AVATAR land construction progress

[roj2323]

So you can see about a story and a half of the theater from the park entrance and you can also clearly see it from Everest. On another note the walkway behind pizzafari has been cleared of quite a few trees too.

 

[Tom]

Does it make sense that they would use land behind Asia to build some of the rock work and then bring it over to Avatarland in sections to install? Kinda like pre-fab construction or something. I'm really out of my league talking about this so that may make no sense at all.

The rockwork plastering will be done in-place. The rebar cages will likely be made off-site, since the computer-controlled bender should stay indoors.

 

[Donald96]

I just found another permit that put's Jakata road in Asia.

According to this there's a warehouse at 907 Jakata road? Perhaps they're constructing mock ups inside? Not sure why it would be 912 though... http://www.emporis.com/building/907jakataroad-lakebuenavista-fl-usa

 

[danlb_2000]

According to this there's a warehouse at 907 Jakata road? Perhaps they're constructing mock ups inside? Not sure why it would be 912 though... http://www.emporis.com/building/907jakataroad-lakebuenavista-fl-usa

Yeah, I saw that. It says it was built in 1999, I need to dig through the permits for that period to see if I can find one for it.

 

[msteel]

Looking at historical maps on Terraserver, there seems to be quite a lot of new staging in the past year at this location:

http://www.terraserver.com/view.asp?cx=-81.588567&cy=28.361995&proj=4326&mpp=0.75&sdrt=jax

or, using google:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/2....5874546,469m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

 

[danlb_2000]

Looking at historical maps on Terraserver, there seems to be quite a lot of new staging in the past year at this location:

http://www.terraserver.com/view.asp?cx=-81.588567&cy=28.361995&proj=4326&mpp=0.75&sdrt=jax

or, using google:

https://www.google.com/maps/place/28°21'42.9"N+81°35'15.3"W/@28.361612,-81.5874546,469m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0

That's nothing, take a look at the pictures from December on http://us.nearmap.com/. Dramatically more going on back there.

 

[flyerjab]

That's nothing, take a look at the pictures from December on http://us.nearmap.com/. Dramatically more going on back there.

Dan, I do not want to be the idiot trying to make something out of nothing. But that shot from December looks like there has been a lot cleared back there. What all is going on? Is that simply staging for items being prefabbed for Pandora?

 

[danlb_2000]

Dan, I do not want to be the idiot trying to make something out of nothing. But that shot from December looks like there has been a lot cleared back there. What all is going on? Is that simply staging for items being prefabbed for Pandora?

That's what I suspect. I really can't see what else they could be building back there. Hopefully @photoflight can eventually provide us some photos of that area.

 

[twebber55]

That's what I suspect. I really can't see what else they could be building back there. Hopefully @photoflight can eventually provide us some photos of that area.

yeah I hope the next aerials include back there that would be very interesting and very telling

 

[RSoxNo1]

I'm willing to bed that the Pandora model will be at the D23 expo with an outside chance of it being brought to Walt Disney World before the end of the year.

 

[twebber55]

I'm willing to bed that the Pandora model will be at the D23 expo with an outside chance of it being brought to Walt Disney World before the end of the year.

I agree
after all this is the last D23 before it opens

 

[WDWGuide]

That area where they are prepping construction has always held a weird fascination for me, mostly because of the now-mostly-obliterated weird "shape" therein that was apparently significant enough to note on the master plan. Anyone know exactly what this was? It looks like some sort of a horticultural area.

 

[dstrawn9889]

i would say that this is the old horticulture 'farm' where they keep large (show ready)specimens to replace any larger plants/trees damaged onstage

 

[HauntedMansionFLA]

That's nothing, take a look at the pictures from December on http://us.nearmap.com/. Dramatically more going on back there.

Great pictures - thanks for sharing

 

[MagicGoofy]

On the rock work mock up permit it says October 31st 2016 as its notice of commencement which it also says it can't be before contruction is completed so we could be looking at a January 2017 opening

 

[danlb_2000]

On the rock work mock up permit it says October 31st 2016 as its notice of commencement which it also says it can't be before contruction is completed so we could be looking at a January 2017 opening

The expiration date is when the work specified in that permit has to be completed, not when the entire project has to be completed. All of the Avatar permits have been using that expiration date even though individual permits, like this one, will likely be done before then. With that said, it also doesn't mean that things can't go beyond that date. Additional permits could be filed with later dates, or the current one could be extended which is what happened with the Fantasyland expansion.

 

[twebber55]

The expiration date is when the work specified in that permit has to be completed, not when the entire project has to be completed. All of the Avatar permits have been using that expiration date even though individual permits, like this one, will likely be done before then. With that said, it also doesn't mean that things can't go beyond that date. Additional permits could be filed with later dates, or the current one could be extended which is what happened with the Fantasyland expansion.

but "could" it mean they plan on having it done by then with some flexible time to be finished by say March of 2017?

 

[doctornick]

but "could" it mean they plan on having it done by then with some flexible time to be finished by say March of 2017?

I fully expect Pandora to open sometime in the first half of 2017. With RoL opening in 2016, the park is going to have extended hours and they will need to have the increased ride capacity sooner rather than later.

 

[marni1971]

they will need to have the increased footfall capacity sooner rather than later.

Fixed that.

 

[marni1971]

That area where they are prepping construction has always held a weird fascination for me, mostly because of the now-mostly-obliterated weird "shape" therein that was apparently significant enough to note on the master plan. Anyone know exactly what this was? It looks like some sort of a horticultural area.

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Yes, it was the second location of the tree farm.