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

["El Gran Magnifico"]

I have no doubt Disney can create something spectacular. To me the problem recently has been that there hasn’t been one singular vision they’ve worked towards.

Rather it’s been an exercise of multiple visions and trying to be all things to all people by satisfying individual goals/narratives/personal objectives - then at the very end they try to bring it all together thinking it will be cohesive.

And it just ends up stinking. I still hold out hope, though.

 

[gerarar]

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[SpectreJordan]

Am I losing my mind or hasn't Indy at Disneyland always been viewed as the far superior attraction to Dinosaur?

It certainly has by me lol, and I think this is an obvious good move.

Not adding a fourth attraction is a miss though. Get some more capacity at that park stat!

I rode Indy for the first time last year after riding Dinosaur a dozen times. Indy is better & it's not even close; Indy's perhaps the best ride I've ever been on, even outside of my fandom of the series. The sets are immaculate. I pray that the DAK ride can be even half as good as that ride.

Dinosaur's a ton of fun but you can just feel the budget cuts because of how much of the ride is in the dark. I assume they wanted to have fully detailed sets of the lush prehistoric jungle but had to cheap out and set the ride at night to hide that they didn't have the budget for many sets.

 

[Disstevefan1]

OK, Indy is a better ride than Dinosaur but we have no idea what we are getting in place of Dinosaur.

I presume this will be a glorified re skin, same vehicles same track layout, but they can reprogram how the vehicles move.

Just a guess on my part, but this glorified re skin will be done cheapest as possible.

 

[JackCH]

OK, Indy is a better ride than Dinosaur but we have no idea what we are getting in place of Dinosaur.

I presume this will be a glorified re skin, same vehicles same track layout, but they can reprogram how the vehicles move.

Just a guess on my part, but this glorified re skin will be done cheapest as possible.

They are already the same track layout and vehicles.

I’m almost certain this ride will be done to a similar level as Disneyland Indy, if not better just because of newer animatronics and tech.

And I’m pretty sure insiders have said that imagineering feels this will be the superior version.

This I can speak for specifically. That is not true at all and never was. It is absolutely designed and planned to be the superior version. At least on paper it is and everyone involved I’ve spoken to believes it will be but as we know until it opens we will see if the public perception feels the same way.

As far as budgets in general Disney has always stated that the second half of the 10 year plan will see the bulk of the money. So if true there is a lot more coming.

 

[Disstevefan1]

They are already the same track layout and vehicles.

I’m almost certain this ride will be done to a similar level as Disneyland Indy, if not better just because of newer animatronics and tech.

And I’m pretty sure insiders have said that imagineering feels this will be the superior version.

Since they are using the same layout I have hope it will be as good as Indy and since same vehicles and track even modern Disney cant mess it up.

 

[celluloid]

Since they are using the same layout I have hope it will be as good as Indy and since same vehicles and track even modern Disney cant mess it up.

Yeah! They made sure to take what was great about splash and...

 

[Disstevefan1]

Yeah! They made sure to take what was great about splash and...

In my opinion, Tiana was a different situation. In the case of Tiana, they needed to erase the former attraction for social justice, they really did not have a story or plan, they were forced to do it so in my opinion and the whole project suffered.

For Indy they have plenty of time (all of 2025, probably half of 2026) to figure out what they are going to do.

 

[WorldExplorer]

This idea I've seen repeatedly that Tiana had to be a massive downgrade because of their reasons for changing it is bizarre and probably exactly what they were hoping people would do when they did crap that was clearly a cost saving measure.

Terribly staged scenes, having animatronics where there have always been animatronics, and basic things about storytelling without being boring and redundant have crap all to do with their reasoning for changing the ride.

Because of Tiana's we know they're totally willing to do stuff like look at a spot that had animatronics (I would say pretty darned iconic ones) and say "What about a screen with ugly CGI that doesn't even sync instead?". They're willing to look at areas that used to have things to see and go "We don't need anything here".

None of that should happen, no matter what the reasoning is for changing a ride.

(No, I still do not care that the ugly CGI is supposed to match their animatronics. They should have learned that lesson with Little Mermaid already.)

 

[Brer Panther]

The CGI Louis on the screen in the Laughin' Place doesn't even look like the animatronic Louises, much less the hand-drawn Louis from the movie.

 

[Gusey]

Do we really need to discuss the same people's dislike of Tiana's on every single thread? There is already a thread for Tiana's Bayou Adventure

 

[Disstevefan1]

Do we really need to discuss the same people's dislike of Tiana's on every single thread? There is already a thread for Tiana's Bayou Adventure

I don’t think it’s a dislike of Tiana as much of a discussion of a “reskin gone wrong” and Dinosaur to Indy is a reskin and the hope that this reskin does not go wrong too.

 

[ToTBellHop]

In my opinion, Tiana was a different situation. In the case of Tiana, they needed to erase the former attraction for social justice, they really did not have a story or plan, they were forced to do it so in my opinion and the whole project suffered.

For Indy they have plenty of time (all of 2025, probably half of 2026) to figure out what they are going to do.

Also, they already have a story flow that works with this ride layout. The Tiana story is not a good match for its ride system. It would do better on the Gran Fiesta Tour layout.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

I don’t think it’s a dislike of Tiana as much of a discussion of a “reskin gone wrong” and Dinosaur to Indy is a reskin and the hope that this reskin does not go wrong too.

One could argue that Dinosaur is already a “reskin gone wrong” of Disneyland’s IJA. After all, they share the same track layout. There are spaces where IJA has impressive set pieces, but in Dino there is nothing but darkness.

 

[WorldExplorer]

The CGI Louis on the screen in the Laughin' Place doesn't even look like the animatronic Louises, much less the hand-drawn Louis from the movie.

CGI could be used to completely recreate the animatronics in realistic detail, just with more articulation, complete with a background that matches the ride perfectly if that was what they wanted.

But that would cost more money than the Disney Jr show look.

 

[Gusey]

I don’t think it’s a dislike of Tiana as much of a discussion of a “reskin gone wrong” and Dinosaur to Indy is a reskin and the hope that this reskin does not go wrong too.

Just wonder at what stage will people get over Splash going and hating every aspect of a reskin that most of the general public actually like?

 

[Disstevefan1]

Just wonder at what stage will people get over Splash going and hating every aspect of a reskin that most of the general public actually like?

I don't know. Tiana is fine, not great, but fine and as I said before the reskin, this will still be a fun log flume.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

Just wonder at what stage will people get over Splash going and hating every aspect of a reskin that most of the general public actually like?

I’m just ready for it to stop dominating any and all discussion on these forums.

 

[flyerjab]

Do we really need to discuss the same people's dislike of Tiana's on every single thread? There is already a thread for Tiana's Bayou Adventure

Complainers gotta complain. And since this is one of the parks people seem more on board with regarding Tropical Americas, let’s just trash Tiana in this unrelated thread some more. Even better, let’s trash a reskin that hasn’t even happened yet. These boards never change. SMDH.

 

[ToTBellHop]

I’m just ready for it to stop dominating any and all discussion on these forums.

Well, once we have Cars to complain about…