AVATAR land construction progress

[djkidkaz]

saw this on twitter

Yeah this photo pretty much shows what I saw. It's easier to see in person though. Not so much when driving and taking pics from a phone.

 

[twebber55]

Yeah this photo pretty much shows what I saw. It's easier to see in person though. Not so much when driving and taking pics from a phone.

how tall do you think the structure currently is

 

[Tom]

how tall do you think the structure currently is

Based on that photo.....30'

 

[twebber55]

Based on that photo.....30'

didn't you say that the building , when complete would be double that

 

[Tom]

didn't you say that the building , when complete would be double that

At least.

 

[twebber55]

At least.

whats interesting to me is when this building does reach 60 or more ft, how will it be viewed from the parking lot

 

[Tom]

whats interesting to me is when this building does reach 60 or more ft, how will it be viewed from the parking lot

Very well.

 

[dstrawn9889]

You can buy mature trees from a nursery. They are just more expensive than smaller trees. When they did AK, they bought out the entire inventory of a nursery somewhere.

no need for outside plants, they have been growing them for near on 45 years...

 

[DVCOwner]

One thing that I am extremely curious about is the natural aspect of this project. The main point of this expansion is to make you feel immersed in the rain-foresty world of Pandora. Since the entire area has been bulldozed and cleared out, a large component of this construction project at some point will include the addition of a HUGE amount of trees/plants/grasses/bushes/etc. - of both the real and AA varieties. I am still trying to figure out how imagineering is accomplishing this so that it appears lush and fully grown by the time this expansion opens. Maybe it won't and will take the slow passage of time to achieve that type of overgrown forest appearance.

The other thing I wonder is the bioluminescence and reactivity of some of the Pandora flora. I recently watched the movie again, specifically the portions that introduce you to the flora and fauna of Pandora. If WDI really goes for it here, I would imagine that it will take a lot of energy to power this expansion. I mean a large percentage of the foliage illuminates at night, including the ground where people are walking. There are also numerous plants that respond to touch (and I am assuming that WDI will be attempting to ape that activity as well to really work on the immersion factor). This is potentially a very different and difficult overall effect to achieve and I can only imagine the type of wiring/programming/etc. it will take to pull this off. If they do though, as I have stated previously this should pretty much blow every other Orlando park - and not just WDW parks - out of the water in terms of immersion and uniqueness.

Slowly ticking off the days...

I think Walt Disney World has a nursery and if this is like other Disney projects I am sure it is already full of plants that will be going into this addition.

 

[dstrawn9889]

I think Walt Disney World has a nursery and if this is like other Disney projects I am sure it is already full of plants that will be going into this addition.

see the picture above

 

[flyerjab]

Very well.

I don't think that there will be much of an effort to hide the show building from the eyes of visitors outside of the park. In the Avatar video that was shot with Cameron at his mocap stage, as well as the part with Joe Rohde, there is a view of the model that has a huge green building visible within the boundary of land. It wouldn't surprise me it that is the show building not visible when within the land itself.

 

[nepalostparks]

Surprised a photo hasn't popped up yet.

Something like this? Grabbed a few pictures yesterday, but the vertical construction has been visible at least since the weekend before Christmas.

 

[jrlang1]

Plus Disney has a large tree far right behind AK.

If i remember correctly a tree farm existed behind the site of animal kingdom before the park was even connived. I am sure they do both onsite and offsite

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.3585914,-81.5916921,1129a,20y,41.38t/data=!3m1!1e3

 

[wdwmagic]

Just a word on trees. Disney use both their own grown plants and also make extensive use of outside suppliers when needed. During the original DAK build they bought up all of the areas supply.

 

[Rteetz]

http://www.pixelsattheparks.com/2015/01/05/vertical-construction-at-avatar-land-at-animal-kingdom/

 

[doctornick]

Here's a question: on the leaked blueprints, the one image has what appears to be a queue on it to the side of the show building for the E-ticket:

The queue appears to be in the same footprint at the boat ride show building (unless that is just the plan orientation and it is actually on the far side of the E-ticket show building from the water ride). If the queue is indeed on the same footprint as the boat ride, is it above or below the ride? Whether it is above or below, each would seem to have unnecessary problems.

Anyone who is better at reading these things want to comment?

 

[RayTheFirefly]

Here's a question: on the leaked blueprints, the one image has what appears to be a queue on it to the side of the show building for the E-ticket:

The queue appears to be in the same footprint at the boat ride show building (unless that is just the plan orientation and it is actually on the far side of the E-ticket show building from the water ride). If the queue is indeed on the same footprint as the boat ride, is it above or below the ride? Whether it is above or below, each would seem to have unnecessary problems.

Anyone who is better at reading these things want to comment?

From that drawing, they appear to butt up against each other. There is nothing indicating that mulitple levels are layered over each other, at least to me. I think the queue just shares a little bit of the building's foundation with the boat ride.

 

[doctornick]

From that drawing, they appear to butt up against each other. There is nothing indicating that mulitple levels are layered over each other, at least to me. I think the queue just shares a little bit of the building's foundation with the boat ride.

Here are the relevant plans:

One that has part of boat ride

One that has queue

They look like the same footprint to me, just at different levels. But I'm no expert.

 

[RayTheFirefly]

Here are the relevant plans:

One that has part of boat ride

One that has queue

They look like the same footprint to me, just at different levels. But I'm no expert.

I don't think that the boat ride will have a track on another level above the other track. If anything, my guess would be that these are two different stages in planning, with the former being the more current one. I could easily be wrong, though.

 

[danlb_2000]

Here's a question: on the leaked blueprints, the one image has what appears to be a queue on it to the side of the show building for the E-ticket:

The queue appears to be in the same footprint at the boat ride show building (unless that is just the plan orientation and it is actually on the far side of the E-ticket show building from the water ride). If the queue is indeed on the same footprint as the boat ride, is it above or below the ride? Whether it is above or below, each would seem to have unnecessary problems.

Anyone who is better at reading these things want to comment?

I would say that the queue it's above the boat ride. You will notice that there are stair cases all around the queue which would probably be emergency exits back to ground level.