AVATAR land construction progress

[JohnWD]

Navi River Journey will have a lot of physical sets but I won't be surprised if they used screen to expand the environment.

Will we see a permit hinting this if there are screens?

 

[Atomicmickey]

Navi River Journey will have a lot of physical sets but I won't be surprised if they used screen to expand the environment.

Whether it be projection or painted backdrops, the stars, the giant gas planet, things flying by in the forest, adding more trees for depth, etc. this seems like a no-brainer. The whole interior is going to glow!

 

[DisneyRoy]

Interesting permit today for show set install for Navi River Journey. Of particular interest is that this permit has the default 1 year expiration instead of the 12/31/2018 date that almost all the other permits have had.

471 W Savannah Circle - Morpho 801 - show Set Install / Scenes 3,4 & 6

What I would give to be a fly inside that building. Would love to see what's going on!

 

[JEANYLASER]

 

[Capsin4]

Navi River Journey will have a lot of physical sets but I won't be surprised if they used screen to expand the environment.

The old leaked plans seem to show curved structures in the boat ride similar to those in fop. With the sunset screens going in on the Safari, animal kingdom could be doubling down on screens.

 

[Skibum1970]

Not to make a mountain out of a molehill, but...

Expedition Everest = 199 ft.
Britton Hill = 345 ft.

Here is a Wikipedia list of 89 hills in Florida, 56 of which are taller than Expedition Everest:

List of Florida's Highest Points

For nearby proof of hills in Florida, check out Sugarloaf Mountain, north of Clermont. It's roughly 32 miles from the Tragic Kingdom.

Loved the pun to start. Awesome stuff. Of course, I always tease other people in Ohio who call a local ski area "Mad River Mountain". Total vertical drop is around 400 feet which doesn't quite qualify as a "mountain". One of my wife's best jokes about Florida came when we were flying in the first time. She took one look out the window at the lakes dotting the landscape and proclaimed that it looked like swiss cheese (albeit moldy with all the greenery).

 

[DisneyJayL]

Not to make a mountain out of a molehill, but...

Expedition Everest = 199 ft.
Britton Hill = 345 ft.

Here is a Wikipedia list of 89 hills in Florida, 56 of which are taller than Expedition Everest:

List of Florida's Highest Points

For nearby proof of hills in Florida, check out Sugarloaf Mountain, north of Clermont. It's roughly 32 miles from the Tragic Kingdom.

Britton Hill is in Okaloosa County. I've been there before.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Opening date for Pandora.

....in my dreams

Not too far off.

 

[Prototype82]

Navi River Journey will have a lot of physical sets but I won't be surprised if they used screen to expand the environment.

If seamlessly done, I would be very very okay with this. Integration of the two could be very convincing.

 

[Brian Swan]

If seamlessly done, I would be very very okay with this. Integration of the two could be very convincing.

If screens are being used, I wonder if it will be 3D projection (I know that Cameron is a big 3D proponent). AAs and sets with a projected background that looks like it goes on for a long distance could be breathtaking. It could also be used for creatures that would be too difficult to recreate effectively as AAs.

 

[A foolish mortal]

MickeyXtreme on twitter posted these 4 hours ago

 

[danlb_2000]

MickeyXtreme on twitter posted these 4 hours ago View attachment 138073View attachment 138074

Nice to see some pictures from this angle. Looks like the start of a water feature at the bottom of the second picture.

 

[prfctlyximprct]

Wow, that building looks massive.

 

[Sped2424]

MickeyXtreme on twitter posted these 4 hours ago View attachment 138073View attachment 138074

So this is what a billion dollar expansion looks like from Disney.

 

[Mike S]

So this is what a $500 million expansion bloated to a one billion dollar expansion looks like from Disney.

There you go.

 

[dreamscometrue]

So this is what a billion dollar expansion looks like from Disney.

Don't care...I'll take it.

 

[Sped2424]

There you go.

LOL True. But wasnt the original budget 700 million?

 

[Mike S]

LOL True. But wasnt the original budget 700 million?

Hard to keep track. I could swear it was 500.

 

[George]

Some of the bloat is my fault since I sold them a crescent wrench for 245 million.

 

[Sped2424]

Some of the bloat is my fault since I sold them a crescent wrench for 245 million.

Well the crescent wench market has been known to inflate.