AVATAR land construction progress

[CastleBound]

I think they are going to be selling hair braid extensions with connector tendrils on the ends to plug into all the plants around Pandora...

 

[danlb_2000]

I would be guessing rather than an actual touch, there may be some magic band action involved.

Yeah, I think this would make more sense.

 

[Prototype82]

I would be guessing rather than an actual touch, there may be some magic band action involved.

I am really hoping for something durable that responds to the touch of the hand. It can't be Pandora without that.

 

[pax_65]

I give you... Disney's Magic Strands

 

[Goofyque']

I am really hoping for something durable that responds to the touch of the hand. It can't be Pandora without that.

I still think there may be something to touch. I'm just guessing that the actual trigger is the magic band.

 

[A foolish mortal]

 

[G00fyDad]

Is it just me or does anyone else have this feeling that they are going to fly wayyyyyy past their expected completion time-frame? At this pace I cannot see this land opening before 2021. I admit that I know nothing at all about construction, but this just seems to be moving at a snail's pace.

 

[Master Yoda]

Is it just me or does anyone else have this feeling that they are going to fly wayyyyyy past their expected completion time-frame? At this pace I cannot see this land opening before 2021. I admit that I know nothing at all about construction, but this just seems to be moving at a snail's pace.

I have more than 20 years in the construction and I am not worried about them drastically blowing their finish date. This stage of construction always looks like it is moving as a snails pace as there is so much detail work being done.

 

[G00fyDad]

I have more than 20 years in the construction and I am not worried about them drastically blowing their finish date. This stage of construction always looks like it is moving as a snails pace as there is so much detail work being done.

After I made my comment I got to thinking about it and I realized that we are watching this daily via the internet and that is about the same as watching paint dry. If I were still going to WDW next year I might be a little upset that it will not be done by the time we get there. However, we are going to Europe/Disneyland Paris next year and we will not get to WDW again until 2018.

 

[Master Yoda]

After I made my comment I got to thinking about it and I realized that we are watching this daily via the internet and that is about the same as watching paint dry. If I were still going to WDW next year I might be a little upset that it will not be done by the time we get there. However, we are going to Europe/Disneyland Paris next year and we will not get to WDW again until 2018.

No worries.

It is a common thought with those that don't see construction in all of its phases every day.

It appears that they clear 5 acres of land in a weekend, but then it looks like nothing is happening for a month or more while underground utilities go in. The when steel starts to go up you have another explosion of progress. Which of course appears to come to a halt when the detail work starts. It will kick back into high gear again when landscaping work starts.

 

[danlb_2000]

Here is what Fantasyland looked like about a year before opening, just ignore the Mine Ride are since that was being built on a different time line.

 

[Wikkler]

Here is what Fantasyland looked like about a year before opening, just ignore the Mine Ride are since that was being built on a different time line.

Notice how Storybook Circus looks less complete even though it opened earlier.

 

[Disney Analyst]

I wonder what the plan is to block the outside world.. Wall of trees? Build a berm? Just tall fencing?

 

[G00fyDad]

A 300 foot tall Navi AA that chases away lookey-loos.

 

[chiefs11]

I wonder what the plan is to block the outside world.. Wall of trees? Build a berm? Just tall fencing?

I think a row of trees/thick bushes along the bus access road would be enough... that area is probably where it is the most visible, and with the trees being right up next to the road it would completely block the view.

 

[Next Big Thing]

Is it just me or do these aerials not look all that recent? Notice it doesn't look like the small mountains on top of the showbuilding are there in these pictures. There's also scaffolding where there isn't currently.

 

[danlb_2000]

Is it just me or do these aerials not look all that recent? Notice it doesn't look like the small mountains on top of the showbuilding are there in these pictures. There's also scaffolding where there isn't currently.

The mountains on the sticks are there, they are just hard to see at that distance...

 

[Next Big Thing]

The mountains on the sticks are there, they are just hard to see at that distance...

View attachment 148893

Thanks. Yeah, I see 'em now.

 

[flyerjab]

View attachment 148831 View attachment 148828 View attachment 148829 View attachment 148830

I guess I never noticed this before, but does the path from the back of the Harambe theater district run along the river? Also, it looks like there is some metal frame structure to the left of the building where the river ride is going to be that I have never noticed before.

 

[twebber55]

Yep i was whining about no aerials now im whining about the aerials being too far away