Placing my bets now, at this time next year we'll know when Dinosaur is closing for sure
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News 'Encanto' and 'Indiana Jones'-themed experiences at Animal Kingdom
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josiah mazelin
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Was wondering that too. Surely not Asia. Maybe it’s location will be called “Discovery River?”
DavidDL
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Has anyone heard anything about the mythical creature for WDW's version of Indy? I know I am just dreaming but I would love for it to end up being some sort of "lost dinosaur" or "lost ecosystem" of dinosaurs that have somehow survived all this time. That is just me wanting to keep dinosaurs as part of the park in some capacity, I think some sort of acknowledgement of extinct species like theirs is important.
I know it doesn't quite line up with Mayan region, but Carnosaur fossils are found in Argentina (South America). Giganotosaurus, too.
I'll just keep dreamin' for now, I guess. I doubt they'll go that direction in the end. Because it would mean they need to build something cool.
I know it doesn't quite line up with Mayan region, but Carnosaur fossils are found in Argentina (South America). Giganotosaurus, too.
I'll just keep dreamin' for now, I guess. I doubt they'll go that direction in the end. Because it would mean they need to build something cool.
josiah mazelin
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I don’t think it’s the night time show itself that they can’t do. They even had one briefly back in 2016. Fireworks are an issue tho. I think the last night show was too technologically ambitious.
DAK just needs their own version of World of Color like they have in DCA. Water fountains, lights, and music, that’s it.
WorldExplorer
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It's a feathered serpent; it's going to be one big "remember Indiana Jones doesn't like snakes?" joke because hitting the "recognize that" button is all anyone knows how to do.
They'll probably reuse the brachiosaurus animatronic mechanism if the thing shows up physically.
They'll probably reuse the brachiosaurus animatronic mechanism if the thing shows up physically.
mattpeto
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Loyal to carnival games and a spinner ride, huh?
The Encanto attraction should be a significant capacity go-getter.
UNCgolf
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Oooh! Nice try Universal! But it's a shame that River Adventure and the majority of the Orlando JP land is straight-up garbage full of barely functional AAs and the land sans a coaster that destroyed the sightlines is still largely stuck on opening day!
But hey! It's better than nothing.
The River Adventure is one of the best rides at Universal!
When it's all working properly, at least...
DavidDL
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A Quetzalcoatl would certainly be the easy way out. It would be a shame, though. We already have animals of myth/imagined represented in the Everest attraction and I guess, to an extent, Pandora.
Won't be anything significant for animals past after Dinosaur leaves. Unless Disney grows some balls before this project.
Do you honestly think that DAK as it is right now is at its full potential? Do you think that reskinning Dinosaur and adding an Encanto Boat Ride is going to make DAK suddenly an all day experience for guests like all their other gates are?
DAK by its design is such a beautiful park at night and has so much to potential to offer guests after 6PM. It's being squandered by talentless hacks.
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WorldExplorer
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Unfortunately, I'm pretty sure the Quetzalcoatl is confirmed.
All those amazing dinosaur animatronics going to waste, and losing the extinct animals element.
I think mythical animals have a place in Animal Kingdom, but it definitely feels like Disney just uses them as a backdoor loophole to move further away from the point the longer it exists.
DavidDL
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When is this all supposed to open? 2027? I'm already trying to plan a visit to Tokyo for the following year, I'm afraid I won't be able to visit. Oh darn.
The digital map has been updated to remove the areas now closed:
Looking at the map, it would look to be easy to keep this Dinoland U.S.A. as is, and access a smaller Tropical Americas on the tree-covered area, with entrance from the area between the Boneyard, Nemo and the amphitheatre seating (around the area where there is a little grassy area in the middle of a triangle path area.
Obviously, the map will not be 100% accurate (and doesn't contain backstage buildings), but it would look possible based on the map.
Jambo Dad
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I couldn’t be more shocked if you stapled my head to the carpet. - Clark W. Griswold
Moth
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I'll give you Dino-Rama but I'll be damned if people say people upset over DINOSAUR is 'fake outrage'!
DavidDL
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For reals. Posts like that certainly make me wish there was a "thumbs-down" reaction. But the Ignore option works perfectly well, too.
I'd never try and argue Dino-Rama was the pinnacle of Imagineering. But dinosaurs, in general, are widely loved the world over. Having some sort of attraction or land that features them or does them justice, especially when the park is dedicated to animals "past, present and imagined", feels important. -and those of us who grew up loving dinosaurs and the DINOSAUR attraction are not "faking" anything.
Moth
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I love a ride that has state of the art AA Dinos where I don't have to get wet.
And has my favorite dinosaur. I love the styracosaurus
. I'd argue the flavor that was put into Dino-Rama, as cheesy, value engineered, and peak late-Eisner it was, will make it a LOT better than what Tropical Americas ends up as!
I don't want to go to an DAK, where one of the core ingredients of it have been torn out of it, almost a decade after they've all been unified with Pandora!
JackCH
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Fair enough haha. I probably meant more Dino-Rama than Dinosaur but I guess I didn't realize there was a contingent who loved that ride so much.