lazyboy97o
Well-Known Member
I do get what you are saying. But it's not like the park didn't launch with the show and a Pavilion hosted by Rafiki.
But we know about things like the Excavator, the longer Kali River Rapids and Beastlie Kingdom. There is no plot at Disney’s Animal Kingdom where the Lion King or Jungle Book rides were supposed to go before getting cut.I think the 'why not' also has every bit to do with the park already having blown its load on Africa via Kilimanjaro to begin with.
It’s only strange if one has completely bought into the idea of movies “deserving” to be in the parks. It is an assessment based entirely on the movie and completely detached from the question of the actual experience.But Lion King is low hanging fruit across their portfolio and a bit strange it has never resulted in a significant attraction to this day.
The Lion King is a plot heavy drama focused on characters. Hamlet the Ride sounds like a lousy idea because it is. There’s to much plot for a short ride. You’ll run into the same problem as The Little Mermaid of making weird cuts. Something focused on the environment is redundant because it’s already been done in spectacular living fashion. The television specials on Disney’s Animal Kingdom always included Rhode talking about bringing a real tiger to a pitch meeting to demonstrate the power of real animals and we’ve got people scratching their heads as to why there hasn’t been an effort to just do fake animals in the park.
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