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[raymusiccity]

quote="jdmdisney99, post: 5814411, member: 85060"]They will be held up by supports disguised in rockwork, foliage, and behind waterfalls.[/quote]

I'm sure that they have lots of tricks up their imagineering sleeves. A small example of a floating illusion can be seen in the Mickey fountain in Hong Kong:

 

[Tom]

If there just for show it's no big deal, relatively light structures that really only have to be able to stand the weather especially wind. Probably just simple steel work with an outside skin.

"[With]standing the weather" in Florida means hurricane-proof. No amount of steel required to hold a faux mountain up in the air can be considered simple, or light. To do what they've implied will require massive structures.

 

[wm49rs]

Is this a serious post?

To some. Or, just one....

 

[Cesar R M]

"[With]standing the weather" in Florida means hurricane-proof. No amount of steel required to hold a faux mountain up in the air can be considered simple, or light. To do what they've implied will require massive structures.

maybe if they work like elevators? i.e. during hurricane season.. they "lower" the rocks to floor level and lock them in position.

 

[Donald96]

As long as the floating mountains don't look like this; I like Legoland but this was a pretty sad attempt:

 

[danlb_2000]

Someone over on Dis-boards claimed to be in a talk that Rohde gave to employees at Animal Kingdom recently where he talked about the Avatar project. One of the things he say in the post was:

"He said they will be making Harambe much larger. It will be the size of a real African village. Apparently they need it to wrap around and meet Pandora so it will expand to the left of the Safari ride entrance if you're facing it. They will be for sure adding stores and restaurants but I don't think he mentioned additional attractions. That's not to say they won't make them, just that he didn't mention it. "

Normally I take these sorts of posts with a large grain of salt, but this would explain the second permit that was filed the same day:

774 #C Weikhe Way (near Yak and Yeti) - Africa 700 - Area Development Early Package

You can read the full post here. Everything in the post seams pretty reasonable so I am not going to be to quick to dismiss it.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50178994&postcount=18

 

[Jimmy Thick]

Someone over on Dis-boards claimed to be in a talk that Rohde gave to employees at Animal Kingdom recently where he talked about the Avatar project. One of the things he say in the post was:

"He said they will be making Harambe much larger. It will be the size of a real African village. Apparently they need it to wrap around and meet Pandora so it will expand to the left of the Safari ride entrance if you're facing it. They will be for sure adding stores and restaurants but I don't think he mentioned additional attractions. That's not to say they won't make them, just that he didn't mention it. "

Normally I take these sorts of posts with a large grain of salt, but this would explain the second permit that was filed the same day:

774 #C Weikhe Way (near Yak and Yeti) - Africa 700 - Area Development Early Package

You can read the full post here. Everything in the post seams pretty reasonable so I am not going to be to quick to dismiss it.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50178994&postcount=18

Reading that Dis thread, if its true Joe Rhode is 100% on board with this, I think we should be in for something amazing.


Jimmy Thick- Fingers crossed.

 

[danlb_2000]

Reading that Dis thread, if its true Joe Rhode is 100% on board with this, I think we should be in for something amazing.


Jimmy Thick- Fingers crossed.

The question is, is he 100% on board with this, or is he just towing the company line.

 

[Jimmy Thick]

The question is, is he 100% on board with this, or is he just towing the company line.

That's the real question.


Jimmy Thick- Hope he is.

 

[danlb_2000]

and the second big question is, will they be given the money to do this properly.

 

[Hakunamatata]

That's the real question.


Jimmy Thick- Hope he is.

I just hope he gets his TPS reports in timely....

 

[jdmdisney99]

Someone over on Dis-boards claimed to be in a talk that Rohde gave to employees at Animal Kingdom recently where he talked about the Avatar project. One of the things he say in the post was:

"He said they will be making Harambe much larger. It will be the size of a real African village. Apparently they need it to wrap around and meet Pandora so it will expand to the left of the Safari ride entrance if you're facing it. They will be for sure adding stores and restaurants but I don't think he mentioned additional attractions. That's not to say they won't make them, just that he didn't mention it. "

Normally I take these sorts of posts with a large grain of salt, but this would explain the second permit that was filed the same day:

774 #C Weikhe Way (near Yak and Yeti) - Africa 700 - Area Development Early Package

You can read the full post here. Everything in the post seams pretty reasonable so I am not going to be to quick to dismiss it.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50178994&postcount=18

So based on this and leaked blueprints/construction, I imagine the Africa area would look like this...

