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

[peter11435]

You realize there is no “there” there, right?

This was a PR stunt. No rides are coming unless they get into some sort of attendance trouble they can’t twist out of?

That’s not entirely true….

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

That’s not entirely true….

Sketches?

Or are the midlevels in Orlando (powerless) now tell themselves “blue sky” means something else?

I’m sure there is bluster…but this seems to check “to many boxes” for the old observer.

It’s a contingency plan…with no commitment.

As always…I’d love to see shovels (if I live that long?) and be wrong. I invite it.

 

[UNCgolf]

Sketches?

Or are the midlevels in Orlando (powerless) now tell themselves “blue sky” means something else?

I’m sure there is bluster…but this seems to check “to many boxes” for the old observer.

It’s a contingency plan…with no commitment.

As always…I’d love to see shovels (if I live that long?) and be wrong. I invite it.

I don't know; we've had insiders say Moana was almost definitely coming with construction likely starting in the next year or so.

I think everything else is less likely to happen (hopefully never, in the case of Zootopia).

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Oceania works.

There aren’t many mammals in the South Pacific, let alone birds.

 

[Elijah Abrams]

Moana could take the carnival area around the the theater. Add a whole new show, and change the Carnival into Moana's village. Add a good attraction and some sea life exhibits and a volcano overlooking the whole space. Re-theme to spinner to the Coconut Pirates or the Shiny Crab, Open the views up to the lake making it feel more connected to the water....and I think it would be meaningful and a perfect addition for the Animal Kingdom...and Dinosaur can remain... The Carnival area is mostly vacant anyway

So basically, they would just replace the Din-O-Rama section with Moana, but keep the rest of DinoLand?

 

[peter11435]

Sketches?

Or are the midlevels in Orlando (powerless) now tell themselves “blue sky” means something else?

I’m sure there is bluster…but this seems to check “to many boxes” for the old observer.

It’s a contingency plan…with no commitment.

As always…I’d love to see shovels (if I live that long?) and be wrong. I invite it.

It’s more than sketches.

This is well above the mid levels in Orlando.

This isn’t a contingency plan at all.

I can’t go into great detail but while the concept art you were shown is blue sky… the intent and plans in motion to redevelop this area is solid.

 

[Brer Panther]

I don't know; we've had insiders say Moana was almost definitely coming with construction likely starting in the next year or so.

We've also had "insiders" claim that the Enchanted Tiki Room would be getting a Moana overlay. And that we'd be getting a Frontierland expansion. And that the Splash Mountain retheme had been cancelled. And that the Tower of Terror would be rethemed to Guardians of the Galaxy. And that Stitch's Great Escape would be replaced by a Wreck-It Ralph attraction.

Just saying.

 

[networkpro]

It’s more than sketches.

This is well above the mid levels in Orlando.

This isn’t a contingency plan at all.

I can’t go into great detail but while the concept art you were shown is blue sky… the intent and plans in motion to redevelop this area is solid.

But as with every Disney project, if it's not fully funded and contracted for construction, it remains just another set of plans.

 

[Sir_Cliff]

I think all @peter11435 was saying is that this wasn't just concept art randomly put out at D23 but that serious planning for at least the Moana addition is underway.

 

[UNCgolf]

We've also had "insiders" claim that the Enchanted Tiki Room would be getting a Moana overlay. And that we'd be getting a Frontierland expansion. And that the Splash Mountain retheme had been cancelled. And that the Tower of Terror would be rethemed to Guardians of the Galaxy. And that Stitch's Great Escape would be replaced by a Wreck-It Ralph attraction.

Just saying.

I don't remember any of our reputable insiders saying any of those things.

People said it, but not our insiders.

 

[doctornick]

Moana doesn't even take place in Australia or New Zealand.

Polynesia is considered part of the Oceania “continent”

 

[peter11435]

But as with every Disney project, if it's not fully funded and contracted for construction, it remains just another set of plans.

Plans can always change. My point was that the d23 presentation wasn’t just a PR stunt. There is intent to redevelop these areas coming from the highest levels and plans are moving forward.

 

[JoeCamel]

Plans can always change. My point was that the d23 presentation wasn’t just a PR stunt. There is intent to redevelop these areas coming from the highest levels and plans are moving forward.

The problem is it looked like they walked through Imagineering desperately looking to see what was laying around on the shelves. No one to champion the project so not much done, maybe it is fully fleshed but I don't expect movement forward.

 

[HauntedPirate]

I don’t doubt for a moment there is intent to redevelop the area. From the plans presented, it confirms to me those who are pushing them don’t have a clue what they are doing. But it fits Bob’s Movie-IP-everywhere edict, the fact that I believe it’s misguided notwithstanding.

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

I don’t doubt for a moment there is intent to redevelop the area. From the plans presented, it confirms to me those who are pushing them don’t have a clue what they are doing. But it fits Bob’s Movie-IP-everywhere edict, the fact that I believe it’s misguided notwithstanding.

I’m on record as saying this a placeholder primarily to point to before Uni opens the most impressive park in Orlando since Epcot (they cut dak really in half)…

But I always beg/dare someone in a name tag to do something to prove me wrong

 

[gerarar]

Saw this on the WDW reddit, so charming!

 

[solidyne]

Saw this on the WDW reddit, so charming!
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Cool!
If only the area actually looked/felt like that...

 

[Disney Dad 3000]

Saw this on the WDW reddit, so charming!
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Rob is doing a Kickstarter to fund printing map versions of this along with a few other goodies to be included. This really is excellent.

 

[cranbiz]

Trust only the shovels until that gets too expensive.

Looking at you, Play!

 

[Sirwalterraleigh]

It’s more than sketches.

This is well above the mid levels in Orlando.

This isn’t a contingency plan at all.

I can’t go into great detail but while the concept art you were shown is blue sky… the intent and plans in motion to redevelop this area is solid.

Eh…they talk a big game. And then people repeat it for “self soothing”.

But as with every Disney project, if it's not fully funded and contracted for construction, it remains just another set of plans.

Then there’s this…

The problem is it looked like they walked through Imagineering desperately looking to see what was laying around on the shelves. No one to champion the project so not much done, maybe it is fully fleshed but I don't expect movement forward.

And definitely this

I don’t doubt for a moment there is intent to redevelop the area. From the plans presented, it confirms to me those who are pushing them don’t have a clue what they are doing. But it fits Bob’s Movie-IP-everywhere edict, the fact that I believe it’s misguided notwithstanding.

And of course that