[Question] How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

[jcruise86]

You may answer more than one option.

I had more fun watching Dreamworks' "How to Train Your Dragon" than "Avatar,"
but then again I liked "Lincoln," so what do I know?

[Bronco21]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

Scale of 1-10... 1. Avatar was a mediocre film. Nothing memorable, no memorable characters, nothing I would like to live in real life ever happened. Avatar land just reminds me of everything wrong with TDO. Horrible idea from the start.

[Pizzapants]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

I'd be more thrilled waking up to find my face stapled to the carpet.

[Coastierox]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

I'd rather be chased down and eaten by a velociraptor while at a golf course...

but it would be kinda fun to see the character auditions. I hope they go something like this: http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=Bznws...%3DBznwsT6r_tM

[sbk1234]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

Eh.

I'd much rather they put their efforts into a QUALITY construction of Beastly Kingdom.

[KingEric]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

It is what it is. We are getting it, so I am on board... I won't kick and scream until I see the product, and if the product is amazing, I will love it, if it is poor then you will hear about! lol

[aimster]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

I had no desire to see the movie (looked like something I would totally hate), so definitely not thrilled. I'd rather see them finally (and properly) do Beastlie Kingdomme.

[swampymarsh]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

I quite happy that it's being planned. I care little about the movie but think the story provided a great setting to put a ride in and will work well in AK. I hope they take the time to make great attractions.

I think people need to realize that Avatar won't be the last project ever. There will still be time for WDW to get Cars, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and even Marvel lands, parks or attractions.

[biggsworth]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

There isn't a option for me to vote on. I am just thrilled plain and simple lol I don't care if it's based off a film or not as long as it;s good. The fact its based off a good film with a interesting story is even better and opens it up for more exploration. Who doesn't want to see Pandora and walk around it and take it all in. I know a lot of people don't think it fits in the Animal kingdom's theme but a lot of those people want beastly kingdom to be built which to me is in the same realm as Pandora since they are both mythical. Although since the Na'vi repsect their planet and try to stop humans from ruining it I do believe personally that it fits into DaK. I am happy that it is still on course.

[goofy donald]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

There isn't a option for me to vote on. I am just thrilled plain and simple lol I don't care if it's based off a film or not as long as it;s good. The fact its based off a good film with a interesting story is even better and opens it up for more exploration. Who doesn't want to see Pandora and walk around it and take it all in. I know a lot of people don't think it fits in the Animal kingdom's theme but a lot of those people want beastly kingdom to be built which to me is in the same realm as Pandora since they are both mythical. Although since the Na'vi repsect their planet and try to stop humans from ruining it I do believe personally that it fits into DaK. I am happy that it is still on course.

1) well if you don't care what its based off of then why not a well done original concept like they did with Africa and Asia, say Australia or South America? that way it would actually fit in the theme of the park.

2) The fact of whether or not Avatar was a good FILM or just 'looked' good is very debatable. it was certainly not a ground breakingly interesting story, its the same story thats been told many many many times before, acted out rather poorly on a big budget. this also hardly opens it up more for exploration. if anything from the film the visuals would do that which i would give you valid points for.

3) would I enjoy walking around Pandora if done correctly by TDO? probably yes. Will they do it correctly with the amount of complexity and detail they would have to include? probably not. would i enjoy walking around Disney's interpretation of Australia or South America just as much if on the same or greater scales to that of Africa and Asia? certainly. Is there a higher likelihood that they would be able to properly recreate essentially real places from across the world in orlando then properly recreating an alien world thats only existed in high tech animation? obviously. i think you get the point.

4) I certainly would not want beastly kingdom either, its already been done over universal and then covered over by Harry Potter, we don't want to be going backwards. continents should be our focus, that and expanding/plussing conservation station. the mythical elements can and will still be a part of the park, they are just blended into these lands like the legend of the yeti is blended into asia. mythology intricately woven with the real is the way to go, thats what AK and Joe Rhode was going for the whole time, part of the reason he never went with Beastly Kingdom over Dinoland, because he wanted to create an environment where you had a hard time sometimes separating the real from the make believe, thats the key to telling the AK story.

