Same here! It's so weird, but something about them just existing in the darkness that you'd otherwise never notice is very unnerving, but I also find them incredibly fascinating!
If absolutely noting on the Beastly Kingdom materialized, what in god's name did they blow the entire budget on?" Parents: "These melted knights are the only remotely interesting thing on this boat ride. We must complain & have them removed."
I hope they revive the project someday. It needs to happen, especially the planned unicorn cave. I'm happy the unicorn from the boat ride is safe and well cared for at least. ♥
I worked at EPCOT and did a walk through of spaceship earth. Yup, all covered up but I do remember the scene! It was great. Apparently, the earth you see on the top.. leads to the trap door where Mickey stood on top of space ship earth in that eighties commercial
I worked for one of the construction companies that built the whole Muppet complex back in 1991. I helped build that Muppet area at Disney MGM back in the day. I can confirm that the resuraunt was going to deliver food to the table via a rat run train line. Its a shame I spent a year working at that place. Seeing it take form from the ground up. Many fond memories working on the back lot at MGM. Id hear the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show go off about every half hour. Inhad that song stuck in ny head for a year.
I've never been so obsessed with a place I've never been. Except Japan. But you and all the Disney video makers make me feel as if I've been to wdw dozens of times. Thank you from the bottom of my Mickey ears. I am determined to be there when Mickey turns 100. I will be 50 then, and we'll finally have our hug. I've had a crush since age 3
@pika23 Oh man, you're going to love every second of it. Getting to experience 4 (or 6, if it's warm) different Disney parks in the same week is, frankly, magical. And the first time you go through them all is a lifechanger, too. Have fun! Please give Mickey a hug from me, too!
Everything you just said about the Disney youtubers is absolutely true! I love these guys and everything they do amazes me! They are awesome for us “Disney fans”
Pandora is a breathtaking experience (if someone gets the reference from one of its own rides I’ll be damn happy) when you get there, so truth be told, maybe Beastly Kingdom did come back, but in another way. Instead of dragons, we got Ikrans, and instead of knights, we got Na’vi and the Shaman in Na’vi River Journey.
@@troodon1096 Well, that's your opinion. Personally, the movie and the area are both fantastic, and feel much more real than any other 3D ride I've ever experienced. The Na'vi Shaman in River Journey looks absolutely spectacular when you see it in person, too. Of course, everyone's titled to their own opinions.
The Grammar-Spelling Freak I don’t like Avatar it was a risky move to make a whole land themed to just that movie, besides it’s already been overlooked by Galaxy’s Edge.
Why did they listen to complaints? Thunder Mesa would have been amazing and part of the charm of visiting different Disney Parks is to experience different attractions.
I think the reception of WRE would have far outweighed the complaints during Magic Kingdom's early years, but evidently it was something they weren't willing to risk given POTC's demand and popularity.
Florida loves our pirates. Over in Tampa we have the annual Gasparilla parade which is basically Mardi Gras but with pirates. The idea that we wouldn't want pirates because it was "normal" around here was frankly silly. They should have made room for both in the first place.
I would prefer to have both... Like, when you only make enough to save up for one Disney trip, it kind of sucks that you have to pick and choose what you'll experience like that when it does happen. So I'm glad Disney World has its own PoTC. Because we can't just fly between Disney World and Disneyland just to have pirates plus everything else. But I am disappointed that Thunder Mesa doesn't also exist. I'm a fan of the Red Dead video games AND Disney, so I would just love going on that and I swear, if one animatronic would say something like, "Don't worry, fellas! Ah gotta plan!", I would INSTANTLY shout back, "DUTCH, YOU ALWAYS GOTTA PLAN! NOW, WHEN YOU GONNA ACTU'LLY ACT ON IT?!"... X,D (And it wouldn't be that hard either for me to do the right accent, I'm from Texas. lol)
I went on the Discovery River Boats as part of a McDonalds World Convention corporate preview of the park. I remember the fire from the dragon cave, but cannot for the life of me remember the unicorn.
I always wished the Beastly Kingdom would’ve been made. It sucks that freaking Lost Continent was the thing to kill it Lost Continent isn’t anywhere near as interesting as Beastly Kingdom was described it was a total bore beyond the dueling dragons
What's frustrating is even more so than Thunder Mesa, it was so, so incredibly close to becoming a reality...I mean, just look at what they included in the parks entrance!
As a kid I got a Dragon toy in my Happy Meal and I had no idea where it was from. Years later after watching these videos I find out the dragon was from Beastly Kingdom!
It's a shame that beastly kingdom didn't happend, all the ideas were amazing; I can imagine how amazing it could have update with the years, with animatronics of unicorns, griffins, chimeras and even hydras. The worts part is that the reason to let down so incredible idea was lack of budget, it's mean, I never imagine that the happiest place on eart would choose stinginess over magic.
Jacob Coburn I forgot which episode, but there was an episode where Baljeet spilled peanut butter on Bufford’s chocolate, and they said what was shown on screen.
i'm still sad at how much the muppets area in hollywood studios has been reduced, hell even the gift shop has literally one single shelf with muppets stuff on it... i hope it doesnt get removed entirely
Love how much research you put into these. I really learn something new with every video. I especially loved how you expanded from your Thunder Mesa video in this one. Thank you Mark!
You are very welcome, so glad you enjoyed it! I've been wanting to do a sort of 'follow-up' to a few of my older topics for quite awhile with all the new info I've encountered!
I would love for Disney to build the Muppet Movie Ride. It would be a win win since Disney loves IPs and it would be a lovely call back to an attraction many people loved. Yes it would be significantly different but if it's a well done parody, I bet it would be a huge hit.
