Timon-n-Pumbaa Fan
<font color=blue>Identifies with Pumbaa's Flatulen
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Well, in respect to Beastly Kingdom....it's not a dead concept. It's being worked on but it's not happening anytime soon.
Night Kingdom aka the 5th gate is in the works. The name of the park and the entertainment inside is very much still up in the air, but it's coming sooner than Beastly Kingdom.
There is a big battle within Imagineering about the inclusion of those Disney characters in IaSW. Over in Hong Kong, it was needed to help "brand" the characters, but I expressed my extreme dislike of the idea at DL. I explained that while I know that the parks are not museums, that Mary Blair's art should be respected and the characters have no business inside that ride because it has NOTHING to do with characters. I feel that they can play with the interior of the IaSW in the other parks, but let Mary Blair's art stand at DL. Her family has expressed extreme displeasure about the changes too, so it's a battle that has not yet been settled. I can hope that the Disney characters will not be placed inside of the ride.
She told us what things that we might have seen that she was responsible for. She is working on the American Idol attraction. We discussed how American Idol might be an attraction who's time has already come and gone. We asked what happens if the winner is over the maximum age allowed in the AI competitions, since the winner at the end of the day would get a front of the line pass to AI in whatever city that they chose to go try out at. There was no answer for that yet. Basically, this attraction sounds like something that would not interest me in the slightest.
She just finished working on the Waste Management feature at Innoventions in Epcot. She was responsible for stuff at DCA and in DLRP too. She worked for Disney for several years, left the company, and returned again a couple of years ago.
Is that enough scoop?
Night Kingdom aka the 5th gate is in the works. The name of the park and the entertainment inside is very much still up in the air, but it's coming sooner than Beastly Kingdom.
There is a big battle within Imagineering about the inclusion of those Disney characters in IaSW. Over in Hong Kong, it was needed to help "brand" the characters, but I expressed my extreme dislike of the idea at DL. I explained that while I know that the parks are not museums, that Mary Blair's art should be respected and the characters have no business inside that ride because it has NOTHING to do with characters. I feel that they can play with the interior of the IaSW in the other parks, but let Mary Blair's art stand at DL. Her family has expressed extreme displeasure about the changes too, so it's a battle that has not yet been settled. I can hope that the Disney characters will not be placed inside of the ride.
She told us what things that we might have seen that she was responsible for. She is working on the American Idol attraction. We discussed how American Idol might be an attraction who's time has already come and gone. We asked what happens if the winner is over the maximum age allowed in the AI competitions, since the winner at the end of the day would get a front of the line pass to AI in whatever city that they chose to go try out at. There was no answer for that yet. Basically, this attraction sounds like something that would not interest me in the slightest.
She just finished working on the Waste Management feature at Innoventions in Epcot. She was responsible for stuff at DCA and in DLRP too. She worked for Disney for several years, left the company, and returned again a couple of years ago.
Is that enough scoop?
OMG, OMG, OMG, I just got Lunch with an Imagineer! 
Did she happen to discuss that, and if it was true, or not, or considered but not set in stone?
Yes, they paid for her as well. She was sweet and adorable. We spent 5 minutes discussing how sweet and adorable she was, plus several interruptions as they took turns leaving the table as she fussed. Yes, she was teething. I did not appreciate this disregard or bending of the rules. Otherwise it was a very enjoyable evening andf I would recommend it. I look forward to bringing my 11 and 13 y.o old when they are older.
