DAK Avatar construction aerial updates

Tom

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You are the construction expert, so i'll believe you on this.

Would you happen to know of any pics of Diagon at around the same stage though? They had to do much of the same that they are doing with this. The lands are pretty similar when you break them down a bit. Who knows if they will be in real life though.

I don't have any documents or photos of Diagon. I also don't know what the make-up of the soil is at Uni. I do know that the soil in and around DAK is very poor, and has no structural integrity. Additionally, the buildings going in Pandora are EXTREMELY heavy (i.e. exerting extreme loads on the soil).

Thus, everywhere you see a small gray rectangle, there are a minimum of four auger-cast piles drilled down anywhere from 20-50' deep (if not more in some cases) to reach a suitable bearing point.

That's why we saw the funky looking cranes for many months - those were drilling rigs for the piles. THEN, once those were done, they could form and pour the "caps" on them, which are the little gray rectangles seen all over the property.
 

Next Big Thing

Well-Known Member
I don't have any documents or photos of Diagon. I also don't know what the make-up of the soil is at Uni. I do know that the soil in and around DAK is very poor, and has no structural integrity. Additionally, the buildings going in Pandora are EXTREMELY heavy (i.e. exerting extreme loads on the soil).

Thus, everywhere you see a small gray rectangle, there are a minimum of four auger-cast piles drilled down anywhere from 20-50' deep (if not more in some cases) to reach a suitable bearing point.

That's why we saw the funky looking cranes for many months - those were drilling rigs for the piles. THEN, once those were done, they could form and pour the "caps" on them, which are the little gray rectangles seen all over the property.
Ah thanks... interesting. So based on these aerials, when would you expect vertical work to begin?
 

Tom

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Ah thanks... interesting. So based on these aerials, when would you expect vertical work to begin?

Well, I don't have any plans for the site, so I don't know if they're 50% or 90% done with the concrete work.

HOWEVER, there are a couple staging areas with structural steel shaken out, and there MIGHT be a couple pieces standing in the E-Ticket building.

Given the position of the crane, and the length of its boom, I think they're setting steel right now, to be honest.
 

RandySavage

Well-Known Member
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Ok so I'm trying to figure out what the part in red could be. It looks like a bunch of U shaped inlets? Is that part of the queue for the Soarin' ride?

My guess is that area will be the principle rockwork mountain (also housing the queue) disguising the simulator show-building. This should feature the arcing rocks over the Tree of Souls (seen in the background of concept art).

Is the part in blue what we're thinking the boat ride will cover? I think someone said that the concrete part was slightly larger than IASW, so that would be great if that were the inside portion and the rest of the area were the outdoor portion/
To keep expectations in check, the bigger of the two white slabs of poured concrete is approx half the size of the IASW show-building footprint (excluding queue).

Can't figure out what the green could be. Footing for a floating mountain?
Could be. The two sets of irregular footings northwest definitely strike me as the "vine anchors" for the floating mountain in the model/art that guests will walk under.

And I'm assuming the dining/shopping will be above the red, correct?
Concur. Should occupy some of the northern/western portion of the site.
 
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Atomicmickey

Well-Known Member
I don't have any documents or photos of Diagon. I also don't know what the make-up of the soil is at Uni. I do know that the soil in and around DAK is very poor, and has no structural integrity. Additionally, the buildings going in Pandora are EXTREMELY heavy (i.e. exerting extreme loads on the soil).

Thus, everywhere you see a small gray rectangle, there are a minimum of four auger-cast piles drilled down anywhere from 20-50' deep (if not more in some cases) to reach a suitable bearing point.

That's why we saw the funky looking cranes for many months - those were drilling rigs for the piles. THEN, once those were done, they could form and pour the "caps" on them, which are the little gray rectangles seen all over the property.

Thanks as always for your insights . . . great to hear.
 

danlb_2000

Premium Member
So...what is the final word(for now) on what will be south of the e-ticket. That's about 1/3 of the area. That was for the proposed coaster area correct? Is that scheduled for a different phase or being repurposed for something different?

I am pretty sure the area to the south is going to be the new electrical sub-station and probably a chiller plant.
 

danlb_2000

Premium Member
To the left and below the section outlined in blue it looks like a canal for boats and it looks like there is a tunnel exit at the top of that region.

If you are referring to the area I have outlined in yellow, then I think that is just construction access and not part of the boat ride. The leaked plans for the Soarin' ride show part of the boat ride inside the show building in the area I have outlined in brown. The plans clearly show the boat path entering and existing the building so it extends out into the blue area.

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Atomicmickey

Well-Known Member
If you are referring to the area I have outlined in yellow, then I think that is just construction access and not part of the boat ride. The leaked plans for the Soarin' ride show part of the boat ride inside the show building in the area I have outlined in brown. The plans clearly show the boat path entering and existing the building so it extends out into the blue area.

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In hi-res, that concrete pour in the brown outlined area is crazy. Hard to wrap my mind around what's really going on there. Too small/shallow to be a boat path . . .
 

evnted

Well-Known Member
I find it interesting that Disney is essentially recreating the Land pavilion at AK. Soarin 2.0 and a boatride that goes inside and outside. Hopefully the boat ride is different enough than the e-ticket which is obviously taking you to pandora. What could the boat ride be that isn't just another trip around pandora? Maybe similar to living with the land where you move slowly through pandora and learn about the plants and life forms?
and if you wanna make it even more similar, both had coasters rumored for them that weren't built
 

ford91exploder

Resident Curmudgeon
If you are referring to the area I have outlined in yellow, then I think that is just construction access and not part of the boat ride. The leaked plans for the Soarin' ride show part of the boat ride inside the show building in the area I have outlined in brown. The plans clearly show the boat path entering and existing the building so it extends out into the blue area.

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The lower RH corner of your yellow outline touches what looks like a canal
 

Tom

Beta Return
If you are referring to the area I have outlined in yellow, then I think that is just construction access and not part of the boat ride. The leaked plans for the Soarin' ride show part of the boat ride inside the show building in the area I have outlined in brown. The plans clearly show the boat path entering and existing the building so it extends out into the blue area.

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Correct. Yellow is just a temporary dirt path they've built for access. That area is completely inside the E-Ticket show building, and no part of the boat ride will go through that area.

And yes, brown area is the portion of the building where boat ride will swing through at ground level, with a 2-story high show building (not two floors, just two stories of space). A portion of the E-ticket queue will be above the brown area of the boat ride. I don't know if boat ride will consume all of the blue area, but it will definitely be in that area for much of the ride and/or queue.

In hi-res, that concrete pour in the brown outlined area is crazy. Hard to wrap my mind around what's really going on there. Too small/shallow to be a boat path . . .

There's a serious amount of concrete there, or MAYBE it's crushed stone, which is used as a base for slabs. Either way, you can see several footings within that area, which will have columns that hold up the 2nd floor and probably portions of a mountain.

The lower RH corner of your yellow outline touches what looks like a canal

It doesn't. The boat path swoops down into the brown area from the north, and back out to the north. Sort of like the bottom 2/3 of a figure 8. The E-ticket building is symmetrical, so it's east wall will be right along the blue/brown line. Self-contained. No boat path through the E-ticket footprint. Ground level will be used for mechanical, electrical and ride control.
 

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