ORLANDO, Fla. – Disney revealed more about how it is bringing to life the planet of Pandora at Animal Kingdom in a new video released on Christmas Day.
The new attraction is based on the world from the Academy Award-winning movie "Avatar."
The video shows a sneak peek from the Na'Vi River attraction which will take guests through the colorful bioluminescent forest.
Guests will be able to walk under the floating mountains of Pandora for a “truly immersed experience.”
Walt Disney Imagineering senior vice president of creative Joe Rohde said in order to re-create the alien world almost everything, from hundreds plants to the ride systems, are custom-designed.
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“I was very skeptical that it was even physically possible to build the world of Pandora,” Rohde said. “This was a crazy thing to try to do.”
"Avatar" director James Cameron said in the video he has been blown away by the work on the new land.
“I know all the mechanics behind it all, the engineering,” Cameron said. “There’s just so much of it. It’s a world.”
Pandora the World of Avatar is scheduled to open in Summer 2017.
"Star Wars and "Toy Story"-themed lands are also under construction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios.