AVATAR land construction progress

[wdwmagic]

Lets keep the yeti talk to the threads for that. This is about AVATAR. Thanks.

 

[ParksAndPixels]

Lets keep the yeti talk to the threads for that. This is about AVATAR. Thanks.

Wait! I thought we were about to discover whether the Yeti was male or female...

 

[mommyj]

Hi everyone! This is my first post, after lurking for a while. My parents were at Animal Kingdom yesterday (12/4), and I asked my dad to get some pictures of the Avatar construction. I wanted to share some of them with you all.

 

[PorterRedkey]

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Awesome first post! Welcome to the boards!

 

[ParksAndPixels]

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Great first post! Drop the mic!!

 

[dreamscometrue]

Great photos @mommyj. Thanks for posting, and welcome to the boards!

 

[Jae99]

Wow great pics! I was planning on trying to get some when I am down this coming week, but it looks like you beat me to it. Great to see it is progressing well.

 

[danlb_2000]

Wow great pics! I was planning on trying to get some when I am down this coming week, but it looks like you beat me to it. Great to see it is progressing well.

See if you can get any pictures of the tower cranes at work. I would be curious to know exactly how they are being utilized.

 

[flyerjab]

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Those photos are incredible! How did your dad get those angles? Did he sneak past the perimeter? I don't see how he did that without going backstage. Believe me, I am in no way complaining. I have taken many photos back in the Rainforest Cafe area but was never able to get any that looked that great. Tell your dad to keep taking more photos! And welcome!

 

[Jae99]

See if you can get any pictures of the tower cranes at work. I would be curious to know exactly how they are being utilized.

I will do my best! We have one full day planned at AK and possibly another part of a day.

 

[Vinmann]

See if you can get any pictures of the tower cranes at work. I would be curious to know exactly how they are being utilized.

I would assume that the cranes are being used to install whatever huge equipment that will be sitting on top of all the mounts on the roof of the show building.

 

[mommyj]

Thank you all for such a warm welcome! I've been following this thread for a while, and I love seeing all of the progress on this project! My dad told me that he had found a spot back by Rainforest Cafe that he was able to sneak to get these pictures.

 

[danlb_2000]

I would assume that the cranes are being used to install whatever huge equipment that will be sitting on top of all the mounts on the roof of the show building.

That could probably be done with a normal crane from backstage, and they probably wouldn't need two tower cranes just to do that.

 

[danlb_2000]

I will do my best! We have one full day planned at AK and possibly another part of a day.

A full day at AK should include at least several hours watching Avatarland construction, but that maybe that just me.

 

[dstrawn9889]

probably need them for the amounts of shotcrete they are going to have to lift up there, and the out-of-the-way spots that are just not feasable to reach with a pump truck

 

[Tom]

I would assume that the cranes are being used to install whatever huge equipment that will be sitting on top of all the mounts on the roof of the show building.

Since they're already there, they'll likely set the rooftop air handlers with them, but that's not why two tower cranes are on site. Two tower cranes is a major expense, for a major endeavor. They'll be lifting pieces of mountains and other scenery, flying pump equipment to closer proximitiy to the mountains, and other major lifts.

 

[Incomudro]

Those shot are the best I've seen for illustrating that archway that the floating mountains create.
Very nice!

 

[DisneyDrum]

Since they're already there, they'll likely set the rooftop air handlers with them, but that's not why two tower cranes are on site. Two tower cranes is a major expense, for a major endeavor. They'll be lifting pieces of mountains and other scenery, flying pump equipment to closer proximitiy to the mountains, and other major lifts.

Is it possible that the tower cranes are a new addition in response to the rumored crane collapse from a while back?

 

[Tom]

Is it possible that the tower cranes are a new addition in response to the rumored crane collapse from a while back?

I hadn't heard about the crane collapse, but I would say "no". If I recall, the foundations for these cranes have been installed for some time, causing many of us to wonder what they were. Tower cranes aren't usually "Plan B" - they're "Plan A".

 

[Atomicmickey]

A full day at AK should include at least several hours watching Avatarland construction, but that maybe that just me.

You know, I had the good fortune to visit DCA when they were working on Carsland. From a balcony outside
of the Blue Sky Cellar, you could see the construction, and I sat there for a long while just gawking at it.

I'd say an interim construction observation platform would be a great attraction.

One might suppose that Disney wouldn't want inadvertent video in case someone backs a piece of
equipment into a floating mountain or something like that, but I would grab a snack and sit and watch
the ants at work any day!