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

Disnutz311

Disnutz311

Disney World Purist
If they were smart they would pre-fab some the new Indy facade off sight and have it ready to go and be attached when it is closing time. Not really changing the structure just the overlay of a new facade. Start working on the extended outdoor queue if not needed. Have everything ready to go in shipping containers for install. Demo is 4 months. 6 Months to install. 2 Months to program. At least that is how I would do it...

Do we think they will open Encanto and the area when it is done or wait till the whole land is ready?
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
Disnutz311 said:
If they were smart they would pre-fab some the new Indy facade off sight and have it ready to go and be attached when it is closing time. Not really changing the structure just the overlay of a new facade. Start working on the extended outdoor queue if not needed. Have everything ready to go in shipping containers for install. Demo is 4 months. 6 Months to install. 2 Months to program. At least that is how I would do it...

Do we think they will open Encanto and the area when it is done or wait till the whole land is ready?
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The whole land would reopen once it’s all done.
 
lentesta

lentesta

Premium Member
I'm really surprised at the delay in closing Dinosaur.

I'd heard earlier this year that the plan was to have it offline by January, 2025 (i.e., next month).

My initial thought is that Park Ops pushed back on losing the capacity.

Kali isn't popular during the colder months of the year, so that's one headliner out until spring.

Dinosaur would be two headliners offline.

Everest averages something like an hour of downtime per day, and its last major refurb was spring 2022. So it might need some TLC sooner rather than later.

If Everest had to do multi-week maintenance, that would leave Safaris and Flight of Passage as the only major rides in the park. Safaris would be the only major LLMP attraction too.

I can see how that would affect Park Ops and revenue.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

Well-Known Member
Mr. Sullivan said:
There is dirt moving there. We’ve already seen it. We’ve known this whole time they were gonna do the other half of the area first so they could leave Dinosaur running as long as possible. Why are we pretending they’re not doing anything as if an entire half of the area won’t be under active construction
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They are working so fast they cant be seen with the naked eye ;) JK.
 
lazyboy97o

lazyboy97o

Well-Known Member
lentesta said:
I'm really surprised at the delay in closing Dinosaur.

I'd heard earlier this year that the plan was to have it offline by January, 2025 (i.e., next month).

My initial thought is that Park Ops pushed back on losing the capacity.

Kali isn't popular during the colder months of the year, so that's one headliner out until spring.

Dinosaur would be two headliners offline.

Everest averages something like an hour of downtime per day, and its last major refurb was spring 2022. So it might need some TLC sooner rather than later.

If Everest had to do multi-week maintenance, that would leave Safaris and Flight of Passage as the only major rides in the park. Safaris would be the only major LLMP attraction too.

I can see how that would affect Park Ops and revenue.
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Which just highlights how much the park seriously lacks capacity. Losing a ride shouldn’t be this big of an issue and yet they’re still not committed to actually trying to build out adequate capacity.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

Well-Known Member
lentesta said:
I'm really surprised at the delay in closing Dinosaur.

I'd heard earlier this year that the plan was to have it offline by January, 2025 (i.e., next month).

My initial thought is that Park Ops pushed back on losing the capacity.

Kali isn't popular during the colder months of the year, so that's one headliner out until spring.

Dinosaur would be two headliners offline.

Everest averages something like an hour of downtime per day, and its last major refurb was spring 2022. So it might need some TLC sooner rather than later.

If Everest had to do multi-week maintenance, that would leave Safaris and Flight of Passage as the only major rides in the park. Safaris would be the only major LLMP attraction too.

I can see how that would affect Park Ops and revenue.
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WDW is the world leader in delaying projects ;)

I for one am happy they are delaying the close of Dinosaur.

I am sad Disney is erasing Dinosaurs from AK.
 
MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
Premium Member
lentesta said:
I'm really surprised at the delay in closing Dinosaur.

I'd heard earlier this year that the plan was to have it offline by January, 2025 (i.e., next month).

My initial thought is that Park Ops pushed back on losing the capacity.

Kali isn't popular during the colder months of the year, so that's one headliner out until spring.

Dinosaur would be two headliners offline.

Everest averages something like an hour of downtime per day, and its last major refurb was spring 2022. So it might need some TLC sooner rather than later.

If Everest had to do multi-week maintenance, that would leave Safaris and Flight of Passage as the only major rides in the park. Safaris would be the only major LLMP attraction too.

I can see how that would affect Park Ops and revenue.
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Yeah, this is the same company that allowed DHS to drop to just 3 rides for a while in order to retheme and add.