5) just because the basic storyline fits a theme of conservation it doesn't give you an excuse to add aliens to a park about the earth. AK is about the conservation of earth and its flora and fauna. nowhere in that description did it also say "ooh and the conservation of Pandora and the navi and all the creatures of the universe". as soon as you add that it cheapens the message. in no way does this fit in the park and with its low memorability on a very average film with good visuals, it most certainly does not deserve an entire land dedicated to it. I would be much much happier if it had received an attraction at DHS or maybe a section of the great movie ride (to showcase the next film frontier of 3D/IMAX) then this atrocity.

[biggsworth]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

1) well if you don't care what its based off of then why not a well done original concept like they did with Africa and Asia, say Australia or South America? that way it would actually fit in the theme of the park.

2) The fact of whether or not Avatar was a good FILM or just 'looked' good is very debatable. it was certainly not a ground breakingly interesting story, its the same story thats been told many many many times before, acted out rather poorly on a big budget. this also hardly opens it up more for exploration. if anything from the film the visuals would do that which i would give you valid points for.

3) would I enjoy walking around Pandora if done correctly by TDO? probably yes. Will they do it correctly with the amount of complexity and detail they would have to include? probably not. would i enjoy walking around Disney's interpretation of Australia or South America just as much if on the same or greater scales to that of Africa and Asia? certainly. Is there a higher likelihood that they would be able to properly recreate essentially real places from across the world in orlando then properly recreating an alien world thats only existed in high tech animation? obviously. i think you get the point.

4) I certainly would not want beastly kingdom either, its already been done over universal and then covered over by Harry Potter, we don't want to be going backwards. continents should be our focus, that and expanding/plussing conservation station. the mythical elements can and will still be a part of the park, they are just blended into these lands like the legend of the yeti is blended into asia. mythology intricately woven with the real is the way to go, thats what AK and Joe Rhode was going for the whole time, part of the reason he never went with Beastly Kingdom over Dinoland, because he wanted to create an environment where you had a hard time sometimes separating the real from the make believe, thats the key to telling the AK story.

5) just because the basic storyline fits a theme of conservation it doesn't give you an excuse to add aliens to a park about the earth. AK is about the conservation of earth and its flora and fauna. nowhere in that description did it also say "ooh and the conservation of Pandora and the navi and all the creatures of the universe". as soon as you add that it cheapens the message. in no way does this fit in the park and with its low memorability on a very average film with good visuals, it most certainly does not deserve an entire land dedicated to it. I would be much much happier if it had received an attraction at DHS or maybe a section of the great movie ride (to showcase the next film frontier of 3D/IMAX) then this atrocity.

Out of all the Disney parks the look of Pandora fits the look of DAK so it works good in this park. What story hasn't been told over and over again. Even Disney classics follow the same formula of a protagonist and a antagonist and use them to teach us a lesson. Who knows maybe the whole area will be based on Earth and when we ride the attractions we actually leave Earth at that point and travel to Pandora. Perhaps the Na'vi were sent here to help us conserve our own planet.

While you don't like the movie millions of other people did and Disney a media driven business today would be dumb to not try and use it. In the end I am hoping for a well thought out area to represent what the movie is all about while fitting it with DAK's theme. Recent projects around the company (BVS, CL in DCA, new FL in MK, and Grizzly Gulch in HK) Gives us all hope that they are on the right track when it comes to attractions.

[goofy donald]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

Out of all the Disney parks the look of Pandora fits the look of DAK so it works good in this park. What story hasn't been told over and over again. Even Disney classics follow the same formula of a protagonist and a antagonist and use them to teach us a lesson. Who knows maybe the whole area will be based on Earth and when we ride the attractions we actually leave Earth at that point and travel to Pandora. Perhaps the Na'vi were sent here to help us conserve our own planet.

