Why is Australia so important? I don't see what Disney would bring that was any different than what they've done with Africa and Asia in AK. What's the big deal? I don't see what's so special to devote another land to it, no offense to any Australians here, but they could easily accomplish that on a small scale at some other time. I'd much rather see WDI flex their imaginations and bring something mythical to the park.
Exactly what I thought. Why the hell are all people thinking that Australia should be added to DAK? What ride opportunities would Australia have? The land is 90% desert or semi-desert, a little rainforest in the north and some minor mountain ranges (really nothing worth mentionable from an European or American POV), a big red rock in the center and the outback may look quite good in a Crocodile Dundee movie but it's not exactly what I call an interesting landscape. And there are NO ancient ruins, no signs of lost early civilisations there, no temples, pyramids or huge statues. OK the wildlife is quite bizarre (Kangaroos etc.) and very venomous too (Sydney Funnel Web Spider, Taipan, Death Adder, Box Jellyfish etc) but do you really think a dark ride "POISON - The most venomous animals in the world" would beat WWoHP? Why do all people believe Australia would be so damn interesting as an addition?
If there should be a continent added (and not an updated Beastly Kingdomme instead of that cheap Camp Mickey Minnie which would be even better) it should be South America. Every single one of the major countries in South America is far more interesting than the entire Australian continent (Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina, Peru.. ) with mountains far higher than the rockies, the largest rainforest in the world, the giant swampland Pantanal, ancient ruins like Macchu Picchu and the highest waterfalls in the world on the venezuelean Tefui (Table Mountains) and the South American wildlife makes Australia look exactly like what 80% of the continent are, a semidesert or desert. Even Oceania would be more interesting than this extremely overrated Australia.
But as the point "DAK needs rides not lands" is absolutely right, it would be better to add attractions to the existing lands, plus existing rides and change some major flaws in the design.
Example given:
Expand Kali River Rapids: The present rapids are a mere joke, it is possibly the shortest river rapid ride in Florida. No surprise that they originally where planned with the double length and then watered down (haha) to cut costs. Bring them (if possible) to their originally planned length and people will do them more often because at the moment this short experience is not worth a repeated wait.
Major refurb of Dinoland: Throw out the entire Chester and Hester eyesore, build the originally planned excavator rollercoaster and add another c- or d-ride.
Add an e-ticket range attraction to Harambe/Africa. At the moment all you can do in entire Africa is go on the less than thrilling Kilimanjaro Safari (we did it four times and never really saw something interesting) or go on the Pangani Forest Trail. Big deal. I won't even mention the most boring ride in WDW, the "Wildlife Express" *yawn* to Rafikis Planet Watch. We didn't visit it once during our last stay, not because I don't like educational attractions but because they are so underwhelming. And to get there you have to board the "Wildlife Express". They have to change that, make Rafikis Planet Watch an area that can be reached on walkways OR make the Wildlife Express a REAL experience.
Plus the Kilimanjaro Safaris. More AAs (real animals are not enough as most of them are not doing much the whole day) and a fake Kilimanjaro (something in the range of 200+ feet high with snow cap, cloud effect etc. ) in the background of the area with forced perspective that makes an awesome sight even when you don't see any animals. I mean after all it is called KILIMANJARO SAFARI, not Ngrongoro-Safari.
Add a real attraction ( a RIDE) to Rafikis Planet Watch, for example a Rain Forest Ride. Similar to Peter Pans flight you are boarding suspended ride vehicles and go on a journey through the rain forest.
Improve Camp Minnie Mickey, add at least an attraction ( and i mean again a RIDE not another show, there are enough shows in DAK) if they don't want to tear it down completely.
Just some ideas.
