifically making things retro like they do in DL.

 

[JustInTime]

Indy is one of the best rides I’ve ever ridden. I could not be more excited for this.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I'd think Disney assumes 2025 is the year of Epic Universe. But what happens after? That's the longer game

Will be interesting to see how they play 2025 as no way they can have anything done by then that would be legit competition ... BUT they could structure counterprogramming and try to draw people in who are making their first trip to the area (or first in a long time) to check out EU and stop by Disney while there AND have exciting things under construction to motivate them to come back for a longer stay in the future ...and target people that aren't interseted in EU/want to avoid the craziness of opening year

 

[zipadee999]

One thing to consider is that everything in Animal Kingdom happens today, in the present.

I'm not saying they wouldn't set Indy in the past and I appreciate the fictional character of Indy would be dead by 202X but I could see them being quite unspecific about a time period and not specifically making things retro like they do in DL.

The vibe of Indy is very retro so I think that they’d have to stick with that to make it authentic to the franchise, (vehicles will be 1930 models instead of 2023 models) but I agree that they probably wouldn’t have to lock it into a certain year or time period. At DL the ride is set as a direct prequel to raiders, but here it could be its own unique thing that is ambiguous to the timeline since it is likely to have a more unique story to fit with AK.

 

[Godzilla7]

I say leave Dinosaurs ride alone there's already a Indiana Jones in Disneyland and that's where it's needs to stay anyway I don't care about Indiana Jones anyway's. Instead of taking out dino land do some huge upgrades to it so we can still have are dinosaurs themed land because and I would like to see a ride from Huss park and Amusement company is Break Dance with dinosaurs themed on it.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

One thing to consider is that everything in Animal Kingdom happens today, in the present.

Not true anymore, Pandora is actually in the future.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

It seems to me like they could easily open this in phases, redoing Dino into Indy relatively easily and the Encanto attraction opening later.

 

[Bleed0range]

The vibe of Indy is very retro so I think that they’d have to stick with that to make it authentic to the franchise, (vehicles will be 1930 models instead of 2023 models) but I agree that they probably wouldn’t have to lock it into a certain year or time period. At DL the ride is set as a direct prequel to raiders, but here it could be its own unique thing that is ambiguous to the timeline since it is likely to have a more unique story to fit with AK.

Maybe it could be the first “old” Indy ride!

 

[James Alucobond]

It seems to me like they could easily open this in phases, redoing Dino into Indy relatively easily and the Encanto attraction opening later.

I kind of hope they'd do the reverse? Like, leave Restaurantosaurus and Dinosaur open while retheming Dinorama since its impact on capacity is currently minimal, then switch to finish the remainder once you have Encanto open.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

It seems to me like they could easily open this in phases, redoing Dino into Indy relatively easily and the Encanto attraction opening later.

It could be the other way around as well... loosing Triceratops Spin & the rest of the carnival games while they do Encanto and then bringing Dinosaur down would seem slightly more logical, however, I feel like they would just wall off that whole quarter of the park and do everything at once.

 

[Bill Cipher]

That’s a really great idea. But the concept art doesn’t seem to suggest a queue like that.

… changing gears for a moment…

I was looking at the show buildings for both and they don’t look like the same. Are they actually the same exactly? Also, how come Dinosaurs roof looks so rough? IJ’s show building is nice and clean at Disneyland. Geez.

Dino show building with perimeter and area:

Indy show building with perimeter and area:

The ride layouts are identical, only queue space, maintenance bays, and other BOH are altered.

 

[EricsBiscuit]

I kind of hope they'd do the reverse? Like, leave Restaurantosaurus and Dinosaur open while retheming Dinorama since its impact on capacity is currently minimal, then switch to finish that side once you have Encanto open.

If their goal is to counter EU, a killer new E ticket like Indy would that could be ready by the end of 2025 is a good start.