WDW | PANDORA - The World of Avatar

[Josh]

8 acres? What's that in metric?

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=co ... are+meters

Wow! 32 000 m^2! That's about five football pitches!

[peter]

Wow, I had no idea it was that big, for that, you'd want at least a 10 minute ride!

[dagobert]

I wouldn't get too excited. Disney didn't even start the Blue Sky phase yet, but I hope it turns out great. I think it will be a subland with a big E-ticket ride and a few smaller rides and hopefully it will include a dark ride.

There can still happen a lot and I'm still wondering why they went public with that project in such an early stage. Maybe they wanted to give a sign towards Wall Street that they are going to compete with Harry Potter.

[sebassah]

The Camp M&M area for me personal always felt like it wasnt a real part of DAK in the first place. So I cant say I would miss it if got replaced bij Avatar. The Lion King Show is way better of at the Africa area as said by many others.

Even though im not a big Avatar fan Ive got to say im excited to see what WDI is coming up with. Either way it has to be something amazing and 'new' to be able to compete with HP:TFJ

[Kristof]

No confirmation what's so ever but this was posted in Twitter earlier today:

@cafeorleans: Joe Rohde reportedly said that "PANDORA-The World of Avatar" starts construction today

Link

[isani]

I wonder how they're going to implement the Na'vi. Put some really slim cast members on stilts? Or maybe they'll just go by the audio-animatronic route.

[Kristof]

And Tom Staggs is rumoured to be around as well:

RT @WDWFanBoys: Rumor has it that both Joe Rohde and Tom Staggs are in WDW now, potentially to "break ground" on Pandora

[Kristof]

A reader was kind enough to send in a picture they snapped early in the morning just outside Animal Kingdom showing off the fleet of balloons that were lifted over the park the other morning. While you can’t make it out in the early morning light, apparently some of the balloons were different colors (Yellow, Red, etc) seemingly to indicate either different height levels, locations, or both. To the view of one source, the red balloons seemed to be higher than the yellow, with one of the red balloons appearing to come up from a location just behind guest relations.

   


Via Screamscape

[Rocketeer]

Here's a video of the Na'vi River Journey Shaman AA. Yes... that's an Audio-Animatronic.

https://youtu.be/FInYxXpbJMg

[Rocketeer]

Another preview - which includes a glimpse of the River Ride and the Flight attraction.

https://youtu.be/URSOqWtLix4

[Rocketeer]

Two videos from the ABC preview shows..

https://youtu.be/aJIhg2YOfDA

[Rocketeer]

the second one..

https://youtu.be/JBjHJ14d8ko

[Rocketeer]

Here's the first POV video..

https://youtu.be/19IN4prjc4Y

[Rocketeer]

A closer look at the shamen...
https://youtu.be/_p4mn5BstQo
and, as the first video has been removed already, here's the 'highlights'.
https://youtu.be/w8ua3ko5uOw

[Rocketeer]

Queue for the Fligt attraction..

https://youtu.be/EHiXcTl0PYo