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News Avatar Experience coming to Disneyland Resort
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Dear Prudence
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truecoat
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I'm happy I wasn't the only one who caught the "No Comment" comment, or non-comment, or no comment non-comment, from Bob on that last earning's call regarding selling the entire company to Apple. Or someone else.
Something is up. Or could be up. Or will be up. That's for sure.
An Apple purchase would be great but I would suspect that the parks division would be sold off by Apple. If they sold the parks division to the Oriental Land Company, that would be tremendous.
Not enough money or care to make it something more akin to 1994 where Avatar fits in, but that would fit.
And it features Live Entertainment and minor experiences that are not behind a paywall.
When I think about it, I can't honestly say Smuggler's run makes Galaxy's Edge more awesome. I would have rather of just had Rise of the Resistance work like it is supposed to and the minor things in the land have more like Diagon did.
I think Diagon is somewhat forgiveable/easy to swallow due to immersion level and Hogsmeade being being cram full of nothing less than good to great for most. I don't love Escape From Gringotts as a ride, but it is the third E ticket for Potter among multiple attractions.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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You never know, Apple could be interested in purchasing the parks. I mean at first no one though that Comcast would want the Universal parks but they did and it has done wonders for Universal. Either way regardless of whether Apple wants the parks division or not, I hope new management of however gets the parks will A. invest more in new attractions and B. speed up construction timelines.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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Micechat a little while ago published an article where they claim that a fully fledged Avatar land is indeed in the works for DLR and Hollywoodland at DCA is in the running to be replaced with this Avatar land.
Disney Analyst
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That area makes the most sense in terms of unused space. That entire back section is empty soundstages, and a dark ride worth losing.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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Considering how by the time they get to building this hypothetical Avatar land, I wonder if they will incorporate elements from the sequel into the land vs giving us the exact attractions from Animal Kingdom. Like would a D ticket dark ride go in the spot of the Sunset Theater? Or could they fit something like Navi River Journey back there?
Disney Irish
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Can you link to this article, as I can't find it on Micechat.
britain
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I think Micechat just speculated that location, they didn’t claim insider info on that one.
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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Disneyland Update - Snubbed, Overlooked, & Sold Out!
It's been a rollercoaster week at Disneyland! With the opening of the revamped Tiana's Palace, success of the new San Fransokyo dining district, and near completion of the Adventureland Treehouse and Disneyland Villas hotel tower,
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Disney Irish
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Ok, this was 2 months ago so it wasn't recent, and it was all speculation.Disneyland Update - Snubbed, Overlooked, & Sold Out!
It's been a rollercoaster week at Disneyland! With the opening of the revamped Tiana's Palace, success of the new San Fransokyo dining district, and near completion of the Adventureland Treehouse and Disneyland Villas hotel tower,
Professortango1
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I just don't see how it would work well. It would be smaller. They don't want to get rid of the Hyperion, so it's will just be this random mountain range and jungle next to the Carthay and Hollywood Blvd. Not to mention that the land doesn't fit California unless we are visiting the "set" of the film. Just bad ideas all around
TheDisneyParksfanC8
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It would just take over the backlot portion. And who knows, maybe Disney plans on rebranding DCA down the line.
Consumer
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They just rebranded the park in 2012. How many rebrands can one park possibly go through?
PiratesMansion
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I really don't see Avatar being the answer to Hollywoodland's woes.
To me, what they need to do is pretty straightforward: make the land suck less. Make the facades more detailed. Build a headlining, thematically appropriate attraction.
Tomorrowland might have the "overlapping infrastructure" excuse putting a stop to a more comprehensive refurb, but Hollywood does not. They haven't even tried to make it better, and perhaps they should before just gutting/working around the good parts of the area (Animation, Hyperion) and making the park worse in the process.
If Avatar is going to be present in a major way, it needs to be a new build in a new area that doesn't affect anything already there. They have study after study saying they need to add capacity to their parks, so let's see them actually doing that instead of just replacing things that are fine and putting a new hot property where it doesn't belong.
To me, what they need to do is pretty straightforward: make the land suck less. Make the facades more detailed. Build a headlining, thematically appropriate attraction.
Tomorrowland might have the "overlapping infrastructure" excuse putting a stop to a more comprehensive refurb, but Hollywood does not. They haven't even tried to make it better, and perhaps they should before just gutting/working around the good parts of the area (Animation, Hyperion) and making the park worse in the process.
If Avatar is going to be present in a major way, it needs to be a new build in a new area that doesn't affect anything already there. They have study after study saying they need to add capacity to their parks, so let's see them actually doing that instead of just replacing things that are fine and putting a new hot property where it doesn't belong.
Great Movie Ride!
D.Silentu
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If Avatar is to placed in Hollywoodland, or California Adventure, a different approach is certainly warranted. I can't recall where the idea came from, be it mine or other, but a large scale indoor experience would be best. Planet Pandora is a hyperrealistic environment and while the land at Animal Kingdom makes an admirable attempt at recreating it, from what I've observed it doesn't seem truly alien. In an indoor land you could better represent the environment, with controlled lighting, sonic ambiance, and artificial foliage unlike anything on earth. Setting it perpetually in the evening only makes sense as that is when it looks the most fantastic. No matter where they decide to build the Avatar experience, I would be less enthusiastic about a reproduction of the Florida land while there is a more immersive way to bring the film's world to life.