Yup. In 1984 I decamped to Hawaii for the duration.
ETA In hindsight I wished I'd stayed and attended some events. The traffic was nowhere near as bad as I expected.
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News Avatar Experience coming to Disneyland Resort
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ETA In hindsight I wished I'd stayed and attended some events. The traffic was nowhere near as bad as I expected.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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So there was some sort of press release Disney put out regarding the release of Fire and Ash and it mentioned Avatar at DCA. The press release said the land was still in early development. A lot of Disney fans now believe it has been delayed. Could they be right?
Professortango1
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Considering they haven't even begun clearing the existing attractions, they are, from a public perspective, early on in the project.
Disney Irish
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Delay in what sense? There has been no timeline given yet, so any perceived delay is just that, "perceived".
For all we know they are right on schedule or even ahead of schedule of where the internal Disney timeline is for the project. And as stated if they haven't begun any of the construction phases yet it still can be considered in "early development".
Isn't Mike and Sulley and the surrounding area closing early next year? I expect we'll see things kick into gear once theyre closed.
Disney Vault
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I feel like the parking structure and bridge me to wrap up before this project can truly kick into high gear. Before that it will just be some clearing.
honest question. what are the odds this never gets built. bc out of everything disney has announced they have yet to give a timeline, construction, or anything. and while I get they need to build all this other stuff the ride won't even open until ten years after the OG announcement, so I ask what is the point/chance they just don't do this and it has the same fate of Paris's galaxy's edge (even tho I like Avatar)
I agree with all of that. I more question if the new middle and walkways take so long that by the time they can even build a new ride or land in this area Zootopia 3 or sm comes out and they just say screw it and build sm smaller/cheaper and ship the avatar plans to Paris if not scrap them all together
Phroobar
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They do follow shiny objects but I think Avatar is a really big shiny object.
Disney Irish
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Zero, it’s getting built. And it was first announced in 2023, it’ll be open before 2033, so it won’t be 10 years, maybe 8 years at most.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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If they can get a temporary transportation hub setup, maybe we could see Avatar by 2028. the area isn't touching philiarmagic at this point in time and they are reusing the Hollywood and Dine structure. the biggest new thing is the boat ride
mickEblu
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No chance. Coco maybe 2028. I wouldn’t expect Avatar before mid 2030 at the earliest.
Near 0%. Say what you will about the movies but avatar land is extremely popular and brings in the crowds. Avatar will bring in boat loads (pun intended) more money than the stuff it will be replacing. It's a no brainer
mickEblu
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Some people are wishfully thinking this won’t be built. I don’t get it. No matter how you feel about the movies it’s clear that the IP and its settings make for great theme park lands and attractions. If not this, what?
Professortango1
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Yeah, I think the ride can be killer (for a modern Disney attraction) and I hate the films. I don't think the land fits DCA as a park, but I think it will be the final nail in the coffin of them trying to care about DCA's thematic identity and just go with "things which we felt like fans would get mad if we put them in Disneyland." It's the rec room of old mismatched furniture scattered about on flat grey floor.
But I digress. I think the concept art looks cool and a killer Avatar ride would make it far more likely for me to re-watch the first two and possibly see any of the new ones. Synergy works, sadly.
But I also hope they don't oversteer from the decline in box office of late and just push it off until it's another Atlantis Subs or the other countless rides we were months away from having break ground.
The amount of ideas I heard tossed around for Tomorrowland around 2009/2010 that was almost a reality and yet we still have nothing 16 years later. I (for the sake of my theme park experience) am wishing the Avatars enough success to not have The Backlot continue to be DCA's Tomorrowland.
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BrianLo
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Pandora was also the most successful addition Disney built in one of their parks since 2013. It's still the highest rated thing for guest scores in all of WDW.
We really are not off a different timeline than the original, which also was snap announced before work began. There is clearly some minor hold ups with the Eastern Gateway being a necessary condition, but even that seems to have movement.
If construction starts prior to June 2026, it will have broken ground sooner than Animal Kingdom's did. There seems to be a lot of evidence both this and Coco will begin shortly, with Coco being an ultimately less complex project.
We really are not off a different timeline than the original, which also was snap announced before work began. There is clearly some minor hold ups with the Eastern Gateway being a necessary condition, but even that seems to have movement.
If construction starts prior to June 2026, it will have broken ground sooner than Animal Kingdom's did. There seems to be a lot of evidence both this and Coco will begin shortly, with Coco being an ultimately less complex project.
mickEblu
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I think it’ll happen but hope it’s still the rumored Shanghai POTC ride system and that they’re going all out in general.