AVATAR land construction progress

[dstrawn9889]

i would think because of the area it is going into and thepeople involved, that there is simply no one that will talk about it at this stage (bringing it up 7 years before rope drop was bad enough, trying to hold some things back... did a good job with the cottage scene, didn't they?)

 

[marni1971]

just curious
are you not asking your peeps because you could care less about it or this is such hush project that its hard to get info?

To be quite honest, and again from a purely personal view, I don't have much interest. I'm sure it'll be nice whenever it opens and I'm sure we will like it but that's about it. I've been chasing up other things elsewhere.

 

[twebber55]

To be quite honest, and again from a purely personal view, I don't have much interest. I'm sure it'll be nice whenever it opens and I'm sure we will like it but that's about it. I've been chasing up other things elsewhere.

thanks

 

[MOXOMUMD]

i would think because of the area it is going into and thepeople involved, that there is simply no one that will talk about it at this stage (bringing it up 7 years before rope drop was bad enough, trying to hold some things back... did a good job with the cottage scene, didn't they?)

Plus how many times may details change before we see the finished product. Why add fuel to some people's comlaining, not that they need it.

 

[rioriz]

Wonder if there is anything else going on back there....at least we know we can get a view rom behind Rainforest

 

[dstrawn9889]

or aerials would be a good way to see what is going on....

 

[JungleTrekFan]

Mostly just a lot of dirt moving, compacting soil and preparing for actual construction. There are now three or four cranes on site.

 

[matt9112]

To be quite honest, and again from a purely personal view, I don't have much interest. I'm sure it'll be nice whenever it opens and I'm sure we will like it but that's about it. I've been chasing up other things elsewhere.

like the tommorowland/fantasyland sight-line tree? and assembling a search party to locate it?

 

[Cody5242]

There are 3 or 4 cranes on site

 

[DinoInstitute]

Have they even started construction yet?

 

[danlb_2000]

Have they even started construction yet?

Depends what you consider "construction". They have definitely been clearing and prepping the land, but I don't think there has been any vertical construction yet.

 

[Bolt]

Have they even started construction yet?

You can get a great glimpse of it all if you shuttle in on a Disney bus right before you get to your dropoff location.

 

[doctornick]

There are 3 or 4 cranes on site

Any folks in the business want to comment on what the cranes would be doing at this stage?

 

[dstrawn9889]

piering, pouring footings, moving steel/product off of trucks, assembling the grouting machine for shoring up subsiding ground, assembling construction sheds....

 

[Tom]

From Everest it looks like they have indeed started vertical construction. Two large metal structures were in the air

I believe those are the pile-drivers and/or cranes.

 

[Cody5242]

I believe those are the pile-drivers and/or cranes.

You are right. I mistaked the cranes that are vertical

 

[MOXOMUMD]

piering, pouring footings, moving steel/product off of trucks, assembling the grouting machine for shoring up subsiding ground, assembling construction sheds....

Boring stuff.

 

[dstrawn9889]

well they asked... cant all be for top-offs if they haven't poured the footings/made the ground behave.

 

[flyerjab]

At times I think that we should start trying to actively recruit members that are also pilots.

But then I think to myself how cool it would be to have an entire land added to a WDW Park without having seen much of it...like in the old days when surprises were still possible. The 7DMT was scrutinized to death since it was smack dab in the middle of the most popular Disney park in the world (arguably). This is very different. Avatar isn't exactly where people can easily view it. I find myself thinking about the possibility of having a large added land that people have not been able to readily view, and when that land opens walking into it not already knowing everything about it. I just think that would be kinda cool.

 

[themonkeyisthesultan]

There's lots of work going on, but none of it is interesting. Yet.