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

[Disstevefan1]

For Epcot or for Disney? To me, Guardians feels out of place for Epcot, but perfect for Disney.

Agreed. Guardians should be in DHS in my opinion.
I wish they re skinned Ellen (I really liked that ride system) and showed future energy sources.

Mission Space, however, feels out of place for both.

Agree to disagree. I think Mission Space, while its no Horizons, feels very EPCOTy to me.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I personally would love for the visuals of the ride itself to be upgraded, but I think M:S is surprisingly well-aligned with Epcot’s original mission. Can’t believe we aren’t just flying “to infinity and beyond”…

I can't ride it anymore (even Green makes me feel like I'm moving and throws my brain out of whack), but I would agree that it's aligned with the original park mission. Not that it ever needed to exist in its current location.

 

[HauntedPirate]

But we are WAY off track for this thread.

 

[EagleScout610]

 

[gerarar]

Already talked about 2 pages back:

Here we go!

I saw comment saying it’s been that way for a while now.

Does anybody who visited AK recently noticed any changes to this attraction?

Not seeing much a difference. You could always see the green show building through the tree/shrubs if you look hard enough.

2022:
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2023 (my picture):
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2024 / Today (I presume):
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TLDR: nothing changed with the trees.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

I doubt we will see live snakes. That seems too off putting for many.

We have the bats in Maharaja with a separate area so those without fear can check them out. Snakes could always be handled the same way if that is a concern.

Grief is it that bad now ?

Sounds like he made it to acceptance.
Or is still stuck at denial.

 

[Chef idea Mickey`=]

I was just thinking when I was there the other day, the exact opposite...It feels like a mess of dragging construction and showcase pavilions that need work...as do Imagination and the completely shuttered Wonders Of Life pavilion... Aside from a nice but poderouse garden area in the central core, there is nothing about the current EPCOT that I think is a plus right now... Glad that RAT opened...and Guardians is about the best coaster ride in any Disney park...certainly blows TRON out of the water.

It is a plus for still always being unique.

If you look at DCA, it's it's own but nothing that's totally unique like Spaceship Earth. Radiator Spring's Racers and Cars Land seems to be the only thing and that's it.

 

[Rhinocerous]

Sounds like he made it to acceptance.
Or is still stuck at denial.

Is bargaining how we wound up with Communicore Hall?

 

[monothingie]

Grief is it that bad now ?

Sadly yes. Although in fairness to operations, a lot of the special uplighting fixtures weren't working properly from day 1.

 

[DCLcruiser]

We have the bats in Maharaja with a separate area so those without fear can check them out. Snakes could always be handled the same way if that is a concern.



Sounds like he made it to acceptance.
Or is still stuck at denial.

I assumed any Indy animals would be in the queue since it's an indoors ride. You could have an alcove off the line or something. I still say fake snakes in the rock work, etc, makes more sense.

 

[DCLcruiser]

So, just to get back on track.

Encanto - Omnimover
Encanto - Carousel?
Encanto - Restaurant?
Indy - EMV

 

[FigmentFan82]

So, just to get back on track.

Encanto - Omnimover
Encanto - Carousel?
Encanto - Restaurant?
Indy - EMV

*Coco carousel

 

[James Alucobond]

The restaurants also may not be film-specific and instead have mixed fare from Mexico, Colombia, etc. We’ll see.

 

[DCLcruiser]

*Coco carousel

I thought, for some reason, that Coco was going to MK instead. Is it still both?

 

[James Alucobond]

I thought, for some reason, that Coco was going to MK instead. Is it still both?

The Coco carousel, if it happens, would apparently just be generally alebrije-styled without significant intrusion of the IP otherwise, so it wouldn’t be a problem if they end up coexisting.

 

[SilentWindODoom]

Whoops. I completely misread that comment about the LEDs thinking it was describing the paltry makeup of the hub update, not the percentage of fixtures that still function.

 

[MisterPenguin]

The Coco carousel, if it happens, would apparently just be generally alebrije-styled without significant intrusion of the IP otherwise, so it wouldn’t be a problem if they end up coexisting.

Unless the alebrijized animals were Disney IP animals...

 

[eddie104]

Not to get off topic once again but sadly the Epcot re do never included refurbishments to the existing pavilions so to say it’s in worst shape is a little far fetched.

They do need to give them more love though that I definitely agree with it especially Imagination.

 

[C33Mom]

Unless the alebrijized animals were Disney IP animals...

Coco’s Critter Carousel?

 

[Starship824]

Unless the alebrijized animals were Disney IP animals...

I actually don't hate this idea.