Originally Posted By Indigo With the Beastly Kingdom shop being turned into a meet and greet, rumor this is the first step to closing Camp Minnie Mickey and putting Avatar over in that front most plot of land in DAK. Of course, Festival of The Lion King will have to move to Africa, where it belongs, for this to happen. Has anyone heard if this is happening or not?
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper The Avatar plot was decided from day 1 as going into the CMM plot. I read Mr. Yee's article on the change, and I think there's a lot of assuming going on here. The shop wasn't profitable, and DAK was the only park lacking an indoor Meet and Greet, so personally I doubt this was a move for Avatar. Could it be? Sure. But I think it's jumping the gun to assume the moves have anything to do with one another.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Is there a link to the story about the store change? This is the first I've heard of it. And although technically it is an outdoor area, the meet and greet on the old Discovery River Boat dock is well covered from the rain, so it is effectively indoors. The only time I've ever been down there was during a pretty big storm, and they managed to keep the characters rotating through just fine. I've never done the CMM meet and greets, but they seem like they'd be sufficiently covered as well (though if the Avatar area ever happens, I suppose they'll get displaced)
Originally Posted By CDF2 Thought this post was about the storyline of the Avatar attraction ..... Oh well, lets see, ........ tourists on some kind of excursion around Pandora get caught up in some kind of battle between the Navi and alien invaders or disinfrancised earthpeople bent on revenge and movie characters come to their rescue along with local creatures ......
Originally Posted By Indigo and then something goes horribly wrong... pretty much the plot of every Disney attraction
Originally Posted By TP2000 I'm skeptical they will even do an "Avatarland" at all. I think someone finally convinced Bob and Tom that kids have no interest in Avatar. They don't buy the toys, no one dresses up as blue aliens for Halloween, and there are no Avatar birthday party sets for sale. Kids don't care about Avatar. Next idea, please?
Originally Posted By dagobert >>>I'm skeptical they will even do an "Avatarland" at all. I think someone finally convinced Bob and Tom that kids have no interest in Avatar. They don't buy the toys, no one dresses up as blue aliens for Halloween, and there are no Avatar birthday party sets for sale. Kids don't care about Avatar. Next idea, please? <<< I hope you are right. At first I liked the idea of Avatarland, because James Cameron is known for using new technology and so I thought the land will be fantastic. However I didn't like the movie at all and in my opinion it doesn't fit into DAK. I wouldn't mind a small land with a great ride inside DHS, but not in DAK.
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct I am an Avatar fan and I think it fits perfectly in Animal Kingdom in terms of Fantasy Animals and Spiritual Messages. Metaphysical Lessons from James Cameron's Avatar - All Life is Connected -All Life is Sacred -Interspecies Communication is Possible with Energy - Listen to Your Intuition -Death Is a Natural Part Of Life -Reincarnation is Possible -All Life Radiates Light -A Greater Consciousness Communicates to Us Through Signs -At its True Essence Science is Spiritual -To See The Divine in Another is To Truly See Them Add to this the science of bio- luminescent animals and the exploration of biology and evolution and you have one exciting mix of goodies to spark your imagination. I also like that Avatar may NOT be for the kids as TP mentioned. I am a huge Potter fan (read all the books and saw the movies) and realize Potter crosses over with kids and adults. I am watching the videos and looking at the photos posted on the Dumbo area in MK's new Fantasyland and it feels so "stroller set". It is evident it is geared toward the toddlers. I like feeling that Avatar will speak to me on an adult level.
Originally Posted By dennis-in-ct How cool would it be to learn about Animals that glow !! (night time entertainment angle? I think so.) <a href="http://docmo.hubpages.com/hub/Animals-that-Glow-The-Science-of-Bioluminescence" target="_blank">http://docmo.hubpages.com/hub/...nescence</a>
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper Dennis, you also forgot Avatar's message that man is evil and earth is dead. Yup, that's the perfect theme for Animal Kingdom! lol
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I really like Avatar. Dennis, I think you are right on man. Definately more befitting of DAK's ethos than the sad excuse of a land of Camp Minnie Mickey.
Originally Posted By CDF2 Let Jim Cameron have his go at a Disney attraction - Lucas created a couple of very nice rides so why not give another innovative Hollywood guy a chance? But put the Cameron attraction in a land devoted to mythical beasts as the original "Beastly Kingdom" idea had been floated for DAK. That way there is still room for some kind of dragon ride or even the original Fantasia idea (although probably not too many people around that really relate to that movie anymore).
Originally Posted By xrayvision I really liked Avatar and saw it twice. Based on the popularity of the film, I wasn't the only one who liked it. The first time that I went to see Avatar, the movie was sold out for two showings. So, I had to buy tickets for the next day. That was a year ago though. So, I'm not sure what will be the level of fandemonium will be for an Avatar attraction that won't open for several years. BTW, someone above mentioned that kids don't dress as Avatar characters for Halloween. I know that they were being humorous. Just for the record though, the kids in my neighborhood did dress up as Avatar characters, which some of them got their costumes at Target Store. Here's one of the Target costumes for Avatar (not great by any means, but still an Avatar kid's costume). <a href="http://www.target.com/p/kids-avatar-costume-neytiri/-/A-12745715" target="_blank">http://www.target.com/p/kids-a...12745715</a>. And, I saw boys wearing a better Avatar costume that I know they bought from a store. Kids did like Avatar a lot. But, will they like it several years from now...enough that they'll want to encourage their parents to take them to Disney World to see the new Avatar attraction(s) when they eventually open?
Originally Posted By xrayvision Well Hokie, something unusual happened in the movie theater when I last saw Avatar, which makes it feel like it just happened last summer. While my girlfriend and I were watching the ending movie credits for Avatar, a group of "self claimed" lesbians, wearing matching sky blue t-shirts, approached my girlfriend to recruit her to join them in being a fellow lesbian. We were both looking at the group of blue-clad women, with confused expressions on our faces, thinking that you're born lesbian, you don't recruit people into a sexual orientation like it's a religion. I thought that situation was a little unusual, and my memory of it is so clear that it feels like it just happened....hence, why I thought I saw Avatar in theaters last summer.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt How do you "recruit" a straight person to be a lesbian? That must have been a very bizarre experience.
