Zootopia at Animal Kingdom?

MisterPenguin

MisterPenguin

President of Animal Kingdom
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PJBuckeye said:
Wait, what? Is there an UP rumor for the rumored Brazil pavilion? Sorry, I haven't been following that thread closely.
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If I got it correct: @marni1971 has heard that there's no ride attached to the Brazil pavilion.

However, someone else posted the internal numbers (and @marni1971 concurs with those numbers) for the cost for the Brazil pavilion, and there's an extra $200 million in the budget for it that would indicate that there is indeed going to be an attraction. But no insider knows what it is (or they're not saying) let alone if there really will be one.

This has led to lots of fan theories about what it could be: Three Caballeros, UP!, Rio, Christ the Redeemer spinner...

My armchair imagineering...

MisterPenguin said:
Iguassu Falls​

Taking up the back half of the new Brazil Pavilion (and the back lots of Italy and Germany), this clone of Shanghai's Pirates of the Caribbean ride give tourists a thrilling tour of Brazil.

Starting with a queue that has a giant waterfall and places you at the waterfalls and cataracts of the Iquassu Falls, your peaceful sight-seeing cruise goes 'a-fowl' as Captain Donaldo tries to take over from your guide, José Carioca, and sends your boat down the river with a non-working engine.

In between the simulated drops down white water rapids, your boat slows down for several scenes that feature Brazilian fauna (including the birds from Rio), flora, and human habitats, until Donaldo 'helps' by releasing a dam's sluice sending you careening through the streets of a city until you wind up on the beautiful Atlantic beach.


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eddie104

eddie104

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MisterPenguin said:
If I got it correct: @marni1971 has heard that there's no ride attached to the Brazil pavilion.

However, someone else posted the internal numbers (and @marni1971 concurs with those numbers) for the cost for the Brazil pavilion, and there's an extra $200 million in the budget for it that would indicate that there is indeed going to be an attraction. But no insider knows what it is (or they're not saying) let alone if there really will be one.

This has led to lots of fan theories about what it could be: Three Caballeros, UP!, Rio, Christ the Redeemer spinner...

My armchair imagineering...


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It seems like most of the planned World Showcase rides were suppose to be boat rides taking on you a tour of the country and that it would have been nice and all but kind of repetitive. Germany still has traces of a planned ride located at the pavilion which is kind of the symbol of those years of canceled projects.
 
Sirwalterraleigh

Sirwalterraleigh

Premium Member
eddie104 said:
It seems like most of the planned World Showcase rides were suppose to be boat rides taking on you a tour of the country and that it would have been nice and all but kind of repetitive. Germany still has traces of a planned ride located at the pavilion which is kind of the symbol of those years of canceled projects.
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Indeed...there are two spaces (I’ve been in them) in Japan and Germany that had their rides axed and never revisited.

Many people famously know that other pavilions never built were advertised in the parks first 2 years...conveniently ending with the Eisner replacement of ron miller. They had no money then and Epcot cost a fortune (but was at least followed through upon)

And here we are 3 decades later...with Disney swimming in cash for only the last 25 or so of them...

So it’s time to hold our breaths waiting for a new country....

...you start and I’ll join in later 😉
 
Rich Brownn

Rich Brownn

Well-Known Member
eddie104 said:
It seems like most of the planned World Showcase rides were suppose to be boat rides taking on you a tour of the country and that it would have been nice and all but kind of repetitive. Germany still has traces of a planned ride located at the pavilion which is kind of the symbol of those years of canceled projects.
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Africa was a log flume. Japan was a carousel show. Germany a boat ride. I remember one pavilion proposed had an arial tramway over the country. Iran was to be a "magic carpet ride" (bet Disney is glad that one didn't get built). Israel had a live show.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Rich Brownn said:
Africa was a log flume. Japan was a carousel show. Germany a boat ride. I remember one pavilion proposed had an arial tramway over the country. Iran was to be a "magic carpet ride" (bet Disney is glad that one didn't get built). Israel had a live show.
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Africa (the second one) was a rapids ride.

It can get confusing, but the tramway in Venezuela was for the pre 1979 version. A lot of things changed circa late 78.
 
Rich Brownn

Rich Brownn

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marni1971 said:
Africa (the second one) was a rapids ride.

It can get confusing, but the tramway in Venezuela was for the pre 1979 version. A lot of things changed circa late 78.
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Before my box was stolen I had the Disney Annual reports for years going from 1971 through 1984. There were a LOT of changes made to EPCOT - its probably the only park that had plans that got bigger every year before being built.
 
marni1971

marni1971

Park History nut
Premium Member
Rich Brownn said:
Before my box was stolen I had the Disney Annual reports for years going from 1971 through 1984. There were a LOT of changes made to EPCOT - its probably the only park that had plans that got bigger every year before being built.
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Sorry to hear that. Part of my hobby / obsession / what floats my boat is charting the development of what became EPCOT Center from 1975 onwards and all the proposals that either changed or never made it.
 
Rich Brownn

Rich Brownn

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marni1971 said:
Sorry to hear that. Part of my hobby / obsession / what floats my boat is charting the development of what became EPCOT Center from 1975 onwards and all the proposals that either changed or never made it.
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Well it actually started out as two different parks - The EPCOT Future World theme center and Walt Disney World Showcase. The theme center would have acted like the "main entrance" to WDW, with monorails and people movers taking you to the parks. It would have had 3 or 4 massive structures that would have been sponsored by corporations about different aspects of the future. Most interestingly, there would be no admission charge. World Showcase would have been where the Magic Kingdom parking lot is, and consisted of two semi-circle buildings. Each country would have the same size front (It would be two stories, looking like a mall) but could go further back. Mexico is the only one that survived its original design. And a people mover would have encircled the buildings. Eventually the two were combined, originally with WS in the front.
 
sgtmgd

sgtmgd

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I have it on good authority the attraction will be.......Drum Roll please.....OLAF!!!!!!! Thats right it will be bout ride featuring OLAF singing his famous song about Summer!!!!!!
 

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