{"id":680,"date":"2011-09-30T20:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-30T20:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog-1199783855.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/30\/orlando-travel-news-avatar-coming-to-disneys-animal-kingdom\/"},"modified":"2011-09-30T20:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-30T20:21:00","slug":"orlando-travel-news-avatar-coming-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-origin.redweek.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/30\/orlando-travel-news-avatar-coming-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Travel News: AVATAR Coming to Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Soon there will be a new reason for you to plan a timeshare rental vacation to Orlando<\/a> and Walt Disney World. Walt Disney Imagineering has announced a long-term creative partnership with James Cameron\u2019s Lightstorm Entertainment and Fox Filmed Entertainment to bring the fantasy world of AVATAR to life at the Disney Parks. And it\u2019ll all begin at Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom at Walt Disney World.<\/p>\n

\u201cJames and his producing partner Jon Landau, along with their team at Lightstorm Entertainment, will serve as creative consultants on the project and will work side-by-side with the Walt Disney Imagineers as we dream up experiences that will take our guests deep into worlds of AVATAR like never before,\u201d said Bob Iger, president and CEO of The Walt Disney Company. <\/p>\n

AVATAR, written and directed by Cameron, is a science fiction movie that was released in 2009 to critical acclaim and huge commercial success, breaking box-office records both home and abroad.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe Disney\u2019s 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,\u201d said Tom Skaggs, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts. <\/p>\n

The AVATAR-themed land is to be anchored by multiple attractions, entertainment, merchandise locations, restaurants and other \u201cimmersive elements.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cOur AVATAR lands will give guests the chance to see, hear and touch the world of Pandora,\u201d said Iger, \u201cand we can\u2019t wait to dive in with James Cameron and his team as we create new experiences that will delight and thrill our guests.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the film had a PG-13 rating, Skaggs explains: \u201cAt its core, AVATAR is a film that embraces strong, positive themes of family, loyalty, living in harmony with nature and belief in oneself \u2013 all values that we share at The Walt Disney Company. You can be sure that these are the same themes that we will explore throughout our AVATAR lands. They will be places where friends and families can spend time together getting lost in a fantasy world, one of the true hallmarks of any Disney theme park experience. And with two movie sequels in the works, we feel this is a creative property whose potential is limitless.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cameron, who is working on the second and third installments of one of the top-grossing films of all time, said the attractions would be a way to bring the lush world of Pandora to life, and would include animatronics and multimedia shows that use 3-D and holographic technology. <\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a pretty darned exciting project,\u201d Cameron told reporters. <\/p>\n

The design phase of the AVATAR-themed land in Disney\u2019s Animal Kingdom has just begun. Construction is expected to begin in early 2013. <\/p>\n

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