Avatar Land Coming to Disney California Adventure Promises Grand Scale, Innovative Attraction

We are live from the biggest Disney fan convention in the world, D23 reporting on all the major D23 announcements from the Disney Parks! And the evening starts off with a bang announcing that Pandora is coming to Disneyland!

We already knew some form of Avatar is coming to Disneyland from previously released concept art but now we have the finalized details including the theme of the land.

Keep scrolling for all the CONFIRMED details we have been waiting for about where Avatar will be at Disneyland!

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Pandora Coming to Disney California Adventure

Avatar concept art Disney California Adventure

Pandora is confirmed as coming to Disney California Adventure. This new land will be inspired by the second movie, “Avatar- The Way of Water,” and will also take inspiration from the upcoming “Fire and Ash” third film along with future Avatar films.

Disney promises this new land will be on a scale and level that is “worthy of these epic stories.”

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Disney Calls Avatar Ride Innovative and Thrilling

new Avatar attraction concept art Disney California Adventure

The land will also debut a brand new “innovative” attraction that will bring Avatar to life in a new and thrilling way. The new ride invites guests to take the “adventure of a lifetime” looking for natural wonders in Pandora including forests, animals, and more.

concept art for new Avatar ride

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New Models Revealed for Avatar Experience at Disneyland

D23 Imagineering pavilion Avatar at Disneyland

After the Disney Experiences showcase, models of the land were revealed in the D23 Imagineering: Behind the Dreams pavilion.

What's particularly cool about this display is that we get to see a little more of the creative process in progress with these model elements.

You can even see some of the feedback/notes given here below.

models in progress for Avatar at Disneyland

The models look stunning and this is super cool to get to see this part of the design process!

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