Did you miss the word "preferably"?
Bob also loves to milk 2 or 3 of the hit movies of his predecessor, along with Toy Story.
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Rumor Lion King Flume Ride being considered for Animal Kingdom
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Bob also loves to milk 2 or 3 of the hit movies of his predecessor, along with Toy Story.
DisneyHead123
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Apologies if I was a bit short. Theme parks have lots and lots of elements. If your criteria is “this appeared somewhere in the park at one point in time”, the theme could literally be anything and becomes a meaningless construct. I could go on and on about how Magic Kingdom has always contained lots of food and merch and so really we should turn the place into Disney Springs. Or a coaster park. Or a Renaissance Fair. Whatever. Lots of stuff has appeared in that park.
Without a deeper meaning for the word “theme” - all I can do is shrug and say “Ok, sure, that’s your opinion.” If I say Magic Kingdom was always themed to Disney Springs because shops, all you can do is shrug and say yeah, sure, that’s one opinion. At that point there’s little reason to even have a conversation and it would probably make more sense for Disney to poll their customers and see what the most popular theme for AK is, then go from there.
UNCgolf
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I don't think anyone wishes Chester & Hester's would stay -- I always hated it. But if you think it's not a well-themed representation of an American roadside tourist trap, then... well... not sure what to tell you.
That aside, the lack of reading comprehension in this thread continues to hurt me to my core. It's the main reasons I've stopped posting here much; it feels like the vast majority of people either have abysmal reading comprehension or intentionally choose to ignore what they've read. It feels like a waste of time to engage.
That aside, the lack of reading comprehension in this thread continues to hurt me to my core. It's the main reasons I've stopped posting here much; it feels like the vast majority of people either have abysmal reading comprehension or intentionally choose to ignore what they've read. It feels like a waste of time to engage.
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DisneyHead123
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I thought the poster was waxing poetic about his or her love for the attraction based on nostalgia, but maybe I misread.
DCLcruiser
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Yes. A for effort/execution, but an F for the assignment.
Ayla
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*Sidebar* I had no idea Eisner was older than my parents.
Coaster Lover
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- In the Parks
- No
It's quite ironic when Six Flags tries (and often fails) to hide the fact that they built a new attraction over what was previously a 30 year old parking lot, and then Disney tries (and succeeds) in making it look like they built their land over a 30 year old parking lot that was never there in the first place.
Oh! So it *is* Hamlet!!
Futurama. Willy Wonka parody episode.
cjkeating
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I recently went to a Fun Spot for the first time and I suddenly realised I was at Chester and Hester's.
cjkeating
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I think there are two ways the Lion King flume could be designed to fit within Harambe. Both our outlandish and won't be done.
1) The village of Harambe design a Lion King flume based on their interpretation of the Lion King film following the huge success of the FOTLK at Harambe Theatre just like Disney have interpreted many 'fairy tales' over the years. Therefore the art style in the ride would not be the same as the film but more African, think of the general Harambe art style around the land. I wouldn't have issues with them using the songs from the film.
2) TWDC company have gifted Harambe a multi-million dollar dark ride because they had some corporate outreach money burning a hole in their pocket. If you want to go very meta Disney could even sponsor the ride in universe in Harambe...
For avoidance of doubt I love FOTL and I think it is the perfect treatment for the Lion King in DAK and a flume ride isn't required.
Can you give some examples of where DAK is kawaii?
lazyboy97o
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This sort of meta narrative has been done but it’s a tool that allows pretty much anything to work.I think there are two ways the Lion King flume could be designed to fit within Harambe. Both our outlandish and won't be done.
1) The village of Harambe design a Lion King flume based on their interpretation of the Lion King film following the huge success of the FOTLK at Harambe Theatre just like Disney have interpreted many 'fairy tales' over the years. Therefore the art style in the ride would not be the same as the film but more African, think of the general Harambe art style around the land. I wouldn't have issues with them using the songs from the film.
2) TWDC company have gifted Harambe a multi-million dollar dark ride because they had some corporate outreach money burning a hole in their pocket. If you want to go very meta Disney could even sponsor the ride in universe in Harambe...
