Most of the legendaries are derived from global folklore and myth
The great stags, the eagle and root gnawing serpent on the World Tree Yggdrasil in Norse Mythology became the most recent legendaries.
Behemoth, Leviathan and Ziz
Phoenixes both Asian and Western Civ
The golems of Jewish folklore
The list goes on and they're all more interesting then how everything on Pandora is just blue six-legged versions of Earth animals.
To ask that one would have to assume they were thinking at all, which I think they weren't.
I suspect that they haven't run that ride at capacity speed for a long, long time. Fewer boats, more time taken to load and unload, etc. I'll bet they will speed it up. That said, I have ridden Maelstrom many times and have never had to wait over 5 minutes to get on, even as recently as last year.
Ooh boy, OK, here we go..
If you stretch far enough, you can make just about anything fit in Animal Kingdom, because nearly everything either has animals (of some sort) or else takes place somewhere in a 'natural world'; By such an extreme interpretation Frozen, Star Wars, and even Big Hero 6 would all fit just fine. You could even get the rights to do a Star Trek ride in Frontierland (hey, it's the final frontier).
Of course, none of those would actually 'work' in Animal Kingdom - and neither does Avatar, I'd argue, but especially not Pokemon. Frankly, that's just a silly idea. I suppose there is no harm in your 'armchair imagineering' all you want, but you must realize its a nonsensical suggestion in reality.
Are you sure this isn't April 1st?
Well, that could be what happens when they aren't running at capacity and a surprise crowd shows up. I remember a line when it first opened, but, after that it was always pretty much a walk on whenever I went on it.
I've actually posted my notion of Pokemon>Avatarland before in other threads, but never got this much of a vitrolic response. I think Frozen Maelstrom's rustled everyone's jimmies and we're all really tense now..
Are you sure this isn't April 1st?
Sounds like something anyone over the age of 14 would want to avoid like the plague.
Raise ticket, food, and merchandise prices. "Hey, we can't beat them, so we might as well sucker our pool of loyal customers to help pay for the loss..."
