Unless you’ve been taking your Sleeping Beauty cosplay too seriously, you’re aware that Disney’s Animal Kingdom is finally expanding to offer a slate of new attractions and entertainment designed to expand the amount of time the average family spends in the park. Most people are… Read More »Rivers of Light – more info about first big water show at Disney’s Animal Kingdom
Thanks to D23 Expo we’ve learned more details on the “Rivers of Light” water pageant that will light up the night at Disney’s Animal Kingdom on Discovery River in front of Expedition Everest. The show will combine amazing water screen projection technology that creates swirling… Read More »Rivers of Light: details of night time spectacular coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom
We learned a lot more about the next big expansion to open in Walt Disney World at the D23 Expo. Disney’s Animal Kingdom will soon see the park’s biggest expansion ever in Pandora – The World of AVATAR. Guests will be invited to visit the… Read More »Pandora – The World of AVATAR: inside Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s next big land
Imagineer Joe Rohde has been Instagramming some of the recent additions to Disney’s Animal Kingdom with his usual flair for story telling. Young Imagineers and storytellers should follow this master class. Harambe Market. Every so often one comes across a visual moment that is quintessential.… Read More »Instapic: Harambe Market Story and Conservation Lessons from Joe Rohde
Joe Rohde walks with James Cameron and Tom Staggs (among others)
Not only has Joe Rohde, imagineer and champion of Disney’s Animal Kingdom, posted a terrific photo of a very hard to get image from Expedition Everest roller coaster, he’s provided something of a master-class on creating a back story for an attraction with just three Instagram posts.
Check out the tale explaining the story of the Forbidden Mountain below: Read More »Imagineer Joe Rohde offers masterclass on storytelling in three Instagram posts
Early Saturday morning here in Orlando, but mid-day Japan time at the first D23 expo in that country, Disney revealed big news with the first concept art for the new AVATAR land coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom in 2017. Today they’ve released the video James Cameron and Walt Disney Imagineer Joe Rohde filmed for the D23 announcement.
It highlights the creative work underway on the AVATAR-inspired land coming to Disney’s Animal Kingdom. The promise the new AVATAR-inspired land will be a transformational experience that you’ll remember for the rest of your life. Sounds pretty good to me, what do you think?
Make sure you watch through. At the 3:00 mark there’s a preview of the ‘Soarin’ over Pandora’ attraction in pre-viz mode and then some wow moment bio-luminescence technology.
A few interesting frame caps from the video are below with my comments:
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Disney’s Animal Kingdom is the youngest of the Walt Disney World collection of theme parks. Even then it’s about to turn 15 years old on April 22nd, which is, of course, also Earth Day. The park has announced that there will be a small party… Read More »Disney’s Animal Kingdom 15th Anniversary Events
It was one year ago today that Aulani Spa & Resort in Hawaii opened its doors to paying guests for the first time. Word on the street is that while it hasn’t been banner year Disney was hoping for with their first DVC/Hotel combo property,… Read More »Aulani Turns One and Reveals New Details for Expansion