Pandora: The World of Avatar Announcement, Construction, & Preview Discussion

[Legacy]

From the official 'Visit Pandora' twitter on some tips, "Remember to breathe underneath a floating mountain. It’s easy to forget how when awestruck"

This is so corny and bad social media engagement/marketing. Ughh

They should really be ashamed of themselves. It would have been worth it to spend some of that billion plus on some better marketing than a community college intern.

 

[Brian G.]

From the official 'Visit Pandora' twitter on some tips, "Remember to breathe underneath a floating mountain. It’s easy to forget how when awestruck"

This is so corny and bad social media engagement/marketing. Ughh

Kinda funny since the air on Pandora is toxic to us humans.

 

[Nick]

Kinda funny since the air on Pandora is toxic to us humans.

I believe they made an excuse for that awhile back for the purposes of the land but I forgot what it was. It was typical Disney "story".

 

[Mad Dog]

Kinda funny since the air on Pandora is toxic to us humans.

They're doing that to help relieve park overcrowding. Lose a few tourists so the pathways don't get clogged and the queues stay under three hours.

 

[Legacy]

This person is my hero.

 

[bob albert]

I'm just gonna throw this out there...

Don't wear light colors to Pandora. They may be few, but the cos-playing weresmurf enthusiasts will be packing a LOT of blue body paint.

I think some people just blue themselves.

 

[Brian G.]

I believe they made an excuse for that awhile back for the purposes of the land but I forgot what it was. It was typical Disney "story".

Yeah, based on visitpandora.com, seems like Pandora was terraformed to allow humans to be able to breathe.

EDIT - Which not thinking about it after reading more... kinda contradicts the whole story. From the site:

The Pandora Conservation Initiative is focused on habitat restoration and doing all that it can to protect this natural world. Fitsimti keeps meticulous journals about the planet, and as a conservation expert, she spends a lot of her time studying the natural world of Pandora and how all living things are connected.

So they wanna conserve the planet by terraforming to allow humans to inhabit?

 

[Parkscope Joe]

Yeah, based on visitpandora.com, seems like Pandora was terraformed to allow humans to be able to breathe.

EDIT - Which not thinking about it after reading more... kinda contradicts the whole story. From the site:

The Pandora Conservation Initiative is focused on habitat restoration and doing all that it can to protect this natural world. Fitsimti keeps meticulous journals about the planet, and as a conservation expert, she spends a lot of her time studying the natural world of Pandora and how all living things are connected.

So they wanna conserve the planet by terraforming to allow humans to inhabit?

Throwing this one out there, but if you change the atmosphere it might kill ALL LIFE FORMS ON the planet (slight CTX reference there). Just saying.

 

[Brian G.]

Throwing this one out there, but if you change the atmosphere it might kill ALL LIFE FORMS ON the planet (slight CTX reference there). Just saying.

I had the same thought too. Apparently Na'vi were able to adjust to it.

 

[quinnmac000]

Imagineering and James Cameron really didn't think this shiz through. Poking so many holes.

 

[Brian G.]

Imagineering and James Cameron really didn't think this shiz through. Poking so many holes.

Well there has to be some disbelief. It's a cop out (like "Muggles can now tour Hogwarts!") but at least they addressed it. But the whole "We're trying to conserve the planet after terraforming it" is a bit much. Either way, it realistically means nothing. Just us Theme Park nerds discussing the inconsequential.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Well there has to be some disbelief. It's a cop out (like "Muggles can now tour Hogwarts!") but at least they addressed it. But the whole "We're trying to conserve the planet after terraforming it" is a bit much. Either way, it realistically means nothing. Just us Theme Park nerds discussing the inconsequential.

A core theme of Potter was the struggle between Pure Blood and Mudblood/Muggleborns/Muggles.

Should the Wizards rule of the lesser muggles, should they coexist, should the wizards remain hidden and secretive.

Dumbledore makes a show of it by lowering the charms on Hogsmeade and Hogwarts to give an open-house to let muggles visit the Wizarding World. Remember that for a long time Dumbledore believed in superiority of wizards, but then when Grindlewald went too far he realized the error of his ways.

It's political, "There is a time in everyone's life when they must choose between what is right and what is easy."

But.. Pandora.. yeah, dead weresmurfs if they changed the chemical composition of the air.



MOD EDIT - I'm going to go ahead and take out your comparisons since it was a bit much for a comparison......

 

[epcyclopedia]

Have we mentioned the statue of the wizard throne atop a pile of muggle bodies that adorns the Ministry of Magic when the pure bloods take over?

 

[epcyclopedia]

Anywho... back to Pandora..

Seems cast will be playing two major roles, ACE tour guides and naturalists.

Also, the 2009 film is referred to as a "documentary."

And maingates are blocked out starting May 20th with the opening weekend blocked out to all employee and comp tickets.

 

[rhino4evr]

I'm sure most folks that "visit Pandora" will just want to know "what rides does it have"? They could care less if they supposedly entered a new planet after a 15 minute walk from the parking lot.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

It seems as if this land won't have any "kinetic energy" in it, and is more relaxed.

For example, Cars Land has radiator springs and the various flat rides that add to the land being alive; Diagon has the dragon and all the different wand effects. I don't see the energy in this land, other than a waterfall?

 

[Alicia]

It seems as if this land won't have any "kinetic energy" in it, and is more relaxed.

For example, Cars Land has radiator springs and the various flat rides that add to the land being alive; Diagon has the dragon and all the different wand effects. I don't see the energy in this land, other than a waterfall?

When you walk over certain areas the ground will have lighting effects that interact with you. Plants and scenery will change colors as you wave your hands/walk by. Some of these things will technically probably work in the day, but the land will certainly come alive at night for sure.

 

[Alicia]

Simple stuff like this:



And then complicated stuff Disney patented years ago, and hopefully actually work, to make plants interact with people nearby.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

The plant and interactive stuff are cool, but not in the scale as watching a car in cars land zoom by you.

 

[Alicia]

The plant and interactive stuff are cool, but not in the scale as watching a car in cars land zoom by you.

True true. Maybe they can get that flying dragon thing from the new Fantasyland event out of the broom closet and dust it off.