New Details Announced for Avatar Experience at Disney California Adventure

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AVATAR concept art for Disneyland

Posted: Sunday August 11, 2024 10:49pm ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Disney has confirmed Avatar is coming to Disney California Adventure with new details and concept art.

AVATAR concept art for Disneyland

This new destination draws inspiration from “Avatar: The Way of Water” and upcoming Avatar films to bring Pandora to life in a brand-new way.

AVATAR concept art for Disneyland

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mickEblu12 minutes ago

I agree. But I will say on my last trip to DLR my son asked to do Philharmagic and there is something nice about having a theatre as an option at the resort. Especially a cozy indoor theatre with comfy suede seats. It’s a nice change of pace and adds variety to the roster. With all this talk of the theaters at DLR going away I hope that at least one remains. Of all of the theaters I’m probably least attached to the FL theatre and most attached to the old Muppets theatre now that ITTBAB is gone. You’d think I’d have a greeter attachment to the TL theater as I’m a big Captain Eo fan but there’s nothing about the theater itself that I particularly care for.

TheDisneyParksfanC81 hour ago

I think Frozen would be a better fit for Fantasyland expansion perhaps taking over the theater instead of going in the DL forward pad.

Disgruntled Walt3 hours ago

Hot take: I don't know that they're capable of making a good Frozen ride. The source material is overrated, and the best part is the setting, which is basically the Matterhorn, which they wouldn't dare touch... (uh-oh) Frozen is rather similar to Avatar in my opinion that the settings are very beautiful but the story is very meh. I'd love to get a Frozen Ice Rapids or something like that celebrating the setting like Flight of Passage does, but I think that's highly unlikely to ever happen.

SuddenStorm7 hours ago

I have a Canon AE-1 film camera. Back in the day, pre covid, I wanted to learn how to shoot on film properly and start a blog or something where I take film photos around the park. Perhaps if I'm ever living in Orange County again I'll do it, but with my 'I won't pay for a ticket to Disneyland' since they got rid of Splash pact, it'd be tough to go often.

mickEblu9 hours ago

I’m hoping for no Oakens unless they make it at least on the level of something like 7DMT. Even then, it wouldn’t be my first or 5th choice for DL Forward.

mickEblu9 hours ago

Thank you. I appreciate that That’s true. Logistically I wouldn’t be able to do too much of the park stuff anyway. I’m too far. One time I went to the park and flirted with the idea and started gathering some pictures from some ideas I had for an Instagram page and it’s very difficult to do it when the family is with me. That would have to happen on solo trips. There’s a reason most vloggers don’t have kids haha.

Disney Irish10 hours ago

Even if I disagree with you a lot of times, especially over the last couple years, doesn't mean I don't think you have valid ideas. So yeah if you have something to say and contribute to the ether might as well do it and earn some dosh (as the Brits say, we're on a Brit site after all :) ) at the same time. BTW, no one said you had to be one of those walk around the Park type of tubers, look at Brandon from Mickey Views or Jack from DSYN, both just sit in-front of the camera in a "studio" and speak. You can also do a combination of both, where for news and ideas are in-front of a camera, and for more construction reports be in the Park, similar to how Dave from Fresh Baked does sometimes.

mickEblu10 hours ago

Haha thank you. I’m not going to lie. I’ve been thinking about it. I have some ideas. Might as well make some money from this hobby and all the time I spend talking about this stuff. Obviously it takes a while to make any real money but I’m spending the time anyway. It’s just more casual and sporadic instead of focused. I’m just not sure I can walk around the park talking to myself lol. So that might be kept to a minimum.

Disney Irish10 hours ago

Yes they do, which is why I don't think they are giving up on cloning experiences completely. Why build one when you can spread the cost of multiple across different resorts.

Disney Irish10 hours ago

I kinda think for Frozen they may just got ahead and bring Oaken's here and then some type of dark ride, maybe like Manor as you suggest.

Disney Irish10 hours ago

If you really think you're that accurate in predicting things, I mean you just called yourself Disney Columbo the other day :) , you should start a Youtube channel and make money off of it. I'm not being sarcastic here. Might as well make money off of it and if you're lucky and good you could even get some perks from Disney and may even some real inside info that you can share with the rest of us.

TheDisneyParksfanC810 hours ago

Disney loves to maximize the return on investment for ride system. This is totally in line with what I have been thinking for a while. You can bet Disney wants the Shanghai Pirates ride system at WDW.

mickEblu11 hours ago

Now that Disney seems to be in an anti clone phase it would be interesting to see what they did for Frozen at Disneyland. Maybe since Disneyland already has so many boat rides perhaps we get a whole different ride on trackless sleighs instead? Hopefully focusing on some of the more exciting moments in the franchise. The hope is that it would be less warehouse-y and feel more like Mystic Manor or Hunny Hunt.

mickEblu11 hours ago

You know, it would be really nice if Imagineering / Disney at least gave me a shoutout. ;) I'll even take an internship. From Jan 2022: 2 out of 3 aint bad and we all know it SHOULD have been a coaster going into the AC expansion pad.