JungleSkip
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I dunno, don't get how one could think FotLK was better than FNtM. FNtM has a wonderful, original Broadway-level soundtrack and features the same actor/puppet combo that was successful in the LK Broadway show. FotLK, on the other hand, features recycled parade floats with laughable animatronics and more cringe-inducing, laughable African cliches than you can shake a stick at. Yes, let's have the plus-size singer's section make warthog (pig) sounds.
It's funny, LK is my son's favorite movie, yet he only wanted to see the show once. Meanwhile, we HAVE to see FN every time we go to AK.
We won't be shedding any tears over its demise and hope that if it does return, it's replaced with a condensed version of the actual musical. Some of the music on the soundtrack truly gives me the chills. Personally, I still hope Tarzan Rocks is resurrected.
I swear, if Sounds Dangerous outlasts Festival of the Lion King, I'm going to kick somebody in the face.
From what I am hearing nothing for this project has actually been green lit. But I did hear some details of one of the attraction ideas pitched to Cameron. First off, the whole land is most likely going to be inside. And perpetual night. Bring on a million fiber optic plants. And the attraction is I believe what people are referring to as a flying coaster. Yes, and no. It isn't a flyer like Manta. And I think this idea would shut up the "everything is for kiddie" people like myself.
Ok, imagine the queue winds up and up around one of those MASSIVE Pandora trees until you reach the load platform near the top, there are two separate track systems, one milder and one wilder. the trains are based on the motorbike coaster, but are only one person wide and 4 cars long similar capacity to Space Mt. Each car looks like one of those flying dragon things from the movie.
So I'll start with the wilder side, because it's the part I think would be the coolest. Ok, so you lock in straddling your dragon thingy, remember it's dark and your 120' up a giant tree. You roll out of the platform and around a corner where you drop 90' in the dark and then back up to continue flying around the tree. The mild side has a smaller less steep drop, but has more banked curves which from what I understand are pretty cool on one of those type of coasters.
You get off at the bottom. The trains return to the top with a verticle lift hill that goes straight up the inside of the tree trunk. There is also an elevator in there.
From what I am hearing nothing for this project has actually been green lit. But I did hear some details of one of the attraction ideas pitched to Cameron. First off, the whole land is most likely going to be inside. And perpetual night. Bring on a million fiber optic plants. And the attraction is I believe what people are referring to as a flying coaster. Yes, and no. It isn't a flyer like Manta. And I think this idea would shut up the "everything is for kiddie" people like myself.
Ok, imagine the queue winds up and up around one of those MASSIVE Pandora trees until you reach the load platform near the top, there are two separate track systems, one milder and one wilder. the trains are based on the motorbike coaster, but are only one person wide and 4 cars long similar capacity to Space Mt. Each car looks like one of those flying dragon things from the movie.
So I'll start with the wilder side, because it's the part I think would be the coolest. Ok, so you lock in straddling your dragon thingy, remember it's dark and your 120' up a giant tree. You roll out of the platform and around a corner where you drop 90' in the dark and then back up to continue flying around the tree. The mild side has a smaller less steep drop, but has more banked curves which from what I understand are pretty cool on one of those type of coasters.
You get off at the bottom. The trains return to the top with a verticle lift hill that goes straight up the inside of the tree trunk. There is also an elevator in there.
From what I understand the reason that there were multiple height test balloons (7 balloons) was to see the impact of the massive Pandora Pavilion. And no they won't try and hide it. It is going to be close to 200' tall. My guess is that they will just go with a pleasing and cool design.
I can already hear the incessant whining from fanbois.
No, it'll be fine because Disney did it. No one complains about Soarin's massive show building.
No, it'll be fine because Disney did it. No one complains about Soarin's massive show building.
What? All I see is sky...
The Swan and Dolphin and the Waldorf Astoria from within Epcot bother me far more than the Soarin building ever could.
Ok, so you lock in straddling your dragon thingy...
I've NEVER been bothered by a show building in park, nor have I ever understood the reason it makes people so crazy.
I think for some people, they just take that kind of stuff too seriously.
I can't agree there. being on a discussion forum about the subject means we're all already "taking this stuff to seriously".