I want more broken and decrepit and forgotten stuff! Whether unfinished or at the end of its life, i want creepy stuff that probably shouldn’t be there!!
Mokujo Have you ever been to Pandora? It’s beautiful and it’s an incredible land of the park. It’s amazing. Even though Beastly Kingdom didn’t happen, it doesn’t mean that Pandora is bad.
@@SCase-qy9cn I couldn't agree more. It's unfortunate that the park is associated with Avatar. I thought the movie was pretty mediocre - but the park is amazingly well developed and immersive. Honestly, the Disney park does more world-building than the actual movie. It's almost like Disney built an alien environment-themed pavillion that just happens to be populated with some of the characters from Avatar. That said I wish there was some way to have both Pandora and Beastly Kingdom.
I'm one of few people who thinks the movie is pretty good, although Titanic is better. But at the same time it's not all that popular anymore. Sure it was relevant when Bob Iger first announced it, but by the time it opened, very few people gave a shit about it anymore. And they fucked up the entire premise of Animal Kingdom at the same time.
@@armayafox1328 I'm not trying to dismiss your opinion - I'm genuinely curious - how does it ruin the premise of the Animal Kingdom? I agree that Avatar seems like kind of a strange choice - but at least the movie's message seems to fit with the Animal Kingdom's message of environmental conservation. While I really liked the idea of Beastly Kindom, I don't necessarily see it fitting in thematically any better than Pandora. I don't want to sound like a contrarian - I'm genuinely curious what your opinion is :)
I'm really glad you brought up the scrapped bits of Spaceship Earth. Despite being obsessed with the park for years and researching every little aspect of the history of Future World before even saving the money to go for the first time, seeing those painted over moon bits was freaky as hell. Here I am in the dark, in this super old attraction, in this park I thought I knew everything about and WHAT ARE THOSE DARK MOUNDS OH GOD THIS IS IT I'M GOING TO DIE AT EPCOT CENTER AT THE HANDS OF SHADOW BLOBS- Needless to say, it was a bit terrifying, as I'm not particularly fond of retro dark rides in the first place, so thanks for spreading this often overlooked piece of history. Oh wait actually no 0/10 you come into MY house and show me THAT concept art and remind me just WHAT those people are doing to MY Wonders of Life
y'know, thinking about it a bit, i'm a little surprised that imagineers have apparently never tried retrofitting the Western River Expedition to Disneyland Paris. i think they'd be alot more keen on it over there, considering their apparent deep love of the Wild West genre (i've never been to the park myself, but i've heard that they have the biggest Frontierland out of all the parks because of that, and is at least part of why Phantom Manor is specifically located there)
Thanks for the great clip of Beastly The Unicorn in your video Yesterworld!. I have never found video footage of him in the park. Only the one still shot that's on his Facebook and Instagram pages. Id love to see the whole video! Owning Beastly is an honor. Its such a great piece of Disney history from a Land that was almost kind of built, but never will be. Great Vid!! Graydon
Hey Graydon!! First of all, thanks for adopting such an incredible piece of Unbuilt Disney History! If there'd ever be a way to view it in person, send me a private message or email! I am legitimately thrilled it went into the hands of someone who takes such great care of it. The full video is here, but it really is a "blink and you miss it" kinda thing...I'm just obsessed enough to have gone through that section frame-by-frame :) ruclips.net/video/P3RZPmz_zco/видео.html
*clip plays* Me: Oh… Oh God, no, you’re not gonna- Fozzy: I feel very sorry that your best friend Jim died- Me: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!!?!? *bawls hysterically*
That very last bit really got to me. Makes me feel like we missed out on something awesome. I'm not sure why, but those buffalo animatronics have been some of my all-time favorites at Disney for going on 35+ years.
Man... thank you for explaining why EPCOT is not as amazing as we all knew it should have been! Well all the parks. Even the muppets area of MGM. There were so many things that were supposed to be so much more 😭😭
I love hunting the little remnants like this!! I always wondered what happened to the props from the discovery boats. Rip Aladar. Imagine if EPCOT had a peoplemover!? That would be awesome! I would have much rather seen the western river expedition than WDW’s pirates. It’s cool passing by the buffalo and thinking of what could have been.
5:21 instead of, you know, being used in the actual attraction that bore its name. They could have added it to the end of the ride like the Indiana Jones ride with Indy and the boulder, and it would have matched up with the security footage of Avalar wandering around the facility on your way out.
At some point, I figure you'll either have the "Epcot Compendium of Future Past", a playlist of what Future World once was, or just a very large video about what you haven't covered already.
Honestly I think Epcot does truly have one of if not the most unfinished/unrealized attractions and projects of any other park. It's incredible just how much was planned, or partially built, but just never became a reality.
Parents: "These melted knights are the only remotely interesting thing on this boat ride. We must complain & have them removed." If absolutely noting on the Beastly Kingdom materialized, what in god's name did they blow the entire budget on?"
I wish all these all existed, it would've been so cool! I hope both Thunder Mountain and Phantom Manor are open when I go to Disneyland Paris next month. I haven't heard any updates of when PM is gonna open :(
They need to make that damn park. It's literally the most requested theme for a park ever. A KRAKEN ANIMATRONIC?? I would literally do the boat ride as a FIRST attraction.
I had no idea Beastly Kingdom was that close to actually being in the park. I thought all there ever was to show for it was the smoke effects and vaguely dragon shaped rock near the old Camp Minnie-Mickey. It's such a shame.
