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

[HauntedMansionFLA]

So, I wonder what the mystery different project under consideration for DAK that Madison commented on?

 

[peter11435]

Okay, so a talking animal has to be naked, talk only to other animals, and walk on all fours to fit into DAK?

Zootopia is not about animals

 

[Sped2424]

That poster is at least equal to Martin for reliability.

Not saying they aren't feather has a great track record! What I am saying plans have been in a huge flux lately and it wouldn't shock me if this in some form or another ends up here especially if there's a sequel. And if a country that isn't keen on political messages that are "American" can take the film for face value something tells me that isn't what's keeping it from being a land in the states!

 

[Sped2424]

You'll be waiting a while then.

Absolutely no question there. Still curious to see how it will!

 

[Sped2424]

I'm always amazed at the "opinions" I read on these forums sometimes Pandora is top 5 one the greatest things ever done at WDW

Agreed especially if we are going by unique park offerings!

 

[Marc Davis Fan]

There are no current, serious discussions of anything more than Zootopia m&gs at WDW (and only 1 day per week at that). The varied M&Gs, however, is a test to hopefully allow rarer characters not deemed worthy of a full-time M&G to meet sporadically. Wilde and Hopps are in that category.

A different project is under consideration for DAK.

Are you optimistic about that project so far, especially in terms of it keeping with DAK’s theme and design quality?

 

[Monorail_Red_77]

I think whatever they have planned for Rafiki's is well under way. Last time I visited, less than a month before it closed. There was already metal work going on behind plain green scrims at some of the areas where you would walk through the small pavilions on your way to Conservation Station. They were already going vertical with metal works back then.

 

[EPCOTCenterLover]

Spoiler: Controversial

Call me old fashioned and a bigot, but sexual attraction to humans dressed in animal costumes is unnatural and disturbing.

It's at least something worth laughing about when we take ourselves too seriously.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Are you optimistic about that project so far, especially in terms of it keeping with DAK’s theme and design quality?

Moreso than Zootopia certainly.

 

[danlb_2000]

Whether people feel Zootopia fits in AK or not is academic, all that is important if is Disney thinks it fits, and personally I believe they would have no problem putting it in AK.

 

[Magenta Panther]

Beastly Kingdom was not any and all fictional animals. They were mythological animals which personified man's understanding of the powers of the natural world.

And unicorns and dragons fit into that...how?

 

[Magenta Panther]

Whether people feel Zootopia fits in AK or not is academic, all that is important if is Disney thinks it fits, and personally I believe they would have no problem putting it in AK.

'Cause animals!

 

[lazyboy97o]

And unicorns and dragons fit into that...how?

Because they’re animals that came from myths...

 

[King Capybara 77]

Because they’re animals that came from myths...

Sexist ... Could have come from Mythters

 

[jt04]

Not saying they aren't feather has a great track record! What I am saying plans have been in a huge flux lately and it wouldn't shock me if this in some form or another ends up here especially if there's a sequel. And if a country that isn't keen on political messages that are "American" can take the film for face value something tells me that isn't what's keeping it from being a land in the states!

You must have seen a different version than I saw.

 

[SourcererMark79]

And I don't see Zootopia as a good fit in DHS, unless you consider DHS a catch-all for random IPs, which, unfortunately, it may very well turn out to be...

Don't you mean to say Epcot?

 

[FigmentJedi]

Hey I’m not saying it would’ve been worse, just Pandora blends so incredibly well with the rest of the park that it’s hard to see a mostly mideval fantasy realm fit better. But it was never built so we’ll never really know.

One of the biggest recurring themes in fantasy is about nature's connection to magic and how man's increasing reach and new technology keeps pushing out nature and the magical creatures and beings that lived there. And most mythology and folklore based around dragons and unicorns, the two starring species of Beastly Kingdom, tended to be about hunting and killing them whether it be to put down a destructive monster or harvest a rare creature for body parts said to have healing abilities, which is super relevant to current conservation concerns.

 

[CalebS]

I would still take a volcano ride with a dragon in it

 

[jt04]

One of the biggest recurring themes in fantasy is about nature's connection to magic and how man's increasing reach and new technology keeps pushing out nature and the magical creatures and beings that lived there. And most mythology and folklore based around dragons and unicorns, the two starring species of Beastly Kingdom, tended to be about hunting and killing them whether it be to put down a destructive monster or harvest a rare creature for body parts said to have healing abilities, which is super relevant to current conservation concerns.

Is this really the responsibility of the theme park industry?

 

[jt04]

One of the biggest recurring themes in fantasy is about nature's connection to magic and how man's increasing reach and new technology keeps pushing out nature and the magical creatures and beings that lived there. And most mythology and folklore based around dragons and unicorns, the two starring species of Beastly Kingdom, tended to be about hunting and killing them whether it be to put down a destructive monster or harvest a rare creature for body parts said to have healing abilities, which is super relevant to current conservation concerns.

Disney can educate people by other means than theme parks. And they do. Not sure WDW needs to keep piling on layers of the environmental message.