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

[Surferboy567]

Somehow, Indiana Jones still feels like the most strange proposal of all.

While strange, and not really fitting the Animal Kingdom I’m such a fan of Indy I’ll let it slide. Indiana Jones Adventure is also an incredible attraction would like to see a version with it featuring some modern advancements.

 

[arich35]

I’ve said this many times but I’ll say it again. It absolutely boggles my mind Lion King has no proper attraction at ANY Disney park. Especially the park that has lion king in its DNA.

Agreed. Also I was just searching for Lion King toys online and there is barely anything

 

[Surferboy567]

Agreed. Also I was just searching for Lion King toys online and there is barely anything

Funny you just mentioned that, today I actually bought a statue based on the Lion King, the first high end merch I’ve seen representing Lion King.

 

[UNCgolf]

I’ve said this many times but I’ll say it again. It absolutely boggles my mind Lion King has no proper attraction at ANY Disney park. Especially the park that has lion king in its DNA.

They're supposedly building one in Paris -- if that actually happens, I imagine it'll eventually end up at DAK too.

 

[Brer Panther]

If they're going all in on Tropical Americas it'd be nice if they included Paradise Falls from Pixar's UP. Plus it can tie-in with the dinosaur angle.

UP and Rio - two IPs that Disney owns which would actually work fine in an Animal Kingdom South America land. Why are they not being considered for this project?

 

[Surferboy567]

They're supposedly building one in Paris -- if that actually happens, I imagine it'll eventually end up at DAK too.

I thought it was a “possibility” between pandora, pridelands, and galaxy’s edge last I heard. Did something change?

EDIT: Maybe the elephant graveyard shows up at a potential villains land?

 

[UNCgolf]

I thought it was a “possibility” between pandora, pridelands, and galaxy’s edge last I heard. Did something change?

EDIT: Maybe the elephant graveyard shows up at a potential villains land?

Last I saw posted on here was that Pandora and Galaxy's Edge weren't happening but Lion King might be.

Who knows, though?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Nothing new but on the Disney 100 20/20 special to ight they spoke about the potential for a "Tropical Americas" land coming to AK and specially mentioned Encanto (and had a clip of Lin Manuel Miranda)

https://twitter.com/ScottGustin/status/1736558854777811025?t=Yftysek8LB2vPFabYS3YaA&s=19

 

[TheMaxRebo]

If they're going all in on Tropical Americas it'd be nice if they included Paradise Falls from Pixar's UP. Plus it can tie-in with the dinosaur angle.

I would love an UP attraction - could be a nice family dark ride with an updated Peter Pan ride system

 

[RSoxNo1]

Shame it never happened in Epcot...But, there were plans in the early 80s..

Similarly, there were plans for a Movie Pavilion that became MGM and a Rainforest roller coaster as part of Project Gemini. EPCOT could have evolved very differently and that evolution could have come much earlier than any of us expected.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

I would love an UP attraction - could be a nice family dark ride with an updated Peter Pan ride system

This why we Learn from our mistakes..Some things just don't work as attractions.

 

[RSoxNo1]

This why we Learn from our mistakes..Some things just don't work as attractions.

Up could absolutely work as an attraction in the Animal Kingdom, in fact I'd rather see something related to UP replacing Tough to be a Bug instead of Zootopia. That being said, the bird show with pre-recorded audio mixed with the old bird show, mixed with a subtle Rivers of light dynamic was a hot mess. Flights of Wonder w/Guano Joe was the best version of the show, but what's there now is decent.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

This why we Learn from our mistakes..Some things just don't work as attractions.

Adding Up characters to an existing bird show is very different than designing a ride for it from the ground up

Plus sometimes things don't work the first time and are better the 2nd.

Or should we not want a Lion King Dark Ride/attraction since Lion King was already in the never busy Circle of Life movie at the Land pavilion?

 

[ToTBellHop]

Adding Up characters to an existing bird show is very different than designing a ride for it from the ground up

Plus sometimes things don't work the first time and are better the 2nd.

Or should we not want a Lion King Dark Ride/attraction since Lion King was already in the never busy Circle of Life movie at the Land pavilion?

That movie left many moons ago.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Adding Up characters to an existing bird show is very different than designing a ride for it from the ground up

Plus sometimes things don't work the first time and are better the 2nd.

Or should we not want a Lion King Dark Ride/attraction since Lion King was already in the never busy Circle of Life movie at the Land pavilion?

And a puppet/stage show where Philharmonic is now...

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

That movie left many moons ago.

Shame. Squandered potential.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Shame. Squandered potential.

I really enjoy Awesome Planet (its replacement). I had an excellent nap there in August during the 100-degrees-every-day-without-rain week.

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

I really enjoy Awesome Planet (its replacement). I had an excellent nap there in August during the 100-degrees-every-day-without-rain week.

Oh sorry, I thought you were talking about UP.

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

This why we Learn from our mistakes..Some things just don't work as attractions.

Just because they built the wrong sort of attration for a property doesn't mean a great attraction could never be built for that property.

Frozen has all the potential in the world for a fantastic ride. That doesn't change just because Frozen Ever After fails to take full advantage of it.

 

[Cmdr_Crimson]

Frozen has all the potential in the world for a fantastic ride. That doesn't change just because Frozen Ever After fails to take full advantage of it.

Have you seen Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs?

That's wasted potential and they could have done more ..