I have a terrible phobia of animatronics and my throat gets hot and I start sweating whenever I see one even in a video but for some reason I’m drawn to theses videos I love the channel
Beastly Kingdom 5th park Beastly Kingdom (possibly Dominion) will be the 5th park in Disney World. Unless they decide to go with Dark Dominion (villain park). Sister parks have been discussed for all 4 parks with ramps and parking decks connecting the sets. The new parks would be similar opposites of the originals. Magic Kingdom (heroes) & Dark Dominion (villains) Epcot (futureworld/world showcase) & ? (pastworld/america showcase) Animal Kingdom (animals) & Beastly Dominion (fantasy animals) Surprisingly it would be Animal Kingdom who would get their sister park first. From what I've heard, Beastly Kingdom may not be completely dead. For the park and the Dragon section to be greenlit Dragon Empire and Onward have to do good at the box office. It would have a similar layout to its sister park Animal Kingdom. With a mix of real and fantasy animals throughout the property. The lands would consist of a central Dragon section (Discovery Island), an Egypt section (Africa), Australia (Asia), a Stars Wars snow planet (Dinoland) and Fantasia (Pandora). A dark volcanic mountain will be the main icon for Beastly Dominion. It will be reminiscent of the mountain in Disneysea, but vastly darker. Inside it would be a ride much like Disneysea’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, but with a different type of ride vehicle. The pyramid ride in “Egypt” meanwhile will be one of the other big time attractions in the park and will showcase mythical creatures. Like Sphynx's and other legendary creatures of Egyptian lore. The land will also feature real animals as well though like Camels, Cobras and other desert dwelling animals. “Roaring Rapids" is going to be the E-ticket for “Australia”. The main star of the attraction will be gigantic Crocodile, that attacks anyone who dears to travel on his river. “Fantasia” will have 2 main attractions. One of them being the Fantasia boat ride and the other one would be “Bald Mountain”, a rollercoaster/water ride based on one of the most famous scenes from the film. A little village and its inhabitants sit below the mountain unbeknownst to what lurks within it. Chernabog, the main antagonist is a large gargoyle-like demon who lives within the mountain. He eventually emerges from the peak of Bald Mountain where he is perched. From it he summons many dark creatures like demons, hags, and harpies that visitors will come across on their voyage through the caverns. The secondary unheadliner attractions in the “Fantasia” section are the already aforementioned ones from the early days of planning. The animatronic of the Unicorn in the cave (which is like the setting in Paris) and the adjacent maze. Also planned as well is the Lochness restaurant, which hopefully doesn't serve Lochness on the menu. The “Star Wars” section at Beastly Kingdom is rumored to be an ice planet. Possibly Hoth or a new one based on a planet from a future film or television show. The land may include Taun Tauns, a Wampa and other cold climate creatures. I don’t have the snack locations, but the restaurant listing would consist of the following. Dragon Section - Dragon Fire Pizza (Quick) Fantasia - Lochness Landing (Quick) Star Wars - Unnamed Star Wars (Table) Australia - Tucker’s Takeaway (Quick) Egypt - Cafe Cairo (Table) Disclaimer: Everything I just mentioned is not guaranteed to happen. For now at least it has just been discussed behind closed doors.
How dare they not keep the unicorn! Unicorns are so magical and pretty! They messed up there! YES! Thank you the owner of Beastly the Unicorn! You didn't allow the unicorn to go to waste! You are a magical hero!
Pretty sure they have put the Discovery boats back into circulation recently transporting guests back and forth from Wilderness Lodge to Magic Kingdom.
I like to imagine there is a Dusney storage warehouse somewhere with the Alien from Alien Encounter, the dead elephant and the dead knights in the same room...
I love the cheering smiley face of you in the beginning while you contemplate on how to make this video, it makes me laugh honestly 😂 But no seriously great video!
I always wanna know what happened when any division of Disney slums it. Because they’re capable of making such amazing things, and sometimes they just go “meh, I don’t wanna.”
I think I said before somewhere that I remember seeing the astronauts working on Satellites when I rode it in the 1986 to 1994 time span. I know I thought that they were maybe part of something that was coming in the future at that time. It's sad that they were taken away eventually.
I remember when the rumors were going around about the Muppet restaurant, I was always so bummed it never came to me and was thrilled at the nods to it in PizzeRizzo and now I'm bummed it's seasonal. I'm excited for Galaxy's Edge but my bonus excitement is Studios will have the need to keep PizzeRizzo open ;) -- K
This is a fascinating look at what could have been. It always bums me out when I hear about this stuff. I know it's the grass is greener, but I'll say one thing: Whenever I hear about the original plans for EPCOT, I am bitter and depressed it'll never come to be.
The Muppets were the hippest thing before CGI and computer animation made it so that kids no longer had to use their imaginations. I always thought that Disney didn’t/doesn’t utilize the Muppet franchise like it should.
It's so weird that remnants of dead animatronic lands exist in Disney Land/World. It sort of adds to the mystical vibe you get the first time you go to Disney World as a kid.I remember seeing the police (hover) car from Blade Runner sitting in an overgrown lot, behind a ride at MGM, and you could just walk up to it, and do whatever to it. Mickys extended family of mice probably lived inside it. I was amazed and kind of sad to see it like that, but at least I saw it! This was in the early 90s. Blade Runner was one of my favorites, a classic 80s scifi movie. That car should be in a museum, wired to the ceiling, so it could hover once again. Got off on a tangent. Anyway cool videos keep it up!
These are the questions that keep me up at night...just the fact that somewhere out there (assuming it wasn't tossed out) there is a detailed 3 dimensional model of the entire Beastly Kingdom land along with its attractions
I literally jumped on Instagram after this and looked up “Beastly the unicorn” and hit “Follow” 😂 So cool tho. Imagine owning a piece of Disney history? 🤨🙂🧐
Thanks. I have to say as the owners of Beastly The Unicorn, he is our pride and joy Disney piece. A true one of a kind item. We are so honored to own a piece of a Disney land that almost kind of was, but that will never be built. He also has his own Facebook page under B.T. Uni. facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011457876653 and a Facebook group under Beastly The Unicorn.
