Disneyland Announces Plans for New Avatar Land Based on ‘Way of Water’ – Daily Breeze

Disneyland is ready to move forward with plans for an Avatar-themed land at the Anaheim theme park resort based on the $5 billion action, adventure and sci-fi film franchise.

Fans of the $2.3 billion box office film “Avatar: The Way of Water” may soon be able to board a boat and explore the oceans of Pandora featured in the blockbuster as Disneyland moves forward with plans for an Avatar-themed land at the Anaheim theme park resort.

The new themed land will be built at Disney California Adventure, Disney Parks Chairman Josh D’Amaro announced Saturday, Aug. 10, during the D23 fan event at the Honda Center in Anaheim. D’Amaro said the new land is in “active development,” but no opening date for the attraction has been announced.

D’Amaro also announced plans for a new attraction at Disney California Adventure based on the movie “Coco.” The attraction, scheduled to open in 2026, will be inspired by “Pirates of the Caribbean” and music will play a major role in the attraction, D’Amaro said.

In addition, Disneyland will unveil a new show about Walt Disney, featuring an audio-animatronic figure of the icon. The show, titled “Walt Disney – A Magical Life,” will alternate with “Great Moments with Mr. Lincoln” at the Disneyland Opera House.

During the presentation, Disney announced that Tiana’s Bayou Adventure, the revamped version of Splash Mountain currently under construction at Disneyland, will open on November 15.

Concept art for the planned Avatar-themed land shows jutting rocks and floating mountains amid bubbling geysers and alien flora. A boat filled with passengers sails through an aquamarine lagoon toward a cascading waterfall.

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In recent statements, Disney executives had made the establishment of a possible Avatar-themed land dependent on approval from DisneylandForward.

A blog post by D23 promised that the Avatar experience at Disneyland Resort would compete with Pandora, the World of Avatar themed land at Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida.