Very easily. Mount Everest is an actual place, and the Yeti is an actual legendary creature steeped in centuries of folklore and ingrained in the culture of the land. Avatar, on the otherhand, involves 15-foot blue aliens created for a movie to make money, and have no relevance to the cultural history of anything.
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Very easily. Mount Everest is an actual place, and the Yeti is an actual legendary creature steeped in centuries of folklore and ingrained in the culture of the land. Avatar, on the otherhand, involves 15-foot blue aliens created for a movie to make money, and have no relevance to the cultural history of anything.
ebof1023
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i think AL has the potential to be a spectacular land inside AK, yes it may not be the most ideal fit here, but it still does fit within the park. There is no doubt that AK needs some kind of expansion that will make it an all day park, but i dont think that AL is the best thing for it, i think resurrecting Beastly Kingdom ideas would be a much much better fit here.
DisDadEddie
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I guess we'll all have to wait until 2016 to give our opinion about Avatarland. We'll see if ground breaking happens in 2013 as planned.
I feel TDO will possibly do good with Avatar, I think it was only announced so early because of many rumors, and they just announced it, while in the very early stages.
Maybe at 2013 D23 Expo, we will learn much more, when it was probably originally supposed to be announced.
Maybe at 2013 D23 Expo, we will learn much more, when it was probably originally supposed to be announced.
Jimmy Thick
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If we can get 2 or 3 new attractions out of Avatarland with one being a old school e-ticket, Avatarland will be a smash.
Jimmy Thick- Simulator coming no doubt.
Jimmy Thick- Simulator coming no doubt.
AmongMadPeople
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But was it really? As I recall, it came completely out of the blue. I don't recall rumors floating around beforehand. I got the impression they tried to outrun the rumor mill. My interest in rumors waxes and wanes though.
Were they preempting someone? Universal FL hasn't officially announced Potter 2.0, but I think it leaked around the same time USH announced their Potter land. I think all of these happened in the same general time frame.
GLaDOS
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Technically they have. At the USH announcement they announced they would be expanding the Florida WWoHP "significantly".
So while details haven't been announced, they have announced an expansion is coming.
Pentacat
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How may attractions are in Cars Land? How many are E-Tickets? How much did it cost?
$500 million isn't going to cover anything near this wish list.
Captain Chaos
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I don't think we had a good Marvel in WDW thread in a while... Maybe once this 1,000th Avatar thread dies down, we'll need the 999th Marvel thread.. What say you?
GLaDOS
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And another 5th gate thread. Can never have too many of those.
Captain Chaos
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I think I'll start yet another monorail expansion one too...
i agree...cars land being a smash hit only helps avatar land out jmo
I think I'll start yet another monorail expansion one too...
Beat me to it. But did you hear it from a bus driver like I did?
Magenta Panther
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I hope Avatarland will die. Yes, die. I want it dead! DEAD!
And Beastly Kingdomme to be revived...
And Beastly Kingdomme to be revived...
Taylor
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Well it looks like your going to give avatar a chance
HMF
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If I had a finger for every project publicly announced that didn't happen.
Can we go yet?
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Hahaha yes, I'd much rather enjoy a coaster about dragon's and unicorns than a movie hardly revolving around animals. If they really have to do this, why not in Hollywood Studios?
lazyboy97o
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bubbles1812
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I'd honestly argue that Avatar was just as much about it's "world" as it was about what's his name going to live with the blue people. I thought the plot of the movie was ok but the world of Pandora was magnificent. It made the movie with a fairly mediocre plot into something better solely because the animals and plants portrayed. The whole first half of the movie was about the main character getting to know the world including its animal life..they showed plenty. And animals played a pretty big role in the climax of the film...just sayin'. And the movie does have a strong conservation theme like AK. I think it fits just fine and makes more sense than it being at DHS. Jus my two cents.Hahaha yes, I'd much rather enjoy a coaster about dragon's and unicorns than a movie hardly revolving around animals. If they really have to do this, why not in Hollywood Studios?
I'd love to have Avatarland and Beastly Kingdom...unfortunately, Beastly Kingdom is dead for the now and most likely forseeable future. So I've come to accept Avatar. It has potential. Will that potential actually be realized? That I doubt, sadly enough.