So in other words they have no idea what to do with Animal Kingdom. Got it.
I feel like they are so close to saying it is confirmed with the Lin Manuel interview without actually confirming anything. Disney just need to commit at this point.
I think what kinda rubs me the wrong way is that they are putting what basically amounts to south american culture on the Animal focused park. It's ...weird. There are so many other animal based properties to choose from or even going the fantastical animals way finally.
I think a South America section could be really cool with the animal exhibits and experiences they could do but to base it off of Encanto, a movie where the animals aren't the focus of the story is odd.
I think it's better than a Moana land that was originally blue skyed. Tropical Americas sounds like a way of providing new animal exhibits to the park, and it will be Disney's first non-IP based land expansion since New Fantasyland??
Tropical Americas is a great idea. Vaguely animal related Encanto land is not, not for AK imo.
I agree it seems a little odd, but no weirder than a mythical culture/land like Pandora. There has always been an Africa and Asia area. I see South America as just adding another continent.
I mean, Antonio's Room is the obvious choice here.
I know why the connection is being made, I'm just sayin that imo the connection is very vague and it's not an Animal related IP. Like making a Native American section simply because Spirit is a horse.
And I said the exact same thing when Pandora was announced, I am still of the opinion that it fits better at HS.
I think they can make a ride in which you enter casita but it's just a setting for a ride based on Antonio's room - thus South American animals. In that way it's not to say South American culture is animals, they're just highlighting the animals of South America in the land generally and through rides like this and Indy. It's all about how it's framed imo.
Apparently they ended a recent D+ series that would give them an out if they wanted to move on (either as a recast or just switch to another villain).