While you don't like the movie millions of other people did and Disney a media driven business today would be dumb to not try and use it. In the end I am hoping for a well thought out area to represent what the movie is all about while fitting it with DAK's theme. Recent projects around the company (BVS, CL in DCA, new FL in MK, and Grizzly Gulch in HK) Gives us all hope that they are on the right track when it comes to attractions.

it also fits DHS just as well for an individual attraction, again as I stated before its fairly clear the franchise does not deserve an entire themed land. there are plenty of stories that haven't been told yet or at least not with the same frequency that avatar's follows (see pocahauntas, fern gully, ect.). if the whole area is based on earth then it defeats the entire purpose of the avatar land you were talking about, the "cool factor" of walking through pandora. if its not based on pandora then its just an even dumber idea for a land especially because earth was never featured in the film.

just because millions of people went to see the movies you cant make the assumption that the same amount of people enjoyed the film, the same can be said that just because many people (including myself) enjoyed the visuals, it doesn't mean that they enjoyed the film as a whole or that the film was a truly good film with lasting power. on top of this its been made clear in the past that the box office numbers were quite skewed for a variety of reasons so actually quite a few less people went to see the film then the numbers showed. I'm hoping that something good will be there as well, i just am realistic in the sense that as long as that something is Avatar it will most likely be disappointing and will still negatively affect the thematics of DAK. i hardly think anything they have done thus far would be enough to say their "back on track" the mine train in new fantasyland will be the first new ride to come to orlando since 2007, the fantasyland addition was a nice touch but really contained no major additions, and fast pass + is being implemented so im still nowhere near sold. we will still have to see, but what i know with near certainty is that Avatar is the wrong decision.

[biggsworth]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

just because millions of people went to see the movies you cant make the assumption that the same amount of people enjoyed the film, the same can be said that just because many people (including myself) enjoyed the visuals, it doesn't mean that they enjoyed the film as a whole or that the film was a truly good film with lasting power. on top of this its been made clear in the past that the box office numbers were quite skewed for a variety of reasons so actually quite a few less people went to see the film then the numbers showed. I'm hoping that something good will be there as well, i just am realistic in the sense that as long as that something is Avatar it will most likely be disappointing and will still negatively affect the thematics of DAK. i hardly think anything they have done thus far would be enough to say their "back on track" the mine train in new fantasyland will be the first new ride to come to orlando since 2007, the fantasyland addition was a nice touch but really contained no major additions, and fast pass + is being implemented so im still nowhere near sold. we will still have to see, but what i know with near certainty is that Avatar is the wrong decision.

I don't think any assumptions need to be made about the popularity of a film that was watch so much...That's like saying no one wants to see Star Wars and I am foolish for thinking people want to walk around that world as well. Or tell Universal Harry Potter's numbers are skewed as well and those millions of fans never want to set foot in that world. Your hatred towards the idea is more comical than anything. I myself can't wait to see what they come up with. No matter what it is and rather than wishing for failure I am optimistic that it will be a awesome finished product.

[k_peek_2000]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

I think it'll be pretty awesome.

[Chesire]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

it also fits DHS just as well for an individual attraction, again as I stated before its fairly clear the franchise does not deserve an entire themed land. there are plenty of stories that haven't been told yet or at least not with the same frequency that avatar's follows (see pocahauntas, fern gully, ect.). if the whole area is based on earth then it defeats the entire purpose of the avatar land you were talking about, the "cool factor" of walking through pandora. if its not based on pandora then its just an even dumber idea for a land especially because earth was never featured in the film.

