Posted on Nov 20, 2013
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Disney were yesterday using 'height test balloons' to determine how high Avatarland attractions can be without being too much of an impact on the rest of the park.
Posted on Nov 18, 2013
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As part of the upcoming Avatarland project, a new theater is being constructed for Festival of the Lion King at Disney's Animal Kingdom, however early January will be the last chance to see the popular stage-show before it closes for 6 months, at which point it will relocate to the new theater.
Posted on Oct 15, 2013
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Disney have released a new video, presented by James Cameron, who talks about the upcoming AVATAR Land expansion to Disney's Animal Kingdom.
Posted on Oct 13, 2013
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The new Animal Kingdom project seemed virtually dead in the water, with nothing being announced on the project for over a year. However Disney have now released impressive details and concept art on the delayed project.
Posted on Sep 06, 2012
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The entertainment website, IGN is reporting that Disney's Animal Kingdom AVATAR Land project has been delayed, as has the AVATAR sequels.
The webiste cites "creative differences" between James Cameron and Walt Disney Imagineering as the cause. The article does not however say that the project has been shelved, but just delayed.
Posted on Aug 14, 2012
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We've learnt that Walt Disney Imageneering, the brains behind the magic and creation at Disney Parks have made some major staff changes, seemingly in preperation for some upcoming projects. This shows that there will be some significant development activity at Walt Disney World in the near future.
The changes include:
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Kathy Magnum, a veteran Imagineer with over 30 years of experience, who recently oversaw the Cars Land project at Disneyland Resort has been relocated to Florida, with the title of "Executive Producer, Walt Disney World Portfolio". In her new role, Kathy will be parnering with creative producer Jack Blitch, and will continue to report to Bruce Vaughn, WDI Chief Creative Executive.
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Joe Rohde will continue as the creative director of Disney's Animal Kingdom.
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Eric Jacobson will continue with his creative roll of overseeing the Magic Kingdom, Epcot and Disney's Hollywood Studios.
It's expected that these changes are in preperation for AVATAR Land, a new themed land planned for Disney's Animal Kingdom. With Joe Rohde continuing as the park's creative director it's likely that we'll see more respected WDI staff joining him as the project gets underway in the near future.
Posted on Jun 23, 2012
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The Bakersfield Californian reports that several eyewitnesses have seen what can only be described as a "Flying Dragon" over Shafter Minter Field Airport. The device appears to be a modified ultralite or microlight , sporting a dragon theme built into its airframe.
It's expected that this is likely for the upcoming Avatarland expansion at Animal Kingdom. The airfield owners were only able to confirm that Disney was in town recently testing equipment.
Reports from the ground say that the wingspan is around 15 feet. The full article and photos can be found at The Bakersfield Californian.
