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

[Phicinfan]

They just opened GotG and are opening TRON next year?

Really have to stop using logic and reality in these arguments.......

 

[DisneyDean97]

Chapek spends a fortune in the parks and will spend more if he thinks there’s money to be made. And MK frequently fills and could use capacity. DAK could accept more people if there was enough for people to stay all day. It’s not terribly helpful when they leave at 4 pm and go to an already-busy MK for the night.

Despite what twitter thinks, Chapek actually doesn't mind spending for the parks, as they are continuously profitable for the company, but just dumping money doesn't help a problem. They've spent wayyy too much on Epcot for what we're actually getting. They demoed innovations, only to rebuild half of it. Spent (reportedly) over 200 million on Harmonious, and now they're replacing it with something else. Haven't heard a word on PLAY for over a year, and we still have Imagination rotting away. This "overall" has been a disaster.
DCA 1 to DCA 2.0 is how a park overall should look/work, not whatever is going on with Epcot

 

[Centauri Space Station]

Despite what twitter thinks, Chapek actually doesn't mind spending for the parks, as they are continuously profitable for the company, but just dumping money doesn't help a problem. They've spent wayyy too much on Epcot for what we're actually getting. They demoed innovations, only to rebuild half of it. Spent (reportedly) over 200 million on Harmonious, and now they're replacing it with something else. Haven't heard a word on PLAY for over a year, and we still have Imagination rotting away. This "overall" has been a disaster.
DCA 1 to DCA 2.0 is how a park overall should look/work, not whatever is going on with Epcot

Innoventions west was mold infested and needed lots of work, didn’t it? The overhaul still gave Epcot a restored entrance removing the tombstones, brought Communicore East back to sunken floors and floor to ceiling Windows instead of a half abandoned dark pavilion. UOE was ten years past refurb and added a popular ride in its place, Space 220 made MS feel like a real pavilion. Play is still being worked on. France got a new area and first new WS ride in decades. Plus new films for Canada, and The Land.

The DCA overhaul was nice but when you think about it it got some rethemed flatrides, a new entrance that was basically a downscaled DHS area, and a little mermaid ride that was a resounding meh. The biggest addition was WOC and Carsland

 

[lazyboy97o]

Innoventions west was mold infested and needed lots of work, didn’t it?

The mold was one clueless person with a long history of posting made up nonsense claiming to see it during demolition.

 

[Basil of Baker Street]

If that's the case why didn't they spend money now. They need capacity now. Yet they decided that replacing 2 night time shows and a new animatronic was more important

Let be honest, You are pro local parks, pro Universal and are critical of anything Disney does. Disney will never do anything right in your eyes.

 

[Jrb1979]

Let be honest, You are pro local parks, pro Universal and are critical of anything Disney does. Disney will never do anything right in your eyes.

Disney used to a lot right but since Paycheck took over and Covid they have changed the way they operate. I'm not impressed with a lot of what they are doing now.

 

[Centauri Space Station]

The mold was one clueless person with a long history of posting made up nonsense claiming to see it during demolition.

Him?

 

[FettFan]

How about this for a DinoLand reimagining instead of Zootopia and Moana: An Australia land! It would have the existing DinoLand area (minus Din-O-Rama), as well as a new area featuring animals from Australia and an Outback jeep ride (with animals, basically a "down under" version of Kilimanjaro Safari).

How about a Dinoland reimagining...about dinosaurs as actual living breathing animals that once roamed the earth and not John Hammond's genetically engineered theme park monsters at Universal?

A land that is focused on the message that Extinction is Forever and impresses upon visitors that biodiversity of our planet is constantly in peril?

Nah, let's just sing "You're Welcome" a few more times then sell Judy Hopps plushies.






Good god damn, D'amaro has GOT TO GO.

Will someone please shove him into a cannon and fire him into the Atlantic?

 

[FettFan]

Him?

That man is a liar. The original plan for Communicore/Innoventions was near-total removal of both East and West buildings, with only Communicore East's North annex (home of Electric Umbrella and briefly a truncated Mouse Gear) remaining as a restaurant/gift shop.

Then they realized just how much money Mouse Gear brought in, and opted to spare the golden goose.

Then they realized just how popular Epcot Character Spot was and how many people were upset with the scrapped double-decker concert venue, so they crapped their pants and started building Communicore West/South back after demolishing it.
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[FettFan]

Dinosaurs are a great theme. I hear a lot of you saying that, and that it just needs some additions. Excavator would be great, thorough refurb of Dinosaur, a guy in a raptor costume. The carnival space is available as far as we care right?

The other proposals might work out, but why bother.

Bring back Lucky.

 

[Capsin4]

I don’t get Moana n AK. If it’s a flume ride and a spinner, I’d rather see something like classic jungle book.

 

[Rambozo]

This thread has been on the boards for almost a month and it still says "Zootpoia". Come on guys get your acts together.

 

[Rambozo]

Zootopia I'm cool with for Animal, but Moana makes no sense. An animal isn't even the most central character. If Moana was the side character and Pua and Hei Hei were the stars then I'd understand.

 

[J4546]

That man is a liar. The original plan for Communicore/Innoventions was near-total removal of both East and West buildings, with only Communicore East's North annex (home of Electric Umbrella and briefly a truncated Mouse Gear) remaining as a restaurant/gift shop.

Then they realized just how much money Mouse Gear brought in, and opted to spare the golden goose.

Then they realized just how popular Epcot Character Spot was and how many people were upset with the scrapped double-decker concert venue, so they crapped their pants and started building Communicore West/South back after demolishing it.

so even in the og plan they had a ...what looks like a water walkthrough area where JoW is now. interesting

 

[MagicHappens1971]

Zootopia I'm cool with for Animal, but Moana makes no sense. An animal isn't even the most central character. If Moana was the side character and Pua and Hei Hei were the stars then I'd understand.

This has been exhausted through these threads already but, DAK is based off of three things “The intrinsic value of nature. Psychological transformation through adventure. And a personal call to action.” If they were to look at Moana through the lens of water and trying to save the environment, etc, it fits. A movie with animals ≠ equal DAK. Zootopia is a movie about anthropomorphic animals that live as people, and doesn’t fulfill any of those three themes mentioned above

 

[Brer Panther]

If they were to look at Moana through the lens of water and trying to save the environment, etc, it fits.

They're not going to do that. The movie is still primarily about a human character and a humanoid character, and that's what the attraction will most likely focus on.

The Simpsons Movie has a "protect the environment" message, but that doesn't mean they should build a Springfield land in Animal Kingdom.

 

[JoeCamel]

They're not going to do that. The movie is still primarily about a human character and a humanoid character, and that's what the attraction will most likely focus on.

The Simpsons Movie has a "protect the environment" message, but that doesn't mean they should build a Springfield land in Animal Kingdom.

 

[MagicHappens1971]

They're not going to do that. The movie is still primarily about a human character and a humanoid character, and that's what the attraction will most likely focus on.

They could. It’s what they did with Pandora.

 

[HMF]

DCA 1 to DCA 2.0 is how a park overall should look/work, not whatever is going on with Epcot

Despite the fact that they mucked up 2.0 with 3.0

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[Brer Panther]

They could. It’s what they did with Pandora.

Avatar doesn't star a mucho merchandise-selling princess.