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

[ToTBellHop]

How much are you willing to bet the only reason they're replacing Dinosaur because they don't want to keep maintaining the animatronics?

Indy will have a huge maintenance budget.

 

[JD80]

How much are you willing to bet the only reason they're replacing Dinosaur because they don't want to keep maintaining the animatronics?

I will bet the house that this is not the reason.

 

[marni1971]

Expect phased closings to begin in around six weeks or so.

 

[Horizons '83]

Expect phased closings to begin in around six weeks or so.

Good to see you posting again Martin, hope all is well

 

[FigmentFan82]

How much are you willing to bet the only reason they're replacing Dinosaur because they don't want to keep maintaining the animatronics?

not much. to me this re-theme seems to come from a place of knowing that Indy (at least the ride version) is way more popular than Dinosaur. i'm curious how DL Indy merch sells vs Dino merch. how many more LLSP could they potentially sell for Indy vs Dino?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Expect phased closings to begin in around six weeks or so.

Me clinging onto TriceraTop Spin:

 

[EagleScout610]

Expect phased closings to begin in around six weeks or so.

The Marni has seen his shadow!!

 

[Brer Oswald]

I will bet the house that this is not the reason.

I mean, what other reason could it be? I've heard they are a nightmare to maintain from a friend that worked on them.

 

[Purduevian]

Expect phased closings to begin in around six weeks or so.

If it was me...
Phase 1: Cut out carnival games
Phase 2: looses gift shop and Triceratops
Phase 3: looses Bone yard
Finally Phase 4: the rest of the land

 

[Bocabear]

Or just shut the whole mess down asap and let them get in there and get things rolling... They can completely block that entire area pretty easily for complete and full construction access and a minimum of walls.

 

[Purduevian]

Or just shut the whole mess down asap and let them get in there and get things rolling... They can completely block that entire area pretty easily for complete and full construction access and a minimum of walls.

And let the park go down to 4 rides for 2+ years? Dino and the restaurant don't need nearly as long as Enchanto to build

 

[rle4lunch]

If it was me...
Phase 1: Cut out carnival games
Phase 2: looses gift shop and Triceratops
Phase 3: looses Bone yard
Finally Phase 4: the rest of the land
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the only fun thing to do over there nowadays is the bone yard. wish that could've been spared the chopping block.

 

[HauntedPirate]

the only fun thing to do over there nowadays is the bone yard. wish that could've been spared the chopping block.

Dinosaur was pretty fun last week. The Carnotaurus was even moving properly/fully!

 

[ToTBellHop]

Dinosaur was pretty fun last week. The Carnotaurus was even moving properly/fully!

Well, he knows he needs to get the hell out of Dodge. The time for standing in place has passed.

 

[Sneaky]

From the lost media twitter account: a look at new concept art of the excavator, or “go coaster dig” as it is called here in dinoland.

 

[James Alucobond]

Or just shut the whole mess down asap and let them get in there and get things rolling... They can completely block that entire area pretty easily for complete and full construction access and a minimum of walls.

It should either be staggered closing or staggered opening to reduce the total amount of downtime. Pick your poison. The IJ and village corridor is just a re-skinning of existing structures and shouldn't logically take as long to complete as Encanto, plus the Encanto site is isolated in a way that keeping the rest operational won't slow down progress.

 

[Moth]

Expect phased closings to begin in around six weeks or so.

Do I panic buy Dinoland merch now before the FOMO market kicks in?

 

[Sneaky]

Do I panic buy Dinoland merch now before the FOMO market kicks in?

 

[EagleScout610]

Do I panic buy Dinoland merch now before the FOMO market kicks in?

The $2 VHS tape I found of DINOSAUR at Goodwill today is about to become my retirement fund

 

[dmc493]

Expect phased closings to begin in around six weeks or so.

I would assume they can close a lot without much hoopla, but I'm curious how much notice they'll give the public for something like Triceratop Spin before it closes