Originally Posted By sjhym333 Tom Stags revealed concept art and a model at the D23 event in Japan and also announced that the AK will receive a nighttime show that will take place on Discovery River and looks like will include the Tree of Life as part of the show. It also says that there will be live performers. As for the concept art from Avatar it looks interesting and it seems that the rumors about a Soarin type of attraction using the smaller space/vehicles maybe true. The concept model picture shows Joe Rohde explaining the model to Staggs and James Cameron. It looks like there may also be an attraction with guests riding in a boat. Enjoy https://d23.com/whats-next-for-disneys-animal-kingdom-avatar-tree-of-life-d23-expo-japan/
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORGOCH: Thanks fer sharin', sjhym333, ducklin'. By the way, yer gonna' have ta renew yer annual gas if'n yer gonna' expect ta see all this new stuff!
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh I am not the biggest fan of this, but Animal Kindgom definitely needs a few more family rides, and these look to fill the bill. I hope the boat ride is more like Pirates than Splash or Universal's Jurassic Park, and the flying ride is more like Soarin then Star Tours.
Originally Posted By magic0214 I think the concept art is utterly gorgeous. The boat ride looks interesting though, as the picture shows the boat only having two rows...wonder if that will carry over into the real version. The most exciting thing of this entire announcement, however is the idea of DAK at night. A WOC-esque show showcasing animals is a FANTASTIC idea!
Originally Posted By TP2000 Artwork actually looks professionally done, unlike the Clip Art Special look of recent WDI artwork (New Fantasyland, mainly). That boat ride looks good. But the boat doesn't look big enough; two rows of three for a total of six passengers. That gives it 25% of the hourly capacity of Pirates. Those boats need to have at least five rows of four to get above 2,500 riders per hour. WDI needs to think like the WDI of the 1960's and plan these rides for 10+ Million riders per year. Get bigger boats or don't do this Avatar thing!
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt It's concept art TP. That may not be the final vehicle design.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Some folks will NEVER accept that Avatarland just MIGHT be good. At least now they will have a harder time claiming that it will never actually be done.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip And yes, I was a skeptic in the beginning. I had never seen Avatar and from descriptions given to me I didn't think I wanted to. Then I actually SAW Avatar, and was really excited about the opportunities it offered for an exotic location in the Animal Kingdom.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I remain skeptical because I would much rather have them create Beastly Kingdom instead of Avatar. Beautiful as the concept art is, it isn't nearly as welcome to this coven as Beastly Kingdom would be. ORWEN: I agree. Couldn't care less about Avatar. But Beastly Kingdom--that's what would make more sense for them to go ahead and build. ORGOCH: Got dreams?
Originally Posted By Disneymom443 I think it looks beautiful and think this is going to make AKL even more wonderful. I so excited that they are going to have something going on in the evening now. It's going to be great.
Originally Posted By Yookeroo "Some folks will NEVER accept that Avatarland just MIGHT be good. At least now they will have a harder time claiming that it will never actually be done." Many people couldn't get past their problems with the plotting of the movie. But say what you will about the plot, the movie looked great.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 I have to say the concept art looks amazing. If they can really pull this off, I'm gonna be really impressed! To bad we have to wait until 2017!! Seems an awfully long time for construction, but maybe they're still working out the details.
Originally Posted By dagobert The concept looks really nice and although I didn't like the movie, I'm looking forward to the land. However I still think Disney shouldn't have used outside IP, but on the other hand Disney already did that with Lucasfilm in the 80s and 90s.
Originally Posted By oc_dean I still think the Beastly Kingdom would have been better. Imagine some of the stuff from "Fantasia".
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I still think the Beastly Kingdom would have been better. Imagine some of the stuff from "Fantasia". <<< Everybody keeps talking about Beastly Kingdom. What exactly would that land have been? What rides would have been offered? I have only seen a concept art once, but it didn't reveal a lot.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I've never seen Avatar, so I can't comment too much, but I do worry about the long-term popularity of a land based on a single film (regardless of what film/franchise that is). Similar to Carsland, this looks like it will be incredibly well executed, but I'm not sure it's the best source material And from that model, it looks like the mountain(s) will be huge. I hope that they are able to do it in a way that doesn't overshadow Everest across the park; part of what makes that mountain look so big is the lack of any other real hills in the park. I'm also somewhat concerned about having a structure like that in the park that guests will walk under, if they've been having issues with pieces falling off of the Tree of Life and Splash Mountain As for the boats, I would assume that the rendering is taking some liberties. From the look of it, they'll probably be similar to the boats on Maelstrom, but themed differently to fit in And I'm excited about the idea of a nighttime experience, but I'm not sure I understand what it is. It sounds like it could be a World of Color-type show, but it also sounds like it could be a relatively simple Mad T Party-type event. The concept art makes me think it is the latter, which I don't think will keep most guests in the park into the evening (unless its very well done)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros >>Everybody keeps talking about Beastly Kingdom. What exactly would that land have been? What rides would have been offered?<< The details on this are vague, but it seems like there probably would have been some sort of dragon-inspired rollercoaster (this was before IOA opened Dueling Dragons), a gentle boat ride, and a hedge maze. Here are some of the most widely seen pieces of concept art: <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7WbmARD08/SaRsIJaJZ8I/AAAAAAAAO8I/GRH3SB3HqCs/s400/bk.jpg">http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7W...0/bk.jpg</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://steamboatstevie.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/beastly-kingdom-labyrinth.jpg">http://steamboatstevie.files.w...inth.jpg</a> And the park's logo prominently features a dragon, indicating that the new area was supposed to open relatively early in the park's life. The animals in the logo can be seen on light fixtures the backs of the benches in the Oasis area <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://disneylovezone.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/disney-animal-kingdom-logo.jpeg">http://disneylovezone.files.wo...ogo.jpeg</a> <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.negative-g.com/walt-disney-world/disneys-animal-kingdom/2013/walt-disney-world-disneys-animal-kingdom-2013-13.jpg">http://www.negative-g.com/walt...3-13.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt " Here are some of the most widely seen pieces of concept art:" The first piece oddly resembles the FLE concept art.
