Ramble: Avatar: The Way of Waterpark

This video is 3 years old now, but I just have to share this thought I've been having ever since: an Avatar theme park should just be set several decades after the movies and say that the "village" is populated by humans AND the children of human and Na'vi couples. That way they can have actors who are human sized and have 5 fingers but are painted blue and look like Na'vi. They wear some more clothes because they've developed a beautiful mixed heritage culture, and they have this small human-sized settlement where things are built with human size and limitations in mind! The Na'vi are nearby, they just don't like to mingle with outsiders as much, but you can see them on some rides out in the forest and in those pictures on the walls. I feel like that would make the whole thing feel so much less weird. And you could even get creative with the looks of the "mixed" generations, not everyone has to be in full face paint, some of them you could just give a wig and some glow-in-the-dark freckles and call it a day.

Idea for the direhorse ride: you could have the lore of the ride be that it's a group of first-time navi, as if you all grew up and are in the same class. That could tie into the kiddie version of the ride; people would grow up with the first ride and when they hit the height requirement, it would be a kind of "adults only" thing

Ive commented something similar to this on like 10 ramble videos at this point but i listened to this while i was half a sleep in a feverish state and got a very vivid visual of how the tulkun lazy river would look and now im so upset its not real

This feels like 50% incredible theme park ideas and 50% is just the most unhinged ideas one could possibly think of. I'd for sure go

tulkun sweet tulkun

Jenny really thought she could sneak in DIVE without us realizing, huh?

A Tapirus is just a giant Tapir because Avatar is lazy as hell.

my gut instinct says that the soul tree fireworks should have a paper lantern element but that also sounds a bit like a nightmare. but also disney might do a nightmare idea

the rda base camp was so blatantly awful i wasnt prepared for how cool the dire wolf ride would be - both the kids version and the fast version!

I don't think I can adequately express how much I want to go on the Direhorse hunt ride! I really like that point about the novelty of being alone at an amusement park - I feel like they're so often hectic, overstimulating environments, and that can make quiet ride moments feel so special, and the idea of having a little solo adventure is so fascinating to me. Especially when you don't actually know what to expect going in!

I Didn’t Want to Spend This Day with My Son 🙄😐😑🫥

I've actually really liked all of the jenny's choice videos that have happened so far, since you'll pick a topic that you feel more excited about and it shows. (I also love that the first one was mlp collecting because that is an interest of mine, so the topic really worked out for me in particular haha)

I'm a new patron but I want to bring back Jenny's choice. This was such a fun video

the first 13 minutes were perfectly dull and ordinary and then she casually pivoted to sacrificing rowdy boys to the US military in exchange for funding this imaginary avatar the way of water park without skipping a beat, thats a 10/10 for me

I originally skipped this video because just the idea of waterparks fills me with rage. But then curiosity got to me and I watched it and now I feel silly lol Great video. Genuinely cool and horrific. I hate how the military bit sounds cartoonishly evil and fully plausible at the same time.

The US Army collaboration 😂😂😂

wow, you really laid Disney's lack of ambition bare here

I live for Mega Porg's looks! Their little hat!! <3 <3

This is peak ADHD. Having the opportunity to dream up a reality that has no limits, but still dreaming up an imaginary way to fund the imaginary reality.

Jenny's solution to troublesome young teenage boys: sell them to the US military

I love that she even themed the parking

Completely enamored with the concept of purchasing elaborate face paint and hair styling then heading straight to the pool

There's a theme park in the UK called Blackpool Pleasure Beach where they have one of those horse track rides, but they put the horses on a rollercoaster track, and it's honestly terrifying because you're only being held in place by a belt around your waist that you could 100% unbuckle at any time.