just because millions of people went to see the movies you cant make the assumption that the same amount of people enjoyed the film, the same can be said that just because many people (including myself) enjoyed the visuals, it doesn't mean that they enjoyed the film as a whole or that the film was a truly good film with lasting power. on top of this its been made clear in the past that the box office numbers were quite skewed for a variety of reasons so actually quite a few less people went to see the film then the numbers showed. I'm hoping that something good will be there as well, i just am realistic in the sense that as long as that something is Avatar it will most likely be disappointing and will still negatively affect the thematics of DAK. i hardly think anything they have done thus far would be enough to say their "back on track" the mine train in new fantasyland will be the first new ride to come to orlando since 2007, the fantasyland addition was a nice touch but really contained no major additions, and fast pass + is being implemented so im still nowhere near sold. we will still have to see, but what i know with near certainty is that Avatar is the wrong decision.

3) would I enjoy walking around Pandora if done correctly by TDO? probably yes. Will they do it correctly with the amount of complexity and detail they would have to include? probably not. would i enjoy walking around Disney's interpretation of Australia or South America just as much if on the same or greater scales to that of Africa and Asia? certainly. Is there a higher likelihood that they would be able to properly recreate essentially real places from across the world in orlando then properly recreating an alien world thats only existed in high tech animation? obviously. i think you get the point.

Why are you making assumptions? You have no idea the route they'll go with this, and how detail oriented they'll be.

I for one am super thrilled for Avatarland. Even though the movie wasn't that great, the visuals and the world of Pandora are outstanding, and I'm super excited that it's coming to Animal Kingdom.

[BlAcKoUt510]

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I'm really not excited about Avatarland at all but that's only because I can careless about the film.

But putting the personal aside, Avatarland can make a great land. So I guess it's going to be one of those lands that I will have to hear through word-of-mouth, hoping it's good.

I don't know much about Simpsons, but I enjoy the ride. Same thing can happen here.

[LordVader]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

Why did Disney buy me if they weren't going to make more attractions based on my movies? Still waiting for my phone call to move down there Disney, space can get cold.

[goofy donald]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

I don't think any assumptions need to be made about the popularity of a film that was watch so much...That's like saying no one wants to see Star Wars and I am foolish for thinking people want to walk around that world as well. Or tell Universal Harry Potter's numbers are skewed as well and those millions of fans never want to set foot in that world. Your hatred towards the idea is more comical than anything. I myself can't wait to see what they come up with. No matter what it is and rather than wishing for failure I am optimistic that it will be a awesome finished product.

its not assumptions....its math lol, math does not make assumptions. if you would like i could break it down for you however i doubt people want to be subjected to that again. star wars doesn't follow this formula because it is not subjected to the various things Avatar's numbers were. your just jumping to rediculous conclusions at this point. lol I'm sorry I'm passionate about disney creating a quality product that i can enjoy i guess as opposed to something were all regretting a few years down the road. I find your blind confidence in a company that constantly lets us down just as comical. As I've said before and you obviously didn't hear, i want success, i want them to create something great but i know that a) from the start this is the wrong property to use in the first place for numerous reasons and b) Disney has done little to make me optimistic about this project. I am far from alone in these thoughts.

I will not put on the rose colored glasses and drink the kool aid unless I've been given a reason too, perhaps you should up your standards, particularily with better offerings slowly beginning to pop up 20 minutes down the road.

[goofy donald]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

Why are you making assumptions? You have no idea the route they'll go with this, and how detail oriented they'll be.

I for one am super thrilled for Avatarland. Even though the movie wasn't that great, the visuals and the world of Pandora are outstanding, and I'm super excited that it's coming to Animal Kingdom.

they are not assumptions, they are educated guesses based upon the information we have and what disney has offered us thus far. Should we do away with all opinions simply because their not positive in nature?

[Chesire]

Re: How thrilled are you now about Avatar coming to WDW?

they are not assumptions, they are educated guesses based upon the information we have and what disney has offered us thus far. Should we do away with all opinions simply because their not positive in nature?

Um, look at New Fantasyland, Buena Vista Street, Cars Land, etc. I'd say based on those, Pandora will be epic.

What are you basing your "educated guesses" on?