AVATAR land construction progress

[OldBlueEyes]

Those stick mechanisms are strange. Do you think they have the ability to be lowered and raised? Perhaps this mini rocks shall only come out at night where they can be used effectively using darkness as the veil to hide their mechanisms?

Yeah, I was wondering about them too. Looks (at the moment) too obvious during day, so maybe You are on to something.
OBE

 

[A foolish mortal]

Those stick mechanisms are strange. Do you think they have the ability to be lowered and raised? Perhaps this mini rocks shall only come out at night where they can be used effectively using darkness as the veil to hide their mechanisms?

The mountain facade will hide the "mechanism", so no need for them to hide them during day! This looks to be taken from the parking lot.. But when you see them from the right angle within the park/land, you won't see the "sticks"

 

[djkidkaz]

Bioreconstruct had a couple of pics yesterday:
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Glad someone is visiting DAK with a camera every once in a while (even if there dosn't look to be much progress)
OBE

It never changes lol

 

[prfctlyximprct]

When do you think scaffolding will be coming down? It's looked the same for weeks lol

 

[Rteetz]

It never changes lol

I'm sure it does just not from the areas we can see.

 

[Prototype82]

The large foreground mountain was swarming with workers like it was an ant hill on Saturday morning.

 

[rioriz]

One thing you can see slightly is the Mountain that finishes the main arch on the far right has topped out with greenery added. That would be mean there has ben significant progress done on that side of the land

 

[Sped2424]

The mountain facade will hide the "mechanism", so no need for them to hide them during day! This looks to be taken from the parking lot.. But when you see them from the right angle within the park/land, you won't see the "sticks"

They look horrendous from the parking lot though. If the effect is ruined before you even get into the park I think that's a cause for concern. Hopefully rock work is something is going to be done about that offensive sightline soon

 

[A foolish mortal]

They look horrendous from the parking lot though. If the effect is ruined before you even get into the park I think that's a cause for concern. Hopefully rock work is something is going to be done about that offensive sightline soon

Agree.. but to be honest. Looking at it through your eyes, not a zoom lens on a camera, i think it will be okay The closer you get the more trees will hide it I guess we will see when it opens! But i hope too they will hide the bottom half a bit better

 

[twebber55]

Agree.. but to be honest. Looking at it through your eyes, not a zoom lens on a camera, i think it will be okay The closer you get the more trees will hide it I guess we will see when it opens! But i hope too they will hide the bottom half a bit better

the way i look at it is
if the gigantic show building is not going to bother me then i can forgive for the floating rocks on sticks look as welll
like you said,looking at it from a zoomed lens look is different

 

[Prototype82]

I know it looks like its not changing, but look at that huge vine hanging from that rock.

 

[Incomudro]

Some type of Disney Magic is going to be employed here.
The "rocks on sticks" looks can't possibly be part of the plan.
Show building or not, there's got to be something up Disney's sleeve here.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Some type of Disney Magic is going to be employed here.
The "rocks on sticks" looks can't possibly be part of the plan.
Show building or not, there's got to be something up Disney's sleeve here.

What exactly is the problem with them? You won't see the sticks inside the park. It'll look like its floating from way back in the land itself. No "waterfalls" required. You can't actually make floating mountains

 

[Slowjack]

Some type of Disney Magic is going to be employed here.
The "rocks on sticks" looks can't possibly be part of the plan.
Show building or not, there's got to be something up Disney's sleeve here.

It's a puzzle, to be sure. The thing is, rocks on sticks can clearly be seen in the concept model:

I never thought this element of the model was this literal, but maybe it is. From the model, it looks like the rocks-on-sticks would be visible only from a distance, not when you are close to the attraction show building. Maybe the idea is that you will see them only through dense foliage in the foreground. Or maybe the angles are such that you never see the bottoms of the rocks (and the sticks) and they just add depth?

 

[Incomudro]

What exactly is the problem with them? You won't see the sticks inside the park. It'll look like its floating from way back in the land itself. No "waterfalls" required. You can't actually make floating mountains

It's lame.
You'll be able to see them in some way. If this is or was the way they are meant to be, Disney would be better off leaving them out of the design altogether. They could have certainly gotten away with just giving us the magnificent main floating Mountain structures and show building without tacking rocks on poles to it.
I don't believe the imagineers are simply counting on viewing angles to obscure the supports.
Something is going to be done here.

 

[Incomudro]

Yes, I assumed it looked like this on the model due to the scale.
That Disney had to build the model this way because they couldn't portray the way the rocks would actually be supported on such a small scale.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

It's lame.
You'll be able to see them in some way. If this is or was the way they are meant to be, Disney would be better off leaving them out of the design altogether. They could have certainly gotten away with just giving us the magnificent main floating Mountain structures and show building without tacking rocks on poles to it.
I don't believe the imagineers are simply counting on viewing angles to obscure the supports.
Something is going to be done here.

I actually think they'll just be on poles. From as far back as the guest will
Be, they most likely won't know there was anything there.

 

[Sped2424]

I actually think they'll just be on poles. From as far back as the guest will
Be, they most likely won't know there was anything there.

Yet from the parking lot as you enter the park to begin your excitement you are going to see these rocks on a stick. It would be like parking at be magic kingdom and seeing the backside of the haunted mansion without finished themeing and seeing the entire showbuidling. It's not a good sightline to have entering the park imo. Regardless of how well it works in the land.

 

[KingOfEpicocity]

Yet from the parking lot as you enter the park to begin your excitement you are going to see these rocks on a stick. It would be like parking at be magic kingdom and seeing the backside of the haunted mansion without finished themeing and seeing the entire showbuidling. It's not a good sightline to have entering the park imo. Regardless of how well it works in the land.

And? What's gonna be worse, the tiny floating mountains or the giant exposed show building? I never thought people would be complaining about details.

 

[Sped2424]

And? What's gonna be worse, the tiny floating mountains or the giant exposed show building? I never thought people would be complaining about details.

Both but the show building can be forgiven if they frame the trees and the foliage right. But the rock on sticks? Makes the land look silly going in. I'm not complaining about details but instead poorly planned sightlines. If we don't give uni and hogsmeade a pass then avatar shouldn't get one either! Nothing against you mate! Just thinking out loud on this.