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  1. jedited's Avatar
    First off to olegc, Avatar didn't have enough story (or plot) to fill a whole movie, let alone a major attraction.

    Second, one of Disney's strengths has been the ability to take a property (that they owned) and make money with it across their business units. The Studios made a movie, they promoted it on ABC and the Disney Channel, some times it gets a spin-off show on one of their cable channels, they built a theme park attraction, etc, etc, etc. With Disney licensing ANOTHER studios property that they DON'T own, they lose MAJOR revenue streams. Plus if Cameron gets bored with Avatar and let's the property go to pot, then Disney can't do ANYTHING about it and they are stuck with a $100 Million+ attraction based on a property that NO one cares about anymore.
    From a purely business stand point, I think this is a BAD idea.
  2. DwarfPlanet's Avatar
    I didn't care for Avatar as my son and I talked after watching it we both agreed it seemed more like a bad Cowboys and Indian western turned into a science fiction show. Also Avatar is almost old news. Its too bad Disney couldn't jump on something that was fresh out of the box.
  3. oregontraveler's Avatar
    I'm not a big fan of Avatar to begin with. For Disney to fork over $400-500 million on a new
    land that they didn't create on their own is a big gamble. What make Cars Land unique for me is not just the characters and recreating Radiator Springs. But is also reprsents the good ol' days of Route 66 and the car culture.

    As far as AK being the park location. I believe they have the most land to play around with, expansion wise. That makes sense to me.
  4. StarTourist's Avatar
    At first I thought it an odd choice. Animal Kingdom? One can only surmise that the A Ticket Pandora-Land attraction would have to be some sort of Pandora-based safari.

    Hogsmeade is a 'more realistic' place to wander about, Muggle or otherwise. Unlike The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, Pandora is not quite hospitable to humans in the film.
  5. IllusionOfLife's Avatar
    I have mixed emotions on this. On one hand Disney Imagineering typically does great work, and I’m sure that whatever attractions they make will be fun; but on the other hand if Disney was to negotiate on the license to a new property for their parks I’d prefer something a little more timeless rather than cashing in on the newest fad.

    Especially since their investing in a whole new land, not just a single attraction. In ten years when no-one cares about Avatar anymore they’ll have to spend money to retrofit everything into newer properties.
  6. olegc's Avatar
    dban3 - i agree unless films 2 and 3 give us many more characters, props, locations, etc. Also - I'm curious as to why this did not make it into the D23 expo presentation? i'm sure it was because of contractual things (and maybe Fox did not want to be part of that).. Interesting.
  7. dban3's Avatar
    As good a movie, and a technical marvel that Avatar was in film making, the question will be - can it stand the test of time if modeled into a "Land".? Then again, we're saying the same thing about Carsland. An Avatar attraction? good idea. An Avatar land.....not so much.
  8. olegc's Avatar
    my first reaction? will there be enough to interest a wide range? Star Tours today is huge, and Harry Potter is huge not only due to the movies (but it's a significant part) but also the books. I myself am a huge fan of Avitar and what wild and unique places and spaces it created. However, is it enough to tell a story and have enough unique characters to attract a large theme-park audience. A lot of this has to be flushed out before real commentary can begin. it can be huge, or it can be "land of dragons" that Disney thought of a long time ago...
  9. littlej's Avatar
    So, Adrienne, this is a serious question. We're taking our will-be 6-year-old son (and HUGE Cars fan) on his first trip to DL next fall. We've waited this long intentionally so that he can enjoy the new land. It's not a surprise, he knows it's coming. He's pretty good at the delayed gratification thing. The question is: do I show him these construction photos which I know he will enjoy and be really interested in, or do I keep all the pictures from him until we get there and let the magic of it hit him full force? (PS, he knows Cars isn't real, so it wouldn't be giving anything away by showing him the construction photos.)

    --jenny
  10. oregontraveler's Avatar
    WOW, its making sense now. The banked turn on the race track, waterfall & bridge on the drive out to the Wheel-Well. I can't wait!
  11. TheMur's Avatar
    Great photos. Looking forward to the update. Nice that it will open for us for MouseAdventure!
  12. olegc's Avatar
    did anyone ever do a review of this event?
  13. olegc's Avatar
    incorporating pine and desert into the ride looks great. That bank looks fairly steep. I;m interested in how the Chili Cone Carne is going to look (not a bowl but a bread cone, from what Lassater said i believe)
  14. PhineasTheGhost's Avatar
    Amazing photos!
  15. Andrew's Avatar
    That video is pretty amazing. I love the camera zoom-out effect, and seeing how the construction walls change positions from day to day.
  16. stan4d_steph's Avatar
    Yay New York! Awesome!
  17. buckeev's Avatar
    Well...maybe it'll be somewhat of an improvement. For some of us with challenging families, (we have an Autistic kiddo), this may help avoid those Epic Mickey Meltdowns that happened at Christmas while spending 2 hours waiting to see the Big Guy!
  18. Drince88's Avatar
    The Little Mermaid Attraction in the Studios is NOT a ride - it's a musical black-light puppet show with a couple of live actors.

    The Finding Nemo attraction in Epcot is an omnimover with clamshell ride vehicles, but it's all about Nemo (obviously).
  19. bumblebeeonarose's Avatar
    I am surprised that WDW is also going to have the Little Mermaid ride. There is already one in the Hollywood Studios park. I've only been to WDW once, and we were not able to ride the ride so I don't know how similar they are. But I know there was one.
  20. Toocherie's Avatar
    MAJOR eyerolling going on here. Another lowball tactic by Unite HERE. Don't they understand they lose more credibility with the public by pulling these stunts than gain it?
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