There's a issue with the SSE space scene that keeps being overlooked. I always wondered why they didn't refit the scene, until i built the structure in 3D. Getting props up there would be almost impossible without cutting everything up. You can't just open the roof. That's also a reason the scene was left black instead. There's no way to get big props up there unless you want to tear half the attraction down. And the other concern is the weight, anything that goes up there would need to be extremely light, that's the height where weight has most influence on the structure. But if you tear open the transitional tunnel, take 80m of track and the RVs out.. yeah technically you'd have a size margin of like 4-5 m. It's either that or open the top like a breakfast egg. But taking those RVs out?... will.not.happen.in reality. Only if the ride had a full overhaul (in like another 20 years bwha) And taking the top off would mean the structure needed additional supports and everything would have to be taken out, the Alucobond covers taken off and so on.. i think they'd choose to tear it down instead of doing something like that. Hence it's rather left black. (Still a lack of imagination, not to come up with anything useful for the space.)
This videos are the second best thing for a Disney Park fan like me, the first would be going but I don't have the money yet, but someday I will and I'll spend half the time looking for easter eggs lol
On this theme park binge and I've been trying to remember what year I went to DW. It was either the end of '93 and they were about to start updating the epcot ball or it was the end of '94 and they were wrapping it up. Either way I missed the epcot ball and even though I was only in 3rd grade and had no idea what the ride even was, it bummed me out. The epcot ball IS the visual of epcot and I knew it was important to go in it. Damn you, Disney!
1995 was the last time I went to Epcot and rode Spaceship Earth, I wondered why they had hacked it all up and everything was so dark. You could see that there was stuff hanging in the air but it was all blacked out. It looked awful.
Them letting the dinosaur animatronic rot is an IRL representation of how much Disney wants people to forget that Dinosaur was ever a thing.
Old hidden stuff freaks me out more then animatronics designed to scare you.
Same here! It's so weird, but something about them just existing in the darkness that you'd otherwise never notice is very unnerving, but I also find them incredibly fascinating!
@@YesterworldEntertainment I know right? I've been on Spaceship Earth a ton of times, but never knew all that weirdness was there 😱
Same
*than
Sorta-same.
Ironic that a land based on myth would become no more than that itself.
:I wow
Disney would say that was the plan all along :•
If absolutely noting on the Beastly Kingdom materialized, what in god's name did they blow the entire budget on?"
Parents: "These melted knights are the only remotely interesting thing on this boat ride. We must complain & have them removed."
i'm still so bitter that beastly kingdom never happend
Me too and I've never even been to Disney World
@@gator9339 If you ever have the opportunity to go you should definitely take it. It is super fun! Even without beastly kingdom haha.
Me too.
avatar sucks
@@evievenaar7762 stfu weeb
I hope they revive the project someday. It needs to happen, especially the planned unicorn cave.
I'm happy the unicorn from the boat ride is safe and well cared for at least. ♥
I worked at EPCOT and did a walk through of spaceship earth. Yup, all covered up but I do remember the scene! It was great. Apparently, the earth you see on the top.. leads to the trap door where Mickey stood on top of space ship earth in that eighties commercial
I worked for one of the construction companies that built the whole Muppet complex back in 1991. I helped build that Muppet area at Disney MGM back in the day. I can confirm that the resuraunt was going to deliver food to the table via a rat run train line. Its a shame I spent a year working at that place. Seeing it take form from the ground up. Many fond memories working on the back lot at MGM. Id hear the teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show go off about every half hour. Inhad that song stuck in ny head for a year.
I've never been so obsessed with a place I've never been. Except Japan. But you and all the Disney video makers make me feel as if I've been to wdw dozens of times. Thank you from the bottom of my Mickey ears. I am determined to be there when Mickey turns 100. I will be 50 then, and we'll finally have our hug. I've had a crush since age 3
@pika23 Oh man, you're going to love every second of it. Getting to experience 4 (or 6, if it's warm) different Disney parks in the same week is, frankly, magical. And the first time you go through them all is a lifechanger, too. Have fun! Please give Mickey a hug from me, too!
I've worked there for a year and it is truly the best place on Earth.
I cannot go to a disney park
Everything you just said about the Disney youtubers is absolutely true! I love these guys and everything they do amazes me! They are awesome for us “Disney fans”
thats adorable
In my opinion, not doing beastly kingdom is the *WORST* mistake Disney has made
I agree! I also hate that they put Pandora in its place! REALLY bad call by Disney!
Pandora is a breathtaking experience (if someone gets the reference from one of its own rides I’ll be damn happy) when you get there, so truth be told, maybe Beastly Kingdom did come back, but in another way. Instead of dragons, we got Ikrans, and instead of knights, we got Na’vi and the Shaman in Na’vi River Journey.
@@karamellcreme Not an acceptable substitute, theming an area based on a terrible movie not even made by Disney.
@@troodon1096
Well, that's your opinion. Personally, the movie and the area are both fantastic, and feel much more real than any other 3D ride I've ever experienced. The Na'vi Shaman in River Journey looks absolutely spectacular when you see it in person, too.
Of course, everyone's titled to their own opinions.
The Grammar-Spelling Freak I don’t like Avatar it was a risky move to make a whole land themed to just that movie, besides it’s already been overlooked by Galaxy’s Edge.
