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ToTBellHop

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Dino-Rama Signage Removed as TriceraTop Spin Disassembly Progresses at Disney's Animal Kingdom​


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Feels like they are being careful to not destroy any pieces of TriceraTop Spin, doesn’t it?

Could have just bulldozed it.

Could just be to salvage replacement parts for other spinners, though.
 

PREMiERdrum

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Regarding living animals, the park already has several South American animals in the entrance area (I think tamarins, Galapagos tortoises, anteaters and parrots). I'm sure it wouldn't be too difficult to find some room in Tropical Americas for small animal exhibits to expand this collection (or to relocate some of the current animals from the oasis).

Add some capibaras and coatis, a couple of small terrariums (poison frogs, snakes, lizards, turtles) integrated in the village or the Indy ruins and maybe a small aviary. There's no need for a big facility for jaguars or bears, just a couple of small animal facilities would do wonders for this new area.
There were some modest garden-style exhibits included with early layouts for TA. I'm not sure if they've survived development.

It will be a shame if not... by all accounts they were appropriate and well-integrated.
 

Bocabear

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It could possibly be wedged in next to the queue entrance for Toy Story Mania at the corner... this is to-scale...more or less....

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or....they could remove the extra lunch box seating that took them 2 years to build?...lol
 

James Alucobond

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I think they'd be better off just swapping out the vehicles and putting the mechanism elsewhere. Toy Story Land needs an integrated playground that adds to the scenery and explorability of the land, not a fourth junior ride. While the space in TSL is not optimally utilized, I'd honestly just tuck the spinner away until they pull the Moana plans off the shelf. The kakamora overlay was actually a good idea since it would sensibility mask the mechanism in a believable in-universe way.
 

Disstevefan1

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I think they'd be better off just swapping out the vehicles and putting the mechanism elsewhere. Toy Story Land needs an integrated playground that adds to the scenery and explorability of the land, not a fourth junior ride. While the space in TSL is not optimally utilized, I'd honestly just tuck the spinner away until they pull the Moana plans off the shelf. The kakamora overlay was actually a good idea since it would sensibility mask the mechanism in a believable in-universe way.
You are thinking too smart and efficient. Disney would never go for it. ;)
 

EagleScout610

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Dino-Rama Signage Removed as TriceraTop Spin Disassembly Progresses at Disney's Animal Kingdom​


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The gift shop is easily the bigger loss than Triceratop. I'd rather see that reincarnated somewhere like T Rex Cafe at Springs than TriceraTop Spin move somewhere else.
 

J4546

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if they gutted TSM 2nd track (the southern half of the TSM building) and redid that as "Andy toybox" a massive indoor play area with entrances/exits into TSL and Pixar Alley, they could maybe put a spinner in there.
 

UNCgolf

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I really don't think Mermaid is that bad, just nowhere near to the level it should have been which makes it a disappointment.

I think it's pretty bad, but it wouldn't even have to be that bad to be the worst omnimover (Nemo aside, as mentioned above) because generally the WDW omnimovers have been among the best attractions anywhere at the resort. Unfortunately several of them no longer exist.
 

JackCH

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I think it's pretty bad, but it wouldn't even have to be that bad to be the worst omnimover (Nemo aside, as mentioned above) because generally the WDW omnimovers have been among the best attractions anywhere at the resort. Unfortunately several of them no longer exist.
That's true. I actually like the main show scene and the Ursula animatronic... but it definitely has awful story pacing and is missing some scenes.

And then yeah, even though I don't hate it I can't really think of a single omnimover outside of Nemo I would "take" Mermaid over lol. Maybe current Figment? Which isn't a traditional omnimover anyway.
 

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