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

[PREMiERdrum]

Thank you!

Anything of this mystery additional E-ticket (Lion King water ride?)

It seems like it's still moving forward, but as part of a completely separate program and different timeline.

 

[Haymarket2008]

Very interesting. Is this the first mention of Encanto being a boat ride?

@marni1971 dropped a little mention of a boat ride on the site formerly known as Twitter

 

[mattpeto]

@marni1971 dropped a little mention of a boat ride on the site formerly known as Twitter

this?

 

[Haymarket2008]

this?

YUP.

 

[Casper Gutman]

The plans are genuinely exciting and I feel churlish for finding fault but… man, I don’t understand a water ride for Encanto. After going trackless crazy for a decade, NOW Disney backs off the system when it has an IP custom made for a new Mystic Manor? An IP with no significant water element? Also, the Coco carousel seems really out of place - South America and Mexico are pretty darn different in every conceivable way and Coco is, as we all know, slated for another park. Why not do something with Up or just extend the Encanto theme?

It kinda feels like management is ready to invest but Imagineering is still kinda broken. The project has some of that “outsmarting themselves” feeling that we see at Tiana’s.

 

[Notes from Neverland]

Really hoping the possibilities of there being animal exhibits/habitats come to fruition.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Also, the Coco carousel seems really out of place - South America and Mexico are pretty darn different in every conceivable way and Coco is, as we all know, slated for another park. Why not do something with Up or just extend the Encanto theme?

I think it works fine under the “Tropical Americas” banner. AFAIK Africa and Asia are modeled after/inspired by many different regions of their respective continents too.

 

[Casper Gutman]

I think it works fine under the “Tropical Americas” banner. AFAIK Africa and Asia are modeled after/inspired by many different regions of their respective continents too.

Coco and Encanto take place on different continents.

 

[ToTBellHop]

The Antonio playset at Walmart literally has a waterfall drop into a river.

They shared their plans with us years ago but no one was looking. Or maybe you just avoid Walmart.

 

[discos]

The plans are genuinely exciting and I feel churlish for finding fault but… man, I don’t understand a water ride for Encanto. After going trackless crazy for a decade, NOW Disney backs off the system when it has an IP custom made for a new Mystic Manor? An IP with no significant water element? Also, the Coco carousel seems really out of place - South America and Mexico are pretty darn different in every conceivable way and Coco is, as we all know, slated for another park. Why not do something with Up or just extend the Encanto theme?

It kinda feels like management is ready to invest but Imagineering is still kinda broken. The project has some of that “outsmarting themselves” feeling that we see at Tiana’s.

A water ride for Encanto makes so much sense. Colombia is home to the Caño Cristales (river of 5 colors) and that would be the perfect setting for a boat ride! You could easily work the animals of the region into this ride.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Coco and Encanto take place on different continents.

Both can be considered part of the Tropical Americas.

 

[marni1971]

And if the LK ride is also a boat... that's a lot of boats.

Like adding a Moana boat ride next to JC and PotC.

boatsboatsboatsboatsboatsboats

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[Casper Gutman]

The Antonio playset at Walmart literally has a waterfall drop into a river.
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They shared their plans with us years ago but no one was looking. Or maybe you just avoid Walmart.

I really hope a majority of the ride doesn’t take place in Antonio’s room. The water ride info gave me that worry, but… they wouldn’t be that silly, right?

 

[Casper Gutman]

Both can be considered part of the Tropical Americas.

Coco takes place in an arid, not tropical area, doesn’t it?

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

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4 boats: Encanto, Moana, Lion King, Pandora?

 

[ToTBellHop]

I really hope a majority of the ride doesn’t take place in Antonio’s room. The water ride info gave me that worry, but… they wouldn’t be that silly, right?

I am struggling to picture a water ride in the world of Encanto at DAK that doesn’t quickly leave La Casa Madrigal to enter the one rainforest setting with waterfalls and animals.

 

[marni1971]

4 boats: Encanto, Moana, Lion King, Pandora?

Just 4 presses on the keyboard

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Coco takes place in an arid, not tropical area, doesn’t it?

That’s actually a good question, most of the movie is in the land of the dead so my thinking might be skewed

 

[Casper Gutman]

A water ride for Encanto makes so much sense. Colombia is home to the Caño Cristales (river of 5 colors) and that would be the perfect setting for a boat ride! You could easily work the animals of the region into this ride.View attachment 780923

Yes, Columbia has rivers and Louisiana has a salt dome. But what’s interesting about the Encanto IP is the house and the way it reflects the family.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Just 4 presses on the keyboard

Hey I’m trying here haha