ChrisM
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The "tether" would also need to hide the plumbing to send water up for a waterfall. Entirely possible that the tether and plumbing could be hidden in the waterfall itself.
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The "tether" would also need to hide the plumbing to send water up for a waterfall. Entirely possible that the tether and plumbing could be hidden in the waterfall itself.
Todd H
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Saw that very effect used at Ripley's in St. Augustine where a faucet appears to float in the air while water pours out.
RSoxNo1
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Do all of the mountains have waterfalls? I don't recall that being the case.
ChrisM
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I don't recall all of them having waterfalls. But it is certainly one of the most dramatic features from the film, IMO.
As an aside, any significant water flowing from a free floating hunk of granite makes no physical sense whatsoever. It still looks badass, though.
Beholder
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I honestly don't remember, I was just suggesting a possible solution for the "tether/waterfall" effect. Look pretty impressive if it did AND they somehow recreated it. I'd take a picture.
GoofGoof
Premium Member
Don't forget about the flying dragon thing they were testing.
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/disney-imagineering-testing-dragon-for-avatarland.839634/
http://forums.wdwmagic.com/threads/disney-imagineering-testing-dragon-for-avatarland.839634/
NoChesterHester
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Definitely would be the visual draw many parks kill for. Wow...
I can picture ways to pull off the floating mountains, but it won't be cheap in an area susceptible to hurricanes. A big light structure becomes a projectile in 100 mph winds - the forces involved are enormous.
RSoxNo1
Well-Known Member
It's pretty simple... really large magnets.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
Unfortunately, I don't think they would theme the parking lot side of the floating mountains.
danlb_2000
Premium Member
Hiding the supports wouldn't be to hard since some of the mountains in the movie had tangles of roots or vines hanging from them that could easily disguise supports. There is a good picture of this on this site:
http://io9.com/5566320/floating-mountains-and-strange-vegetation-the-landscape-of-pandora
NoChesterHester
Well-Known Member
So just a test? Not for something specific?
NoChesterHester
Well-Known Member
Do not enter Pandora - World of Avatar if you have a pacemaker.
So I was told. And should I be wrong about that, I can assure you I'm not wrong in saying we won't see a flying dragon in WDW.
Taylor
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Darnit I was hoping they would've made a figment one
RunnerEd
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There is another problem (besides physics) in Florida. Any structure over 200' above the ground needs to have a blinking light to warn aircraft. I suppose this could be done if they put a helipad on top and let us ride one of those cool plane/helicopter things but otherwise, I don't think that would happen.
One thing that I would love to see would be mountains on Pandora; there were plenty of the traditional kind in the film. I just hope that they could somehow theme both sides; one for Pandora and the other side to look like Mount Kilimanjaro and have it visible from Kilimanjaro Safaris. It's always seemed strange to me to name an attraction after a mountain and not have a mountain visible.
One thing that I would love to see would be mountains on Pandora; there were plenty of the traditional kind in the film. I just hope that they could somehow theme both sides; one for Pandora and the other side to look like Mount Kilimanjaro and have it visible from Kilimanjaro Safaris. It's always seemed strange to me to name an attraction after a mountain and not have a mountain visible.