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

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Mad Dog said:
I don't think the general public pays much attention to back stories. They're generally very minor or non existent issues. I don't think it will have any negligible negative effect on Pandora/Avatar.
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I would normally agree, but because they've already got this ACE tourism group and the main ride is to ride a Banshee. I'd bet money ACE is a part of the preshow or the queue in some way, possibly even the ride.

Sidenote, the "ACE" logo is primed to be smacked onto anything Disney can sell.
 
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Mad Dog said:
I don't think the general public pays much attention to back stories. They're generally very minor or non existent issues. I don't think it will have any negligible negative effect on Pandora/Avatar.
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Oh absolutely not. Just funny to the more "in-the-know" people. Same with breathing "toxic air".

And bah gawd, that name.... "Flight of Passage". :lol:

I'm rooting for this land, but the only thing they've sold me on is the nighttime aspect and the little know about the boat ride.
 
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And bah gawd, that name.... "Flight of Passage". :lol:
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I'll admit, not the best name, but if you watch the movie and the Na'vi's relationship with the Banshee, the name is pretty fitting.
 
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I'll admit, not the best name, but if you watch the movie and the Na'vi's relationship with the Banshee, the name is pretty fitting.
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Yea, I get it. In the movie. For a theme park, it sucks. :lol:
 
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Yea, I get it. In the movie. For a theme park, it sucks. :lol:
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I agree. I don't think the word "passage" lends itself to a theme park ride name well. I think they should've gone with something that has Banshee in the title, personally.
 
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But seriously what's in a name...not like the lay people really use it..."I wanna ride that Harry Potter ride....That Jurassic Park ride....etc"
 
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Those are monikers for describing where to find your desired E-Ticket.

The name of an attraction is very much like a film title - it's your first impression, as a lay guest, besides billboards and a sketch of it on the maps. How it is visually presented in the setting of the attraction is one aspect (which is very hit or miss), but the way it is pronounced, as it is always done at least once before riding, makes you want to read its description and understand it, or perhaps just decide you want to do it after glancing at what kind of attraction it is.

You'd think that with Disney's way of naming its main attractions well and often succinctly (Expedition Everest, Space Mountain, Big Thunder Mountain Railroad, Tower of Terror (as its known), Star Tours) it would have given the ride something better. I don't hate it, but it just sounds awkward, especially because we're not "becoming" Avatars. Something like "Avatar: First Flight" or "Banshee Flying Tours" (if it were being monitored by the travel company) perhaps would have worked better.
 
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I'm sure ACE will be providing the safety spiel at the opening of the ride. It's corny but it does serve a purpose. Personally I think the name and logo is kinda weak. As I said earlier , it looks like something out of 80s Epcot: which, while kinda cool In a retro way, I don't think it matches with Pandora all that well.

Not that big of a deal though.

It's become clear to me that the boat rides soul purpose is to give the public the "night time" experience during the day.
 
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rhino4evr said:
I'm sure ACE will be providing the safety spiel at the opening of the ride. It's corny but it does serve a purpose. Personally I think the name and logo is kinda weak. As I said earlier , it looks like something out of 80s Epcot: which, while kinda cool In a retro way, I don't think it matches with Pandora all that well.

Not that big of a deal though.

It's become clear to me that the boat rides soul purpose is to give the public the "night time" experience during the day.
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The logo reminds me of the ISTC logo for Mission: Space.
 
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Just a random thought, but maybe there's some hint of tourism in the future Avatar movies. If that was the case it would be more natural..........But then again, it's really not all that different than muggles being able to visit Diagon & Hogsmeade.
 
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I would say at this point if your not sold on Pandora chances are its just going to appeal to you
I have found it interesting that many people who praised the cars land model rip the Pandora model... not saying anyone on this board has done it but I ve seen it on the interwebs
 
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Teebin said:
Weeeeeeell!!! I can't say much of anything except that a company is working on building a major attraction using exactly that same technology as they believe they have found a loophole in building it super-sized and using the larger Kuka robots. As a matter of fact, it sounds like KUKA is working with them on it. Go figure. ;)
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Efteling?
 
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twebber55 said:
I would say at this point if your not sold on Pandora chances are its just going to appeal to you
I have found it interesting that many people who praised the cars land model rip the Pandora model... not saying anyone on this board has done it but I ve seen it on the interwebs
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A lot of people seem to not like the model because of the trees (which I admit, from the vantage point we look at it from with the model don't make it look the sexiest). This is my thing - When we are actually INSIDE of Pandora, we aren't going to be seeing the tops of all of those trees. The aerial view literally means nothing from a personal experience prospective.
 
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Next Big Thing said:
A lot of people seem to not like the model because of the trees (which I admit, from the vantage point we look at it from with the model don't make it look the sexiest). This is my thing - When we are actually INSIDE of Pandora, we aren't going to be seeing the tops of all of those trees. The aerial view literally means nothing from a personal experience prospective.
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but the close up pictures from this weekend are pretty incredible and completely unique to any theme park experience in the world
 
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but the close up pictures from this weekend are pretty incredible and completely unique to any theme park experience in the world
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Yes, the close up pics are great.

As I said the other day though, I'm not going to judge any theme park offering by a model. Once i'm inside and i'm experiencing it first hand, i'll give my opinion.
 
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The names for the rides are insanely cheesy but both look really good
 
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The boat ride doesn't have a name yet.
 
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I'm excited for the atmosphere and especially the night lighting. I think it will be a great experience but if anyone tries to defend the "story" on this your not doing yourself any favors from an integrity standpoint. Its a theme park land plain and simple. Yeah its gonna look gorgeous and until SW is built probably going to be a flagship for Disney in terms of creativity and immersion. But the story is a joke as to how and why were there. Don't try to argue it, defend it, and compare it. Just accept it just like I did when muggles were allowed into Hogwarts :saywhat:
 
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I'm excited for the atmosphere and especially the night lighting. I think it will be a great experience but if anyone tries to defend the "story" on this your not doing yourself any favors from an integrity standpoint. Its a theme park land plain and simple. Yeah its gonna look gorgeous and until SW is built probably going to be a flagship for Disney in terms of creativity and immersion. But the story is a joke as to how and why were there. Don't try to argue it, defend it, and compare it. Just accept it just like I did when muggles were allowed into Hogwarts :saywhat:
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The story is incredibly stupid just because when people go to a theme park, they don't think "How did I just go from Africa to Pandora". People just want to have fun at the end of the day.
 
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Did anyone else catch that the ACE employees in the video? They appear to be wearing Disney nametags with the ACE logo at the top instead of the Disney logo. Do you think the employees in the area wil be wearing these tags to help sell the theme?
 
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