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

[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...

 

[Magicart87]

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.

 

[Magicart87]

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 ..

 

[yensidtlaw1969]

Have you seen Wandering Oaken's Sliding Sleighs?

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

I agree - Oaken’s further proves my point.

Hoping Tokyo delivers the knockout we deserve. They’re certainly capable of it.

 

[MisterPenguin]

Oaken's is a kiddie coaster, like Barnstormer. In that class, it's is one of the most well-themed kiddie coasters ever (that I know of).

 

[J4546]

Oaken's is a kiddie coaster, like Barnstormer. In that class, it's is one of the most well-themed kiddie coasters ever (that I know of).

yeah thats how i feel too, its by far the best themed kids coaster ive ever seen, makes barnstormer and harry potter coaster look terrible by comparison.

 

[Animaniac93-98]

Hoping Tokyo delivers the knockout we deserve. They’re certainly capable of it.

After BatB I'm less optimistic they'll hit a home run.

That's a ride that's less than the sum of its parts and suffers from poor staging and pacing...and mostly wastes its ride system.

 

[UNCgolf]

After BatB I'm less optimistic they'll hit a home run.

That's a ride that's less than the sum of its parts and suffers from poor staging and pacing...and mostly wastes its ride system.

It seems roughly on par with other Disney trackless rides to me, with maybe one or two exceptions.

 

[Poseidon Quest]

After BatB I'm less optimistic they'll hit a home run.

That's a ride that's less than the sum of its parts and suffers from poor staging and pacing...and mostly wastes its ride system.

It's a weirdly polarizing attraction. I feel the opposite, where I think that almost all other trackless Disney rides waste an enormous amount of space. BatB maximizes its footprint by allowing each scene to evolve around the vehicles as they dance to the music. I thought it was much more clever than Rise.