I'm assuming this is just your guesses, since nothings been announced yet since it's all Blue Sky.But I could see how one might not know yet, since Tom Staggs barely mentioned it in his "Q&A".There's gonna be 4 attractions, 3 are, a helicopter tour of pandora (3D without the glasses), a nature trail, and a kiddie ride.
You do realize that both Pirates movies after Dead Man's Chest made over a billion dollars worldwide? To base an opinion that it's going to flop hard with no information other than that 2 sequels are coming is insane. We have no idea what to expect, therefore can't formulate an opinion on it.
Just because the sequels don't live up to the dominance of Avatar doesn't make it a flop, and to expect those expectations is unfair.
I'm assuming this is just your guesses, since nothings been announced yet since it's all Blue Sky.But I could see how one might not know yet, since Tom Staggs barely mentioned it in his "Q&A".
And I think the whole hype has died, the original came out with 3D/amazing visuals - where can it go from here.
I'm not necessarily saying it will flop, but I feel they could have done something better it is Disney after all and IMO they have there own better franchises then Avatar.
Some of you asked why we would choose to collaborate with an outside partner rather than use our own Disney characters and stories to expand the parks. We are as committed as ever to creating attractions and entertainment around favorite Disney characters and stories – with Cars Land at Disney California Adventure park and our expansion of Fantasyland at Magic Kingdom Park being two great examples. At the same time, we like to look beyond our own walls at non-Disney properties, like STAR WARS and INDIANA JONES, creating some of our most popular attractions. At the end of the day, we are focused on creating a great experience for our guests and I truly believe that this unique partnership with James Cameron and AVATAR gives us an entire world of imaginative creatures, fascinating locations and intriguing characters with which to do that.
so is there gonna be 2 big trees at animal kingdom??
I doubt there would be the "hometree" due to it clashing with the original AK tree, but it could happen. I'd rather have the tree of souls (not sure if its called that) or something along the lines of the bright colours and fancy stuff (but nothing at all is confirmed yet)
Staggs's q and A session.
http://t.co/H2mL0vNk
Lot's of nothing. They seemingly have nothing designed for this.
That patent for the "flying vehicle" doesn't seem to be an actual vehicle patent, but a show scene patent. As in, one of these bad boys would theoretically rise up with an AA Na'vi riding on it.
After thinking about this for a while, I believe this is a huge risk for disney just due to how successful the expansion is depends on the success of the sequels. And I think as previously mentioned they are going to flop hard in comparison to the original. The whole hype and what not will lead to great ticket sales on the first (just like Dead Man's Chest and Matrix Reloaded) regardless how great or bad the film will be. And if it is the latter than the third will fail hard and it will hardly be a selling factor for AK. Now everyone on here states about the whole potter vs disney, but I think a lot of you guys are taking for granted the actual average family Joe who book a holiday to Orlando. For example us Brits are I believe the most common tourist in Orlando and the average family may see "Harry Potter land" and book a holiday for that and go to Disney as well likewise a Disney holiday they will probably hit UOR as well. It benefits both parks, its not for example "we are going to potter land and that is all." *rant over*. (Sorry if this is really grammatically wrong I have been up for over 24hours now :doh
I've heard several people bring this up (and using the very same examples of Pirates and the Matrix) but if anything all it proves is that big-budget cg-heavy sequels make TONS of money, be they terrible or not, and keeps fans coming back--wanting more. The Matrix sequels? Terrible yet made $1,173,071,759 (not including Animatrix). Pirates sequels? Garbage and made $3,069,110,875. Transformers sequels? Megasucked and made $1,953,779,467. See a trend? If not, look also to the Jurassic Park, The Mummy, and Star Wars sequels and prequels for reference.
Also, look to trilogies like Indiana Jones, Toy Story, Potter, original Star Wars, etc. for instances where both money is made and the films were GOOD. I think Avatar is a win win for Disney either way. It just translates well into a theme park whether or not the film was great (much like TRON would).
so is there gonna be 2 big trees at animal kingdom??
How so? I didn't have a problem with Avatar as an attraction. I had a problem of the rumored attraction that was going to be in Universal, a 4-d movie in Hollywood.