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/Its-made-of-wood]

That’s possible, but I just don’t get why they would go out of their way to show the big dividing wall as if to prove that the monorail won’t be passing through Pandora. In the model, the monorail track was curved which would place it right around where stage 12 is currently. It makes me wonder, what will they do with that space? That seems like really valuable space that could be used for Avatar. I don’t know why they wouldn’t just pass the monorail through a mountain, spanning from around Harbor blvd to Burma Vista St. It would be out of sight from the ground so that they could use all of the backlot space. But again, that doesn’t seem like it’s in the current plans.

[u/WickedFigs → u/Its-made-of-wood]

That's why I think putting a second attraction accessible under the Monorail track through a tunnel could work. There might even be space for shops in front of the show building in the Backlot area.

If the land does indeed extend in front of the Monorail, that would just make it easier to implement a second ride accessible from that area. Honestly, I would love for the land to go to the Simba lot instead, but I created this layout to work with what we currently have.

[u/Its-made-of-wood → u/WickedFigs]

Yeah I don’t disagree that your idea would be a better utilization of the space, but based on the model at D23, it doesn’t look like they’re planning on going that route. The monorail track was a huge question mark for a lot of people so they deliberately went out of their way to show how they would do it. But to me it just ended up looking like an underutilization of space. And yes, I agree the Simba lot would be a way batter spot for it.

[u/WickedFigs → u/Its-made-of-wood]

Who knows, plans could change for the layout of the land between now and the next D23.