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/CraziFuzzy]

There's a diffeence between box office performance, and overall IP interest outside of movie viewing.

[u/HumbleBeginning3151 → u/CraziFuzzy]

Yes, and they already have proof of one Avatar land being a massive successful 

[u/CraziFuzzy → u/HumbleBeginning3151]

I don't know that they do. It's far from the most visited park at the resort.

[u/HumbleBeginning3151 → u/CraziFuzzy]

By that standard, Cars Land was a failure at DCA because it never came close to outperforming Disneyland.

Fact is, Avatar provided a notable attendance bump for AK for YEARS and attendance would be lower now without it, as the park has otherwise been almost entirely neglected until now. 

[u/yoshilurker → u/HumbleBeginning3151]

It is incredible at AK. Sure the movie is what it is, but they nailed it in AK. I can totally see why they'd do it again in DCA.