Alpha Centauri Expeditions or ACE is an organization originating from Pandora: The World of Avatar which appears in the Jungle Cruise inspired attraction, Na'vi River Journey.
Description[]
Alpha Centauri Expeditions is an organization which was active in the 2150s. They are an eco-tourism business which arranges for transportation between earth and alien worlds like the exo-moon of Pandora. ACE was highly involved in aiding the Indigenous Omaticaya Clan restore their culture and ecosystem following it having been devastated by human colonialism. For this mission, ACE partnered with the groups the Pandora Conservation Initiative and the Wilderness Explorers.
Outposts[]
- Valley of Mo'ara: This was a terraformed valley located on the exo-moon of Pandora. Humans could breathe in the valley due to its terraforming by the Resources Development Administration.
Members[]
- Kam Demarco:
- Marshall Lamm:
Others[]
History[]
Jungle Cruise appearances[]
Na'vi River Journey[]
This attraction is themed around being a boat-ride through the rainforest of the Kaspavan river arranged by ACE. In a cavern, guests board hand-woven boats made by ACE before departing for the rainforest. The boats are greeted by a scout for the Omaticaya Clan within the jungle. Along the journey, guests encounter alien wildlife including viperwolves, hexapedes, woodsprites, panopyra and fan lizards. In the conclusion to the attraction, the boats encounter the Shaman of Songs singing Way Tiretuä, a song representing the connection to the goddess Eywa.
Wilderness Explorers[]
Several of the Wilderness Explorers' missions revolve involve ACE with the titular organization having likely been brought to the moon by Alpha Centauri Expeditions.
Other appearances[]
Pandora: The World of Avatar[]
Avatar: Flight of Passage[]
Satu'li Canteen[]
Pongu Pongu[]
Windtraders[]
Trivia[]
- Alpha Centauri Expeditions serves as the effective counterpart to the Jungle Navigation Company.
- The inter-spacial identification for the company is 19982007DAK-8802009. 1998 and DAK reference Disney's Animal Kingdom opening in 1998, 880 was the working title for Avatar, and 2009 is the year that Avatar came out.
- The company is similar to Star Tours, a fictional interstellar tourism company from the attractions Star Tours and Star Tours: The Adventures Continue.
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