danlb_2000
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If you are going to continue to read Avatar threads I would recommend having softer walls installed.
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AVATAR land coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom
- Thread starter DocMcHulk
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If you are going to continue to read Avatar threads I would recommend having softer walls installed.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
What does have to do with Disney or Mickey and how many people have seen these movies just like I haven't seen them so what a dum idea!
Huh? You mean the highest grossing film of all time? The $2.8B worldwide box office would disagree.
I'll go back to the old argument: how many people have seen Song of the South? Does it make Splash Mountain a bad ride?
spacemt354
Chili's
What does have to do with Disney or Mickey and how many people have seen these movies just like I haven't seen them so what a dum idea!
I'm not sure what you're upset over exactly.
That Avatar is not somehow related to Mickey and Disney? Well...not all rides in Disney derive from the same sources. They come from all around. Secondly, as mentioned above, a lot of people have seen this movie. In fact, it is the highest grossing film of all-time (by quite a large margin) The only thing 'dum' about Avatar is how long it is taking to construct...
Side Note: For some reason I get e-mails about this thread whenever someone posts. When I saw it at first I was like "ohh yes news!!" When I got here, that excitement soon dissipated....
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Tower of Terror. One of the best rides in any Disney park. Not based on Disney films or characters. Same goes for Haunted Mansion. I've never ridden, but Mystic Manor looks really cool too.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Forbidden Eye
JEANYLASER
Well-Known Member
I love Avatar is my favorite movie and I can't wait to see Pandora: World of Avatar in 2017!
MOXOMUMD
Well-Known Member
And buy a megasize bottle of ibuprofen.If you are going to continue to read Avatar threads I would recommend having softer walls installed.
doctornick
Well-Known Member
I guess that would arguably fit the theme as well as Mystic Manor, but I feel like Mystic Manor would go better in DAK. At a minimum, at least an animal is a key actor in Mystic Manor.
Furthermore, I don't think the should a clone of IJ in the same park as Dinosaur, with the same ride system. I'm not one who complains that much about cloning ride systems, but putting them in different parks would be ideal (I'm all for the IJ ride coming to DHS or MK). Also, DAK needs more calmer family rides than a ride that is bumpy and has a 44" height restriction.
(Not that I would complain if they decided to add IJ to DAK.....)
danlb_2000
Premium Member
I wasn't advocating it for AK, just an example of how a non-Disney IP was turned into a first rate attraction.
MOXOMUMD
Well-Known Member
Agreed. IJ didn't come to mind so I'm glad you mentioned it.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
The Bing maps aerial view (not the bird's eye) have recently been updated with images from earlier this year. You can see the work going on in the Avatar area right before the FotLK theater was demolished, the building is still there but the land around it has been cleaed.
Atomicmickey
Well-Known Member
I appreciate the intensity and dedication to check out Bing maps. Sounds like something I'd obsessively do, but since I haven't, I'm grateful that you did.
So, excuse me while I go get my new aerial photo fix by looking at old new aerial photos. Or is it new, old? Whatever, it's construction! Must look!
JEANYLASER
Well-Known Member
I can't find it! Please show the new aerial of the Avatarland!
danlb_2000
Premium Member
You can see it here:
http://binged.it/1sjhDf3
Note that this isn't really a new aerial, we have seen newer aerial images of the area.
just another example of this movie and the impact its had all over the world
http://english.cas.cn/Ne/CASE/201409/t20140912_127780.shtml
http://english.cas.cn/Ne/CASE/201409/t20140912_127780.shtml
Mickeyrific
New Member
I personally don't think this a good idea. First of all, Avatar is not known by many small children now a days and it interests most adults/teenagers/older children. I think AK should keep Disney, Disney instead of taking a leap and adding this new addition. I previously went last November and I saw no progress, nor an area blocked off.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
WDW isn't just for small children.
And you wouldn't have seen the progress as it is mostly currently being built on previously unoccupied land.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Avatar had not started construction at that point, but if you were in the Africa area you would have seen a large area blocked off for the new Festival of the Lion King theater which was the first step towards Avatar.