Disney shares first look at possible Avatar experience coming to Disneyland

Apr 03, 2024 in "Disneyland Resort"

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AVATAR concept art for Disneyland

Posted: Wednesday April 3, 2024 2:39pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

At today's Walt Disney Co. annual shareholders meeting, Disney CEO Bob Iger shared a first look at blue-sky concept art for a possible Avatar experience at Disneyland Resort in California.

Iger said, "You've heard me mention before our intention to bring Avatar to Disneyland and our Imagineers have been hard at work dreaming up what guests might expect. And today I'm excited to give you a first look at the creative inspiration for this possible new destination."

AVATAR concept art for Disneyland

The rendering shows a Pandora landscape with a water-based attraction. The rockwork appears to hide a show building, and the attraction may be a larger version of Animal Kingdom's Na'vi River Journey, with indoor and outdoor elements and most likely a thrill component.

Following the shareholder meeting, Disney Experiences Chairman Josh D'Amaro added, "We are excited about the stories our guests could experience at Walt's original theme park destination after approval of DisneylandForward – including the chance to experience all-new Avatar adventures with a visit to Pandora."

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truecoat5 days ago

It'll all be part of the expense of moving the dropoff and reclaiming the area for theme park space.

TheDisneyParksfanC88 days ago

IMO due to costs the monorail would still stay in place regardless.

mickEblu8 days ago

No. For the most part he gets most of his info from here so nothing would be news to us. With that said (and I only skimmed through the video) but it all sounded like old news/ rumors.

J45468 days ago

this vid doesnt even addresss the monorail being rerouted and expanding into the unloading area like to original plans for the parking structure with footbridge over harbour.

chadwpalm8 days ago

Is there any information we don't already know in this video? I can't stand this guy and don't want to watch it......or give him views.

coffeefan8 days ago

MistaDeeNov 15, 2024

Looks a bit like Jurassic World over at Universal Hollywood

PhroobarNov 14, 2024

The new movie concept art looks amazing. That ride totally looks like Shanghai's Pirates.

britainNov 13, 2024

Nice I guess, but that warrants news for the OCR?

DCBakerNov 13, 2024

From OCR: Disney theme park chairperson Josh D’Amaro promised to deliver “something you haven’t seen yet” when the new Avatar themed land based on the sequels in the $5 billion action sci-fi film franchise debuts at Disney California Adventure. “We’re so excited about the future of the Disneyland resort, especially at Disney California Adventure, where we’re creating a new experience inspired by the ‘Avatar’ films — including something you haven’t seen yet,” D’Amaro said at D23 Brazil. D’Amaro made the comments over the weekend during D23 Brazil — a smaller version of the Disney fan event that took over the Anaheim Convention Center in August. https://www.ocregister.com/2024/11/13/disneyland-teases-avatar-land-at-d23-brazil/

chadwpalmOct 15, 2024

Isn't 9:45-10:00pm usually the busiest time of exiting for DL since so many people leave after the fireworks are over? At least on days they do the fireworks.

MistaDeeOct 15, 2024

Closing times is one thing Disney does significantly better than Universal in my experience. In terms of how many hours of stuff there is to do at DCA vs DL right now, it’s crazy to think that in 5 years (theoretically) DCA will add a new land and 5 new attractions. That does a lot to help close the gap between the two

truecoatOct 14, 2024

The monorail could be used since it is already in both parks and close to both locations.

BrianLoOct 14, 2024

They do have TDS and TDL closing at the same time. Granted the mass transit infrastructure is stronger and guests walk to the Maihama station versus take the monorail from TDS. I think DLR, with a functional eastern gateway, should have the infrastructure to divert everyone simultaneously. It’s probably a big reason they’ve wanted to do it for so long.