Cool. A leaked picture of the “Forbidden Mountain” feature due to open at WDW “Animal Kingdom” in 2005.
At the latest Disney shareholder meeting, Michael Eisner made a soft announcement for “Forbidden Mountain,” a new ride scheduled to open in 2005 in the Asian section of Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World. This may revive the sagging fortunes of the Animal Kingdom, where the pickings are thin enough that Disney insiders call it “Minimal Kingdom.”
An anonymous donor snuck this high-rez photo of the model for the ride out of Walt Disney Imagineering — I’m pretty excited by it.
I’ve not heard the “Minimal Kingdom” nomenclature — and, in fact, DAK is one of my favorite spots at WDW. Could there be more there? Sure. That’s what we’re seeing here. (Though there are some interesting comments at the BB discussion board on this, related to Beastly Kingdom.)
(via BoingBoing)
If you have the notion to keep up on Theme park gossip, make an entry for screamscape.com. He does a great job as a gateway for information and photos.
[I was waiting for Mary to chime in.]
I might do that. I’m most interested in the US Disney parks, obviously, but …
Though it’s interesting — getting into theme park gossip is a bit like being involved in church politics: you get the seamy side of inuuendo, gossip, broken promises, real world limitations hitting up against the ideal, back-stabbing, etc. Interesting, even valuable, but a bit disillusioning.
Yes, sometimes it’s difficult to see the false fronts on the buildings (and the people), but some of the insight is interesting. I especially appreciate laughingplace and mouseplanet for their articles.