The Na’vi oceanic clan who live on Pandora’s reefs will push out Mike, Sulley and the other Monsters Inc. scare factory workers to make room for a new Avatar themed land that will take over an underused back corner of Disney California Adventure.
Disneyland will transform a portion of the Hollywood Backlot area in DCA’s Hollywood Land into an Avatar destination experience at the Anaheim theme park as part of the $1.9 billion DisneylandForward expansion project.
Work will begin on the Avatar themed land transformation in early 2026 when the Monsters Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue dark ride closes to make way for construction.
Walt Disney Imagineering remains in the early stages of development on the Avatar project which is not expected to debut until 2028 or 2029.
DCA’s new Avatar themed land will be based on the second film “The Way of Water” from 2022, the third film “Fire and Ash” coming in 2025 and other upcoming movies in the franchise.
“Just as ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ introduced places on Pandora we’ve never seen before, we are taking our guests to a whole new location,” Imagineering Portfolio Executive Creative Producer Emo O’Brien said during a media event at Disney California Adventure.
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New concept art depicts visitors wandering through the water-centric land dominated by a towering ribbed rockwork wall with a cascading waterfall and cave-like tunnels. A trio of 30-foot-tall peacock-like plants with purple-tipped palm fronds will accent the land. A translucent Metkayina outrigger canoe with seashells decorating the bow can be seen in the foreground next to an emerald green body of water.
So far, Disney has only discussed a single new attraction for DCA’s Avatar land that promises action and thrills on the wide-open seas of Pandora. The innovative boat ride will take riders on a journey through a Pandoran rainforest glowing in luminescent blues,…
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