Disney shares first look at possible Avatar experience coming to Disneyland

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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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truecoat3 days ago

Where you see interesting, I see offputting.

Phroobar3 days ago

Yup, the live action versions of the clone wars/rebels characters have been pretty terrible. No emotion or even animation. One searches for a person they haven't seen in years. When they meet, there is no joy or even a hug. It is like "Hey how u doing?" I also get that same bottom reaction when I say Earls of Sandwich isn't that good.

Professortango13 days ago

The bottom is the reaction I typically see when I say I don't know or care about the Clone Wars Characters since the live action versions have been bland and undeveloped. Or that Last Jedi had the most interesting version of Luke on screen to date.

Phroobar3 days ago

truecoat3 days ago

PiratesMansion3 days ago

Lol I never said it made sense, just reporting what I see. Incidentally, I've never seen those same people clamor for WDW or any of the other parks in the same way as they do for DLR specifically. It's fascinating, and a textbook example of "grass is always greener" fan behavior.

mickEblu4 days ago

My pleasure. I would say the wow moments will be the reveal of the beautiful beach/ cliff vista as well as some of the state of the art tech on attraction. I’m thinking the reverse of how riders go “up to the surface” for the pirate ship battle on Shanghai Pirates. Here we’ll go under water from the surface to see whales from the sequel etc.

MistaDee4 days ago

Wow honored to have you here, thank you for your time What would you say will be the "wow" moment for this experience?

WoundedDreamer4 days ago

Scott Trowbridge, is that you?!?! ;)

WoundedDreamer4 days ago

Yeah, I would trade Mediterranean Harbor and American Waterfront any day for Black Spire Outpost and Toy Story Land. The people who rave about the environments at TDS really don't see how immersive Slinky Dog Dash and Alien Swirling Saucers are. Plus, they're newer. And newness is better than placemaking from the early 2000s. Seriously, where am I supposed to live my Star Wars story at Tokyo Disney Sea? I'm stuck riding things like the boring Tower of Terror and Journey to the Center of the Earth. Where's Rey and Finn? The only redeeming quality of TDR is their excellent merchandise. But now that Duffy and friends are being sold at Walt Disney World and Disneyland, what exactly does TDR have to offer? Very sad to see the state of those parks.

mickEblu4 days ago

As the official armchair imagineer who manifested an Avatar E ticket boat ride in the Hollywood Backlot/ Bus transpo area long before any insiders dropped any rumors I’m here for you. What would you like to know?

MistaDee4 days ago

Anyone have any rumblings or even just rampant speculation about the avatar land? I'm excited for this one

captveg14 days ago

Additionally, if the recent art is any indication, the Anaheim Avatar setting is more inspired by the sequel's water culture rather than the sky mountain culture of the original film / Florida attraction, which could naturally keep the height needs more manageable. In any case, using the area across the street from Pixar Pier next to the hotel makes most sense for the Avatar land. That would presumably still leave another section between it and the Disneyland hotel for even further expansion / another land from the DisneylandForward footprint.

Disney Irish15 days ago

If that's the case, and as I recall they've used those as examples as facades but completed (no beams exposed) that they want facing Walnut, then I don't see any issues with height.