My point was more just that theaters are treated different than other attractions in terms of story. Whereas a ride or walkthrough is very much intended to connect to the story of a land, there’s a sort of acceptance that what is in a theater won’t necessarily be aligned with the story of the land. Even Festival of the Lion King is actually an example of this as it wasn’t developed for Africa.
CoasterCowboy67
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I just think it's an unwise decision to make a beautiful theme park with a section whose theme is "cheap theme park". It's too esoteric and academic
Kawaii at DAK:
Your examples exaggerate what anyone's actually proposing as far as a theme for Animal Kingdom. I can also cherry pick elements of any park to define contrived themes and rules that exclude a proposed concept just because I don't like it. And then claim it's a violation of the park's "theme" which I've defined out of convenience. I'm just pointing out the inconsistencies of these litmus tests
It's not hard to believe Harambe villagers would have created a boat version of its safari. Rather than seeing real animals and leaving us to make up stories behind their interactions, we see a specific fictional story featuring the same animatronic lion and warthog who performed at their local showI think there are two ways the Lion King flume could be designed to fit within Harambe. Both our outlandish and won't be done.
1) The village of Harambe design a Lion King flume based on their interpretation of the Lion King film following the huge success of the FOTLK at Harambe Theatre just like Disney have interpreted many 'fairy tales' over the years. Therefore the art style in the ride would not be the same as the film but more African, think of the general Harambe art style around the land. I wouldn't have issues with them using the songs from the film.
2) TWDC company have gifted Harambe a multi-million dollar dark ride because they had some corporate outreach money burning a hole in their pocket. If you want to go very meta Disney could even sponsor the ride in universe in Harambe...
For avoidance of doubt I love FOTL and I think it is the perfect treatment for the Lion King in DAK and a flume ride isn't required.
Can you give some examples of where DAK is kawaii?
Kawaii at DAK:
- Simba, Pumbaa, Timon, and the other animatronic animals at FOTK;
- the Finding Nemo show's depiction of fish;
- It's Tough to be a Bug's depiction of bugs;
- the UP show's depiction of a human, dog, and bird;
- Rafikii's planet watch depiction of a mandrill (is he meant to be a real mandrill hosting a petting zoo? or did these villagers outside of Harambe just use the movie character?)
- all of the character meet ups at DAK past and present;
- ~half the merchandise sold at the park past and present
BrianLo
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The inclusion in the tree of life has convinced me the project both actually exists for DAK and is active. Along with DAK being front line for its budgeted approvals. If DAKs entire spend package hasn’t already been green-lit.
Doesn’t mean it is actually approved nor makes it as we’ve seen time and again. But I went from about 5% convinced this was a thing to 50. Ironically, more so than Moana, which felt like a very obvious Iger supported move.
I’m still left with the supposed spend in a post inflationary sense should really allow WDW to do 50% more than they did last decade. 50% in other words already accounting for projects being more expensive, so 1.5x Pandoras on a 2.0x spend.
Tropical Americas as presented is not more, it’s not even the same. Indy and a lot of retail and dining are being repurposed. Encanto lacks the massive rock work spend of FOP. The prior DAK project included both a new night show and the entire build of a lagoon outdoor theatre. A signature restaraunt, an entirely new theatre venue and quick service build in Harambe. An overhaul of the security plaza.
Either this DAK project is indeed more than merely Tropical Americas, or we’re getting an entirely second DAK project by early next decade. I think even with Lion King (and a night show), we’ll be due for another smaller 1-2 attraction project before the 10 year spend is up.
DisneyHead123
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We actually agree on that one if you're talking Dinoland. I appreciated Boneyard for the littles in my family / extended family, but the rest I generally assumed was a placeholder and / or due to budget cuts. It's a departure from the rest of the park.
Ok, let's do this then. What is your definition of "theme"? And what elements do you consider when deciding what the theme of Animal Kingdom is?
cjkeating
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If we get a ride like this... then it just about works for me.
I'm not sure how most or all of this fits in with the definition of kawaii? But I don't think it matters with what we are talking about.
Starship824
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- In the Parks
- No
Probably not to indicative of anything but I think it's worth noting:
Starship824
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- In the Parks
- No
Yes, the rumor is a ride.