Pandora – The World of Avatar Pandora – The World of Avatar Pandora – The World of "Avatar" is a themed area inspired by James Cameron's "Avatar". It is located within Disney's Animal Kingdom theme park at the Walt Disney World Resort in Bay Lake, Florida, near Orlando. Set a generation after the events of the "Avatar" films, the area is based upon the fictional exoplanetary moon, Pandora, and features Pandora's floating mountains, alien wildlife, and bioluminescent plants. Spanning , 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. Disney
Avatar (2009 film) universe in early 2006. "Avatar" was officially budgeted at $237 million. Other estimates put the cost between $280 million and $310 million for production and at $150 million for promotion. The film made extensive use of new motion capture filming techniques, and was released for traditional viewing, 3D viewing (using the RealD 3D, Dolby 3D, XpanD 3D, and IMAX 3D formats), and for "4D" experiences in select South Korean theaters. The stereoscopic filmmaking was touted as a breakthrough in cinematic technology. "Avatar" premiered in London on , 2009, and was internationally released on and in the United States and Canada