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

[UNCgolf]

Y'know what they should do? Make an animated film taking place in Australia, focusing on the wildlife. There aren't that many animated films about the outback fauna. Give it a smart release date and good promotion and if it's successful enough, they can use it as the anchor for an Australia land.

They already have one -- The Rescuers Down Under.

And not only does it feature multiple Australian animals, the plot revolves around poaching. It's close to being a perfect fit for Animal Kingdom.

Unfortunately, despite the original Rescuers being a hit for Disney, the sequel was a box office failure even though it was pretty well-received critically. Which means it may as well not exist to modern Disney, at least for anything major.

 

["El Gran Magnifico"]

Yes, I really don't need to see North America animals on display at Animal Kingdom.

That’s why we have Walmart.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

They already have one -- The Rescuers Down Under.

And not only does it feature multiple Australian animals, the plot revolves around poaching. It's close to being a perfect fit for Animal Kingdom.

Unfortunately, despite the original Rescuers being a hit for Disney, the sequel was a box office failure even though it was pretty well-received critically. Which means it may as well not exist to modern Disney, at least for anything major.

Definitely not enough to have a "Rescuers Land" but I think if they did like an Oceana region that included Australia and the surrounding area you could have a fun area themed to Rescuer's Down Under - definitely feels like some merch opportunities

 

[HMF]

For a time, they had the Pocahontas show, with raccoons, porcupines and birds from North America, but it wasn't that popular and closed within AK's first 10 years, before any plans to close the now permanent Camp Minnie Mickey

I think it is because it was based on Pocahontas which arguably rivals Song of the South in terms of historical revisionism.
In other words given the mentality that closed Splash it is not surprising that AK's Pocahontas was closed, to put it lightly.

 

[HMF]

It would still be nice for DLP to get 1 unique ride now Epcot added Ratatouille. Disneyland Resort has: Matterhorn, the Submarines, Incredicoaster, Alice in Wonderland and Mr Toad. WDW has: Flight of Passage, Kilimanjaro Safaris, Expedition Everest, Slinky Dog Dash, Cosmic Rewind & Mission Space. DLP only has Crush at the moment, and soon Lion King

Hope for the unlikely scenario in which DLP gets sold to a third party, then.

 

[HMF]

The IP mandate will continue. Even with a regime change, it’s highly unlikely that you’ll end up with anyone in charge with the vision to course correct. Maybe they’ll eventually back off at EPCOT, but not at the other three.

That being the case, this is probably the best possible outcome. You have an IP-free land consistent with the structure of the rest of the park with a broad regional theme that can easily accommodate future replacements or expansions already within the Disney canon. The IP selections aren’t “perfect”, but they almost never will be in this model. I’ll take this over the single-IP lands and/or IP facade conglomerations that seem to be the only real alternatives on offer.

At this point the only way to kill the IP mandate would be to sell the parks to a third party which I would not actually be opposed to, seeing as how Disney has failed on the parks front almost consistently for the past twenty years.

 

[Jedi14]

I think it is because it was based on Pocahontas which arguably rivals Song of the South in terms of historical revisionism.
In other words given the mentality that closed Splash it is not surprising that AK's Pocahontas was closed, to put it lightly.

Pocahontas still has a presence at the park.

 

[HMF]

Pocahontas still has a presence at the park.

Thank you for pointing that out. I am sure Disney will remove it soon.

 

[Brer Panther]

Iger has really done a lot of irreversable damage to the parks, hasn't he?

 

[HMF]

I love your thoughts, but I completely disagree that Tiana's was a disaster. When not comparing it to Splash and rating it on its own merits, I had a fantastic time.

It's probably more fair to compare it to Stitch's Great Escape in the sense that as with SGE, TBA was designed without an idea of what demographic the attraction is the target audience.

 

[HMF]

Iger has really done a lot of irreversable damage to the parks, hasn't he?

Obviously.