Rumor Is Indiana Jones Planning an Adventure to Disney's Animal Kingdom?

[jaxonp]

I'm all for more Indy related attractions at Studios. Leave Dinosaur alone! Almost every attraction at DAK is original. Let's keep it that way!

 

[BenJacobs]

I'm all for more Indy related attractions at Studios. Leave Dinosaur alone! Almost every attraction at DAK is original. Let's keep it that way!

Exactly.

 

[abaker1975]

No way should Indiana Jones be shoehorned into AK. They could stick with the Dino theme and make a much better land. Indiana Jones ride would be great in HS - hope for it to land there.

 

[BenJacobs]

No way should Indiana Jones be shoehorned into AK. They could stick with the Dino theme and make a much better land. Indiana Jones ride would be great in HS - hope for it to land there.

They just need to change the Dino-rama section - I don't mind it being there, but so many people hate it, they could put in The Excavator or another ride(an IP based one if they want to, as long as it's acceptable).

 

[larryz]

People would certainly be happier if we kept this comment board respectable and didn't start insulting each other.

I certainly didn't mean to insult anyone. But it seems to me that some people are just too emotionally invested in those concepts I mentioned to realize that there's a new management philosophy at Disney and WDW, and it doesn't include "high-concept parks."

 

[beertiki]

Dinoland is the worst themed area in all of WDW. Chester and Hesters is a joke. When you try to recreate a cheap and cheesy parking lot carnival, you get an even cheaper looking and cheesy parking lot carnival. Anything would be an improvement. I don't care what fits or doesn't fit with the theme of DAK, just as long as there is no fake parking lot and rip off carnie games on trailers.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Yes, it would be a huge difference. TDS was planned with Lost River Delta and Indy as cornerstones. It fits just fine -- there. There is no way to tie this to DAK. It has no place and destroys one major facet (animals that once lived) of the park's mission statement. I would hope that Joe Rohde would fight this since he doesn't have many more years in him anyway. But Joe caved very quickly when Pandora, which does sorta fit, and Guardians Tower were dumped in his lap.

I definitely disagree with you on Pandora. I think the treatment they chose makes it a perfect fit for that park. Mission Breakout on the other hand, not so much. But for Mission Breakout, the issue is that it changes the park away from a California theme by removing one of the few California based attractions left.

 

[lazyboy97o]

Everyone forgets that Disney has two Dinosaur IP's! They could keep the Dinoland theme, just replace Dinorama with another kid- friendly Coaster/ride based on "The Good Dinosaur"! This way we get to keep the Dinosaur Ride intact plus the themed land and Disney gets its IP inclusion. Say all you want about it being a flop but it's a Disney owned IP that could only benefit from a little exposure in the parks.

Disney is not focused on IPs in the parks, it is focused on franchises. That is something more specific and The Good Dinosaur is not a franchise.

Wouldn't everbody be happy if they did build the Indy ride, but in Hollywood Studios or Magic Kingdom, it could become a miniland with the stunt show in Hollywood Studios, and could fit nicely between Pirates of the Caribbean and Splash Mountain.

Walt Disney World doesn’t need a clone of a more than 20 year old attraction.

 

[BenJacobs]

I certainly didn't mean to insult anyone. But it seems to me that some people are just too emotionally invested in those concepts I mentioned to realize that there's a new management philosophy at Disney and WDW, and it doesn't include "high-concept parks."

I think that it's reasonable to be emotionally invested into these concepts, as these parks are most of our childhoods, the reason we are on this comment board is because we love Walt Disney World, we want it ti stay just as good as we remember it being.

 

[BenJacobs]

Disney is not focused on IPs in the parks, it is focused on franchises. That is something more specific and The Good Dinosaur is not a franchise.


Walt Disney World doesn’t need a clone of a more than 20 year old attraction.

It doesn't need to be a clone, it better not be, as Dinosaur already has the same track layout.

 

[lazyboy97o]

I certainly didn't mean to insult anyone. But it seems to me that some people are just too emotionally invested in those concepts I mentioned to realize that there's a new management philosophy at Disney and WDW, and it doesn't include "high-concept parks."

