AVATAR land - the specifics

[No Name]

Is that an AA?

Assessed to be. No one is sure...the ending kinda throws you off as it may be human.

My thought exactly It seems too amazing to be real

The animatronics for the Na’vi characters are gonna be fantastic. For example, their early animatronics would use 12 axis of motion and I think the most they’ve ever done was 32 axis recently. I think they’re up to 64 just in the face of the Na’vi characters. So it’s gonna be remarkable. They really see it as a major, major attraction.
- James Cameron, 2014

Yeah, I think it's real. And quite impressive.

In my opinion, that's one of the best questions a person could wonder about a theme park. "Is that real?"

If anyone has more details from the event today, please share!

 

[Neo222]

If the Na'vi AA's look that great, I seriously wonder how the AAs of all the creatures would be! Probably just as amazing.

 

[A foolish mortal]

Thats an AA

 

[Quinnmac000]

I think the wow factor is because its humanoid which makes it confusing as to robot actor vs human.

 

[Neo222]

Yeah, not a lot of info at all.
Kind of tough to tell without pics and video but based on the blog it didn't seem like much information was released about the actual attractions.

Just some little facts here and there. It does confirm some things we know so far, though until we get pictures and/or videos, we can't really tell what was really talked about besides a third party account of the panel.

 

[brb1006]

I was debating on posting that, though someone beat me to it. You can tell just how much work went into that animatronic, and it shows just how much quality we will see with this new section. I can't wait.

This makes the Wicked Witch AA at HS look like a Chuck E Cheese AA.

 

[FigmentJedi]

Yeah, not a lot of info at all.
Kind of tough to tell without pics and video but based on the blog it didn't seem like much information was released about the actual attractions.

And they spent most of the time roleplaying to the point where James Cameron did this with his own film

 

[Sora_Keyblade]

The Shaman figure looks absolutely amazing. I wasn't expecting something that convincing.

 

[TyTrap]

Was that video shot in the actual show building for the attraction or did they just dress up a room at imagineering HQ?

 

[BrianLo]

That's an AA, fueled by some cheeky imagineers who had it break the 4th wall to really throw people off.

 

[Dunston]

If that's an AA that's the second one we'll have in Orlando with such realistic facial movement.

What is the first?

 

[twebber55]

What is the first?

im sure he s referring to kong

 

[Disneyhead'71]

im sure he s referring to kong

Yep.

 

[Mike S]

im sure he s referring to kong

Yep.

And both will represent the best in the industry. Disney with smaller figures, and Creature for huge beasts.

 

[Quinnmac000]

And both will represent the best in the industry. Disney with smaller figures, and Creature for huge beasts.

creatures for fantastic beasts but this is scary how good it is. The question now is how much did it cost to make one of these AAs

 

[GoofGoof]

creatures for fantastic beasts but this is scary how good it is. The question now is how much did it cost to make one of these AAs

Not coming out of my pocket...at least not directly

 

[Mike S]

creatures for fantastic beasts but this is scary how good it is. The question now is how much did it cost to make one of these AAs

I can't even imagine the work fitting this kind of tech in a smaller figure like this. Kong is amazing but there was quite a bit of space to work with.

 

[Incomudro]

Assessed to be. No one is sure...the ending kinda throws you off as it may be human.

I think that's the point - the ending makes it look like it's a real human doing a take.
But that's an AA.

 

[Slowjack]

That's really raising the bar. I remember the first time I saw the Wicked Witch in the Great Movie Ride, I thought it was an actor. The fact that this figure is getting the same reaction is great news, and shows what Disney is capable when they put their mind to it.

 

[WesternRiverExplorer]

They showed some art/diagrams that I think explains how they will achieve the "riding on a living banshee" thing. To me it seemed like you will straddle a kind of teched-out seat that has been (in story) developed as part of the Avatar program. You'll wear a set of goggles (looked like an enhanced, maybe active 3D headset that may also have speakers?) that will let you see what your Avatar sees. My guess is they may employ a lot of in-theater and seat based effects to give the illusion that you're also feeling/smelling whatever is happening to the Avatar. That's how you'll "feel the banshees breathing". Well played Iger, you lied without lying.