Just to come out here and defend the legoland horse track ride bc that was one of my favorites as a kid, it has this great moment where u bully a squire by riding through this rotating training shield that he’s holding onto (with your lance that is molded to the horse ofc) and he goes “oh no, not again!” In retrospect still pretty dinky but i thought it was fun when i was 7

EDIT: The waterpark OCEANA has burned down before opening!!!! There's a huge black skeleton of a waterpark left, and it's inside of the rest of the themepark! Will try to update more once themepark season has started again and my seasonally employed friend can report back to me on how it has affected the rest of Liseberg. Have you heard of Liseberg in Sweden? I believe it's Scandinavia's largest theme park (and just happens to be in my city, so let me know if you go!) well they just built a waterpark *within* their theme park called OCEANA which is set to open Spring/Summer 2024! 🥳🥳🌊 My best friend is a seasonal employee at Liseberg so I might be able to get one of the early tickets if I'm lucky. I know you've gone to theme parks in Europe before, so maaybe possible? 🤷🏼 Love, //Person who has watched your Pandora theme park video 5-6 times, and your Evermore one over 10

I'm guessing the movie is Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure

Jenny, as a patron who will intentionally not watch your uploads for a while so that I can binge several at once on a cozy day off, I want to say that I’ve noticed your increased anxiety around the quality of your content and the way it’s made you hesitant to post etc. Please know that your most casual, least-thought-out content is already better than pretty much everything else I watch on the internet, and that while I understand and will always support you holding yourself to a high standard, I hope that you are able to move toward doing that out of a love for what you do and not out of fear of our reactions. Does that make sense? Like… I believe you are an artist and you have every right to always be pushing your creativity to new heights. But it makes me sad to think of you stopping yourself from making things you want to make because you’re afraid of external negative feedback or because you’re worried about timelines of relevance. I think your specific content is the kind that need not concern itself with either of those things because what makes it so beloved is how niche and rewatchable at any time it is. I know I can’t possible understand how difficult it must be to shut out all the noise when you’re a public figure on the internet. But idk. Wanted to say something somewhere. I hope you’re getting support in your personal life to help you manage the understandable stress of your job and that you hear all of us who care cheering you on through the noise.

The military recruitment idea is too good, I'm going to use it on my next promotion board 😏

Majorly zoned out watching this and zoned in when you were talking about a dad congratulating his son on being in the US Army and sending low income demographic to that rollercoaster. Very confusing experience

Ma e wa

Just in case I am statistically "the one," I think the movie is The Mouse and His Child. Actually, I really hope its that movie. Or any of those unhinged sanrio films haha

I agree on posting the evermore video, it was outstanding

As a proud patreon supporter who dose enjoy big robust bonusses for patreon, I support the evermore 2 video being unlisted. I always found it weird how follow ups or direct sequels where not on main channel. Felt like the true ending was locked behind DLC. I pay for this patreon whenever I can, would not feel cheated if that was made public

I really hope no actual army recruiter finds this and thinks that's a great idea.

RotR should use decoy floor scuffs.

Trying to find an ounce of water in the waterpark. EDIT: nvm i got there

character dining navi on stilts killed me. if i don't get this experience before I die im gonna kms.

legally they have to let you. it's a waterpark they have to let you

2nd month on patreon <3

I hope some theme park insider is here to see her amazing idea of combining those ride types, and her other thoughts on improving "trackless" ride experiences.

There's a second channel?!???

You gotta strategically place dire horse hunting party in the park so all the branching paths can visit the different attractions and areas. So like in one path you’ll accidentally stumble into an RDA rollercoaster building and a tank will lurch at you and you have to make a swift exit, or you’ll run around on a hill overlooking the lazy river. That way if you ride it once, as you’re enjoying your day at the rest of the park you’re seeing glimpses of where other paths can take you.

Nobody tell Ken about us military funding

Shocked there was not a tree with a face.

hey just a heads up (cause i imagine you’re unaware) when you open this video on youtube it opens with youtube kids and says it’s a kids video on a kids channel, and bars access from liking, commenting, playing it open in another tab ect.

I'm the one who has heard of it.

I love Avatar at Disney. This is just going after my heart

what IS this 2nd channel??

Jenny have you heard about the indoor Dreamworks themed water park in New Jersey

Absolutely lost it at the army recruitment.

The US Government roller coaster army recruitment bit should be taught alongside A Modest Proposal as an introduction to satire, and I am *here* for it.

