News Primeval Whirl, Stitch's Great Escape and Rivers of Light permanently closed

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doctornick

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SplashZander said:
Interesting thought.

Since the permit isn’t a demolition and it’s confirmed Nemo is coming back, what if they’re going for a cheap “Crush’s Coaster” returned?

It wouldn’t be good, but the circular vehicle definitely lends itself well.

I can definitely see an exec seeing this tweet and opting for the cheapest option possible to make it happen.

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I’m down with combining the Nemo theater and the Dinorama plot into an undersea area with Crush’s coaster in a Sea (or maybe Australia/Oceana) land with the rest of Dinoland remaining as is.
 
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J4546

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if they built a new road that went around the massive lake south of dinoland and flipped the backstage docks/marina to the eastern side of the river, freeing up that area for a suspended launch coaster that skims across the lake and goes into the jungle around it dipping into the trees and around the volcano i also decided to put in there....anyways get rid of the backstage road between Dinosaur and the new ride showbuilding, opening it up for guests to have a cool viewing area of the lake with coaster flying over it....that would be cool. Also retheme the entire parking lot dinoland area as well.
 

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doctornick

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RSoxNo1 said:
I want to see an extinct animals (non-dino edition) family friendly ride on this footprint. I also think the next big move for DAK should be a Ta Lo attraction, ideally w/Shanghai Pirates tech.
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I feel like a Ta Lo attraction/area would work, but would probably feel somewhat superfluous along with Pandora. I'd favor putting a third attraction in Pandora and adding a new land based on Australia or South America (or at least new attractions to existing lands).

I continue to feel that Mystic Manor would be a perfect add to DAK in terms of the type of attraction it is. Put an appropriate façade and say that Lord Mystic retired to Harambe or Anandapur.
 
RSoxNo1

RSoxNo1

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doctornick said:
I feel like a Ta Lo attraction/area would work, but would probably feel somewhat superfluous along with Pandora. I'd favor putting a third attraction in Pandora and adding a new land based on Australia or South America (or at least new attractions to existing lands).

I continue to feel that Mystic Manor would be a perfect add to DAK in terms of the type of attraction it is. Put an appropriate façade and say that Lord Mystic retired to Harambe or Anandapur.
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We did our DAK buildout show last week, and I'll put some of my ideas below:

So the assumption / understanding is that Disney doesn't want to use European mythological animals because they're heavily represented over at Universal. My wish would be that the stretch from roughly the Gibbons to Theater in the Wild would be the mythological section. My cringe-worthy name was "Beastly SEAport" and it would focus on mythological animals inspired by Asian mythology / supernatural. I'd eliminate Kali River Rapids and put Mystic Manor between the gibbons and Everest. Then I'd put a Ta Lo attraction (ideally Shanghai Pirates tech) on the Theater in the Wild footprint (and the area behind it). I also think that area needs a dining establishment, and a mythological / supernatural area would be a welcome area for an Adventurer's Club type establishment.
 
DisneyDodo

DisneyDodo

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RSoxNo1 said:
We did our DAK buildout show last week, and I'll put some of my ideas below:

So the assumption / understanding is that Disney doesn't want to use European mythological animals because they're heavily represented over at Universal. My wish would be that the stretch from roughly the Gibbons to Theater in the Wild would be the mythological section. My cringe-worthy name was "Beastly SEAport" and it would focus on mythological animals inspired by Asian mythology / supernatural. I'd eliminate Kali River Rapids and put Mystic Manor between the gibbons and Everest. Then I'd put a Ta Lo attraction (ideally Shanghai Pirates tech) on the Theater in the Wild footprint (and the area behind it). I also think that area needs a dining establishment, and a mythological / supernatural area would be a welcome area for an Adventurer's Club type establishment.
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Unless you count hippogriffs and other Potter creatures as “European mythological animals,” they don’t really have that great a presence anymore at Uni.

Certainly not as big a presence as, say, dinosaurs…
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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DisneyDodo said:
Unless you count hippogriffs and other Potter creatures as “European mythological animals,” they don’t really have that great a presence anymore at Uni.

