Artist Dylan Cole shared a new piece of concept art for the Avatar attraction coming to Disney California Adventure at Disneyland Resort.

Avatar Attraction Art

The piece depicts guests in a large boat passing through the bioluminescent landscape of Pandora. Other guests stand on a nearby walkway, watching the attraction. Unlike Na’vi River Journey at Disney’s Animal Kingdom, this boat ride will go outside.

Walt Disney Imagineering didn’t announce details of the Avatar land at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event, although they displayed a model of the land and a maquette of the boat vehicles. The full reimagining of Tomorrowland at Disneyland will take priority over Avatar land.

To make way for the new experience, Monsters, Inc. Mike & Sulley to the Rescue! was set to close in “early 2026.” However, Disney later announced it will remain open into 2027.

Cole is a co-production designer for the Avatar franchise, recently featured in a video about The Art of Avatar: Fire and Ash book. He said the guiding principle for Pandora is not traditional science fiction, but something closer to “science fact.” Rather than designing alien environments simply because they look strange or fantastical, the team tries to approach Pandora with the seriousness of a nature documentary. Cole describes the goal as creating a sense of tactile reality, with artists working through drawing, painting, sculpture, practical models, virtual reality, and other tools to make the world feel physically present.

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