I will say I find the video topics you choose to be the most interesting. Like I watched your ramble about MLP ponies and adored it (I learned so much and honestly could have listened for hours longer lol)

Idk if this will give you some peace of mind about whether people will dislike you choice of theme but whenever a "jenny reacts to so and so" topic wins I always hate it very much, and that's a topic that people voted for! So, you know.... Don't worry about it

The sheer horror I felt at you describing the Tulkun rising up from underneath the water and actually lifting people up 😱😱 (also I've only ever been on lazy river type things where you just tread water so I was very confused for a minute why you were talking about inner tubes)

Getting the funding from the US Military is perfect because once the Space Force puts down some cash, we can just go to Pandora for real.

Tag yourself! I'm boring child

It’s so incredible to me that the lack of corporate language and hyping words is making this theme park sound so much more desirable.

Weirdly easy to visualize every bit of this crazy waterpark

I don’t know how to post a good comment, so I’ll just say my main reaction, which is that if I was a multi-billionaire I’d give Jenny a billion dollars to make her theme park dreams come true. I just assume it would be the purest, best theme park for theme park appreciators, making the world a better place. (Sorry I posted that comment wrong the first time on the wrong video and had to delete it and repost it)

I love how this is the absolute most I will ever learn about the plot of Avatar: The Way of Water

I remember being scared even of the kiddie horse ride at legoland lol

27:45, first mention of water since the intro in a video about a waterpark. Bold move, Nicholson. Let's see if the US Navy will agree to funding after this.

"Just Toruk?" "Just Toruk."

I love how the park concept is so realistic she's already thinking about how to fund it through integration with the military industrial complex.

Only Jenny can channel such a delicious fusion of genuine earnestness and complete corporate cynicism. She pitched a fantastic park right down to its horrible, soulless, military-funded center. Also, her casual disdain for teenage boys is just *chef's kiss*. 🤣🤣🤣

I hoped for months that one of the avatar topics would win, so glad Jenny chose it! I never get tired of theme park talk or avatar talk 🥳

I would assume the Tapirus is supposed to be like a Tapir

Also thank you for providing a great verbal explanation for why I'm so underwhelmed with the trackless ride system as a whole. The mechanics are way too routinely unreliable for the demand the Disney attractions get. I really hope it gets phased out because you're absolutely right with the scuffing issue making the actual "trackless" part borderline pointless.

That pitch for a Tulkun encounter is both an amazingly creative use of the "lazy river" genre and sheer freaking nightmare fuel for someone with submechanophobia haha

I can't believe Jenny is selling out her theme park to the US Army and they haven't even paid her yet.

i voted for this topic at least a couple of times and the video absolutely fulfills the hopes I had for it each time… thanks for picking this ʻlost opportunity!”

re: the novelty of strictly single-rider attractions, this is exactly what I love about autopia. as an adult, I do wish the specific property of the ride was more themed or that the track had a better view of Tomorrowland. But as a kid I didn't give a fuck, I loved the hot nuts and bolts stand and just having like a few minutes to myself away from the family stress of a disney day ya know.

I wonder if Jenny is the kind of park owner who would leave her giant SUV right on the beach in front of guests and then wander around pretending to take pics of Home Tree just to eavesdrop on parkgoers

The entire RDA/Military section made my life. Every time she would say an idea I had just had I would be punching the air.

I was a lifeguard at a waterpark when I was 16 so I feel especially connected to this week's topic. Imagine doing that while also having to be in character as an... Avatar person, I guess.

I voted for this topic but my only hesitation was that it was phrased “the way of water park” meaning I was afraid it wouldn’t be a water park if it were picked. Also I DO love water parks except for the teenage boys that created a blockade across the lazy river last time I was at one (two days ago) so corralling them away from me makes for a perfect park. So Jenny you have made all my patron dreams come true today 🥹

It took me until the giant whale animatronic in the lazy river before I saw the sarcasm.

i can’t believe the us military has been funding jenny’s patreon the entire time 😞

I love that jenny dislikes teen boys so much that she wants them basically drafted into the army so they don't ruin her themepark

A lot of patrons seem okay with more "Jenny's Choice" (and I always enjoy the topics she chooses!) but it feels a bit unfair to Jenny really. When the vote doesn't produce a clear topic, she has to do this extra preliminary brainstorming step, so it's like we're creeping up the monthly ask without quite saying so. Choosing a good topic is hard, but patrons shouldn't shirk the job! And when in doubt, just ask for more theme park stuff, because this was great.