So.... 🤷‍♂️

Or maybe... they're actually experiencing EU pressure.

At least, a little.
 
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Purduevian

Well-Known Member
lentesta said:
I'm really surprised at the delay in closing Dinosaur.

I'd heard earlier this year that the plan was to have it offline by January, 2025 (i.e., next month).

My initial thought is that Park Ops pushed back on losing the capacity.

Kali isn't popular during the colder months of the year, so that's one headliner out until spring.

Dinosaur would be two headliners offline.

Everest averages something like an hour of downtime per day, and its last major refurb was spring 2022. So it might need some TLC sooner rather than later.

If Everest had to do multi-week maintenance, that would leave Safaris and Flight of Passage as the only major rides in the park. Safaris would be the only major LLMP attraction too.

I can see how that would affect Park Ops and revenue.
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I know it's not a major attraction, but Bug's life needs to close fairly soon if Zootopia is making it for next Christmas. Not even major LLs, but all LLMPs would be down to:
  1. Navi
  2. Kali (assuming it isn't closed due to weather)
  3. Safari
  4. Everest
  5. Feathered Friends in Flight (limited show times)
  6. Festival of the Lion King (limited show times)
  7. Finding Nemo (limited show times)
  8. Maybe add it back into the animation experience?
  9. I would think Park ops might also push to bring it back to M&Gs (maybe only at Animal Kingdom)
  10. Maybe throw something into Kite Tails/Rivers of light arena with a LLMP for one of the seating sections? IDK what they could add that quickly though to a lagoon that would be good enough to need a LLMP...
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

Well-Known Member
Purduevian said:
I know it's not a major attraction, but Bug's life needs to close fairly soon if Zootopia is making it for next Christmas. Not even major LLs, but all LLMPs would be down to:
  1. Navi
  2. Kali (assuming it isn't closed due to weather)
  3. Safari
  4. Everest
  5. Feathered Friends in Flight (limited show times)
  6. Festival of the Lion King (limited show times)
  7. Finding Nemo (limited show times)
  8. Maybe add it back into the animation experience?
  9. I would think Park ops might also push to bring it back to M&Gs (maybe only at Animal Kingdom)
  10. Maybe throw something into Kite Tails/Rivers of light arena with a LLMP for one of the seating sections? IDK what they could add that quickly though to a lagoon that would be good enough to need a LLMP...
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Yeah, holding off on Zootopia may make sense from a marketing standpoint (align with the new film's release) but doesn't make sense for the park. They should be switching to Zootopia NOW to open it before DinoRama closes. The park needs capacity.
 
BrianLo

BrianLo

Well-Known Member
lazyboy97o said:
Which just highlights how much the park seriously lacks capacity. Losing a ride shouldn’t be this big of an issue and yet they’re still not committed to actually trying to build out adequate capacity.
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I’m surprised given the companies a la carte revenue focus that the five year plan went anemic for DAK. I won’t go so far to say Hollywood studios is getting a strong investment cycle, but it’s already the second place LLMP consideration park due to its heavy headliner burden.

We’re clearly missing a DAK project.
 
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doctornick

Well-Known Member
lentesta said:
I'm really surprised at the delay in closing Dinosaur.

I'd heard earlier this year that the plan was to have it offline by January, 2025 (i.e., next month).

My initial thought is that Park Ops pushed back on losing the capacity.

Kali isn't popular during the colder months of the year, so that's one headliner out until spring.

Dinosaur would be two headliners offline.

Everest averages something like an hour of downtime per day, and its last major refurb was spring 2022. So it might need some TLC sooner rather than later.

If Everest had to do multi-week maintenance, that would leave Safaris and Flight of Passage as the only major rides in the park. Safaris would be the only major LLMP attraction too.

I can see how that would affect Park Ops and revenue.
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Which all speaks as to why they should be building a TLK ride now and first (or a Pandora expansion) before shutting down things in Dinoland.
 
EagleScout610

EagleScout610

What a wisecracker
Premium Member
ToTBellHop said:
Yeah, holding off on Zootopia may make sense from a marketing standpoint (align with the new film's release) but doesn't make sense for the park. They should be switching to Zootopia NOW to open it before DinoRama closes. The park needs capacity.
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I wonder if they'll have Zootopia open before Dinosaur closes to try to keep at least some of the capacity up. Dinorama the park can do without but Bug and Dinosaur I can imagine would cause issues. Plus I wouldn't be surprised if Bug is closed less than a year like Country Bears were.
 

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