Disney's Animal Kingdom (General Discussion)

[GAcoaster]

Goodbye and good riddance. Joe Rohde was so much of what was wrong with Disney Imagineering. Big ideas and poor execution. Lots of detail but missing the big picture.

 

[belloq87]

This has now officially become the "Thread of Awful Takes."

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Joe was always the best at scenic and mood setting work.

 

[belloq87]

Joe was always the best at scenic and mood setting work.

Which, as a theme park fan, I appreciate and value quite highly.

 

[JawsVictim]

Easy Chapek-era fix for the yeti: mirror balls.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Which, as a theme park fan, I appreciate and value quite highly.

But it’s not the only thing. Joe brought lots of icing but not a lot of cake.

 

[belloq87]

Look, I want more rides in Animal Kingdom as much as anybody. But I think what we do have there is of pretty high, consistent quality (Dino-Rama being the key exception), and it's the only one of the post-Magic Kingdom WDW parks that still feels like it has a soul. And I think much of that is because of him.

 

[Magic Feather]

Rhode isn't AK's only guardian, he was just its most public facing one.
There are some unofficial, yet enforced rules about Animal Kingdom that get enforced. The only public acknowledgement on these rules was Rhode publicly talking about the "no pants unless you are the Sensational Six" rule to shoot down Zootopia.
That said, if the AK Indy proposal ever happens (which I don't see it happening. I think Indy shifted back to DHS if it ever happens), I'm under the impression that it had jumped through the previously alluded to hoops and had the blessing of some of the park's "guardians."

 

[Nick]

In the world after Black Fish, are we really going to see new real animals in the park?

Thought it was coincidental we were just talking about this (and I was telling you about the animal Kingdom D+ show) and now we have this:

 

[Scott W.]

Thought it was coincidental we were just talking about this (and I was telling you about the animal Kingdom D+ show) and now we have this:

More than happy to be proven wrong.

I didn't realise there were more episodes, I'll need to go back and check it out.

 

[Frank Drackman]

I did not really catch this, but I believe it is part of a show (or animal encounter) that is being tested in AK

 

[Nick]

I did not really catch this, but I believe it is part of a show (or animal encounter) that is being tested in AK

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I can't remember what this show is called, but it's been around for at least a year or two now. It's not advertised or anything so you just sort of have to be there at the right time.

 

[belloq87]

They flew basically right over my head when I was there in January, and it really startled me.

Pretty cool, though!

 

[WAJAS]

I did not really catch this, but I believe it is part of a show (or animal encounter) that is being tested in AK

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That's "Winged Encounters: The Kingdom Takes Flight," which was added around 2014. I remember discussing it on the forum, but that thread might have been deleted with the merger.

 

[Frank Drackman]

I can't remember what this show is called, but it's been around for at least a year or two now. It's not advertised or anything so you just sort of have to be there at the right time.

They flew basically right over my head when I was there in January, and it really startled me.

Pretty cool, though!

That's "Winged Encounters: The Kingdom Takes Flight," which was added around 2014. I remember discussing it on the forum, but that thread might have been deleted with the merger.

Thanks! I believe it was around 3:15 and like @belloq87, we just walked out of a store or something and suddenly these Macaws come flying by.

 

[belloq87]

Festival of the Lion King Returns This Summer at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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[GadgetGuru]

Festival of the Lion King Returns This Summer at Disney's Animal Kingdom

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Is this the first show on property post-Covid?

The auditorium is definitely tall enough. If people are spaced out properly, it could work

 

[belloq87]

I think it's the first "big" live show designated to return.

 

[Nick]

"A Celebration of Festival of the Lion King" to Debut Mid-May at Animal Kingdom, Rehearsals Underway

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[belloq87]

'Celebration of the Festival of the Lion King' Quietly Debuts Today at Animal Kingdom

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One more small step in the right direction of getting more attraction capacity back online in the parks.