My favourite kind of content is diving into something niche no one has heard of or talks about. Looking forward to your short video!

This continues my education on the world of Disney shirt genres! "I didn't want to spend this day with my son" really got me. 😂 Had to go look up Disney dad shirts. I now crave more Disney shirt ramble content hahaha.

Will we ever get a Dollywood video?

For months, I thought “avatar the way of water park,” was a real place Disney had made. This ramble saved me from potential public embarrassment

The “Jenny’s Choice” topic was mine, and my bad! I was feeling lazy and idly wondering if I could resurrect an old topic. That led me to wonder what old topic Jenny would choose, and I didn’t stop to question if that violated a rule. Whoops! All that said, this ramble was A+ amazing. I’m imagining the park was designed by Na’vi for Na’vi and humans, and there will be Na’vi characters walking around in little families going, “oh my, there are so many humans here today. Look at the little ones!” and then asking kids to take pictures with them and funny stuff like that.

The Material you're thinking of is called neoprene. Great for wetsuits.

More Jenny's choice please!

So glad to hear that the Bibbidi Banshee Boutique will have facepaint options for boring children!

Jenny mentioned fiddleheads being a plant on Pandora, are they invasive? Is Pandora being overtaken by non-native plants? There are deep lore implications to fiddlehead fritters

ok what if in the edu-tainment children's discovery museum section there was like a basic lab procedure. i'm thinking titration (so like the chemicals could be behind glass, but a kid turns a knob that pours the color-changing chemicals into the solution and they could turn different colors! and when they run out of chemicals the station could rotate around and a new titration would be there, and behind a wall there's a guy just refilling the same 2 titrations). this could be in the avatar-themed section of the edu-tainment building, so parents feel feel ok letting their kid hang out there because at least they're learning how to do an "experiment", and it would be fun for the kids and then people would want to hang out and learn about avatar-plants and avatar-animals and THEN they'll want to buy more avatar themed merch!

The US military sponsors like 95% of all movies and TV shows that get produced, anyway, so some of these dreams have already come true.

Getting the military to fund this is perfectly insidious and the thematic execution is ingenious for the results. So let's work out more details: We could have each of the branches recruiting at each of the rides. Army - Intamin LSM Launch Air Force - B&M or Vekoma Flying Dive Coaster Navy - Mack Rides Xtreme Spinner Marines - RMC Topper Track (or their T-Rex model) The names could basically be normal references to the Military or vehicles since the RDA isn't that different. With this small but robust line-up they will never leave (until the next war starts). I forgot about the Coast Guard, so they can have a spot in the almost themed shopping area just outside the park.

Funneling teen boys and low income guests directly to the military recruiters so that they keep giving the park money is such an evil genius plan

I’m not a high-tier patron and I completely understand not wanting to alienate those patrons who suggest and vote on topics. However, your Jenny’s Choice-type videos are some of your best IMO! Your passion and comedy really come through. I swear I watch ur pony collecting video all the time!

With most people I'd be confident I know a movie they call obscure, but Jenny's taste and knowledge is a whole other animal. Can't wait for the secret movie!

Jenny, if you are intrigued by indoor themed waterparks, you NEED to go to the Wisconsin Dells! It's "The waterpark capital of the world." Many of the parks are outdoors, but there are quite a few indoor ones. Also, it's just an incredibly kitschy tourist trap town. I highly recommend going or just looking into it!

girl i know this is in jest, all jokes but I can't IMAGINE the twitter fighting about a new disney park where you can get braids and FEATHERS in your hair like the native-american metaphor SPONSORED BY THE US ARMY OH MY GOD

My earliest memory is walking back, cold and wet, after the Tul’kun splash at the end of the day’s Tsaheylu fireworks spectacular. I’m still shivering as my siblings and I settle into our budget army cots. I drift off to sleep to the faint sounds of the Jake character shouting for his family at the hotel ikronorail stop. It’s been a perfect day.

