According to witnesses, the new octopus figure is simply that, no motion. If that is the case I wish they hadn't bothered putting it in at all. I'm bothered that motionless figures in full view seem to be ok with management. Tarzan's Treehouse got a tentative pass because I assumed we were supposed to be walking through a journal, even though some things moved while others did not.
However, I cannot stand the Native Americans visible from Critter Country. Before the river was rerouted the chief was only visible from the train or watercraft. The scouts were logically hidden in the bushes and it made sense that they would remain still. Now they are all in plain view and still as statues, barring an occasional hand wave. I don't even want to touch on the cast of the Incredicoaster. All of these feel like they belong to inferior theme parks.
Ideally, they ought to have put the new octopus figure lower on the rock and colored it to blend in. The camouflage makes sense for the character and it would have been fun to try and spot him each visit. As it is it will look incongruent next to the animatronic seagulls.
