WDS - 3rd expansion land: Lion King (Rumour)

[cjkeating]

With it only likely to start construction next year?

In DCA? Or HK? I don't think we have any evidence suggesting it will break ground next year? Even thought it really needs to.

 

[DisneyDean97]

In DCA? Or HK? I don't think we have any evidence suggesting it will break ground next year? Even thought it really needs to.

I haven't heard anything about this project starting any time soon either, for any of the 3 parks... guess we'll have to wait until D23 and see if they can show us a model or 3D visualization of the ride... knowing Disney tho, it'll probably be another vague piece of concept art with a total new direction for the ride, again.

 

[Brer Oswald]

that would be a terrible decision if true, the animated version is a classic, and looks timeless.

The way to go with this is the "Splash Mountain method" where you take the animated characters, keep their expressiveness, but give them more detailed fur texture to make them better translate to a physical space. Same goes for the environments from the film. If they go with the drab live action version, most of us will lose interest in this.

 

[cjkeating]

The way to go with this is the "Splash Mountain method" where you take the animated characters, keep their expressiveness, but give them more detailed fur texture to make them better translate to a physical space. Same goes for the environments from the film. If they go with the drab live action version, most of us will lose interest in this.

I don't think any of the insiders have suggested it is live action so lets hope not...

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I don't think any of the insiders have suggested it is live action so lets hope not...

It would be a strange move. I think the closest they have come to implementing the live action movies rather than the animated versions in the parks was a brief clip from Beauty & the Beast in one of the DLP shows, which was jarring in and of itself. As well as being easier to translate into an attraction and subjective judgements about it just being more appealing, you'd imagine they want to sell a lot of merchandise and realistic-looking plush lions and warthogs aren't going to compete with the characters from the animated film.

 

[Timothy_Q]

It would be a strange move. I think the closest they have come to implementing the live action movies rather than the animated versions in the parks was a brief clip from Beauty & the Beast in one of the DLP shows, which was jarring in and of itself. As well as being easier to translate into an attraction and subjective judgements about it just being more appealing, you'd imagine they want to sell a lot of merchandise and realistic-looking plush lions and warthogs aren't going to compete with the characters from the animated film.

Shanghai has a 2010 Alice in Wonderland maze

 

[Sir_Cliff]

Shanghai has a 2010 Alice in Wonderland maze

Oh, that's right... and it's an eyesore!

 

[LondonTom]

It would be a strange move. I think the closest they have come to implementing the live action movies rather than the animated versions in the parks was a brief clip from Beauty & the Beast in one of the DLP shows, which was jarring in and of itself. As well as being easier to translate into an attraction and subjective judgements about it just being more appealing, you'd imagine they want to sell a lot of merchandise and realistic-looking plush lions and warthogs aren't going to compete with the characters from the animated film.

Ha, I liked that part of Disney Illuminations (helps that How Does A Moment Last Forever is well suited to a nighttime show and a refreshing change in the usual song list they use!) and the rest of the show was a weird mix between animation and live action

They tried to have The Little Mermaid as her live-action self in the parks

I'd wager The Lion King ride is based on the animation, with everything else in the land blending towards the look of the stage show. (Will be interesting to see what happens to Hakuna Matana and the show, would be odd to keep them themed to Lion King and have it so split!)

 

[mrflo]

Local newspaper Le Parisien is mentioning the Lion King as the next world to be added after Frozen:

“A new immersive world, the concept and design of which are currently being finalized by the imagineers (engineers), will further strengthen the attractiveness,” indicates the Park. More details will be communicated later. » According to our information, it would be an entire district around the great classic "The Lion King"".

Source: Le Parisien: A Frozen “land”, a giant lake, a Rapunzel attraction… Discover the future Disney Adventure World

 

[Indy_UK]

This Adventure world is going to end up of just an IP mash and it’s going to set a bad precedent
Lion king belongs in the main Parc.

 

[cjkeating]

According to our information

I think they have been reading the forums

Lion king belongs in the main Parc.

Can you actually picture it in Adventureland? The whole land is so grounded in human wxploration/design… the Caribbean for pirates, archeology for Indy, the Indies for Swiss Family, Arabia for Aladdin… adding in cartoon animal land would be a bad fit.

 

[Indy_UK]

I guess the Show will be replaced eventually but surely there may be confusion with Hakuna Matata being in the other park so maybe that gets a rename?

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[cjkeating]

I guess the Show will be replaced eventually but surely there may be confusion with Hakuna Matata being in the other park so maybe that gets a rename?

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It could go back to its original name with literally a change of the sign and change of soundtrack.

 

[wdrive]

I guess the Show will be replaced eventually but surely there may be confusion with Hakuna Matata being in the other park so maybe that gets a rename?

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People don’t seem confused with Star Tours and Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and DHS.

 

[nickys]

People don’t seem confused with Star Tours and Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland and DHS.

They’re in the same park at DHS.

But Frozen, BatB, Toy Story are all in more than one park at WDW.

 

[wdrive]

They’re in the same park at DHS.

But Frozen, BatB, Toy Story are all in more than one park at WDW.

I know, I was replying to a comment about the restaurant Hakuna Matata and a Lion King expansion in the same park in different locations

 

[nickys]

I know, I was replying to a comment about the restaurant Hakuna Matata and a Lion King expansion in the same park in different locations

I know you were but you said people aren’t confused by ST and GE at DHS. Since they’re in the same park it doesn’t illustrate your point.

 

[wdrive]

I know you were but you said people aren’t confused by ST and GE at DHS. Since they’re in the same park it doesn’t illustrate your point.Then Buzz Lightyear and Toy Storyland at DLP or WDW then.

I see, I misread the original posters comment that guests will be confused with the same property in two different parks. I read it as the same park.
Then Buzz Lightyear and Toy Story land at DLP or WDW don’t confuse guests