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Mike S

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King Kong has gone vertical. Started a thread in the Universal section http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/king-kong-goes-vertical.891178/
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Has Avatar gone vertical yet? Anyone? It only started construction in January you know :rolleyes: When did land clearing start for Kong?
 

twebber55

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twebber55

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Yes Kong is smaller but you would think some kind of vertical construction would be seen at the Avatar site by now right?
we don't know for sure if it has or hasn't started yet..my guess all along was sometime in October....they started pouring foundations several weeks ago so it has to be close
 

Mike S

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we don't know for sure if it has or hasn't started yet..my guess all along was sometime in October....they started pouring foundations several weeks ago so it has to be close
Once it starts we can finally have a general idea how big it'll be. Those supports for the floating mountains will be BIG. Btw I am looking forward to Avatar. It's just irritating how long it's taking. Maybe they shouldn't have announced it in 2011 without any plan in place.
 

AEfx

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I'm with you. The only 2 rides at WDW I don't do are RNRC and Mission Space. I don't mind drops, but spinning and upside down don't do anything for me. I love ToT, but the drop part is actually my least favorite part of the ride.

There is so much they could do with Star Wars that they need a ride that can slow down long enough to allow you to enjoy it. As cool as it would be to "ride a speeder" I think I'd rather have more of a dark ride that could have more elaborate show scenes and hopefully good AAs.

Now, I completely agree that Star Wars needs some "slow down long enough to enjoy it" - whatever they put in. That said, have you ever tried RnR? I only ask because my mom is a complete coaster-phobic - when she was a kid she went on one of those tiny Galaxy mouse coasters, threw up, and hadn't gone near a coaster of any type (even kiddie) in 40 years. For some odd reason when we were loading my niece in RnR one day at the exit, she said to heck with it and went on. I thought she'd finally snapped, LOL, it was so uncharacteristic. She had to ask after if it really went upside down. It's so brief and her eyes were closed most of the time, and she didn't even realize it happened.

I totally get you - some rides just aren't for some folks. I agree with M:S - no thank you, no coffin for me - that's the kicker, I don't even really feel the physical effects much, it's the fact that you are sealed in a coffin and it may be paranoid but even though I'm generally not afraid of closed spaces, one which is dependent on mechanical lifts and doors that can malfunction and leave me in there for who knows how long is a bit much for me, LOL. But, if you've never tried RnC - I say give it a chance at least once - I can't tell you how crazy it is that my mom went on it and didn't think she was going to die after, LOL. She didn't get in line to do it again - but she was glad she did it just to say she did it.

That would certainly be thrilling and amazing :) Along with new scenes added to Star Tours to tie in with the new movies that could be a pretty great Star Wars Land.

I've been very surprised there hasn't been more talk about this. When I went to the Q&A at the midnight Twitter contest premiere, they specifically mentioned how yes, 2.0 was built to be modular and that it was designed to make it very easy to add new scenes/locations (it wouldn't even have to go down for any period of time, it sounded like it could be done overnight as far as install goes).

I'd love to see more - and things like Leia's voice fixed. In general, I really have to believe right now that Disney is maximizing having the entire cast assembled for what may be the last time - in terms of future Blu-ray extras, things of that nature, and then things like this.
 

Mike S

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I've been very surprised there hasn't been more talk about this. When I went to the Q&A at the midnight Twitter contest premiere, they specifically mentioned how yes, 2.0 was built to be modular and that it was designed to make it very easy to add new scenes/locations (it wouldn't even have to go down for any period of time, it sounded like it could be done overnight as far as install goes).

I'd love to see more - and things like Leia's voice fixed. In general, I really have to believe right now that Disney is maximizing having the entire cast assembled for what may be the last time - in terms of future Blu-ray extras, things of that nature, and then things like this.
If it's really that easy I can't imagine them not doing it for Star Wars Land. Make the land look like Tatooine with the exterior of Star Tours made into a spaceport and add a Landspeeder E Ticket with outside environments and indoor show scenes like RSR. Keep Star Tours as the space flight themed ride since it already does it so well. This would actually make me very happy if these were the plans.
 

doctornick

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If it's really that easy I can't imagine them not doing it for Star Wars Land. Make the land look like Tatooine with the exterior of Star Tours made into a spaceport and add a Landspeeder E Ticket with outside environments and indoor show scenes like RSR. Keep Star Tours as the space flight themed ride since it already does it so well. This would actually make me very happy if these were the plans.

If you are going with Tatooine as a theme, then I think a Pod Racing/Banta Eve Classic would be the obvious choice for an E-ticket thrill ride.
 

Mike S

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If you are going with Tatooine as a theme, then I think a Pod Racing/Banta Eve Classic would be the obvious choice for an E-ticket thrill ride.
Star Tours already features Pod Racing and I think a Landspeeder based ride would be better suited for show scenes which is something I would want. Pod Racing seems like it would just be going fast through Tatooine environments.
 

AEfx

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Star Tours already features Pod Racing and I think a Landspeeder based ride would be better suited for show scenes which is something I would want. Pod Racing seems like it would just be going fast through Tatooine environments.

Yeah, and you aren't going to see prequel gunk any more than we already have - Disney is distancing themselves from that content very strategically and uniformly across the franchise, and it's doubtful that theme park attractions will be any different than the direction all their licensees, etc. have been given.
 

Cesar R M

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King Kong has gone vertical. Started a thread in the Universal section http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/king-kong-goes-vertical.891178/
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Has Avatar gone vertical yet? Anyone? It only started construction in January you know :rolleyes: When did land clearing start for Kong?
obviously they're too busy installing the pixie snorter feed system.

about the same time... although obviously Kong is a much smaller project with Kong being done 2016 and Pandora being done in 2017

ahem.. by Iger's words.. Avatar should be DONE BY 2015.
 

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