Pandora – The World of Avatar
The landscape of the Valley of Mo'ara | |
| Theme | Avatar |
|---|---|
| Area | 12 acres (4.9 ha) |
| Attractions | |
| Total | 2 |
| Disney's Animal Kingdom | |
| Coordinates | 28°21′20″N 81°35′30″W / 28.3554244°N 81.591694°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | May 27, 2017 |
| Replaced | Camp Minnie-Mickey |
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Pandora – The World of Avatar is a themed area inspired by James Cameron's Avatar located within Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Set generations into the future after the events of the Avatar films, the area is based upon the fictional habitable exomoon, Pandora, and features Pandora's floating mountains, alien wildlife, and bioluminescent plants. Spanning 12 acres (4.9 ha), Pandora – The World of Avatar includes two major attractions, Avatar Flight of Passage and Na'vi River Journey, as well as retail and dining outlets.
Walt Disney Imagineering began development on Pandora – The World of Avatar in 2011, jointly with Cameron and his production company, Lightstorm Entertainment, with the intention of transforming Animal Kingdom into a full-day operation, complete with added attraction capacity and nighttime experiences. Construction on the area began on January 10, 2014, and the land opened to the public on May 27, 2017.