Quick AK Update w/photos

[aka_emilicious]

I think there's two different things that are being pulled together.

First is the "Rivers of Light" show that's being done on the lake with viewing from Asia and Dinoland. The ToL will serve as a backdrop and concept art shows lighting effects in/on the Tree itself as part of the show.

These (currently) empty boxes are for smaller lights or speakers, not something that would shine on the Tree. There was talk of nighttime live entertainment separate from the Rivers of Light show without it being an actual parade, so it's possible that these will be for that.

-Rob

I saw this video recently and my first thought was a Tree of Life night time show



Found a cooler one:

 

[MattC]

Don't know if anyone has leaked this new area to be added to AK?
http://www.diggerlandusa.com/

WOW

 

[JEANYLASER]

Awesome!

 

[bhg469]

Do we know if the "e ticket" will have multiple soarin theaters or just one?

 

[StageFrenzy]

Here is the gyser someone spoke to

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Great update thanks. I believe that was Dragon Rocks. It is a little hard to tell with all the overgrown landscape for over a decade of neglect. As the river boat pulled up the dragon in the cave area would shoot fire towards the boat multiple times.
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zoom and enhance

 

[Gabe1]

zoom and enhance

Wow. We went down for the grand opening. It was my first digital camera and the first time I ever used it.

I knew they were not good photo's but it did get the point of what was there back then for the question the OP asked. Jeepers.

 

[SithTRR]

You can see the construction of the Avatar E ticket from the parking lot. The top of the building is reaching above the trees just slightly now.
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Speaker boxes being installed in front of the Tree of Life, presumably for the show that is supposed to take place with the tree.
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Construction work finally taking place on the pathway that used to lead to Camp Minnie Mickey.
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This is across from the new Africa section by FOTLK. It looks like it might of been a water feature back when they had the boat ride around the park. Anyone know for sure? Wonder if they will fix it and bring it back. It looks kinda crummy the way it currently is.
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They removed the ropes the monkey were able to climb across from the two big towers. Maybe they are just replacing them with new ones?
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That is all. Everything else at the park was more of the same which you can see in other threads on here.

Do you think this e-ticket building is for sure going to be inside the "floating mountain" in Pandora?

 

[SithTRR]

I saw this video recently and my first thought was a Tree of Life night time show



Found a cooler one:

Very Interesting. Where did you see this video at and was the source material clearly related to Disney?

 

[SithTRR]

It wouldn't surprise me at all if face painting in the Avatar expansion section will include blue face paint that glows at night to go along with the bioluminescence of the forest elements.

I agree it would not surprise me either, and I think it would be a no brainer for Disney to add some type of glowing face paint for this area of AK.

 

[StageFrenzy]

Wow. We went down for the grand opening. It was my first digital camera and the first time I ever used it.

I knew they were not good photo's but it did get the point of what was there back then for the question the OP asked. Jeepers.

I was trotting out the zoom and enhance trope from Law & Order or CSI, It did get across what it used to look like.

 

[RSoxNo1]

Do we know if the "e ticket" will have multiple soarin theaters or just one?

It appears to have 4 screens with three loading levels per screen

 

[bhg469]

It appears to have 4 screens with three loading levels per screen

I guess thats what iger meant where there wasnt anything else like it. They have multiple loading levels.... FUN!

 

[Jon81uk]

I guess thats what iger meant where there wasnt anything else like it. They have multiple loading levels.... FUN!

Back to the Future / The Simpsons ride at Universal has one screen with multiple loading levels / doors / vehicles.

 

[twebber55]

Do you think this e-ticket building is for sure going to be inside the "floating mountain" in Pandora?

no i think the E ticket will be hide behind the floating mtns
i think you will see a huge floating mtn as the center piece of the land and a cars land like rock structure hiding the two rides...i also think there will be floating mtns in front of the boat ride

 

[bhg469]

Back to the Future / The Simpsons ride at Universal has one screen with multiple loading levels / doors / vehicles.

You're right, must be because it's a multiple level loading ride in flying lizards.

 

[Unplugged]

Does anyone else feel like the guest in the concept art aren't wearing glasses but more like they are wearing a glow acting face paint? Clearly the entertainers are wearing some sort of sun-glasses, yet I feel the guest are covered with face paint that may be activated by glow lights?

That's part of the "Morph Along with Mickey" concept. For $299.99, guest can have color changing LEDs inserted under their facial skin (ala TotalRecall 2012 illuminating tattoo) so they can glow to the show.

 

[dstrawn9889]

which are you referring to the bodyart or the cellular?

 

[Unplugged]

which are you referring to the bodyart or the cellular?

I was thinking a little of this and a little of that. Face would glow like the body art, but interact like the phone. Not a bad deal if you like bizarre implants.

 

[aka_emilicious]

Very Interesting. Where did you see this video at and was the source material clearly related to Disney?

YouTube black hole looking through what 3D projection can do nowadays.

Nothing Disney related whatsoever.

 

[Rob562]

Do you think this e-ticket building is for sure going to be inside the "floating mountain" in Pandora?

Head over to the Avatar sub-forum. Lots of discussion about the project including construction aerials and leaked floorplans of the first three floors of the E-ticket building...

-Rob