I didn't think it would. Alabasta is going to be huge and multi-layered. With Drum Island, Loguetown, Reverse Mountain, etc. all in there too, there's no way they can do a good rendition of the entire Alabasta arc in the span of a couple of episodes.
 
 
  (He/Him)
  
  I write Naruto Fanfiction. But I am
  
   definitely
  
  not a furry.