The military recruitment angle is very creepy! But what are they going to do with international guests? Does this park not expect to have any? I'm not a water park person either so having so few water rides and like, no slides or wavepool parts, sounds good to me

Hey Jenny, with the Barbie movie out and the smorgasbord of content about it being posted, are you still planning on finishing *your* Barbie video? If so, would you include the Barbie movie? (Sorry if you've already answered this somewhere, the way Patreon loads comments is so bad I almost never check them)

For some reason YT marked the video as "for kids", which turned off a lot of functionality :(

Many thoughts, trying to pick the best ones: 1) I love that not only has Jenny found a way to isolate the Coaster Bros, she's also made it a way to enlist them in the military and ship them away; 2) The obligatory dad-shirts were spot on, the first dad-shirt I saw at Disneyworld in May said "Most expensive day ever!" in the Disney font and I just thought "Damn, you are determined to Randy Moore your way through this trip, huh;" 3) Tron: Lightcycles has the exact restraints Jenny needs for the trackless Na'vi hunt ride; 4) Face paint in a waterpark is a bold choice, respect; 5) The amusement of the "I need to kill that part of myself" caption was more rewarding to me, a viewer, than footage of a skateboarder who kind of looked like Spider could have been; 6) Disney should immediately bulldoze Dinoland USA and build this.

I love this! I want to ride the Tulkun Lazy River. This reminds me of the two dark rides at Water World that I was obsessed with as a kid. I wish it was a type of ride that was more common. There's a pretty recent ride-through on youtube, so apparently they are still running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1Y0_bGk5oA

I really want to see Jenny play Rollercoaster Tycoon after watching this.

I've voted for this ramble every time it came up! So happy it's happening!!! Also might the material you're thinking of be neoprene? Used in wetsuits and such!

Okay I’m only 2 minutes in BUT have to quickly comment that I’m thrilled you went to Rulantica!!!! I live in southern Germany, about 45 min away. We go every year (to Europa as well) and it never gets old 🖤 so fun!! When you mentioned Germany last month I immediately thought of Europa and had my fingers crossed that you would go and enjoy it!! 🖤🖤🖤

If you're up for an indoor waterslide, https://www.booking.com/hotel/ca/mississauga-meadowvale-resort.html "Located close to Pearson International Airport and boasting one of the area's longest indoor waterslides, this family-friendly ...".

I’m also really surprised I cant buy a large plush tulkun?? I was going to get the lego but I just didn’t care enough

Ooh, and what if the military dystopia section was an alt universe where the RDA won (a lot of teenage boys REALLY want that), so all the windows are just screens showing barren landscapes dotted with unobtainium mines and army guys in mechs walking around

Waterparks always seemed to present really fascinating theme park layout questions that designers rarely engage with, I guess because they tend to be much cheaper than regular theme parks (at least the ones in California are). By their nature, waterslides don't generally have the entrance and exit right next to each other, since you need to start high and end low. Most places get around this by just having a big hill with all the slides where the line starts at the bottom, or even just a big metal tower with the same idea, but you don't *have* to do it that way. And yeah, stating in one area, going on a ride, and ending up in a completely different area sounds incredibly disorienting and impractical, but *I* think that's something designers should embrace. What's more immersive and thrilling than getting lost? And yes, obviously this will result in packs of feral lost kids, but I think this is just the cost of innovation. Disney seems to do fine with all the cats.

