AVATAR Coming To Disney Parks
We have great news to share today. At a press conference happening right now at Walt Disney Imagineering, Bob Iger and Tom Staggs just announced a long-term creative partnership with James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the fantasy world of AVATAR to life at Disney Parks. And it’ll all begin at Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort.
James and his producing partner Jon Landau and their team at Lightstorm Entertainment will serve as creative consultants on the project and will work side-by-side with our Walt Disney Imagineers as we dream up experiences that will take our guests deep into worlds of AVATAR like never before. There are also two sequels to the record setting first film in the works, which will offer more fascinating stories, characters and locations to explore in the AVATAR universe. Disney’s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World Resort is planned as the site of the first AVATAR-themed land with construction expected to begin by 2013.
We believe Disney’s Animal Kingdom is a great fit for this project because it was created to give guests the opportunity to experience the worlds of animals and nature – real and mythical – in new ways. Disney’s Animal Kingdom also celebrates adventure, living in harmony with nature and environmental stewardship – themes that are deeply rooted in the story of AVATAR.
To read more follow this link to the Disney Blog http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/09/avatar-coming-to-disney-parks/
Hidden Mickey: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Expedition Everest Queue Line
Walk through the regular line, after entering the building, in the second room, on the second table there is a tin that looks like a Hidden Mickey was dented into it.
In the destroyed Tea Kettle, where the Yeti put two claws through it. The claw marks cause an indention and below it is a “smashed” part that is Mickey’s head.
Tuesday Tips: Resort Hopping
Did you ever hear why should I stay at a hotel inside the park? I can get the same experience from a hotel outside Walt Disney World. One answer to this question would be these are not just Hotels they are Resorts. You can make a vacation just going from one resort to the next. Every day could be a new adventure.
This week’s Tip: How to spend 5 days at Walt Disney World without going inside the park.
Tuesdays Tips: What Is Your Best Tip?
Walt Disney World Vacation Tips. With four major theme parks – Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and Animal Kingdom – a Walt Disney World vacation can be complex and costly: all the more reason to plan carefully to make sure you have the best possible time. D23Magic wants to help by providing you with the most information possible. Below we break our tips into two categories, The Planning Stage and Inside The Park.
Hidden Mickey: Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Disney’s Animal Kingdom
The fourth park built at the resort, it opened on April 22, 1998. It is the first Disney theme park to be themed entirely around animal conservation, a philosophy once pioneered by Walt Disney himself.
What Is Your Favorite Disney Thrill Ride?
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions.. Isn’t it wonderful to have so many choices.
There are many rides at the Disney World Parks. The questions we need answered are: What Is Your Favorite Disney Thrill Ride? Does it matter if you ride them during the day or in the darkness of night? And what do you think of the rumor that has been circulating from the beginning of time. Will there be a new Villains Theme Park to compete with the rides at Universal? This would be a very exciting way to use the new Marvel Characters that Disney obtained when they purchased Marvel last year. Read more
Hidden Mickey: Animal Kingdom – Asia
In a aerial view of Mt. Everest in Asia, a classic mickey is formed by the tracks of the ride as the ears and Everest itself as Mickey’s head (the second image below shows this with overlay). You can check out more aerial views from Google Maps.
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