DAK AVATAR land coming to Disney's Animal Kingdom

[rioriz]

I think it will be a jaw dropping spectacular land. I absolutely HATE it being in DAK. This has the intellectual depth of a kiddie pool. Call me when Disney Nature makes a sci fi movie about alien cultures.

Thanks for being honest and at the same time pretty logical! Seems like a dying trend in these part....this land will be the premiere theme park destination in the USA!

One detail about FoP I've been given is the ride system will be more TRON than SotH...

 

[twebber55]

Thanks for being honest and at the same time pretty logical! Seems like a dying trend in these part....this land will be the premiere theme park destination in the USA!

One detail about FoP I've been given is the ride system will be more TRON than SotH...

What is SotH

 

[danlb_2000]

Thanks for being honest and at the same time pretty logical! Seems like a dying trend in these part....this land will be the premiere theme park destination in the USA!

One detail about FoP I've been given is the ride system will be more TRON than SotH...

I don't understand that last statement. The only TRON ride I know is the coaster in Shanghai and we know FOP will me nothing like that. Based on everything we have seen it's going to be a variation of the Vekoma Panoramic Flight Simulator: https://www.vekoma.com/index.php/specialities-and-attractions/panoramic-flight-simulator

 

[danlb_2000]

What is SotH

Soarin over the Horizon.

 

[Disneyhead'71]

I believe that it will be similar to Tron in the way you sit on the seat. Imagine a Tron Cycle in front of Soarin's screen.

 

[danlb_2000]

I believe that it will be similar to Tron in the way you sit on the seat. Imagine a Tron Cycle in front of Soarin's screen.

Ok, it makes sense in that respect.

 

[Next Big Thing]

I believe that it will be similar to Tron in the way you sit on the seat. Imagine a Tron Cycle in front of Soarin's screen.

Well that makes sense since we're supposed to be flying on back of a banshee

 

[Clowd Nyne]

Stop me if you've heard this one before. Are we expecting this first quarter 2017 or first half?

 

[No Name]

So what do you guys think... Does Avatar have a place in Animal Kingdom? Personally I think it'll fit wonderfully, and will truly be WDW's Cars Land (but even better).

I've convinced myself that it mostly fits. Sure, it's not about Earth or anything real. But just as a part of the park is dedicated to extinct animals, a part can be dedicated to fantastical animals. Then real animals and mythical ones can be divided into their continents in the back of the park (as they currently are). Beastly Kingdom died the day that Everest opened, and so I think a land on fantasy is a neat idea.

Disney calls Avatar's animals mythical, which is debatable. A mythical animal is one that's been believed to be real at one point and has deep roots in culture, not in a 2009 sci-fi film. Banshees, I'm quite sure, are mythical. Na'vi are fantastical. Pandora's environment is fantastical. Avatar Banshees? That one is hard to say.

The movie tells a story about conservation and makes for an interesting environment, so I think it can be the center of the fantasy land. One day, maybe the Avatar simulator will be turned into a ride through Disney's animal-centric stories or something general like that. And then Avatar Land's environment will just be the basis for the fantasy land. Basically, if Disney has to shove their movies into the park, I'd rather them do it in this corner.

You can tell by this point that I'm really twisting things to convince myself, but I want to say it fits, and so this is helping me do that.

EDIT: That does not mean I love the idea. I think Navi are creepy. I hope Disney's Navi are covered up well.

 

[Mike S]

I believe that it will be similar to Tron in the way you sit on the seat. Imagine a Tron Cycle in front of Soarin's screen.

 

[Figment2005]

I don't understand that last statement. The only TRON ride I know is the coaster in Shanghai and we know FOP will me nothing like that. Based on everything we have seen it's going to be a variation of the Vekoma Panoramic Flight Simulator: https://www.vekoma.com/index.php/specialities-and-attractions/panoramic-flight-simulator

The seating arrangement is going to be similar. Straddling the seat instead of sitting on a bench.

 

[danlb_2000]

Stop me if you've heard this one before. Are we expecting this first quarter 2017 or first half?

My guess, 25% chance in the first calendar quarter, 75% chance in the first half, 25% chance beyond the first half.

 

[Next Big Thing]

My guess, 25% chance in the first calendar quarter, 75% chance in the first half, 25% chance beyond the first half.

May/June would be where i'd put it at if I was a betting man.

 

[mickey v-neck]

I believe that it will be similar to Tron in the way you sit on the seat. Imagine a Tron Cycle in front of Soarin's screen.

Sounds pretty dope.

 

[TyTrap]

I believe that it will be similar to Tron in the way you sit on the seat. Imagine a Tron Cycle in front of Soarin's screen.

This is what I've been saying for the longest time glad someone agrees. Hopefully we get some sort of animatronic creature as a part of the ride vehicle after all the ride description claims we ride on a banshee over Pandora.

 

[rioriz]

The last statement meant that the seating was designed to lean forward instead of sitting straight up! so more like TRON and less Soarin (over the Horizon)...sorry was trying to use a Shanghai reference ☺

 

[rioriz]

I believe that it will be similar to Tron in the way you sit on the seat. Imagine a Tron Cycle in front of Soarin's screen.

thanks for clearing up my coy info!

yes you are exactly right!

hope to get clearance to share more soon!

 

[rioriz]

This is what I've been saying for the longest time glad someone agrees. Hopefully we get some sort of animatronic creature as a part of the ride vehicle after all the ride description claims we ride on a banshee over Pandora.

great idea

 

[mickey v-neck]

great idea

Hopefully we get additional animatronics as well besides the ride vehicles...

 

[Cesar R M]

Well that makes sense since we're supposed to be flying on back of a banshee

I actually wonder the "arrangement" of the chairs or seats. How many persons per "banshee" ?