DAK AVATAR breaks ground

Britt · Jan 14, 2014

:/

Im still surprised this is actually being built. So much more they could do with the space...especially with rights to Star Wars....Avatarland? I've never actually made it through the whole movie, to this day.

Britt · Jan 14, 2014

JenniferS said:
Let me be the first to say, WOW!

I am super excited to get anything new at my least favourite park. I actually have no doubt that it will turn out to be pretty spectacular. Cameron is too much of an egotist to let it fail, and Rohde does a great job with immersive environments.

Don't stop now Disney, DHS and Epcot need major improvements as well.

AGREED!!

DVCOwner · Jan 14, 2014

I only go to Photo Ops when the grand kids are in two and than because they want to. I have said it before, when you have people waiting in line for over an hour to have pictures taken with the Disney Princesses, you understand why Disney has to open more photo ops every year. It may not be what I want, but like it or not there sure is demand for it. When Avatar opens in 2017, people will be wanting pictures with the charters form the movie.

SirLink · Jan 14, 2014

DVCOwner said:
I only go to Photo Ops when the grand kids are in two and than because they want to. I have said it before, when you have people waiting in line for over an hour to have pictures taken with the Disney Princesses, you understand why Disney has to open more photo ops every year. It may not be what I want, but like it or not there sure is demand for it. When Avatar opens in 2017, people will be wanting pictures with the charters form the movie.

One would hope, J.C. would prohibit walk around characters from the movie like Jake, etc. like JK Rowling prohibits walk around main principle characters in the park.

Disneyhead'71 · Jan 14, 2014

I wonder if TDO has ever explored a way to enclose Cinderella's Castle to make it an up charge photo-op/meet$greet? That seems to be TDO's MO these days.

Sue_Vongello · Jan 14, 2014

Britt said:
:/

Im still surprised this is actually being built. So much more they could do with the space...especially with rights to Star Wars....Avatarland? I've never actually made it through the whole movie, to this day.

I support this post ...

... and your avatar ... GREAT picture. Dye that hair white and I see Queen Elsa.

DVCOwner · Jan 14, 2014

SirLink said:
One would hope, J.C. would prohibit walk around characters from the movie like Jake, etc. like JK Rowling prohibits walk around main principle characters in the park.

I do not think for safety of the actors and guest, that you could have walk around characters any place in Walt Disney World.

SirLink · Jan 14, 2014

DVCOwner said:
I do not think for safety of the actors and guest, that you could have walk around characters any place in Walt Disney World.

I meant photo ops with any main principle characters. I doubt you'll be able to have your photo taken with Jake for example. Like WWOHP, for example.

matt9112 · Jan 14, 2014

wdwmagic said:
The ride could have been so much more. Imagine three or four show scenes along the way.

cant we imagine a city in the clouds too? just saying.

matt9112 · Jan 14, 2014

Magenta Panther said:
THANK you. You said it much better than I did.

so a show that is a single attraction at a theme park should be as good as a Broadway show that...only is a Broadway show? because that makes sense. again just saying. face palms now or later?

matt9112 · Jan 14, 2014

Britt said:
:/

Im still surprised this is actually being built. So much more they could do with the space...especially with rights to Star Wars....Avatarland? I've never actually made it through the whole movie, to this day.

well the movie is oddly great...to this day. i saw it on launch week in 3D was pretty epic. shoulda woulda coulda. lets just focus on getting the most out of it.

Cesar R M · Jan 14, 2014

xdan0920 said:
Never saw Hunchback, so I'll just take your word for it.

Disney does surveys, people say MORE PHOTO OPS. Just trying to improve guest satisfaction.

are you 100% sure the people said this? and not just a lame cost cut cookie in the disguise of "ppl wanted more of XX so we remove this more expensive thing!"

GoofGoof · Jan 14, 2014

Cesar R M said:
are you 100% sure the people said this? and not just a lame cost cut cookie in the disguise of "ppl wanted more of XX so we remove this more expensive thing!"

I think he was being sarcastic, but based on the crazy lines at a majority of meet and greets I would say it's not far from the truth. For me I'd rather pay a premium for a character meal like Chef Mickeys and get all those character meets over in one shot.

Figaro928 · Jan 14, 2014

Unplugged said:
. If everyone wanted photo ops, they'd be in Vegas, if no one wanted them they'd be gone or greatly reduced from Disney parks.

My husband wouldn't mind waiting for a photo op with a showgirl....

However, when we went my girl was three. Most rides were walk-ons However for a three year old, most rides are scary. Even kid friendly rides have at least one dark scary part (I'm looking at you TLM & JITI). A lot of the rides we could only do once and the M&G's became a HUGE attraction for us. That's actually what we spent most our time doing & we will cherish it.

danlb_2000 · Jan 14, 2014

It appears that the South Florida Water Management District permit for the Avatar project has finally shown up. Unfortunately it's very light on details and currently doesn't contain a plan for what is going to be built.

GoofGoof · Jan 14, 2014

danlb_2000 said:
It appears that the South Florida Water Management District permit for the Avatar project has finally shown up. Unfortunately it's very light on details and currently doesn't contain a plan for what is going to be built.

They are on to you

...I guess they really don't want the details out.

danlb_2000 · Jan 14, 2014

Ok, here is what is in the permit I found today. It contains a map of the drainage basins within AK. I have overlayed that map over a satellite image of the park. For each basin the permits list an increase in building coverage and a decrease in pavement coverage. Here are the numbers, each is the number of acres increase in buildings and decrease in pavement.

Basin A: .31
Basin CDE: 4.01
Basin FG: 4.12
Basin J: .72

These numbers bring up more questions then they answer.

GoofGoof · Jan 14, 2014

danlb_2000 said:
Ok, here is what is in the permit I found today. It contains a map of the drainage basins within AK. I have overlayed that map over a satellite image of the park. For each basin the permits list an increase in building coverage and a decrease in pavement coverage. Here are the numbers, each is the number of acres increase in buildings and decrease in pavement.

Basin A: .31
Basin CDE: 4.01
Basin FG: 4.12
Basin J: .72

These numbers bring up more questions then they answer.

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So increased building coverage means more rides in each area right

. If it was only that easy...

Mike730 · Jan 14, 2014

danlb_2000 said:
Basin A: .31
Basin CDE: 4.01
Basin FG: 4.12
Basin J: .72

These numbers bring up more questions then they answer.

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So the numbers suggest more building increases in the EE Basin than in the Camp Minnie Mickey Basin....

..WHAT?!?!

SirLink · Jan 14, 2014

Do we have the last permit when they added Everest ... then you could work out the increases and see if they were meaningful?

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