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We probably won't know till much closer to opening date. After the Diagon and Kong fiasco I don't want to guess when softs will start for anything.
Pandora: The World of Avatar Announcement, Construction, & Preview Discussion
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We probably won't know till much closer to opening date. After the Diagon and Kong fiasco I don't want to guess when softs will start for anything.
Well they've blocked out CMs starting the 20th so from there forward is a safe bet.
If it's not open or planned to be there's no reason to completely block out CMs.
Any updates on food or merch? It seems like this would be roughly the time for that information to begin coming out
The only "unique" things I can think of will be a blue looking drink and blue cupcakes.
And lots of banshee plushes?
The only thing I recall them confirming as merch back at that D23 weekend was science kits. Because that totally screams Avatar right there.
James Cameron is not above breaking the rules of his own movies for theme park attractions. Just look at T2:3D to see at least 2 of the rules set in the Terminator universe completely disregarded. Time travel in that universe only happens with organic materials. Both the T-1000 and John Connor travel to the future fully clothed and traveling with a shotgun and a motorcycle. There is no need to have any differences between the movie Avatar and the theme park land Pandora explained based on Cameron's own track record.
Idk about a Blue drink... Disney has Blue Milk coming to SWL so i'm not sure Disney wants to double dip on specialty drinks that could easily be confused simply by their color.
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What I'm really interested in is seeing the vegetation and plants used. I'm sure Disney is going to bring in some really exotic, alien looking plants.
Haha, I thought you said "toxic," not exotic, so I immediately thought of this:
Dr. Ellie Sattler: Well, the question is, how can you know anything about an extinct ecosystem? And therefore, how could you ever assume that you can control it? I mean, you have plants in this building that are poisonous, you picked them because they look good, but these are aggressive living things that have no idea what century they're in, and they'll defend themselves, violently if necessary.
If they made a little shop of horrors show at AK, I would be all over that.
I can't believe I've never considered that before about T2:3D! Just shows that as long as the journey is fun and well done, you can drag the audience along in any way that's required.
I really wish that panther-like alien was a physical figure instead of CGI, but the ride overall definitely looks colorful and atmospheric.
Obviously these ads are meant to form a series where each relies on a knowledge of the others, but even so these are just not enough individually to carry the intended idea. To someone who only catches a glimpse of that 15 seconds, "Now there is a place where you can discover a mystical river" simply isn't enough to plant the seed of curiosity as its intended to. If I didn't know what it was, I certainly wouldn't be off to google it.
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It's better in that we catch a glimpse of a Na'vi. But for someone who's indifferent to Avatar as a franchise they aren't doing much to garner excitement.
First, we had banshees that the general population only has a passing (if that) familiarity. Now, we have a mystical river that could really be anywhere or anything. I know the tone of Pandora isn't bombastic, but it's like Disney is trying to advertise everything except the most recognizable parts of the movie.
We must remember that these are teasers, given a couple more months they'll be showing every inch of everything in an ad and ruin all the surprises, like showing the Elsa scene from Frozen Ever After in every commercial for Walt Disney World.
These are just glimpses. When this place is actually opening they'll give away the farm. They always do.
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