AVATAR land - the specifics

[Animaniac93-98]

Looks like WDW has a new "best queue", and maybe its longest?

 

[Casper Gutman]

People have made it years through Mission: Space and Test Track, they should be fine .

I agree the acting is off though

I'm pretty sure those aren't the models Disney wants to emulate! (and this is significantly longer than original TT, anyway).

Speaking of the old TT pre-show - it always baffled me they hired a genuinely funny, respected comedian for the video and then didn't have him do anything amusing.

 

[Tick Tock]

Looks like WDW has a new "best queue", and maybe its longest?

I am really digging the "Journey To The Center Of The Earth" vibe I'm getting from the look & feel of many parts of this. That is one attraction I have always wanted to find it's way to the States as a clone. This looks like it will fill that hunger quite nicely in it's own way.

 

[PorterRedkey]

Here is a video from Attractions magazine. It has real queue audio instead of background music. Not that it matters much - a little more of the pre-show video (keystone species, etc).

 

[Bolt]

People will start critiquing the Shaman and such and then they'll ride Small World again and be like 'oh wait'

 

[Mike S]

Ok, bowing out completely now. See you guys after I go.

 

[Thanks phoenicians]

Wow that is stunning. The valley is absolutely gorgeous. I'd love to see the map of the land when it opens I feel like there'll be some cool hide aways to explore.

 

[Bairstow]

Here is a video from Attractions magazine. It has real queue audio instead of background music. Not that it matters much - a little more of the pre-show video (keystone species, etc).

Aw man, I really love the ferrofluid "creatures"!! And check out the way the preshow video seamlessly incorporates the camera feed of the guests.
This all looks fantastic, though I'd agree that the preshow acting might need to be replaced.

 

[the.dreamfinder]

Zero. Shaman of Songs is totally unique, but is the future of all AA figures.

Was the figure built internally by WDI or fabricated by Garner Holt?

 

[Alektronic]

Looks like WDW has a new "best queue", and maybe its longest?

Definitely the longest queue I have been in, but also there are plans for an extended queue to make even longer.

 

[disney4life2008]

The river ride looks amazing but definitely not worth more than a 20 minute wait for me. The animotronic at the end looks exceptional though.

 

[Bairstow]

Was the figure built internally by WDI or fabricated by Garner Holt?

Ursula was internal, right? As were most of the Frozen figures, if I recall.
If the shaman is Garner Holt it will be a quantum leap for that company.

 

[Alektronic]

Aw man, I really love the ferrofluid "creatures"!! And check out the way the preshow video seamlessly incorporates the camera feed of the guests.
This all looks fantastic, though I'd agree that the preshow acting might need to be replaced.

Those creatures are actually part of a science experiment, a Water Cleaning Colony. If you notice there is three tanks, one dirty, one slightly dirty, and the other one is clean. The Lab Desk is a bunch of experiments trying to clean the environment of Pandora.

 

[Alektronic]

Was the figure built internally by WDI or fabricated by Garner Holt?

Engineered and built by WDI. A new type of skin was used also.

 

[Bairstow]

Chow time.

 

[Bolt]

I read a comment saying 'Splash Mountain is still better.' I really wonder if the expectation of people is every ride should be an e-ticket caliber. Look at Pooh at MK, it's a boxy car going through show sets that are stationary. At least Na'vi is filled on all directions with show pieces - not even Frozen did that...

 

[Bairstow]

Not to be confused with...

 

[PorterRedkey]

Here is the video of the Na'vi River Journey queue:

 

[PorterRedkey]

Windtraders:

 

[Bairstow]

So does anyone know if the media preview day will extend to after sunset? Are we going to our first real nighttime footage tonight?