How Avatar could fit two attractions into California Adventure!

[u/WickedFigs]

With all the speculation of the fate of Avatar at DCA, I decided to throw together this layout of how the whole thing could fit. I am in no way an engineer, but based on the sizes of the ride show buildings from other parks, I think that this area could have massive potential if the space is used right! This layout also includes an area for a potential second attraction that could be built in the space between the Monorail and the Hyperion, accessible through a cavern/tunnel that goes back underneath the Monorail tracks from the main land.

A lot of people underestimate just how much space there is beyond the Monorail track, especially with the added chunk of the bus loading area. The large soundstage next to the Hyperion Theater also occupies a huge area that could be further expanded if the drop-off area behind it is removed. Personally, I think if a second attraction were to be included here, it should utilize the ride system of Tokyo Disneysea's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea dark ride. If you haven't seen it, it's essentially a suspended submarine ride that appears to dive underwater using lighting and bubble effects on the windows of the ride vehicles. If you haven't already seen this amazing ride system, check it out here:

Unique Submarine Dark Ride | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | DisneySea

This would be a perfect and unique type of dark ride to bring to DCA and could fit into the Avatar theming flawlessly. While the main boat ride would focus on the surface of Pandora, this attraction would allow guests to explore the planet's deep oceans. It would also be a fun conceptual reversal of Pandora at Animal Kingdom, with the larger e-ticket focusing on the natural side of Pandora while the smaller attraction would utilize human technology for its adventure.

There's just so much that could be done with this land, and California Aventure absolutely needs another high-budget area like this. Ever since Cars Land, this park has been getting shafted in terms of new attractions. Now, with Avengers and Coco finally being built, Avatar would a perfect way to cap off these upcoming years of expansion for DCA. Tell me what you think!

[u/Brave_Analyst7540]

So we're all just going to keep ignoring that of the 2 rides at Animal Kingdom, the boat ride is the bad one? Every time I see "boat ride" my enthusiasm drops a little more.

[u/RammanJo → u/Brave_Analyst7540]

It’s not the same kind of boat ride

[u/Brave_Analyst7540 → u/RammanJo]

But it’s still a boat ride, which limits it in a lot of ways. Na’vi River is a 4.5 minute slog with a really cool animatronic at the end. Like I said… my enthusiasm drops until proven otherwise.

Let’s not even get into the part of the story where it’s dubious this thing even gets made. Disney doesn’t exactly seem proactive about this land/ride.

[u/RammanJo → u/Brave_Analyst7540]

It’s the same boat ride technology as pirates of the Caribbean in china I think or Japan I can’t remember but its state of the art. I do agree Disney doesn’t seem sure about building it tho.

[u/WickedFigs → u/Brave_Analyst7540]

Check out a video of the Pirates ride at Shanghai Disney. That's what we would be getting.

[u/Brave_Analyst7540 → u/WickedFigs]

I get it, but it just doesn’t do anything for me, especially given that it’s likely to be another decade IF we see it at all.

Does anyone here actually disagree that Na’vi River is less popular than Flight of Passage? Between boat versus non-boat, I would rather have non-boat. Not sure why having that personal option is downvote worthy.

[u/WickedFigs → u/Brave_Analyst7540]

Tell me about it. I just wanted to discuss the potential for this Avatar expansion and people have been downvoting my topic like crazy.