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

[Garyjames220]

Over the years iv noticed Disney needs permits for everything, to change rides, even signs, new experiences etc

Who do they need to get the permit from and why is this needed with more less everything if Disney own the land anyway and there just changing a ride etc

Iv always wondered but never asked

 

[Gremlin Gus]

If I had to guess what "Ro" for TA means, yeah, I have absolutely no clue, I don't think it's a reference to anything in Encanto or Indiana Jones, so I'm guessing it's either an abbreviation for something (though the "O" would have to be capitalized), or it's a part of a word, your guess is as good as mine on that one.

 

[James Alucobond]

My immediate thought was that it's perhaps in reference to Roatán. Its indigenous population was likely Maya, there are Maya ruins on the island, and it is within Honduras, which also contains the ruins at Copán that others have noted especially resemble the red IJ temple. It's also just off the coast of La Ceiba, and there seems to be ceiba tree iconography at the temple as well.

 

[DHSfanatic]

I don't consider my self a fancy pants economist, business person, or knowledgeable theme park operator, but in my opinion, it would seem short sighted to delay/cancel projects that you know are going to taken 2-4 years to complete (if not longer) for an economic situation that is likely to have the most effect in the next 1-2 years...

Exactly right.

 

[Fox&Hound]

I wonder how you will enter the Encanto ride. I would hope you get to walk through the front door with the Mirabel door , shutters waving at you and all. But I am afraid Disney will not want that as youtubers and instagrammers will use the house in all of their background shots and they will have us walk through a side door or worse, some random rock work ala Beats’s Castle in NFL. What do you think?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I wonder how you will enter the Encanto ride. I would hope you get to walk through the front door with the Mirabel door , shutters waving at you and all. But I am afraid Disney will not want that as youtubers and instagrammers will use the house in all of their background shots and they will have us walk through a side door or worse, some random rock work ala Beats’s Castle in NFL. What do you think?

I think you are probably right - they want that view of the front of the house to be calling people towards it (the weenie of the land) and not just see a ton of people queued up in front of it ... so likely in a side door or something

Unless they do it that you do walk through the front door but the bulk of the queue is after that (either indoors or you go back out a side door or something and then back in later

 

[Gremlin Gus]

I wonder how you will enter the Encanto ride. I would hope you get to walk through the front door with the Mirabel door , shutters waving at you and all. But I am afraid Disney will not want that as youtubers and instagrammers will use the house in all of their background shots and they will have us walk through a side door or worse, some random rock work ala Beats’s Castle in NFL. What do you think?

Based off of the permits that show the layout for TA and the concept, art it looks like we'll be entering through the side of the Casita (or I guess some random house/building) with the exit being in either the back of the Casita or the other pathway shown on the image below. I'm guessing that the pathway to the Casita also shown in the image below is just for scenery.

 

[Aramar]

Based off of the permits that show the layout for TA and the concept, art it looks like we'll be entering through the side of the Casita (or I guess some random house/building) with the exit being in either the back of the Casita or the other pathway shown on the image below. I'm guessing that the pathway to the Casita also shown in the image below is just for scenery.

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This seems to follow the pattern in Beast's Castle in Tokyo, Mystic Manor in Hong Kong or Arendelle Castle in Paris where we access the buildings by side doors instead of the main one.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Over the years iv noticed Disney needs permits for everything, to change rides, even signs, new experiences etc

Who do they need to get the permit from and why is this needed with more less everything if Disney own the land anyway and there just changing a ride etc

Iv always wondered but never asked

Owning land doesn’t mean you can just build whatever you want whenever you want, especially if it’s open to other people.

Most of the permits are actually notices of commencement filed with the county, typically Orange County since that’s where most of the built portions of Walt Disney World are located. These aren’t really permits but notices that work is being done.

The permits recently posted in this thread, the ones that often show the larger site, are water management permits. Florida is divided into five water management districts that are responsible for protecting Florida’s water resources, including flood management. These are required when the water management plan of an area is being modified. They required civil engineering design but for buildings only really involve their size to know what is an impermeable surface that’s going to create runoff during rain events.

Building permits are required for the actual construction and demolition activities. These are issued by the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (formerly the Reedy Creek Improvement District). These are the permits for the actual construction based on the detailed construction drawings developed by the architect and engineers.

 

[Garyjames220]

Owning land doesn’t mean you can just build whatever you want whenever you want, especially if it’s open to other people.

Most of the permits are actually notices of commencement filed with the county, typically Orange County since that’s where most of the built portions of Walt Disney World are located. These aren’t really permits but notices that work is being done.

The permits recently posted in this thread, the ones that often show the larger site, are water management permits. Florida is divided into five water management districts that are responsible for protecting Florida’s water resources, including flood management. These are required when the water management plan of an area is being modified. They required civil engineering design but for buildings only really involve their size to know what is an impermeable surface that’s going to create runoff during rain events.

Building permits are required for the actual construction and demolition activities. These are issued by the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District (formerly the Reedy Creek Improvement District). These are the permits for the actual construction based on the detailed construction drawings developed by the architect and engineers.

Thanks for explaining. Learn something new every day

 

[radiorae]

Cool beans. Updated the list.

You wouldn't happen to know the significance of: 89, S, and Ro?

Total shot in the dark… I wonder if Project 89 (Reflections) is named because reflected back 89 looks like 98– the year Mulan and its song Reflection came out (1998).

 

[Casper Gutman]

So about the cost of building materials…

 

[Sorcerer Mickey]

So about the cost of building materials…

Calling it right now. Bookmark this, frame it, whatever you gotta do. But here's what's going to happen...

- Plans for Encanto remain unchanged.
- Indiana Jones is not happening.
- Dinosaur will remain but under a different name and story. Aladar statue and fountain is out. The area will look like a lush, tropical rainforest while the CTX building will look abandoned with overgrowth surrounding it. The "Countdown to Extinction" name will return.
- The ride's new story will center around discovering the abandoned lab and Time Machine. Any loose tie to the 2001 "Dinosaur" movie is gone.
- The change will be heralded at this year's D23 as Disney "listening to the fans", but in reality, they were hesitant to begin work on Indy until external situations played out. Hesitation began after the last Indy movie completely bombed but it was too late to not announce the project at 2023's D23. Now with building materials potentially being 25% more expensive, the large, rolling boulder finally caught up to the man in the hat. Splat.

 

[Nobody nobody]

Indy is locked in.

It would take something catastrophic for Indy to not happen now.

Once again, cool your jets everyone.

 

[Agent H]

Once again, cool your jets everyone.

What do you mean cool your jets?

 

[EagleScout610]

What do you mean cool your jets?

I think it's talking about the worry that the recent economic changes will delay/cancel parts of the Tropical America construction.

 

[Nobody nobody]

I think it's talking about the worry that the recent economic changes will delay/cancel parts of the Tropical America construction.

Yes. Same goes for any other announced things with a date, at least imo. I think what DOES get canned, if anything, is any unannounced but heavily rumored project. IE, the SSE redo, the Animation courtyard project, ect.

 

[Agent H]

I think it's talking about the worry that the recent economic changes will delay/cancel parts of the Tropical America construction.

Well then @wdwmagic seems to know what he’s talking about that Indiana Jones will happen

 

[Agent H]

So about the cost of building materials…

Did something else happen? I don’t read “real world news” anymore so if something did happen I’m clueless

 

[Casper Gutman]

I think (and hope) Indy happens, but with cuts. Muppets closes. RnRC closes. Disney drags its feet on Monstersland and RnRC replacement, both opening with big cuts (particularly to Muppets replacement) much later then expected.

I have no idea what happens in MK.