Rapids river as in a better version of Kali but pandora themed, which was then replaced with the boat ride we currently have?
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Rumor Spaceship Earth Redo Shelved Indefinitely
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Rapids river as in a better version of Kali but pandora themed, which was then replaced with the boat ride we currently have?
The Grand Inquisitor
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Holy cow that sounds amazing! I hope Pandora will get a dark ride in the future with some AA's and lots of cool sets.
In a word yes. Layout IIRC was similar to Grizzly at DCA but totally indoors. A dark rapids ride.
Edit - layout wasn’t like Grizzly!
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So Marni - We could have had a true E, E/D+ in FP and another D/D+ in this rapids ride???
Sadly we got a small E and C which to be honest are great. However, if we got the original ride list this would have been the best Disney park section in the US.
Yes. Although this configuration was axed quite early on.
That it is.
rle4lunch
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Interesting. An inside rapids ride would've been spectacular. Especially if they incorporated the tech that's on the current attraction.
It would. The rapids plan lived on for a while after the coaster.
WDW862
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I think it's "indefinitely delayed".
Disstevefan1
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As long as they re open SSE I am fine with the redo being delayed.
RSoxNo1
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To be clear, this was cut VERY early on. This wasn't anything that was announced or even part of the leaked blueprints. Those blueprints leaked in October of 2012 and included the descriptions of the C-ticket boat ride and the E-ticket simulator.
Any coaster was presumably shelved prior to this. The announcement of the partnership with Cameron was in September of 2011, perhaps Martin would know if this was developed pre-Announcement from Disney (pre September 2011) or between the announcement and the leak?
Obviously the plans including the rapids ride didn’t leak. The changes seem to have happened in 2012.
And my mistake, it wasn’t a clone of the DCA rapids ride layout.
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Disgruntled Walt
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- In the Parks
- No
I'm still mourning Beastly Kingdom
. That would have been the best Disney park section in the US in my opinion.
lazyboy97o
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Cut is probably not even the right word. This would have been during Blue Sky and Concept Design, both of which occur before the serious Feasibility phase that results in the major green light.
RSoxNo1
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Think about that though. If there was a Beastly Kingdom there likely would be no Everest, no Pandora and no Festival of the Lion King. The initial proposal for Beastly Kingdom was the unicorn maze and the dragon tower coaster, is that correct?I'm still mourning Beastly Kingdom
Captain Neo
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Is there any word from WDI that if Avatar 2-5 do as well as the first that Disney might greenlight the cut E attraction to expand the pandora? I'm assuming the area it was designed for is still available?
Disgruntled Walt
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- In the Parks
- No
Plus a Fantasia boat ride. Honestly I would rather have Dragon Tower than Everest, as much as I love Everest. But I'm a Beastly Kingdom apologist, so I may be in the minority here. This is very much off the topic of Spaceship Earth's refurbishment...whoops.
the.dreamfinder
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Tired: Beastly Kingdom
Wired: Tiger River Run