Why did they listen to complaints? Thunder Mesa would have been amazing and part of the charm of visiting different Disney Parks is to experience different attractions.
I think the reception of WRE would have far outweighed the complaints during Magic Kingdom's early years, but evidently it was something they weren't willing to risk given POTC's demand and popularity.
Florida loves our pirates. Over in Tampa we have the annual Gasparilla parade which is basically Mardi Gras but with pirates. The idea that we wouldn't want pirates because it was "normal" around here was frankly silly. They should have made room for both in the first place.
I would prefer to have both... Like, when you only make enough to save up for one Disney trip, it kind of sucks that you have to pick and choose what you'll experience like that when it does happen. So I'm glad Disney World has its own PoTC. Because we can't just fly between Disney World and Disneyland just to have pirates plus everything else. But I am disappointed that Thunder Mesa doesn't also exist. I'm a fan of the Red Dead video games AND Disney, so I would just love going on that and I swear, if one animatronic would say something like, "Don't worry, fellas! Ah gotta plan!", I would INSTANTLY shout back, "DUTCH, YOU ALWAYS GOTTA PLAN! NOW, WHEN YOU GONNA ACTU'LLY ACT ON IT?!"... X,D (And it wouldn't be that hard either for me to do the right accent, I'm from Texas. lol)
I went on the Discovery River Boats as part of a McDonalds World Convention corporate preview of the park. I remember the fire from the dragon cave, but cannot for the life of me remember the unicorn.
I always wished the Beastly Kingdom would’ve been made. It sucks that freaking Lost Continent was the thing to kill it Lost Continent isn’t anywhere near as interesting as Beastly Kingdom was described it was a total bore beyond the dueling dragons
Temple of Posiden is God tier
The DinoLand Imagineer team helped too.
What's frustrating is even more so than Thunder Mesa, it was so, so incredibly close to becoming a reality...I mean, just look at what they included in the parks entrance!
As a kid I got a Dragon toy in my Happy Meal and I had no idea where it was from. Years later after watching these videos I find out the dragon was from Beastly Kingdom!
Dinosaurs are cooler than dragons anyway.
It's a shame that beastly kingdom didn't happend, all the ideas were amazing; I can imagine how amazing it could have update with the years, with animatronics of unicorns, griffins, chimeras and even hydras.
The worts part is that the reason to let down so incredible idea was lack of budget, it's mean, I never imagine that the happiest place on eart would choose stinginess over magic.
that clip from the muppets where fozzie is learning that jim died made me cry
it's so sad :(
0:31 I think I finally get what that Phineas and Ferb scene with Baljeet and Bufford is referencing
I'm so glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought of Baljeet and Buford
Which scene exactly?
Jacob Coburn I forgot which episode, but there was an episode where Baljeet spilled peanut butter on Bufford’s chocolate, and they said what was shown on screen.
ruclips.net/video/O7oD_oX-Gio/видео.html
... and im pretty sure that scene in the cartoon was based on that commercial
Damn it. I always cry when I see that clip of Fozzie and the other muppets finding out Jim had died.
If the tiki room can return with stitch, the fantasyland can with a mixture of disney characters.
Fingers crossed!
Man I really hope Beastly Kingdom becomes a reality as technology advances now. You know how cool that would be?
i'm still sad at how much the muppets area in hollywood studios has been reduced, hell even the gift shop has literally one single shelf with muppets stuff on it... i hope it doesnt get removed entirely
RIP Muppet studios and Thunder Mesa, some of the best Disney ideas ever imagined.
WTF,I JUST SAW YOU
Love how much research you put into these. I really learn something new with every video. I especially loved how you expanded from your Thunder Mesa video in this one. Thank you Mark!
You are very welcome, so glad you enjoyed it! I've been wanting to do a sort of 'follow-up' to a few of my older topics for quite awhile with all the new info I've encountered!
I would love for Disney to build the Muppet Movie Ride. It would be a win win since Disney loves IPs and it would be a lovely call back to an attraction many people loved. Yes it would be significantly different but if it's a well done parody, I bet it would be a huge hit.
It'll likely never happen, but I'm still holding on to hope. It could be great!
The ongoing saga of Mark and Buzzy delights me to no end!
God I wish Beastly Kingdom became a reality.
Same here...same here...
Me too.
Probably would've been my favorite part of Disney World.
Me too.
R.I.P Aladar animatronic, you will forever be missed 😢😢😢
Ikr? Poor thing.
Ikr? Poor thing.
They should revive Beastly Kingdom as a walkthrough attraction similar to Dragon's Lair at Disneyland Paris.
I'm still salty that we never got Beastly Kingdom.
It would've been timeless.
Screw avatar.
Yup!!!!
I want more broken and decrepit and forgotten stuff! Whether unfinished or at the end of its life, i want creepy stuff that probably shouldn’t be there!!
Hey, at least we got a whole land based on a film nobody remembers or cares about instead of Beastly Kingdom! I love Bob Iger!
Not Bob’s fault this time. Eisner let the imagineers go, they went to Universal, yadayada
Mokujo Have you ever been to Pandora? It’s beautiful and it’s an incredible land of the park. It’s amazing. Even though Beastly Kingdom didn’t happen, it doesn’t mean that Pandora is bad.
@@SCase-qy9cn I couldn't agree more. It's unfortunate that the park is associated with Avatar. I thought the movie was pretty mediocre - but the park is amazingly well developed and immersive. Honestly, the Disney park does more world-building than the actual movie. It's almost like Disney built an alien environment-themed pavillion that just happens to be populated with some of the characters from Avatar.
That said I wish there was some way to have both Pandora and Beastly Kingdom.
