AVATAR progress

[twebber55]

Quoted for posterity. Despite a several hundred million dollar budget cut.

shocking that JC would allow that after contracts have been signed..i wonder what changed with him

heres the time line
Sept 11 announced land
March 12 not happening
July 12 happening (remember balloons in the air)
Sept 12 happening (but with only 2 rides)
Dec 12 not happening
Feb 13 happening but with only 1 ride

so does this sound about right
seems pretty fluid to me

 

[FrankLapidus]

shocking that JC would allow that after contracts have been signed..i wonder what changed with him

Disney have done what many considered to be impossible and broken him down. To be fair that's more impressive than any technical innovation Cameron has ever come up with in his film-making career.

 

[marni1971]

That's a good point. In the past, what are some of the other projects Disney has announced with official press releases and then later didn't end up following through with them? Just curious.

Western River
Little Mermaid dark ride (original)
Switzerland
Russia
Noah's Ark
Mediterranean Resort
Crimestoppers
Bennie the Taxi
Baby Hermans runaway Trolley
Mickeys Movieland
...and Beastly Kingdomme...

To name a few.

 

[Nemo14]

Western River
Little Mermaid dark ride (original)
Switzerland
Russia
Noah's Ark
Mediterranean Resort
Crimestoppers
Bennie the Taxi
Baby Hermans runaway Trolley
Mickeys Movieland
...and Beastly Kingdomme...

To name a few.

 

[lazyboy97o]

That's a good point. In the past, what are some of the other projects Disney has announced with official press releases and then later didn't end up following through with them? Just curious.

Only part of the announced Fantasy Forrest project survived to be part of New Fantasyland.

 

[twebber55]

Disney have done what many considered to be impossible and broken him down. To be fair that's more impressive than any technical innovation Cameron has ever come up with in his film-making career.

zing!

 

[El Grupo]

WestCOT, Port Disney/DisneySea (Long Beach), Disney's America (two locations)

 

[The March Hare]

587 days and counting, folks.

 

[juniorthomas]

Western River
Little Mermaid dark ride (original)
Switzerland
Russia
Noah's Ark
Mediterranean Resort
Crimestoppers
Bennie the Taxi
Baby Hermans runaway Trolley
Mickeys Movieland
...and Beastly Kingdomme...

To name a few.

This is some serious homework. You deserve more than one like.

 

[marni1971]

This is some serious homework. You deserve more than one like.

Thanks. There's plenty more of course. I only focused on more popular items actually publically announced with rough opening dates.

 

[asianway]

Thanks. There's plenty more of course. I only focused on more popular items actually publically announced with rough opening dates.

Equatorial Africa...

 

[Prototype82]

If they added a nighttime show into the Pandora section, they could do it as the Nav'i celebrating the Earthlings being there and their culture which could showcase the animals of Earth.

Except in Avatar, the Earthlings killed all of their natural world, so I guess it wouldn't really be a part of their culture anymore.

 

[WDWFREAK53]

Except in Avatar, the Earthlings killed all of their natural world, so I guess it wouldn't really be a part of their culture anymore.

The militaristic Earthlings killed their natural world. What if Jake taught the Nav'i what humans and Earth are/is really like and another group of Earthlings came to rebuild Pandora and work together with them?

I highly doubt that Pandora will be a burnt, barren wasteland in the Animal Kingdom. I think they'll focus more on the unity of the Nav'i and Earthlings...maybe set in a post-Avatar time after Pandora had a nice regrowth.

 

[Prototype82]

The militaristic Earthlings killed their natural world. What if Jake taught the Nav'i what humans and Earth are/is really like and another group of Earthlings came to rebuild Pandora and work together with them?

I highly doubt that Pandora will be a burnt, barren wasteland in the Animal Kingdom. I think they'll focus more on the unity of the Nav'i and Earthlings...maybe set in a post-Avatar time after Pandora had a nice regrowth.

I meant that Earth is completely dead. Nothing green is left. There's only one or two lines in the film that imply it.

 

[juniorthomas]

Thanks. There's plenty more of course. I only focused on more popular items actually publically announced with rough opening dates.

I applaud you for answering the question so that when I stumbled upon it, it was already complete. I love the internet.

 

[FigmentJedi]

I meant that Earth is completely dead. Nothing green is left. There's only one or two lines in the film that imply it.

And whatever patches of life are left are being snuffed out. Recall reading about a deleted scene with some news report of the last lion dying at the beginning of the movie when Jake's watching news on his TV/Interweb wall.

 

[jt04]

Google "Disney Decade" for a start...

Pandora was just reaffirmed recently. Remember how shocked many were at the D23 when the FLE was officially announced after all of our insiders were saying nothing was happening at the MK? I remember that.

Will you be at D23 this year?

 

[lazyboy97o]

Pandora was just reaffirmed recently. Remember how shocked many were at the D23 when the FLE was officially announced after all of our insiders were saying nothing was happening at the MK? I remember that.

Will you be at D23 this year?

We were looking at the drawings before the D23 Expo.

 

[jt04]

We were looking at the drawings before the D23 Expo.

People were saying it was just a plan like many plans and like many plans was subject to cancellation as many plans have been canceled in the past etc etc etc

People in the audience were shocked at the announcement as were many here because they had been misled.

It is deja vu all over again.

 

[matt9112]

so if avatar moves along or not....im just curious lots of the current activity has been ceased in the area correct? so something will have to happen with the space? avatar aside?