Originally Posted By Lewis Goofy I don't think AK needs Beastly Kingdom. I would rather see them add a new country like Australia. I would love a ride through the Australian outback.
Originally Posted By TMICHAEL How many of you remember attraction plans for a boat trip through the Snow Queens palace that Marc Davis drew up for the area of Disneyland that now houses the Fantasyland theatre? This could so easily be taken off the shelf, dusted off and retooled a bit to fit the White Witch and her animal minions. I smell a water coaster that would blow Sea Worlds 'Journey to Atlantis' out of the water!
Originally Posted By FoxHound Narnia at Animal Kingdom would be the perfect solution for getting the mythical creatures into the park. The mix of real (though talking) animals and mythical creatures makes even more sense to me than the Beastly Kingdom concept, which could have easily been put in Fantasyland. Narnia would have Aslan the lion, the wolves and the beavers alongside fauns, griffons and unicorns (and they gotta have the phoenix!). I would think they could just name the land "Narnia." It is a place, like Africa or Asia. Narnia would definitely fit in at Animal Kingdom---the mythical area was planned from the start, and of course there are traces of the land there now. Does anyone know if there's a dragon in the Narnia Chronicles? I gotta check that out!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss <<I don't think AK needs Beastly Kingdom. I would rather see them add a new country like Australia.>> My own feeling as well... I'd rather have something 'real' than a Beastly Kingdom. I doubt anyone has to worry about either for awhile though. With Everest about to open, DAK probably won't see any major changes for years and years.
Originally Posted By FoxHound Well, there is a dragon in "The Voyage of the Dawn Trader"----so Narnia could have the dragon that Animal Kingdom's logo falsely advertises. And yes, I agree that Animal Kingdom needs more animals first---Pandas were rumored for a while. I doubt we'll see any big additions for a while, anyway.
Originally Posted By bhb007 In the past, Eisner was ready to greenlight big E-Tickets for strongly performing DISNEY-OWNED properties (I recall reading about some of the plans for Atlantis, if it had been a blockbuster). Don't know if Iger shares that mentality, but (at least in the recent past) a homerun like Narnia (and it appears it likely will be a Potter/LOTR/Star Wars-like franchise) might spur quick action on an attraction or land. And Everest will probably only turn a half-day park into a one day park (hardly what WDW needs if it wants to fill all those empty beds with week-long vacationers).
Originally Posted By FoxHound "Narnia" may be a goofy word, but it has also been around since the 1950s, so it is fairly well known----it could be an easy "sell" to vacationers.