I'm one of few people who thinks the movie is pretty good, although Titanic is better. But at the same time it's not all that popular anymore. Sure it was relevant when Bob Iger first announced it, but by the time it opened, very few people gave a shit about it anymore. And they fucked up the entire premise of Animal Kingdom at the same time.
@@armayafox1328 I'm not trying to dismiss your opinion - I'm genuinely curious - how does it ruin the premise of the Animal Kingdom? I agree that Avatar seems like kind of a strange choice - but at least the movie's message seems to fit with the Animal Kingdom's message of environmental conservation. While I really liked the idea of Beastly Kindom, I don't necessarily see it fitting in thematically any better than Pandora. I don't want to sound like a contrarian - I'm genuinely curious what your opinion is :)
“Tis but a flesh wound “
Love that movie
I'm really glad you brought up the scrapped bits of Spaceship Earth. Despite being obsessed with the park for years and researching every little aspect of the history of Future World before even saving the money to go for the first time, seeing those painted over moon bits was freaky as hell. Here I am in the dark, in this super old attraction, in this park I thought I knew everything about and WHAT ARE THOSE DARK MOUNDS OH GOD THIS IS IT I'M GOING TO DIE AT EPCOT CENTER AT THE HANDS OF SHADOW BLOBS-
Needless to say, it was a bit terrifying, as I'm not particularly fond of retro dark rides in the first place, so thanks for spreading this often overlooked piece of history.
Oh wait actually no 0/10 you come into MY house and show me THAT concept art and remind me just WHAT those people are doing to MY Wonders of Life
PREACH
y'know, thinking about it a bit, i'm a little surprised that imagineers have apparently never tried retrofitting the Western River Expedition to Disneyland Paris. i think they'd be alot more keen on it over there, considering their apparent deep love of the Wild West genre (i've never been to the park myself, but i've heard that they have the biggest Frontierland out of all the parks because of that, and is at least part of why Phantom Manor is specifically located there)
Thanks for the great clip of Beastly The Unicorn in your video Yesterworld!. I have never found video footage of him in the park. Only the one still shot that's on his Facebook and Instagram pages. Id love to see the whole video! Owning Beastly is an honor. Its such a great piece of Disney history from a Land that was almost kind of built, but never will be. Great Vid!! Graydon
Hey Graydon!! First of all, thanks for adopting such an incredible piece of Unbuilt Disney History! If there'd ever be a way to view it in person, send me a private message or email! I am legitimately thrilled it went into the hands of someone who takes such great care of it. The full video is here, but it really is a "blink and you miss it" kinda thing...I'm just obsessed enough to have gone through that section frame-by-frame :)
ruclips.net/video/P3RZPmz_zco/видео.html
there is something fascinating about seeing photos showing the remains of attractions. please do more like these i love them
*clip plays*
Me: Oh… Oh God, no, you’re not gonna-
Fozzy: I feel very sorry that your best friend Jim died-
Me: WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!!?!? *bawls hysterically*
Jim Henson Hour show that was on tv at the time. Had The Storyteller in the show at the end of each episode.
That very last bit really got to me. Makes me feel like we missed out on something awesome. I'm not sure why, but those buffalo animatronics have been some of my all-time favorites at Disney for going on 35+ years.
8:50 I would love to see them do something like this with a Ratatouille restaurant.
The Thunder Mesa ride sounded like fun! I wish that it could've been built.
Man. Yesterworld has been killing it in 2019. Best “Park Docs” on YT!
Thanks for the kind words, glad you enjoy the content thus far in the year!
Man... thank you for explaining why EPCOT is not as amazing as we all knew it should have been! Well all the parks. Even the muppets area of MGM. There were so many things that were supposed to be so much more 😭😭
I love hunting the little remnants like this!! I always wondered what happened to the props from the discovery boats. Rip Aladar. Imagine if EPCOT had a peoplemover!? That would be awesome! I would have much rather seen the western river expedition than WDW’s pirates. It’s cool passing by the buffalo and thinking of what could have been.
5:21 instead of, you know, being used in the actual attraction that bore its name. They could have added it to the end of the ride like the Indiana Jones ride with Indy and the boulder, and it would have matched up with the security footage of Avalar wandering around the facility on your way out.
Except there’s 2 sides of the exit so only one side would’ve seen aladar
Seeing the interactive exhibits in the communicores as a child in the mid 80s is one of my greatest memories ever.
the thought of a light and dark side of beastly kingdom IS SO COOL !!!! i wish they went for it
At some point, I figure you'll either have the "Epcot Compendium of Future Past", a playlist of what Future World once was, or just a very large video about what you haven't covered already.
Honestly I think Epcot does truly have one of if not the most unfinished/unrealized attractions and projects of any other park. It's incredible just how much was planned, or partially built, but just never became a reality.
@@YesterworldEntertainment I dream that this proposed renovation brings back the vision of Future World
Yamcha Kippur with the sponsors leaving no way disney can or at lest would do that
Parents: "These melted knights are the only remotely interesting thing on this boat ride. We must complain & have them removed."
If absolutely noting on the Beastly Kingdom materialized, what in god's name did they blow the entire budget on?"
I’m guessing it was all wasted on getting all the animals for the safari
Very interesting stuff! Thanks for the hard work you put into your videos, Mark! 😃
Thanks for appreciating the work that goes into these episodes!
Your editing and humor are so on point!
This was one of the most fascinating videos I've pretty much ever seen on RUclips, outstanding work.
I wish all these all existed, it would've been so cool! I hope both Thunder Mountain and Phantom Manor are open when I go to Disneyland Paris next month. I haven't heard any updates of when PM is gonna open :(
The Yesterworld Intro never get old
The thumbnail makes so much more sense now!