Certainly not as big a presence as, say, dinosaurs…
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I have to count a Ukrainian Ironbelly as one, yeah a potter creature
 
Karakasa

Karakasa

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Both Ta Lo and a Raya attraction would fit in well with Asia, that's for sure. I'd personally not mind a "Beastly Kingdom" based less around European folktales and more on myths from Africa, pre-colonial Americas, Oceania and of course Asia. Lot more unique to explore there. Could of course squeeze in a walkaround unicorn or something like that, though.

I'm however kind of against a Nemo land in Animal Kingdom because... there's already a Nemo land, in Epcot. TotW does kind of stick out like a sore thumb, being neither particularly Asian or prehistoric, which is unfortunate. Maybe the current updated Nemo is a stopgap until they can figure out something to do with it? Removing Primeval Whirl does seem like a good time to try to retheme Dinorama, if ever, and using the land TotW is on could make room for more Dinoland stuff. In particular, since Disney is going on ahead with making more media pertaining to Ice Age after the Fox acquisition, they could easily put an Ice Age themed ride in there, then say Dinoland is less about only dinosaurs and more about prehistory in general. I'd sooner prefer Ice Age in Dinoland than Indiana Jones or a Zootopia replacement, anyway, lol.

Sidenote... Kinda tired of the Donald theming going on in Dinoland right now. It was fun for the 20th anniversary of AK, but it's overstayed its welcome at this point.
 
RSoxNo1

RSoxNo1

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Karakasa said:
Both Ta Lo and a Raya attraction would fit in well with Asia, that's for sure. I'd personally not mind a "Beastly Kingdom" based less around European folktales and more on myths from Africa, pre-colonial Americas, Oceania and of course Asia. Lot more unique to explore there. Could of course squeeze in a walkaround unicorn or something like that, though.

I'm however kind of against a Nemo land in Animal Kingdom because... there's already a Nemo land, in Epcot. TotW does kind of stick out like a sore thumb, being neither particularly Asian or prehistoric, which is unfortunate. Maybe the current updated Nemo is a stopgap until they can figure out something to do with it? Removing Primeval Whirl does seem like a good time to try to retheme Dinorama, if ever, and using the land TotW is on could make room for more Dinoland stuff. In particular, since Disney is going on ahead with making more media pertaining to Ice Age after the Fox acquisition, they could easily put an Ice Age themed ride in there, then say Dinoland is less about only dinosaurs and more about prehistory in general. I'd sooner prefer Ice Age in Dinoland than Indiana Jones or a Zootopia replacement, anyway, lol.

Sidenote... Kinda tired of the Donald theming going on in Dinoland right now. It was fun for the 20th anniversary of AK, but it's overstayed its welcome at this point.
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I think Ta Lo is a better fit than Raya.
 
999th Happy Haunt

999th Happy Haunt

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RSoxNo1 said:
Yes, it would be an IP driven way to bring in Asian mythological animals into that park with natural / supernatural undertones. As an IP fit for DAK, it's a pretty strong one, and I would be legit surprised if Disney isn't already considering how to add this to DAK.
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I haven’y seen Shang Chi yet, but I can’t imagine a superhero movie being a great fit for Animal Kingdom. If the IP doesn’t have animals as a main focal point, I don’t think it belongs in AK.
 
RSoxNo1

RSoxNo1

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999th Happy Haunt said:
I haven’y seen Shang Chi yet, but I can’t imagine a superhero movie being a great fit for Animal Kingdom. If the IP doesn’t have animals as a main focal point, I don’t think it belongs in AK.
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Go see the movie, it's a great movie and the underlying themes of the mythological animal area Ta Lo absolutely fit into the park. As long as that's the focus it would absolutely work. That doesn't mean characters from the movie can't be featured in the attraction, but there are absolutely story elements (like in Avatar/Pandora) that work for DAK.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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RSoxNo1 said:
Go see the movie, it's a great movie and the underlying themes of the mythological animal area Ta Lo absolutely fit into the park. As long as that's the focus it would absolutely work. That doesn't mean characters from the movie can't be featured in the attraction, but there are absolutely story elements (like in Avatar/Pandora) that work for DAK.
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Quick! Build it before Peter Parker makes him an Avenger!
 

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