Ideas for Animal Kingdom

Originally Posted By The Duck

Just an idea, but how about a new themed land featuring animals from Central/South America? Featured animals could be jaguars, tapirs, spider monkeys etc. all placed in a Mayan ruin themed area. The featured ride could be a Mayan pyramid log flume ride with the flume coming down the center where the steps would be. The ride itself would be a bit like Splash Mountain except that instead of cute furry animals there would be more menacing animatronic jaguars, anacondas, crocidiles etc. Perhaps Disney could work another deal with George Lucas and give it an Indiana Jones theme as well. Just an idea.....

 

Originally Posted By trekkeruss

Sounds good, except for the log flume ride, which doesn't make sense from a historical perspective.

 

Originally Posted By Scottydem

Here's an idea I had last week... Make a Jungle cruise ride with no skipper and make it Jungle Book themed flume ride. After touring throug the various scenes from the movie, Kaa will hypnotize you to not tell anyone about the wrong turn your boat makes. Shortly after that, you will be sent down a giant flume.

Or even make an Up themed ride in tropical South America. Perhaps send riders in the tropical destination that Carl wanted to go to. In the ride, you could be chased by dogs down the massive waterfall with a few minor closecalls along the way thanks to Kevin. Dug, Russell, and Carl could also influence the ride so much, too. Just my 1, 2.

 

Originally Posted By The Duck

<<Sounds good, except for the log flume ride, which doesn't make sense from a historical perspective.>> It doesn't have to be historical. It just has to be fun!!! But then again, I suppose there could be a story behind it. Perhaps the water for the log flume could be coming from the magic spring of some Mayan high priest and the logs could look like dug out canoes. Just a thought.

 

Originally Posted By ImaginingDisney

A PETTING ZOOO!!!

Those baby lions are so cute, and baby tigers, arangatangs, and baby ( 300lb ) elephant, Rhino, Giraffe, oh lets not forget the snakes and ant eaters and those err, nice ones from the rat family.....

Putyour arms around to hug a baby (20lb) hippotimus lololol

I know I did not name a lot of them but they can join in too.....
Then again, maybe it is not the best to get the animals "aquainted" with mankind, we all know how man treats animals....

Oh yeah, that might turn some heads

ID

 

Originally Posted By jmuboy

PANDAS!!!

 

Originally Posted By magic0214

I love those Ideas! Lets build them now!!!

 

Originally Posted By Tink34

Great ideas! I agree with magic0214. But if we do another flume can we please make it more exciting than Kali?

 

Originally Posted By Hista98

I still want an austrailia themed area or of course Beastly Kingdom.

 

Originally Posted By Hista98

Please no more pixar...PLEASE!!!!

 

Originally Posted By barboy

You know Duck you do have a cool idea. Cheers!

But I assume that you're envisioning the stereotypical "El Castillo" looking Mayan ruin(as opposed to the many other basic architectural designs of the Yukatan and down into Beliz, Guat., Hond. and El Salvador) and Disney World already has that wonder represented two times: Epcot Showcase and Coronado Springs pool. A 3rd time would be too much.

Also, the ride would have to center around an animal(s) and not focus too much on Mayan civilization. Panthers/jaguars and new world spider monkeys as you say would work out nicely..... maybe call it "Jaguar Falls".



///Sounds good, except for the log flume ride, which doesn't make sense from a historical perspective.///

Have you been to Xcaret near Playa Del Carmen(outside of Cancun)? Mayans were all up in those underground waterways and cenotes. But I didn't see rapids.... I just swam with the very slow current.

 

Originally Posted By CMDad

<<A PETTING ZOOO!!!>>

You do know there is already one there and has been since the park opened?

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Originally Posted By CDF1

IMO, the idea of a land of mythical beasts as was suggested in much of the original design plans of Animal Kingdom still seems like it would be a great addition. There are a number of books regarding the parks that actually had artwork of some possible attractions for such a "land".

From what the Screamscape site is saying, however, it sounds like AK might get their own version of the Journey to the Center of the Earth attraction from TDK - I suppose you could call the lava monster from that attraction a "mythical" beast but there is certainly a much larger and richer collection of fantastic and mythical creatures in the annals of history and literature. On the other hand, JTTCOTE would provide the possibility of some kind of evening pyrotechnics show and it has the advantage of an existing blueprint from the attraction at TDR.

 

Originally Posted By CarolinaDisneyDad

I love all these ideas but only if they do them with the same attention to detail that they have done with the rest of the park. The Tree of Life sets a standard for this park that must be maintained. To me this park is art.

 

Originally Posted By Hista98

what about an austraillia themed area, it could have kangaroos and walabees and gumtrees!!!

 

Originally Posted By WDWdreamin

I also think that the mythical beast kingdom would be great.

 

Originally Posted By Bob Paris

"what about an austraillia themed area, it could have kangaroos and walabees and gumtrees!!!"

No thank you.

I don't want to travel 20,000 miles to see something I can look out my back verandah and see for free.

I come to Disney for fantasy, not Australian scrub and bush.

 

Originally Posted By brotherdave

Understood, Bob, but to the rest of us it seems unusual and exotic. Actually, is there something from your home country that would be an exciting possibility for an attraction?

 

Originally Posted By grlweatswchpstx

I wish they had gone through with the mythical beast kingdom as well.. now its only a logo..

 

Originally Posted By Bob Paris

"Understood, Bob, but to the rest of us it seems unusual and exotic. Actually, is there something from your home country that would be an exciting possibility for an attraction?"

Actually, I always liked the idea of having Ayers Rock as a massive show building that housed some kind of indoor attraction focussing on the Dreamtime from Aboriginal legend. There are an absolute MYRIAD number of ideas the imagineers could use for a show or attraction. There is the legend of the wagul that is a subterranean serpent and there is the yowie - kinda the Ozzie sasquatch.

I guess maybe when you see it you scream "YOWIE!!!!!!"

; )


But I always imagined the massive shape of Uluru(Ayers Rock)being a giant imposing weenie at the back of Epcot or somewhere that draws people and have this amazing sensory experience inside unlike anything they have ever seen before.

I just tire of the clichéd "Let's have kangaroos and koalas" line. In some parts of OZ, 'roos are vermin and are culled from helicopters.