A lateral move in terms of capacity would be something like Winnie the Pooh taking over Mr. Toad or Guardians replacing Ellen, or RR replacing Great Movie Ride
I love it too, but I've seen so many traumatized kids come out of it. A theater show can eat up crowds if kids and families have interest in it. I don't like zootopia going there, but replacing the bugs is an idea I can get behind.
I think the bigger issue is Disney has just given up on Dinosaurs. Jurassic Park has the teens/adults and there is now a swath of children's programming and games set within that franchise that is very popular. It's now an all ages IP.
The boneyard is the only thing about this that I find tragic, because it's the last of the great "burn energy" spaces that WDW had. Huge playgrounds do serve a good purpose and it's sad that they are going extinctI agree the loss of the Boneyard is a bit sad, I would have liked to see a new playstructure or heck even implement another archaeology dig nearby Indiana Jones.
ITTBAB was a scarier show for kids that wasn't all that well liked. While I don't think Zootopia is a great replacement overall because I think Zootopia doesn't lend itself to a show as well as something like a ride, it makes enough sense to replace. If it was up to me I would replace the show as well but add in a Bug's Life Land to flesh out Animal Kingdom with a ton more flatrides + a high quality Bugs Life dark ride but that's just me.
As cool as Excavator coaster would be, it's not necessarily a great business decision due to its somewhat similarity to BTM, lack of IP, and imo somewhat lack of a wow factor. There's moments in a lot of the new Disney ride that like to build up to a particular "wow" moment or be hyper themed. Excavator doesn't have that imo since you're going through an old dig site + dino bones.
Great to hear theres expansion spacethe problem is getting people over to it was its currently blocked by stuff like Kali. I think they just want to focus right now in making the current stuff the best version it can be then working on expanding the parks. Again, ideal world would give us a ton of possible areas to put in Animal Kingdom. The problem is logistics. Since I wasn't a fan of Dinoland USA, I don't mind it going down completely. I liked Dinosaur but Indiana Jones looks so much better.
Well maybe they will tear out something else to put in an "Event Lawn" or "Flex Space" so the kids have someplace to run around....
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My prediction is Encanto will be the scale of Little Mermaid in MK, Encanto itself will be a draw for families so they don’t need to make it jaw dropping, and Indy is their E ticket
I'm guessing that Encanto is an E ticket, that show building is massive.
Leaning towards a very good D ticket rn. Maybe an E?
I’ve never seen a show that wasn’t packed, which I admit is completely anecdotal. Maybe it’s always crowded during the hottest hours of the day
Primeval whirl was 900 per hour
It will be interesting how zootopia does in comparison. It’s a newer IP and with a sequel coming out it’s certainly more fresh but it’s still a “3d show in the tree” - Will guests see it as something new?
They want to advertise new attractions and new IP without increasing the operations expenses. The problem is, that doesn’t grow capacity for the park so it doesn’t solve some pretty big issues.
An UP show could work well there if Disney wanted to invest into extending Tropical Americas. Or maybe we get a bit of a wild card with a Emperors New Groove show. That would make some of the diehards pretty happy.
