Rumor Lion King Flume Ride being considered for Animal Kingdom

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PB Watermelon

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Brummyboy92 said:
Why are people so concerned with the climate in Paris? We have plenty of water rides in the UK, and that is colder/wetter than Paris. As far as I am concerned, this will be a must visit attraction, it will do it's job in attracting more people to the resort.
If the weather gets so bad that they would need to shut it down, which would be 3/4 weeks maximum a year, who cares? It will likely save Disney money given it will attract big numbers throughout the year, and save a bit of money on operating costs for a few weeks over a 12 month period.

This needs to come to Animal Kingdom in some variation though, and in a reasonable timeframe as well. Always surprised there was no flume ride in the park.
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AK has that downsized shortened clone of Grizzly River Run (Kali River Rapids), doesn't need a flume ride IMO.
 
Disone

Disone

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peter11435 said:
Kali came first. So Grizzly is an improved lengthened clone of Kali River Rapids.
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Thank you for this. I wasn't sure and was too lazy to look it up but I was thinking that kali came first. But they really are two very different rides. Grizzly River run is clearly Superior of the two. Much smaller rafts. But they get bounced around much more. The rafts on kali are too big and they just cut through the rapids.

I still say it wouldn't kill them though to put an A couple of wildlife audio animatronics on grizzly River run. Something simple... A bald eagle on a tree branch. And maybe a bear cub playing near the water edge with the sound hints of an protective mother nearby.
 
Mr. Sullivan

Mr. Sullivan

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PB Watermelon said:
AK has that downsized shortened clone of Grizzly River Run (Kali River Rapids), doesn't need a flume ride IMO.
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I don't think we're at a point where we can start getting picky about what ride system goes into AK. Just give it rides.

Plus if some parks are allowed to have multiple omnimovers, multiple boat rides, etc, why not multiple water rides? Especially when it's two very different kinds of water rides that offer two very different ride experiences?
 
Ghost93

Ghost93

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I think this flume isn't coming to Animal Kingdom because it would somewhat undercut Tiana's Bayou Adventure. Maybe, in retrospect, it would have been better to knock Splash Mountain to the ground and replace it with a completely different type of ride, give Tiana her own attraction in Fantasyland, and then open a Lion King flume in Animal Kingdom.
 
DisDude33

DisDude33

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Touchdown said:
It didn’t really die, it just moved over to Europe.
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The way information tends to drift out from WDI it’s often difficult to know exactly where a project is going to go unless you or someone you are close with is directly involved in that particular project, so it likely was never being considered for any immediate placement in DAK but the source got their info mixed up with other projects.
 
nickys

nickys

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Disstevefan1 said:
The international parks get all the best stuff even though their business is down 30 something percent and the domestic parks who get less, business is up a little (due to constant price increases)
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I think you’ll find DLP’s attendance rose in 2023 and again in 2024 (figures as of Aug this year).

Since Disney took full control it has done better, obviously ignoring the Covid lockdown effect.
 
Gusey

Gusey

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Disstevefan1 said:
The international parks get all the best stuff even though their business is down 30 something percent and the domestic parks who get less, business is up a little (due to constant price increases)
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Classic domestic fan response. Yeah, because DLP getting 3 new rides (Tangled teacups, Frozen clone and Lion King) in the next few years is a lot better than WDW getting a Monsters Inc Land, 2 Cars attractions, a Villains Land and Tropical Americas, in addition to small addition like Test Track's refresh and Zootopia 3D show.
 
mattpeto

mattpeto

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Gusey said:
Classic domestic fan response. Yeah, because DLP getting 3 new rides (Tangled teacups, Frozen clone and Lion King) in the next few years is a lot better than WDW getting a Monsters Inc Land, 2 Cars attractions, a Villains Land and Tropical Americas, in addition to small addition like Test Track's refresh and Zootopia 3D show.
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Plus domestic includes Coco, Avatar and the Avenger campus expansion too.
 
Disstevefan1

Disstevefan1

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Gusey said:
Classic domestic fan response. Yeah, because DLP getting 3 new rides (Tangled teacups, Frozen clone and Lion King) in the next few years is a lot better than WDW getting a Monsters Inc Land, 2 Cars attractions, a Villains Land and Tropical Americas, in addition to small addition like Test Track's refresh and Zootopia 3D show.
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Let’s see which park gets their attractions first and what they end up being after the cost cuts.

I am willing to bet the international parks make out better.

Problem is it’s Sooooo far in the future for the domestic parks it’s a very long time to find out!
 
nickys

nickys

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Disstevefan1 said:
Let’s see which park gets their attractions first and what they end up being after the cost cuts.

I am willing to bet the international parks make out better.

Problem is it’s Sooooo far in the future for the domestic parks it’s a very long time to find out!
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At least 2 of the 4 international parks are owned by a consortium that make their own decisions and fund them. Not sure what the status of HK is.

Which means it’s somewhat misleading to lump them all together.
 

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