That was amazing someone start a gofundme so we can bring this incredible experience to life!!! And the military funded rollercoaster area was GENIUS I'm actually shocked they haven't tried something like that irl to boost their low recruitment numbers 🤔

💙💙💙💙

This video kinda proves me theory that Avatar is perfect for a theme Park but the merch end is just never going to quite work. But they should absolutely push more plushes vs more moulded plastic trying to give off woven vibes. Although a bespoke earth mother line of premium merch would slam

if the park could get the funding they could hire off-season basketball players for a Navi vs RDA basketball game

i was having a rough day but watching this while eating lunch made it better thank u jenny

This is the most insidious and plotting Jenny has been, I think. I love it! Please never be in charge of anything!

this outfit is giving me midsommar schoolhouse teacher

Childless, but I would buy an Avatar "I didn't want to spend this day with my son" shirt

(employee, face painted blue, swings pin-on tail listlessly) “I don’t know why. I guess the boss lady made some money talking about Star Wars on YouTube? Maybe the park was a bit? Anyway she hates the sun and water so she isn’t around much. Man here comes some customers. Sivako! You must be this tall to tame the mighty Ikron tube flume.”

jenny, i would happily listen to your pitches for any kind of park, toy, cartoon, hotel, whatever for the rest of time.

as a former boring child, thank you for thinking of face paint for us

I love the idea of the pure souled emissaries of the Great Mother delivering me sushi. Then I can pretend it’s Eywa’s divine will rather than my own that got me uncomfortably full on Philadelphia rolls.

i haven’t been to disney in 20 years but i watch you lots and also other disney content (but not ridethroughs) and the reveal that rise of the resistance is secretly frozen ever after was the best plot twist

The home tree area made me think of Agartha from Secret World Legends. Leave it to Jenny to find a way for the military-industrial complex to serve a good purpose in this world. Having all the rowdy coaster-obsessed teens self-select out of most of the park would almost be worth poisoning the minds of younger generations with slick military propaganda. As a resident of Las Vegas, I can confirm that restaurants where the waiters insult you are indeed becoming a big thing in tourism. The one in Excalibur is where a pro-wrestling restaurant used to be long ago. I much preferred the pro-wrestling restaurant.

Would love to have a Tulkun Lagoon Tulkun Balloon

Your crown looks amazing! I've been on a lot of "horse rides" in Europe, as a child and as an adult, and it's amazing every time. Pregnant women can do it, kids can feel safe riding with their parents or like a cowboy riding alone. On some, you can rock the horse back and forth to make it more 'intense' or just enjoy the ride at a gentle pace. They are pretty, calm, super immersive, and should be mandatory in all parc.

I love the idea of the Na'vi making a big fake replica of the home tree for tourists to take pictures with.

Parts of this are like, the coolest thing ever, and other parts are wildly unhinged (like watching the tulkun hunt while eating) and I love it 😂

I'm glad to know that I can get "Jenny Nicholson names of Avatar Fastpasses" nerdy about themepark things and not be alone.

Giant Porg having a little nautical hat is so delightful

Ha! You really got me with the turn to dystopic military recruitment center. And this is far more practical and potentially profitable than Evermore could ever be...

The "rowdy teenage boy section" sponsored by the U.S. military was absolutely hilarious, especially since I feel like they probably would fund it.

I love the rambles because of the thumbnails - every time I press play I'm delighted by the choice of outfit and matching headpiece, as well as immaculate background arrangement. It's a low risk, high reward surprise and I'm here for it

For the Spider Stunt-Tacular his dad should be a bafflingly good projection of Tony Hawk

Living in SoCal and hating the sun sounds like torture. Fellow sunhater here, but thankfully I live in a less sunny area.

the tapirus is more of a Tapir than a pig-elephant but i get where she's coming from

SIVAKO

YESSSSS FINALLY!!!!!!!

theme park rambles are always the best

Pressing play on this now but i want to pre-emptively say that I am against the Tulkun being put in captivity and will make a “BlueFish” expose documentary on Way of Waterpark if they do not set them free

Woooooo!!!!! Let's gooooooo!!!!

Omg you absolutely should do more Jenny’s choice though

Omg fresh Avatar

I’m so glad this one finally won! Can’t wait to watch after work today!

Inject more Avatar content into my veins please and thanks

I love when theme park topics win, it’s such an exciting surprise as a lower tier patron 😭💕

Oh my god yesss 💕💕💕

Omg

I thought you were talking about the album and i said to myself “so her magnum opus?”

Oh my god its my topic 😭😭