News Rafiki's Planet Watch is closing Oct. 21st will reopen in Summer 2019

[Disney Maddux]

With the Zootopia announcement for Shanghai, and with what @ThatDreamfinderGuy is saying on Twitter...

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

Terrifying image! Apologies to those with weak constitutions. Boooooo! Muck to Zootopia in DAK

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

AK is too beautiful and natural to have Zootopia

Spoiler: Controversial? I don't know

And the furries will have a field day

 

[GlacierGlacier]

It's not in Orlando. That's for a reason.

Makes sense in China - it's the highest grossing animated film of all time in China. No clear desire to bring it over to Orlando.

 

[JenniferS]

With the Zootopia announcement for Shanghai, and with what @ThatDreamfinderGuy is saying on Twitter...

Thought of you while I was reading all the Twitter shares. I’m not the least bit interested, but I know it would please many people.

To me, it’s as bad a fit as Chester and Hester’s. YMMV.

 

[999th Happy Haunt]

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse but Animal Kingdom's message is just so in tact and the park is so beautiful right now I hope they don't dilute it with Zootopia. The park is the modern version of EPCOT Center in terms of it being true to it's original vision... I just don't want them to make the same mistakes.

 

[jt04]

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse but Animal Kingdom's message is just so in tact and the park is so beautiful right now I hope they don't dilute it with Zootopia. The park is the modern version of EPCOT Center in terms of it being true to it's original vision... I just don't want them to make the same mistakes.

It was originally supposed to have Beastly Kingdom so they have some flexibility from constant environmental themes. Though I agree Zootopia characters should only be a temporary solution in a temporary land.

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

With the Zootopia announcement for Shanghai, and with what @ThatDreamfinderGuy is saying on Twitter...

I knew you’d be overjoyed with this, actually thought of you as soon as this stuff started popping up. While I personally don’t feel it’s a good fit, I hope my mind will be changed when/if it opens at DAK. (Would work great at DHS, but no expansion plots)

 

[DreamfinderGuy]

Sorry if I'm beating a dead horse but Animal Kingdom's message is just so in tact and the park is so beautiful right now I hope they don't dilute it with Zootopia. The park is the modern version of EPCOT Center in terms of it being true to it's original vision... I just don't want them to make the same mistakes.

THIS

 

[Notes from Neverland]

This news obviously brings the AK rumors back to life. I guess I'm baffled by how a metropolitan city would fit into AK. Doesn't really matter who inhabits said city.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

From the Disneyland board

Zootopia won’t come to any US parks anytime in the foreseeable future. Corporate is afraid of the fan base.

 

[jt04]

From the Disneyland board

With good reason lol. I think they destroyed any chance for a sequel too.

 

[Bryner84]

Are the various tamarins from RPW relocated somewhere else onstage during the closure? There were more varieties and they were easier to see here than the DI exhibit.

 

[Rteetz]

(Would work great at DHS, but no expansion plots)

That's not true. DHS has plenty of expansion areas.

 

[Sharon&Susan]

Also from the Disneyland side of the forum:

Let alone the fan base, it will never come to the US for the same reasons that Get Out will never come to Horror Nights: It's Far too politically charged. So, what you end up with is the combined factors of a niche fan base and politics (let alone meh merch sales), a sizable Zootopia presence is a non-starter.

 

[brb1006]

It's not in Orlando. That's for a reason.

Makes sense in China - it's the highest grossing animated film of all time in China. No clear desire to bring it over to Orlando.

A Zootopia area would work much better at DHS than AK.

 

[Kman101]

But I thought some forum members said it would never happen anywhere? Why would China have any incentive to add it if it adds nothing?

 

[ᗩLᘿᑕ ✨ ᗩζᗩᗰ]

But I thought some forum members said it would never happen anywhere? Why would China have any incentive to add it if it adds nothing?

Merchandising most likely. But also because China has money and money decides things.

 

[Rteetz]

But I thought some forum members said it would never happen anywhere? Why would China have any incentive to add it if it adds nothing?

Zootopia is pretty big in China.

 

[Sped2424]

Also from the Disneyland side of the forum:

Oh I can't wait to see how that post ages.