A Disney Park Ride Idea: Kumandra River Rapids
Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2021 10:01 am
Disney's Animal Kingdom is, not great. It's by no means a BAD Theme park and it has some interesting rides but when compared to the other Theme Parks it's rather lackluster. It's started to turn that around with the edition of Pandora but the other areas are still rather dull IMO. Park of the problem seems to be the parks interesting in being more of a PSA instead of just being a THEME Park. We don't go to Disney World to be reminded of how bad things can get we go there to FORGET the outside world and have fun so AK tries to do both which makes the whole experience IMO, tonally inconsistent.
The best example of this, IMO, is the Kali River Rapids in the Asia section of the Park. The ride wants to show how bad things are in that part of the world but ALSO has to be this fun ride, The Message of the ride gets lost because it's not a story told in via a ride it's a lecture that keeps splashing you with water. It also doesn't help that in order to fit in this message the ride has to grind to a halt to show a burning forest which is mildly uncomfortable because that's actual fire and it's REALLY close so it briefly results in the fun being rudely interrupted before throwing you back into the water.
Thus we come to the idea, revamp the ride and have it tie into Raya and the Last Dragon. Remove the fire and have some close encounters with the Druun (the monsters from that movie) along with a few scenes of Raya being chased by Fang soldiers thrown in and have it were the plot of this ride is set before Raya finds Sisu. Basically what we're seeing is the story of how Raya stole Fang's Dragon Scroll with the pre-show being that we are guests of Fang who are showing us around summer palace where the scroll is kept.
As we go on we can catch glimpses of Raya as she makes her way to were the scroll is being kept which, of course, the part of the pre-show. Then after we leave the room where the scroll is kept "someone" brakes into said room and we also here that there are Druun nearby so to ensure our safety we're set away in a few boats but, of course, something goes wrong and instead of taking the path that we're were suppose to we end up going down the rapids instead were we see Raya trying to escape the Fang soldiers while also avoiding the Druun.
Using a mix of animatronics, a few screens (shielded so the water doesn't get near it) we get a whole new ride that does what any good Disney Theme Park ride should do, give us a ride with a fun story where we see Raya stealing the scroll and how she escaped.
I also think that the Asia section should just be reworked to just be Kumandra as a whole because both Asia and Africa are really boring as park sections but that's a story for another time. But this is a ride that I REALLY want to see get revamped as the Kali River Rapids is rather dull and, like I said, is rather uncomfortable and as a result I personally don't find it to be as fun as it could be.
Raya and the Last Dragon is gaining a lot of popularity and, from what I understand, is HUGE on Disney+ now that it isn't behind a paywall so this would be a great way to inject new life into a rather okay ride. Thoughts?
The best example of this, IMO, is the Kali River Rapids in the Asia section of the Park. The ride wants to show how bad things are in that part of the world but ALSO has to be this fun ride, The Message of the ride gets lost because it's not a story told in via a ride it's a lecture that keeps splashing you with water. It also doesn't help that in order to fit in this message the ride has to grind to a halt to show a burning forest which is mildly uncomfortable because that's actual fire and it's REALLY close so it briefly results in the fun being rudely interrupted before throwing you back into the water.
Thus we come to the idea, revamp the ride and have it tie into Raya and the Last Dragon. Remove the fire and have some close encounters with the Druun (the monsters from that movie) along with a few scenes of Raya being chased by Fang soldiers thrown in and have it were the plot of this ride is set before Raya finds Sisu. Basically what we're seeing is the story of how Raya stole Fang's Dragon Scroll with the pre-show being that we are guests of Fang who are showing us around summer palace where the scroll is kept.
As we go on we can catch glimpses of Raya as she makes her way to were the scroll is being kept which, of course, the part of the pre-show. Then after we leave the room where the scroll is kept "someone" brakes into said room and we also here that there are Druun nearby so to ensure our safety we're set away in a few boats but, of course, something goes wrong and instead of taking the path that we're were suppose to we end up going down the rapids instead were we see Raya trying to escape the Fang soldiers while also avoiding the Druun.
Using a mix of animatronics, a few screens (shielded so the water doesn't get near it) we get a whole new ride that does what any good Disney Theme Park ride should do, give us a ride with a fun story where we see Raya stealing the scroll and how she escaped.
I also think that the Asia section should just be reworked to just be Kumandra as a whole because both Asia and Africa are really boring as park sections but that's a story for another time. But this is a ride that I REALLY want to see get revamped as the Kali River Rapids is rather dull and, like I said, is rather uncomfortable and as a result I personally don't find it to be as fun as it could be.
Raya and the Last Dragon is gaining a lot of popularity and, from what I understand, is HUGE on Disney+ now that it isn't behind a paywall so this would be a great way to inject new life into a rather okay ride. Thoughts?