I really hope that one day they create a version of Beastly Kingdom in Animal Kingdom...
I always wondered why the buffalo in The Land seemed so different! Thats so cool!
They need to make that damn park. It's literally the most requested theme for a park ever. A KRAKEN ANIMATRONIC?? I would literally do the boat ride as a FIRST attraction.
Honestly, great video that taught me theme park info even I hadn’t heard before! Loved it man
I had no idea Beastly Kingdom was that close to actually being in the park. I thought all there ever was to show for it was the smoke effects and vaguely dragon shaped rock near the old Camp Minnie-Mickey. It's such a shame.
I think a video on Hong Kong’s tower of terror or the international ones would be cool
Hong Kong does not have a Tower of Terror nor was one ever planned. Think you mean Tokyo.
I have a terrible phobia of animatronics and my throat gets hot and I start sweating whenever I see one even in a video but for some reason I’m drawn to theses videos I love the channel
Beastly Kingdom 5th park
Beastly Kingdom (possibly Dominion) will be the 5th park in Disney World. Unless they decide to go with Dark Dominion (villain park).
Sister parks have been discussed for all 4 parks with ramps and parking decks connecting the sets. The new parks would be similar opposites of the originals.
Magic Kingdom (heroes) & Dark Dominion (villains)
Epcot (futureworld/world showcase) & ? (pastworld/america showcase)
Animal Kingdom (animals) & Beastly Dominion (fantasy animals)
Surprisingly it would be Animal Kingdom who would get their sister park first. From what I've heard, Beastly Kingdom may not be completely dead. For the park and the Dragon section to be greenlit Dragon Empire and Onward have to do good at the box office.
It would have a similar layout to its sister park Animal Kingdom. With a mix of real and fantasy animals throughout the property.
The lands would consist of a central Dragon section (Discovery Island), an Egypt section (Africa), Australia (Asia), a Stars Wars snow planet (Dinoland) and Fantasia (Pandora).
A dark volcanic mountain will be the main icon for Beastly Dominion. It will be reminiscent of the mountain in Disneysea, but vastly darker. Inside it would be a ride much like Disneysea’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, but with a different type of ride vehicle.
The pyramid ride in “Egypt” meanwhile will be one of the other big time attractions in the park and will showcase mythical creatures. Like Sphynx's and other legendary creatures of Egyptian lore. The land will also feature real animals as well though like Camels, Cobras and other desert dwelling animals.
“Roaring Rapids" is going to be the E-ticket for “Australia”. The main star of the attraction will be gigantic Crocodile, that attacks anyone who dears to travel on his river.
“Fantasia” will have 2 main attractions. One of them being the Fantasia boat ride and the other one would be “Bald Mountain”, a rollercoaster/water ride based on one of the most famous scenes from the film. A little village and its inhabitants sit below the mountain unbeknownst to what lurks within it. Chernabog, the main antagonist is a large gargoyle-like demon who lives within the mountain. He eventually emerges from the peak of Bald Mountain where he is perched. From it he summons many dark creatures like demons, hags, and harpies that
visitors will come across on their voyage through the caverns.
The secondary unheadliner attractions in the “Fantasia” section are the already aforementioned ones from the early days of planning. The animatronic of the Unicorn in the cave (which is like the setting in Paris) and the adjacent maze. Also planned as well is the Lochness restaurant, which hopefully doesn't serve Lochness on the menu.
The “Star Wars” section at Beastly Kingdom is rumored to be an ice planet. Possibly Hoth or a new one based on a planet from a future film or television show. The land may include Taun Tauns, a Wampa and other cold climate creatures.
I don’t have the snack locations, but the restaurant listing would consist of the following.
Dragon Section - Dragon Fire Pizza (Quick)
Fantasia - Lochness Landing (Quick)
Star Wars - Unnamed Star Wars (Table)
Australia - Tucker’s Takeaway (Quick)
Egypt - Cafe Cairo (Table)
Disclaimer: Everything I just mentioned is not guaranteed to happen. For now at least it has just been discussed behind closed doors.
Love these kinda vids, thanks for always finding/showing us these 😁
You are very welcome :)
How dare they not keep the unicorn! Unicorns are so magical and pretty! They messed up there! YES! Thank you the owner of Beastly the Unicorn! You didn't allow the unicorn to go to waste! You are a magical hero!
I always appreciate your creative mashup shots. John Travolta being like "hey where is it" lol
Pretty sure they have put the Discovery boats back into circulation recently transporting guests back and forth from Wilderness Lodge to Magic Kingdom.
Yup! Plan on addressing this in a future video as it didn't quite fit into the narrative here.
I like to imagine there is a Dusney storage warehouse somewhere with the Alien from Alien Encounter, the dead elephant and the dead knights in the same room...
I love the cheering smiley face of you in the beginning while you contemplate on how to make this video, it makes me laugh honestly 😂
But no seriously great video!
I just rewatched most of your videos because they are so good. And I'll probably watch them a third time until you put out more.
I'm on board. It'll give me more to do that eat and ride at Disneyland when I get there
0:12-0:42 I keep coming back to this opening bit, especially when Mark said “I forgot my pie chart.” And then the Hat Box Ghost changed the channel.
How do you do your research? You mentioned that the unicorn is one of your favorite discoveries. This is just fascinating stuff!!
I'm guessing that unicorn was found by scouring RUclips. I'm sure looking over Yesterland helps. As for how he found the unicorn's fate, got me.
I always wanna know what happened when any division of Disney slums it. Because they’re capable of making such amazing things, and sometimes they just go “meh, I don’t wanna.”
