I ve always thought this would be at least on the level of cars land in terms of immersion
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DAK Avatar construction aerial updates
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flyerjab
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I love your positivity towards this expansion. It is definitely the one I am most excited about.
HauntedMansionFLA
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I was tired of people being so negative toward the project. It will be ground breaking to the theme park business.lots of good stuff coming to the park
Tom
Beta Return
Agreed. Everything that looks like a path is really just construction access. Pavement will be last, er, well, second to last. Landscape will be last.
The mountains fascinate me the most. There is some SERIOUS engineering and construction going into having them appear to float.
I agree. As with New Fantasyland, I truly believe the land itself will be the attraction, with the rides as a bonus. The hardscape and landscape will be mesmerizing.
Cesar R M
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and you know this.. because?
Many people do not have much hopes considering the Yeti issues, the Frozen in norway and many other cheap movements by TWDC.
I am still hopeful.
Steel City Magic
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Don't the walkways in epcot sparkle/light up at night? Maybe something slightly grander than that?
Yes. That uses a rather simple and durable fiber optic system. It is quite cool, but not quite the effect that was shown in the movie.
What I'm interested in the second picture is the separate rectangle within the larger show room building. I'm guessing that's where the load/unload will take place.
Although I'm fairly certain the pour to the north of the rides is for the waterfall as others have stated, if there will be an outside portion of the boat ride, now is when we should start to see those portions cast in place as well.
With such a large space between the floating mountain facade and the banshee ride, I wonder if the banshee show building exterior will be themed to the 'Tree of Souls' for the boat ride? The building seems to be gaining some additional features that I couldn't discern in the leaked plans.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I am not really seeing any place where the boat ride could possible leave the concrete area. What we still don't know is how much of that area will be enclosed in a building.
There appears to be a lot of space between the ride and the façade, but remember they haven't actually built the outside wall of the show building yet. I have marked where that will go with a red line.
That's the part that I forgot about. The actual theaters. Thanks!
cjkeating
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Is anyone a bit concerned about the boat rides potential lack of ambition?
The footprint of the concrete doesn't look huge, I am presuming it is going to be on one level and have no drops... putting it in It's A Small World territory as opposed to at least Maelstrom (rip) never mind Pirates or Splash (wishful thinking I know).
The footprint of the concrete doesn't look huge, I am presuming it is going to be on one level and have no drops... putting it in It's A Small World territory as opposed to at least Maelstrom (rip) never mind Pirates or Splash (wishful thinking I know).
HauntedMansionFLA
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I know - the only Picture I remember seeing is the family in a boat that looked pretty cool. Never heard any details and I guess they haven't released any information. Hopefully its like Pirates or Splash. Mystery to me.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Someone posted a picture around here somewhere that showed the Small World show building on top of the Avatar space. I think the boat ride will be a little smaller than IASW, probably on par with Living with the Land. I would be surprised if it had drops like Splash.
dstrawn9889
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GRRR, trying to learn GIMP... layers are driving me nuts, i was trying to superimpose the blueprint layer to this picture, and getting crap results, sorry.
HauntedMansionFLA
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Keep trying - I love seeing updated pictures of the worksite. Putting the blueprint on top of it would give us more insight
RandySavage
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Had fun doing some guess work based on the aerials, model glimpses & art:
Tom
Beta Return
From what I can tell, the boat ride will either venture outside the concrete slab area.....or they've changed the boat ride layout since the plans were leaked.
Tom
Beta Return
Had fun doing some guess work based on the aerials, model glimpses & art:
Well, that's pretty fantastic.
brihow
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This is awesome! Wonderful work and makes me really excited for the final product. You'll have to re-post this as we see more progress so we can compare!
jdmdisney99
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Had fun doing some guess work based on the aerials, model glimpses & art:
Thank You!!!