Even that is debatable. Is Restaurantasaurus the pinnacle of Disney theming? I'll miss the boneyard but lets be honest, as long as Tropical Americas has a good budget, which it's looking like it will, it will be a massive upgrade. It's fine if you like it but I've never been a fan.
It’s kind of just a Dino themed Texas Roadhouse if you ask me. I preferred it when it sold McDonald’s fries.
Unironically I think it is better and more believably themed than anything in Galaxy’s Edge
It has a ton of detail that makes it very believable. The nooks and crannies of the restaurant are unbelievably well done. Hopefully whatever they replace it with has enough props and things to make it interesting.
Do you think they are going to tear it down or just retheme it?
I never understood people’s hate for the theming of GE.
The concept art just shows them retheming it so that's probably what they're doing.
Beige walls and scrap. A few interesting areas but not enough for how gigantic the land is.
I thought Encanto was going to be trackless Ala Mystic Manor. If they are going with an omnimover setup, perhaps this is due to Disney wanting to take a break from trackless tech for a bit in part due to downtime issues from Rise and MMRR?
I'm okay with them going back to basics with an omni as long as the ride is themed well. There should be a lot of kinetic motion and stuff to look at with the house being alive, not unlike Mystic Manor. I think trackless rides are cool but they've done a lot of them recently with Ratatouille, MMRR, and Rise.
DCA could use a trackless ride though. As for DHS's rumored new land, an option for the E ticket could be to use the TDS pan system that will also underpin the Avengers E ticket if they feel that park has too many trackless rides
I was thinking the new Pan system might be what comes to Adventureland for Moana? (Not an insider, just a guess!)
I though past rumors for Moana had it using the Shanghai Pirates ride system. The Avengers E ticket for DCA is being underpinned by the Pan ride system. For DHS I was thinking maybe they could get the TDS Pan/Avengers E ticket ride system albeit with a different IP attached to it.
I’m not going to complain about any E-ticket ride Moana (or Avengers) ride…but I’m surprised that the Shanghai POTC system is the leading contender. I haven’t been on it in a few years now but as I recall the environment feels dark and confined (admittedly it’s darker in theme and a lot of the ride is set under water)— maybe it works if you change the subject on the screens, or maybe we’re getting a whole ride set in Tamatoa’s shiny disco layer, which would be incredible.
Even if it's an upgrade, a net loss of rides is not the best outcome. I'd be fine losing the area if we got more (not necessarily in this area, but just in general for the park on top of losing this). But we now are looking at a coaster, spinner, play area, kind of a secondary play area (yes I know it's not liked), and whatever we classify Dino as for 2 new rides and maybe a carrousel. An animal walkthrough would help me feel better about it, but I'm still just not over the moon for a place that needs more, not just better. Maybe Lion King comes and that helps some, but still, these parks need more to do. And I'm going to remain very pessimistic on how well things are going to be done (especially Encanto which doesn't feel like it's going to fit).
Funny enough I’ve heard essentially the opposite in my circles haha. From my end indications were initially a boat but lately momentum has been with omni.
Perhaps, if they are also moving forward with Lion King, they thought two family-friendly water rides at once was too much?
Yeah that was pretty much how it was described to me. Moana and LK are both boats so changing Encanto to an omni allows it to still be a people eater while also giving a little more diversity amongst the new attractions.
Exactly. No shortage of walking there!
