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

[Moth]

I understand they will install penny slots to be used to determine whether a guest can enter a restroom or just pee in the woods like the cheetahs for free.

Well that gets the revenue up, but would the bathroom capacity from Dinoland be carried over?!

 

[Disstevefan1]

But hey! It's better than nothing .

It is better than nothing when Disney erases dinosaurs from AK.

The good news, even if its got a lot of broken effects, AKs dinosaur will be "operating" all of 2025 and most of 2026.

 

[Loose Pebble]

Still an hour left. Plenty of time for Bob to slap a lighting Lane on this bad boy.

Surprised they didn't have a separate ticketed "goodbye party"

 

[MisterPenguin]

I see your points but I have my doubts the Encanto attraction will have a higher capacity than Primeval Whirl.

Will it? Three attractions are being replaced by... three attractions. It’s still gonna have the same capacity.

Primeval Whirl: 1,800 (both tracks)

Something akin to a theoretical dark ride, like Ratatouille: 2,200

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[EagleScout610]

Surprised they didn't have a separate ticketed "goodbye party"

Goodness knows they've had and will continue to have plenty to say goodbye to in the coming years. Imagine an event for DINOSAUR, MuppetVision, RNRC, ect.... instead of just running like a normal day.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Well that gets the revenue up, but would the bathroom capacity from Dinoland be carried over?!

The Indy queue will have a mid-queue toilet added.

Good news that we will all be relieved during the 180-minute waits.

 

[EagleScout610]

The Indy queue will have a mid-queue toilet added.

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Good news that we will all be relieved during the 180-minute waits.

Do you get an air freshener with VQ?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Do you get an air freshener with VQ?

ILL-exclusive.

 

[The Leader of the Club]

The good news, even if it’s got a lot of broken effects, AKs dinosaur will be "operating" all of 2025 and most of 2026.

I doubt it’s operating most of 2026.

 

[monothingie]

Come back in 2027-2028. I'd be shocked if AK doesn't get a nighttime show when TA opens.

They tried that already. It didn't work.

 

[Disstevefan1]

I doubt it’s operating most of 2026.

lets see what happens...

 

[Disstevefan1]

Primeval Whirl: 1,800 (both tracks)

Something akin to a theoretical dark ride, like Ratatouille: 2,200

A gain of 400 would be nice. Lets hope there is standby

 

[GhostHost1000]

They tried that already. It didn't work.

exactly... not without more things (rides specifically) in the park to keep people there

remember when they thought adding sunset lights to the safari would keep people there and make people think it was a different ride. good times, good times

bring back kitetails! lol

 

[mattpeto]

They tried that already. It didn't work.

They should just quit on trying to improve the parks huh?

 

[Mr. Sullivan]

I see your points but I have my doubts the Encanto attraction will have a higher capacity than Primeval Whirl.

If I remember correctly Primeval Whirl had two constantly loading queues.

And we must also consider standby may be GONE for both Encanto and Indy, both going to LL and (maybe VQs).

When folks lose the VQ lottery, they end up just walking around.... Well there is always food and merch....

Encanto may be behind a VQ but I would be shocked if Indy was. I would also be shocked if it Indy went to LLSP. I think it’ll go straight to stand by + LLMP and Encanto will start VQ + LLSP along with FoP as the second LLSP in the park. Indy will be popular but I foresee it having more of a TBA treatment than a “this is a brand new ride completely” treatment.

 

[Disstevefan1]

Encanto may be behind a VQ but I would be shocked if Indy was. I would also be shocked if it Indy went to LLSP. I think it’ll go straight to stand by + LLMP and Encanto will start VQ + LLSP along with FoP as the second LLSP in the park. Indy will be popular but I foresee it having more of a TBA treatment than a “this is a brand new ride completely” treatment.

Well TBA has no standby with VQ, so its possible both may have no standby and VQ.

We will have YEARS to discuss this

 

[GhostHost1000]

They should just quit on trying to improve the parks huh?

no, but they need to improve the parks before a night show will ever really work there (and keep crowds for a full day)

 

[monothingie]

They should just quit on trying to improve the parks huh?

Maybe they should actually make an effort to improve the parks first, not churn out mediocre crap that doesn't resound with guests and keep raising prices.

 

[josiah mazelin]

The digital map has been updated to remove the areas now closed:

Wish they would at least keep this part of Dinoland USA. Not ready for DINOSAUR, the Boneyard, and Restaurantosaurus to go

 

[Disstevefan1]

They should just quit on trying to improve the parks huh?

Disney would prefer to quit improving their parks to save costs but that pesky Universal keeps improving theirs so....