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

[EagleScout610]

Place your bets now, will these animals be actual animatronics or limited motion 'Wobble back and forth' figures, ala Bayou Adventure?

 

[Ichabod Crane]

So we went into the panel anticipating 3-4 boat rides for WDW and left with zero and 2.5 coasters (half counting the cars thing). That’s kind of a wild about face.

Encanto hasn’t been a boat for months now tbf, so nobody should’ve been expecting that one.

 

[Prince-1]

Are they keeping the crocodile? I’m worried for the croc.

She's becoming a nice pair of shoes and a clutch.

 

[UNCgolf]

I dont think they really feel like they need to add animals to this area. The existing site doesn't have anything beyond the crocodile.

The existing site wasn't representing a whole biosphere, though. Not having any animals will be a huge miss.

 

[Mike S]

IIRC, they’re going to move the crocodile to a nearby zoo before construction begins.

Speaking of moving things, what could happen to the Sue skeleton? Donated to a local museum?

 

[JKick95]

Speaking of moving things, what could happen to the Sue skeleton? Donated to a local museum?

Probably archived in California. The original is already in a museum.

 

[Mike S]

Probably archived in California. The original is already in a museum.

Yes, but not one in Florida lol.

Edit: After a quick internet search there’s at least one museum right now displaying a cast of Sue that’s not the original. Giving the skeleton cast to a museum in Florida would be the right call.

 

[KDM31091]

They could tie Indy in pretty easily with a museum aspect and keep some of the dinosaur items as artifacts. That said, I doubt they will, unfortunately.

I do like that they at least plan to complete work in phases, like I originally thought, and logically they will start with the DinoRama area as it's less popular and has a lot less going on, so my guess is Dinosaur stays open as long as possible, since it does actually eat up people.

I was hoping we get one more holiday season with Dinoland/Dinorama because it has awesome holiday decor, but it's not looking good.

 

[sWANNISAX]

Would be nice if they could work dinosaurs into whatever adventure they cook up for Indy just to keep that element in the park.

 

[capsshield]

Could they do an omnimover and have objects move on a track less system

 

[IMDREW]

One thing that bothers me, that isnt of any value at all to most, is they seem to have replaced the beautiful roof tiles of the carousel in the leaked art for metal sheets.

 

[Fox&Hound]

I wish that they announced some of the animal exhibits coming, but man does this land look gorgeous.

I am ecstatic that they went in this direction. It feels like such a natural progression for the park and gives AK exactly what it needs to thrive well into the future.

A brand new indoor family E-ticket. Bringing out the headliner Dinosaur is meant to be. Fixing the resort's ugliest land. And it’s all on theme too, diversifying the park’s offerings in gorgeous fashion.

Win.

Beautifully said! 100%

 

[Fox&Hound]

I am so excited!!!!! Question: does anyone know if we will enter the Encanto ride through the front door of the casita or is it walled off and just for show (like how you can see the dwarfs cottage but not access). Thanks!

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

I wish that they announced some of the animal exhibits coming, but man does this land look gorgeous.

I am ecstatic that they went in this direction. It feels like such a natural progression for the park and gives AK exactly what it needs to thrive well into the future.

A brand new indoor family E-ticket. Bringing out the headliner Dinosaur is meant to be. Fixing the resort's ugliest land. And it’s all on theme too, diversifying the park’s offerings in gorgeous fashion.

Win.

I thought Encanto was being described as a D ticket. Did something change? I mean with making the ride better, not Disney trying to oversell it as something it isn't (like they did with Mermaid).

 

[UNCgolf]

I thought Encanto was being described as a D ticket. Did something change? I mean with making the ride better, not Disney trying to oversell it as something it isn't (like they did with Mermaid).

The ride building is absolutely massive in the concept art/model -- it definitely seems like it could be an E ticket.

 

[Indy_UK]

They have missed a massive opportunity with encanto and not to do a Mystic Manor type dark ride. i feel another boat ride is lazy.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

They have missed a massive opportunity with encanto and not to do a Mystic Manor type dark ride. i feel another boat ride is lazy.

According to the current rumors, definitely not a boat ride. Omnimover seems plausible though.

 

[Indy_UK]

According to the current rumors, definitely not a boat ride. Omnimover seems plausible though.

Ah ok, we’ll see then. The images to me looked like a boat ride.

 

[MerlinTheGoat]

Ah ok, we’ll see then. The images to me looked like a boat ride.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Smoke seems to indicate omni? It's difficult to get a straight answer out of anyone, which is odd because their design work has to be done or close to it to be breaking ground in the coming weeks.

Disney often makes use of aspects of fast-track project delivery which overlaps construction with the design phases. There’s all sorts of work that can be done without design work being complete.