GA-MBIT
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Indy is an adventure series inspired by old-school serials. About every film revolves around Indy being urged out of his regular job as a college professor or doing random side hustles and into searching and recovering a mythical and fabled McGuffin before it lands into the wrong hands. The goal usually being that "this belongs in a museum", and not for use in warfare or the like. Whether that is the Ark of the Covenant or Holy Grail from the Nazis, the "mesoamerican" Crystal Skulls from Soviet Russia, or some other mythical powers. The films often start off relatively grounded in the real world, with some over the top elements sprinkled here or there, until the door blasts open to reveal that the mystical prop is not only real, but holds untold powers that usually zap the bad guys, while Indy and his gang rolls and hits 20s for dexterity and constitution haha. Canonically in the Indy universe, time travel devices, the Christian God, Aliens, and other deities all exist in the grounded real world.I don’t know Indy as an IP well enough… can dinosaurs be included?
This is not becomming a Disney vs Universal conversation, but giving Universal basically full control of Dino’s in theme parks is plain idiotic. They still sell, and always will. Just one example, but my cousins son just recently saw Jurassic Park for the first time and we’ve all been told for Christmas to get him, direct quote, “literally anytbing dinosaur related.”
I love this ride and can live with a replacement though, but like, depends.
I don't think it'd be too out of the question for Indiana to be protecting a squad of extinct animals, even Dinosaurs. It's just pulpy enough to mesh in my mind with the series that exists now. Indiana is a well-read and intelligent man, and I think it'd be neat to start off with a class lecture on extinction and/or Dinosaurs before getting whisked off by the crazy plot. Similar to the way each film starts with him teaching the class about the McGuffin. Of course, he's a professor of Archaeology and not Biology or anything like that so maybe it's less in his wheelhouse, but I don't think people are gonna be leaving a ride called "Indiana Jones and the Valley of the Dinosaurs" thinking about that lmao.
And like @OrlandoGuy said, say what you will about Dial, it did give this potential attraction idea a pass to use time travel without worry.
If you do replace Dinosaur with Indiana, just make it fit with the rest of the park, and make it really unique and fun, it's really all I ask of Disney!