News Zootopia and Moana Blue Sky concepts for Disney's Animal Kingdom

[Sirwalterraleigh]

This is why I can’t see plans going ahead as originally thought. They can not take a quarter of the park offline right now. The capacity issues are already dire

The attendance is falling with the stock price

What year you in where capacity is “dire”?

Gotta be an Obama year

 

[UNCgolf]

The Dino-Rama replacement should probably be followed with something in Pandora. It makes sense for the park and is right up Iger’s alley.

It would have the added benefit of really helping out NRJ, too -- it's one of the better rides Disney has designed/built this century, but it gets bogged down in the expectations game. The wait times are out of alignment with the experience because there are too few other attractions.

 

[ppete1975]

This is why I can’t see plans going ahead as originally thought. They can not take a quarter of the park offline right now. The capacity issues are already dire

nothing else is coming so they cant wait for a completion before closing. Now is as good of a time as any.

 

[GhostHost1000]

Maybe the money they’ll save on hiding paper straws and lids now will help them expand the parks.

Strategy

 

[cjkeating]

Kind of interesting how Moana and Nemo would be next to each other at both Epcot and AK.

Such great master planning at WDW…

 

[Greg from Philly]

Disney Parks head Josh D'Amaro shares Zootopia and Moana Blue Sky concepts for Disney's Animal Kingdom

Disney Parks head Josh D'Amaro shares Zootopia and Moana Blue Sky concepts for Disney's Animal Kingdom

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Wow..Disney is in such a poor state of creativity right now. Neither of these lands fit creatively or aesthetically. It just another example the lazy, uninspired, lack of creativity we have all become uaccustomed to at Disneyworld. The sad fact is in this climate under Iger this wonderful, creative park wouldve never been built. Im so jealous of the parks overseas, turns out the Oriental Land Company does Disney better than Disney itself...dont believe me look at Tokyo Disney and Disneysea. Head and shoulders above anything we have in US. Makes no sense to me at all....

 

[Dr.GrantSeeker]

I think that’s the most effective use of money and would actually add capacity compared with today. Retheming Dino is silly.

Yeah, but does TDO see it that way?

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

Possibly for shadowing an announcement at D?

…dude…are you new here?

 

[Bocabear]

It would have the added benefit of really helping out NRJ, too -- it's one of the better rides Disney has designed/built this century, but it gets bogged down in the expectations game. The wait times are out of alignment with the experience because there are too few other attractions.

They really needed a coaster as an anchor for the Pandora land...something of the size and scale of the Hagrid coaster. That would have been a great completion to the land...or even something like a Pteradon Flyers, but a longer ride for all ages...

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They've learned absolutely nothing after their decision to replace Great Movie Ride instead of building Runaway Railway in Animation Courtyard.

…apparently diehard Disney fans/cms on their off day/college engineering students who want to work at WDI haven’t learned much over the years either

 

[Dan Deesnee]

They need this. With Epic Universe opening soon, WDW better get their act together. Progress is shockingly, impressively fast over at Universal.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

They really needed a coaster as an anchor for the Pandora land...something of the size and scale of the Hagrid coaster. That would have been a great completion to the land...or even something like a Pteradon Flyers, but a longer ride for all ages...

So what you’re saying is…
Disney should strive to the things universal does?

 

[James Alucobond]

… Do we really need more coasters?

 

[doctornick]

… Do we really need more coasters?

especially at DAK which is dying for more inside and sedate family style rides. Really needs something like Mystic Manor.

The only Disney park where I think you could argue for another roller coaster at this point would be Epcot getting something like a Mt. Fuji coaster in Japan but really the parks have gone heavy enough for thrills in recent years and need to recalibrate for the types of rides that got them to the top.

 

[MisterPenguin]

… Do we really need more coasters?

Shh, Donnie!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

… Do we really need more coasters?

Yes…cause “amusement parks”

especially at DAK which is dying for more inside and sedate family style rides. Really needs something like Mystic Manor.

The only Disney park where I think you could argue for another roller coaster at this point would be Epcot getting something like a Mt. Fuji coaster in Japan but really the parks have gone heavy enough for thrills in recent years and need to recalibrate for the types of rides that got them to the top.

See above

 

[Brer Oswald]

Just seen Chris Beatty and a gaggle of Imagineer type people leaving Chester and Hester. Unfortunately they were just walking out under the cementosaurus towards the ex Rivers of Light arena (which Chris did a general hand wave towards) before heading towards Asia.

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On a separate note for those who don’t visit the Dinosaur thread all of the animatronics are now working/have been fixed in the last week or so even the ones that haven’t worked for months. So make of that what you will.

When I went on the ride on the 8th, I was pleasantly surprised to see that most everything was working. Great change from the state I rode it around Christmas.

 

[bmr1591]

You can create family rides and coasters. There’s room (and need) for both.

 

[doctornick]

When I went on the ride on the 8th, I was pleasantly surprised to see that most everything was working. Great change from the state I rode it around Christmas.

That’s really great to hear, partially because caring for rides is this not completely ignored. But partially could this mean Dinosaur (and Dinoland USA overall) be spared? They really let Splash fall apart before closing so maybe they’ve decided to at least delay axing Dinosaur for Zootopia?

Probably shouldn’t get my hopes up though. But the park should have representation with dinosaurs. Go change Dinorama to Oceania but keep the rest of Dinoland intact.

 

[MrPromey]

South America needs to be added ASAP. There's so many cool animals they could have there; the Amazon rainforest would make for a perfect trail. Maybe even an exhibit "in" the Amazon river. The Amazon rainforest is one of the most endangered ecosystems in the world, so I think it's important to tell more people about that.

The food options would be fantastic. The architecture for the buildings & theming would be so cool too.

You'd have IP options with Up (some conservation themes in that film with saving Kevin & her babies) & Emperor's New Groove (maybe a flat ride for this one). Maybe Encanto too, but I think the idea of having that in Magic Kingdom is more fitting tbh.

I think a South America land should also have an E-ticket in the vein of Everest too; find a cool mythological animal from South American cultures to base a ride around.

I was about to say that won't happen unless they have a movie to tie it into. Just so happens, Encanto takes place in a part of Columbia!

What does that have to to with the natural world? About as much as Zootopia and Moana, really but at least it would be an excuse to add something from this part of the world which seems like the only way they're willing to do it, these days.

Imagine if they did that here instead of the MK as an attraction central to a South American section of the park and then added Moana to MK where it would better fit and Zootopia to HS where it would better fit and then... made another movie about animals or some other part of the world so AK could expand and still continue to fulfill it's original purpose.