Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt OK, well IF Avatar-land is built, I expect that there will be a revision/update to the Everest show scene involving the Yeti. Maybe they'll remove it altogether, who knows, but I can't see them relaunching that park with such a huge investment, with media descending en masse from all corners, and the star feature of the park's signature thrill ride not functioning.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I HAVE seen the Yeti move and I was very impressed. So for me its static position is disappointing. I am also in the group that is skeptical that Avatar will be built
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I hope Avatar doesn't go forward simply because there are so many BETTER ideas for Animal Kingdom than that one.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Never saw the movie... can't imagine being interested in the land. If they need blue, SMURFS would be better... LOL
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: I believe it makes Disney look desperate to choose a film like Avatar for an attraction for Animal Kingdom. They wouldn't need to base an outstanding new attraction on ANY particular movie in order to come up with a much better plan. Some of the management types running things these days at Disney come across as being so utterly incompetent and in the wrong position. But many of us already know that.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt You guys are funny. You'll all be drooling over the concept art as soon as it gets released.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper ^^^It might be cool. But I'm not holding my breath. I'm envisioning a glorified Soarin' as the main attraction. And seriously, I wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't happen.
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom << SMURFS would be better... LOL>> I have to agree with that statement.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 Not funny or drooling, just realistic. It is a hot topic at the moment but for some reason I have a feeling that it will cool down and might never get built. Kind of like buyers remorse.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORDDU: You won't see me drooling, Dr. Hans. I reserve that for you and you alone! (Now you might see me gagging over the concept art--but not drooling.)
Originally Posted By leobloom I'm a little surprised at how much skepticism there is about Avatarland being built. I think they will build it. Whether or not it's on par with something as detailed as Potter is a huge question, but I think Iger is thinking Avatar = name recognition, and name recognition = automatic attendance. The only negative from his vantage point is the limited revenue from merchandise, which he'll have to split with Cameron. I'm not sold on the idea, myself, but it sounds like a characteristically tone-deaf Iger move.
Originally Posted By sjhym333 I think it will get lost in concept planning. You may see some characters in the near future, but will anyone really care about that? A lot can and has to happen before anything can be built. My feeling is that as concepts are tossed around and budgets discussed there will be less and less interest in building a land around Avatar.
Originally Posted By Expo_Seeker40 I don't see the big deal with the queue. It's OPTIONAL. The Haunted Mansion (MK) looked practically unscary with it's manicured lawns, trees, etc that surrounded it until the early 90s when they started to allow it to look old. Anyone remember the original haunted mansion gates that used to have decaying wreathes hanging from them up until 1999 or so? Those used to have fresh flowers like the home was supposed to be a funeral parlour. With the 2007 refurb and the red awning, and rust stains they painted to the house along with the overgrown foliage...yes they try to make the house look scary, yet even with the optional queue you still end the HM with the playful hitchhiking ghosts and the family plots with funny names written into the "cement" blocks. Almost all of the HM is bizarre and wacky. I highly doubt there really are 999 effects in the HM that are supposed to individually represent a happy haunt. These characters in the (again) OPTIONAL queue can fit into the gap of unknown 999 happy haunts. Hell, at DLP the Phantom Manor has a very unspooky cemetery at the exit of the ride. The HM was never meant to be scary once walt began rejected some of claude coates' ideas and went more with marc davis and rolly crump. Even the HM theme song isn't that scary.
Originally Posted By EPCOT Explorer I just know that I'm skipping the queue in December, and that with that, it won't bother me anymore. Yes, the queue is pretty terrible (it just doesn't fit) but if one can actually skip it and remove it from the ride experience, that's valid. The HM can still be a cohesive, well thought, and immersive experience. ....not fan fiction, that cost way too much money to create.
Originally Posted By HokieSkipper The queue is "optional" as in you don't have to go through it. Unfortunately the obnoxious sounds in it are not optional.
Originally Posted By dagobert I'm glad that Euro Disney SCA doesn't have the money to add interactive queues to the attractions. In Paris people have to go up a little hill to reach the manor, I think it will not be that easy to add such things.
Originally Posted By Expo_Seeker40 there's plenty of room on the edges of the queue of the hill to phantom manor, just not on the side that faces thunder mountain