 

[Rob562]

So based on this and leaked blueprints/construction, I imagine the area would look like this...

Apart from the area between Tusker House and the safari, that's pretty much in-line with what had been talked about before, and something I see as entirely reasonable. The one thing that remains to be seen is how the new Lion King theater interacts with the existing backstage bridge behind Pizzafari.

My guess is that at least until Avatar is built the Pizzafari bridge will become an exit-only from the Lion King theater. The Parade will still enter and exit from a new gate built on the "mainland" side of the bridge, but the parade and FotLK show times will be coordinated so that the bridge won't be in use for either the parade or the exiting show crowds at the same time.

Once Avatar is built, the loop could conceivably be completed around the waterway, which would make traffic flow a little more complicated.

-Rob

 

[Tom]

Reading that Dis thread, if its true Joe Rhode is 100% on board with this, I think we should be in for something amazing.


Jimmy Thick- Fingers crossed.

I agree....if he's given adequate resources.

 

[Tom]

So based on this and leaked blueprints/construction, I imagine the area would look like this...
View attachment 40020

What are each of the buildings on your plan, and where did you get their footprints?

 

[RSoxNo1]

Someone over on Dis-boards claimed to be in a talk that Rohde gave to employees at Animal Kingdom recently where he talked about the Avatar project. One of the things he say in the post was:

"He said they will be making Harambe much larger. It will be the size of a real African village. Apparently they need it to wrap around and meet Pandora so it will expand to the left of the Safari ride entrance if you're facing it. They will be for sure adding stores and restaurants but I don't think he mentioned additional attractions. That's not to say they won't make them, just that he didn't mention it. "

Normally I take these sorts of posts with a large grain of salt, but this would explain the second permit that was filed the same day:

774 #C Weikhe Way (near Yak and Yeti) - Africa 700 - Area Development Early Package

You can read the full post here. Everything in the post seams pretty reasonable so I am not going to be to quick to dismiss it.

http://www.disboards.com/showpost.php?p=50178994&postcount=18

The address is somewhat confusing, I would think that's the Flights of Wonder building. How often are addresses that far apart?

 

[danlb_2000]

The address is somewhat confusing, I would think that's the Flights of Wonder building. How often are addresses that far apart?

Here is the list of Werikhe Way addresses I have from permits for reference:

737C Werikhe Way Everest Fastpass Building
770 Werikhe Way Gibbon Temple
775 Werikhe Way Yak and Yeti
797 Werikhe Way Building 36 - Asia Tiger Yard
835 Werikhe Way KSR
868 Werikhe Way Kali Reservior
870 Werikhe Way Building 22 - Gorilla
950 Werikhe Way Animal Hospital/Buuilding 20-Gorilla
990 Werikhe Way Train Depot Maintenance

 

[RSoxNo1]

Here is the list of Werikhe Way addresses I have from permits for reference:

737C Werikhe Way Everest Fastpass Building
770 Werikhe Way Gibbon Temple
775 Werikhe Way Yak and Yeti
797 Werikhe Way Building 36 - Asia Tiger Yard
835 Werikhe Way KSR
868 Werikhe Way Kali Reservior
870 Werikhe Way Building 22 - Gorilla
950 Werikhe Way Animal Hospital/Buuilding 20-Gorilla
990 Werikhe Way Train Depot Maintenance

That almost sounds like working into the plot North of Asia.

 

[jdmdisney99]

What are each of the buildings on your plan, and where did you get their footprints?

I assume they are the shops discussed. I roughly took their footprints from the following blueprint, but it was really just a wild guess based on lines in the plan. I'm no good with reading blueprints maps, etc.

 

[danlb_2000]

So based on this and leaked blueprints/construction, I imagine the area would look like this...
View attachment 40020

Just so we are clear, these are the plans for the new FotLK theatre, not for Avatarland.