999th Happy Haunt
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Mass extinction is the central conflict on Dinosaur
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News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom
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I thought the main conflict was between Seeker and his boss, and whether we can survive his scheme to steal a dinosaur and create a Jurassic world scenario.
DisneyHead123
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Yes but it's still a ride. Where, by definition, everything is going to go the exact same way each time. Unless the ride breaks down or something goes wrong, like an unruly guest causing problems.
I'm probably not doing a good job describing what I mean by "unpredictable". Rohdes describes it better by leaps and bounds - if I could find the Instagram post I'm thinking of I would post it but I don't have great WiFi at the moment and scrolling through all those posts would take a million years. I think it was around July 2021 though.
ctrlaltdel
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I really like Dinosaur, but the Indy and overall retheme makes a lot of sense. Dinoland doesn't really fit in with the rest of the park (which is my favorite designed of all WDW parks).
I would love in the future to have a big budget dinosaur land back in AK, but that likely requires a successful Disney-owned IP tie-in to make happen.
I would love in the future to have a big budget dinosaur land back in AK, but that likely requires a successful Disney-owned IP tie-in to make happen.
JMcMahonEsq
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I think the dark ride thought, might have had some promise to the area. But I just don't know if the overall Carnival theme would work.
Personal opinion only, but when we first brought our kids to AK (it wasn't there when I was going as a kid) with so much that WDW offers, we just weren't going to spend alot of time playing around with carnival games/area simply because they are available locally. I mean your average town/church fair has many of the carny type games showcased in the carnival area, and the smaller zipper/spinner type traveling rides that go along with them. Sure Disney might have done some of them slightly better, but no family had to spend hundreds/thousands of dollars to get into their local carnival to use them. That's not to say you couldn't go for younger child non/ride focused area. I think the glorified splash pad/fire truck in fantasy land does that really well, but a whole section built around acarnivall type setting that you can do at home, I just don't know if enough people would look at it as being "worth" it.
KDM31091
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I can almost guarantee it. It’s their favorite word
BlakeW39
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I think Dinosaur was great attraction for a very long time, but the version that exists today has embarassingly poor show quality. The increased lighting, neon paint on the dinosaurs, reduced thrills, the asteroid being replaced with a static Carnotaurus head, and on and on. It's honestly depressing to me how bad the ride has gotten and I'd rather see it close than keep operating in its current state.
Horizons '83
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In its heyday, wow what an attraction it was. I'm in the camp you're in as well, shutter it before it becomes even more embarrassing.
Disney has known for a long time they were replacing this attraction, so they stopped putting money into upkeep. The same was true with Splash Mountain before it became Tiana.
Gusey
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Indiana Jones Adventure: Temple of the Mayan Gods???
KDM31091
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Correct me if I'm wrong but wasn't the asteroid replaced very early on in the attraction's life? It's definitely not a recent change. I do agree the animatronics aren't well maintained and break often, though at least so far they have been repairing them it seems. The sauropod was broken for awhile but has been fixed. One of the carnotaurous was broken too but only briefly. The pterodactyl hasn't moved in many years so I don't really call it broken; it's intentionally shut off.
I wish they'd just infuse capital into it and make it fresh without getting rid of the Dinosaur theme. People love dinosaurs. It doesn't have to be IP to be popular. But hopefully the Indiana Jones ride will feature a better quality than Dinosaur has been relegated to lately. That said -- given recent track record, I'm definitely skeptical. It could just be a cheap reskin with a bunch of screens.
aladdin2007
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The way they have been doing lame ride names lately it wouldn't surprise me if it was just called Encanto Forever. I think the snow white ride redo name in Cali is awful, and never cared for the frozen ever after title either.
Dumbing everything down to one lame word like wish or adventure I wish,,,literally, would stop.
I can see Indiana def carrying adventure but that one certainly fits like the original in cali.
Dumbing everything down to one lame word like wish or adventure I wish,,,literally, would stop.
I can see Indiana def carrying adventure but that one certainly fits like the original in cali.
Brer Panther
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...but Indiana Jones does?
James Alucobond
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An attraction that includes Indiana Jones could, depending on the content. As with everything, it doesn’t mean he as a character or IP automatically does.
TrainsOfDisney
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Did Joe consult on this land at all? While I don’t like the replace vs. expand mentality - what i do like is this land is not an IP land. It is a land that fits the over-all theme of the park and also will be home to multiple IP’s.
James Alucobond
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It seemed from last year’s D23 that it stemmed from Bruce coming back on board.
Quietmouse
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How much land does animal kingdom have for expansion purposes in general?
My main hope is that in the distant future they do revisits the dinosaur concept, but maybe take us back to the prehistoric age in terms of theming rather than just utilize real world objects like a museum and a county fair.
My main hope is that in the distant future they do revisits the dinosaur concept, but maybe take us back to the prehistoric age in terms of theming rather than just utilize real world objects like a museum and a county fair.
James Alucobond
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That was my thought as well. You could keep with the land naming schema by calling it Pangaea or Gondwana and populating it with flora descended from that geological era.
Ideal future state for me is the existing four core lands with an added attraction for Pandora, an added attraction for Africa, and a sprucing up of Kali plus two minilands for Oceania and Gondwana, each with one major ride and one flat ride (but minimal area devoted to the “village” footprint of the core lands).
gerarar
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There's stuff being staged behind the Dinosaur show building. Not sure if it's directly tied to the Tropical Americas replacement expansion, but interesting stuff regardless.
Looks to be some A/C units, construction lifts, and dumpsters?
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Looks to be some A/C units, construction lifts, and dumpsters?
August 18, 2024:
April 2024:
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danlb_2000
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They haven't started work on the new trailer complex yet.