So what? Why should people change their views because of a handful of other people? Not having one’s own views is far more of a negative.

 

[MotherOfBirds]

Leaving PETA out of this, there is a declining interest among the public in captive animals, which is due to greater exposure of bad actors in the industry. You can see HD videos of every creature on the planet on the internet, so animals as spectacle doesn't sell the way it did 20 or 30 years ago. Even knowing that Disney is a responsible actor, there are many who would prefer wildlife preserves to exhibits. It would indeed interfere with the stated purpose of the park, but if scaling back live animals is their goal, it's in response to consumer tastes, not women in lettuce bikinis.

 

[larryz]

I think that it's reasonable to be emotionally invested into these concepts, as these parks are most of our childhoods, the reason we are on this comment board is because we love Walt Disney World, we want it ti stay just as good as we remember it being.

It will never be as good as we remember it being... a while back, I saw the choice to live sullenly and miserably in the past, or to embrace the current direction and appreciate that we're getting newer, quality attractions (or at least differently appointed attractions) to freshen and enrich our Disney experiences.

 

[MotherOfBirds]

The only reason there is a decline is because you have evil organizations like PETA producing fabricated propaganda. If we could eradicate them, things wouldn't be so bad. Alas, most people can't distinguish between fact and fiction anymore

PETA disgusts me, don't get me wrong, but there are plenty of legitimate animal rights advocates uncovering inhumane situations all over the world everyday.

 

[Mike S]

Leaving PETA out of this, there is a declining interest among the public in captive animals, which is due to greater exposure of bad actors in the industry. You can see HD videos of every creature on the planet on the internet, so animals as spectacle doesn't sell the way it did 20 or 30 years ago. Even knowing that Disney is a responsible actor, there are many who would prefer wildlife preserves to exhibits. It would indeed interfere with the stated purpose of the park, but if scaling back live animals is their goal, it's in response to consumer tastes, not women in lettuce bikinis.

Why is the internet always brought up as an excuse? None of it compares to the real life thing.

 

[MotherOfBirds]

Why is the internet always brought up as an excuse? None of it compares to the real life thing.

It's true, you can't appreciate them properly on a screen. They are just far more available now than they were in the past.

 

[beertiki]

The only reason there is a decline is because you have evil organizations like PETA producing fabricated propaganda. If we could eradicate them, things wouldn't be so bad. Alas, most people can't distinguish between fact and fiction anymore

There is more than enough real death at zoos and aquariums that PETA does not need to fabricate anything. PETA sends people like me emails, because they know what I and others in this field have seen. I don't support PETA, so they don't get any of the disgusting pictures that I have. You never know when you will need to cover your , so take lots of pictures, even though it's against policy.

Like I said before, if you do not work in this field, you know nothing. I am not stupid enough to argue with some of the business/marketing/economics experts on here, because I don't work in that field and my education focused on biology and ecology. All you have is baseless opinions spawned out of ignorance.

 

[Kman101]

Dinosaurs are compelling regardless of IP because Dinosaurs are awesome.

Any plans for Dinoland USA that remove Dinosaur should just replace it with the original vision for a Dino safari that is a more efficient people eater, with a lower height requirement/less physically intense.

And this guy needs more love... and a Duffy like gang of AA Dino pals.

I keep hoping they bring him back but nope

 

[njDizFan]

The only reason there is a decline is because you have evil organizations like PETA producing fabricated propaganda. If we could eradicate them, things wouldn't be so bad. Alas, most people can't distinguish between fact and fiction anymore

I don't really wish to go down this rabbit hole but I think we can all agree that in large the human species has not treated the animal world very well at all. Deforestation, factory farms, extinction of most of the worlds large mammals, the polluting of the waters etc. Obviously there are different methods to raise awareness and make changes, but I think most would like a better life for the world's animals.

I'm not usually in agreement with @beertiki but he made a great analogy. The world is a harsh place for man and animals. Would any free thinking creature trade freedom for 3 square meals? The one's that do are a better fit for confinement and the zoo setting, the rest not so much.

 

[njDizFan]

Animal rights have never really been a top priority for me. Sorry

No problem, I don't like pets. They annoy me.