Disney CEO Bob Iger set off a firestorm of speculation by uttering Avatar and Disneyland in the same sentence and now Mouse Watchers are all wondering the same thing: Where is this new “experience” going to be built at the Anaheim theme park resort.
Iger announced during an earnings call with investors on Feb. 8 that an “exciting Avatar experience” is coming to the Disneyland resort following the success of “Avatar: The Way of Water” in theaters and the Pandora: World of Avatar themed land at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida.
“We’re going to bring a version of Avatar to Disneyland,” Iger said on the call.
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An “experience” in Disney parlance can literally mean anything — from a specialty food offering to an entire new theme park. But Iger spoke of the Avatar experience in the context of the Pandora: World of Avatar themed land at Walt Disney World — suggesting the new addition will be something more than a new blue churro sold at a Disneyland vending cart.
The 12-acre Avatar themed land at Disney’s Animal Kingdom features Pandora’s floating mountains, bioluminescent plants and two major attractions — the Avatar Flight of Passage 3D flight simulator and the Na’vi River Journey water ride. The land also includes the Satu’li Canteen quick service restaurant and Windtraders gift shop.
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Let’s take a closer look at the 11 places an Avatar experience could be built at the Disneyland resort ranked from the smallest to largest footprint.
1) Tomorrowland meet-and-greet characters
Disney World has walkaround characters in Pandora Utility Suits that occasionally wander through the World of Avatar in Florida.
Human pilots strapped inside the cockpits control the movements of the 10-foot-tall EXO-32 Light Mobility Platform…
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