I think I said before somewhere that I remember seeing the astronauts working on Satellites when I rode it in the 1986 to 1994 time span. I know I thought that they were maybe part of something that was coming in the future at that time. It's sad that they were taken away eventually.
15:50 that pooh is what lurks during my sleep paralysis sessions
was legit just binging ur content and im so happy you made a new video good times out here
I would have preferred a thunder mesa instead of more pirates.
12:26 Holy shit that’s the robot from Rocky IV LMAO
seeing footage of old future world is so heartbreaking... i miss those those corridors
I remember when the rumors were going around about the Muppet restaurant, I was always so bummed it never came to me and was thrilled at the nods to it in PizzeRizzo and now I'm bummed it's seasonal. I'm excited for Galaxy's Edge but my bonus excitement is Studios will have the need to keep PizzeRizzo open ;) -- K
This is a fascinating look at what could have been. It always bums me out when I hear about this stuff. I know it's the grass is greener, but I'll say one thing: Whenever I hear about the original plans for EPCOT, I am bitter and depressed it'll never come to be.
9:19 rections to someone died, either Jim Henson or Walt Disney.
9:22
The Muppets were the hippest thing before CGI and computer animation made it so that kids no longer had to use their imaginations.
I always thought that Disney didn’t/doesn’t utilize the Muppet franchise like it should.
15:51 Pooh being a weirdo
He's trying his best XD
My homie Pooh Bear doing the Harlem shake before it was cool!
It's so weird that remnants of dead animatronic lands exist in Disney Land/World. It sort of adds to the mystical vibe you get the first time you go to Disney World as a kid.I remember seeing the police (hover) car from Blade Runner sitting in an overgrown lot, behind a ride at MGM, and you could just walk up to it, and do whatever to it. Mickys extended family of mice probably lived inside it. I was amazed and kind of sad to see it like that, but at least I saw it! This was in the early 90s. Blade Runner was one of my favorites, a classic 80s scifi movie. That car should be in a museum, wired to the ceiling, so it could hover once again. Got off on a tangent. Anyway cool videos keep it up!
I wonder how much stuff they have at Imagineering HQ. Props, animatronics, illusions for unbuilt and unrealized attractions never put in the parks.
These are the questions that keep me up at night...just the fact that somewhere out there (assuming it wasn't tossed out) there is a detailed 3 dimensional model of the entire Beastly Kingdom land along with its attractions
I literally jumped on Instagram after this and looked up “Beastly the unicorn” and hit “Follow” 😂 So cool tho. Imagine owning a piece of Disney history? 🤨🙂🧐
I looked it up too! Super cool!
Cheyenne Lynn I couldn’t resist! I love seeing stuff like that!
Thanks. I have to say as the owners of Beastly The Unicorn, he is our pride and joy Disney piece. A true one of a kind item. We are so honored to own a piece of a Disney land that almost kind of was, but that will never be built. He also has his own Facebook page under B.T. Uni. facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011457876653 and a Facebook group under Beastly The Unicorn.
@@macbethfl3870 That's super cool! I gave him a follow on instagram and will be sure to give a like (or a friend request) on Facebook!
The fact they left the aladaur dino animatronic to rot us so sad to me. I feel like I'm the only person who loves that movie and that character.
SMRT-1 ! My dad worked for Sperry who sponsored that! We got the ability to go back-stage and see how it all operated when I was a child.
I think this was your best video yet! I love it👍👍👍
There's a issue with the SSE space scene that keeps being overlooked. I always wondered why they didn't refit the scene, until i built the structure in 3D. Getting props up there would be almost impossible without cutting everything up. You can't just open the roof. That's also a reason the scene was left black instead. There's no way to get big props up there unless you want to tear half the attraction down. And the other concern is the weight, anything that goes up there would need to be extremely light, that's the height where weight has most influence on the structure.
But if you tear open the transitional tunnel, take 80m of track and the RVs out.. yeah technically you'd have a size margin of like 4-5 m. It's either that or open the top like a breakfast egg.
But taking those RVs out?... will.not.happen.in reality. Only if the ride had a full overhaul (in like another 20 years bwha)
And taking the top off would mean the structure needed additional supports and everything would have to be taken out, the Alucobond covers taken off and so on.. i think they'd choose to tear it down instead of doing something like that. Hence it's rather left black. (Still a lack of imagination, not to come up with anything useful for the space.)
"These knights committed not alive"
This videos are the second best thing for a Disney Park fan like me, the first would be going but I don't have the money yet, but someday I will and I'll spend half the time looking for easter eggs lol
RW: at 4:27 did you rly have to include "that" from The Neverending Tale scene it's just down right painful to watch that scene. 😔
On this theme park binge and I've been trying to remember what year I went to DW. It was either the end of '93 and they were about to start updating the epcot ball or it was the end of '94 and they were wrapping it up. Either way I missed the epcot ball and even though I was only in 3rd grade and had no idea what the ride even was, it bummed me out. The epcot ball IS the visual of epcot and I knew it was important to go in it. Damn you, Disney!
This is a great series to add onto all the other great videos.
Another excellent video. Keep ‘em coming!
Id like to see a video on the Walt Disney studios backlot tour in Paris.
great research here! learnt so much! thank you for sharing!
11:40 The water boy scene 😂😂 Kernel Sanders
I got one for you, just saw it on Face Book, a Wizard of Oz theme park in North Carolina
sasamichan We go there pretty often it’s actually pretty cool
1995 was the last time I went to Epcot and rode Spaceship Earth, I wondered why they had hacked it all up and everything was so dark. You could see that there was stuff hanging in the air but it was all blacked out. It looked awful.
Can you do a yesterworld on the sword in the stone show?