I'm going to add a pre-disclaimer to this post about how I really am not for "avatar" as the choice to build a new land on...
Now that I have that out of the way..a few amusing observations:
First...I do enjoy having read TONS of posts on here about people making cracks about how this would never happen until they break ground. Now they did, and some of those are now complaining that they did? I get it..you're not happy about the decision to use Avatar for an expansion..but its done...and its something new thats coming. Try to remember that each time you post about how nothing is getting built. Just because its something you (and I) don't like, doesn't mean its not something being worked on. I already know the standard reply along the lines of "But its a lazy expansion, you pixie dust snorter! This isn't what we or anybody wants!". I myself will reserve my judgement until I go there myself, just as I have with potterland and carsland.
Second...Regarding how long this has taken to get off the ground. I said it before previously but it was predictably ignored by those who are the loudest anti-progress soapboxers. Disney did make a mistake here, But the mistake wasn't slow development, it was a VERY pre-mature announcement. Lots of you here like to talk about how fast HP phase 2 is getting built, but do any of you recall how LONG before they actually broke ground that it was rumored to exist? They tore down jaws and started construction before they even officially announced it! I remember reading (now pretty accurate) rumors about what was coming to potter 2 a VERY long time before they even brought in the first bulldozer. If they had announced it when they first started designing it, such as Disney fumbled in doing, it would have seemed a lot longer. Disney jumped the gun big time and rushed out an announcement when all they had was a new "deal" and a couple of concept drawings to share. For anyone, designing a new ride/land is a long process, one that takes years regardless of whos behind it.
And finally...To those who are upset that this is coming before Star Wars land. Yes, I feel your frustration and agree with you. However, they didn't own Lucasfilm until after this project was under way. Does that mean that I'm happy about it? Not in the least. I think that if they knew they had plans to buy Lucas (which I suspect they did) when they were penning the deal for Avatar, waiting and using THAT instead would have been a far wiser use of resources.
