Avatar construction aerial updates

[RayTheFirefly]

What are those areas circled by the orange fencing? I count about five of them?

 

[danlb_2000]

What are those areas circled by the orange fencing? I count about five of them?

Probably areas where they are excavating to install pipes.

 

[RayTheFirefly]

Probably areas where they are excavating to install pipes.

That makes sense. At first I thought it could be bodies of water, but then I remembered a lot of buildings have to fit on that land. Haha.

 

[Tom]

Just checked out the photos - those are fantastic.

When seeing the plot of cleared land, and Dinosaur in the same photo, I'm struggling to envision how much will fit in that area. The "Soarin+" building is going to have a huge footprint.

 

[twebber55]

Just checked out the photos - those are fantastic.

When seeing the plot of cleared land, and Dinosaur in the same photo, I'm struggling to envision how much will fit in that area. The "Soarin+" building is going to have a huge footprint.

unfortunately I agree

 

[RayTheFirefly]

unfortunately I agree

The angle in that photo has Dinosaur in the front looking huge and the Avatar area in the background looking tiny. It's a matter of perspective. If you go to google earth and look at the Soarin' building in comparison to the size of Avatar's land plot, it would fit in there very comfortably with PLENTY of room for the other ride and whatever else they plan on throwing in there.

 

[CTXRover]

unfortunately I agree

I think it's the angle this aerials were taken that make it hard to judge how large a plot of land has been cleared. Case in point, look at one of the new pics that has Rainforest building in it. It looks like if you moved that building into the empty plot it would fill a good chunk of the cleared land. I won't post the particular pic I'm referring to in respect of our forum rules.

Now look at the direct overhead aerials posted by photoflight and you can see just how small a piece of area of cleared land that the Rainforest building would take if you moved it into the empty plot of land.
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The overhead aerial give a better view of the size of land cleared imo. It appears quite large.

 

[twebber55]

The angle in that photo has Dinosaur in the front looking huge and the Avatar area in the background looking tiny. It's a matter of perspective. If you go to google earth and look at the Soarin' building in comparison to the size of Avatar's land plot, it would fit in there very comfortably with PLENTY of room for the other ride and whatever else they plan on throwing in there.

it looks like you could definitely put all of the land pavilion inside the area they are working on

 

[twebber55]

I think it's the angle this aerials were taken that make it hard to judge how large a plot of land has been cleared. Case in point, look at one of the new pics that has Rainforest building in it. It looks like if you moved that building into the empty plot it would fill a good chunk of the cleared land. I won't post the particular pic I'm referring to in respect of our forum rules.

Now look at the direct overhead aerials posted by photoflight and you can see just how small a piece of area of cleared land that the Rainforest building would take if you moved it into the empty plot of land.
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The overhead aerial give a better view of the size of land cleared imo. It appears quite large.

you guys are absolutely right thanks

 

[RayTheFirefly]

it looks like you could definitely put all of the land pavilion inside the area they are working on

And then some!

 

[RayTheFirefly]

I wonder why they're not utilizing that little bit of land at the bottom left in the corner of the roads?

 

[twebber55]

I wonder why they're not utilizing that little bit of land at the bottom left in the corner of the roads?

my guess is if you ve ever taken the bus to DAK that helps with sightlines if you didn't have those trees you could see the entire land

 

[RayTheFirefly]

Could someone who is tech savvy overlay for instance, Soarin' and PotC over this land area, just to see how much would be leftover?

 

[RayTheFirefly]

my guess is if you ve ever taken the bus to DAK that helps with sightlines if you didn't have those trees you could see the entire land

Hm, that makes sense.

 

[danlb_2000]

Here is Dinosaur overlayed on the land where Avatar is going.

Here is my approximation of the flying ride show building based on the leaked plans. Note that the position I chose is arbitrary I am not sure where it will actually go.

 

[danlb_2000]

yes that's the area

I asked @Tom about this and he thinks they are building rebar cages that go down in the pylons/caissons. Looking closer at the pictures I would agree with this.

 

[twebber55]

I asked @Tom about this and he thinks they are building rebar cages that go down in the pylons/caissons. Looking closer at the pictures I would agree with this.

what are rebar cages for

 

[danlb_2000]

what are rebar cages for

They are used to strengthen concrete columns which may be built either above or below ground. Here is an above ground example from a highway project near me. You can see the rebar cages sticking out of the top of those yellow cylinders. These eventually became concrete columns like the ones supporting the bridge behind them.

 

[jdmdisney99]

Could someone who is tech savvy overlay for instance, Soarin' and PotC over this land area, just to see how much would be leftover?

An overlay...

And my interpretation if they add two new Soarin' theaters and condense it all...

 

[Mike730]

It looks like the area in these new photos surrounded by an orange fence is the area that was earlier deemed the location of the "Root Bridge" and all the water. I wonder why they would be excavating there so early?