In recent years, many theme parks have turned to virtual reality as a way to enhance their attractions. But don't expect Disney to take a similar route in its parks.

• Don't expect much VR in Disney theme parks, CEO Bob Iger says
• "We're not trying to fake immersion into a place"
• Iger mentioned Pandora, Star Wars lands as examples where immersion is acheived without VR

Speaking during a Q&A session at the MoffettNathanson Media & Communications Summitt in New York, Disney CEO Bob Iger said visitors won't see much VR in the parks.

"We're not trying to fake immersion into a place, into a land or into an interaction with characters," Iger said. "We're trying to make it as real as possible, with as much scale as possible."

Iger mentioned Pandora – The World of Avatar at Disney's Animal Kingdom and the upcoming Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge expansion at both Disneyland and Disney World as examples.

"We think that as you enter one of these lands with rock formations that are multiple stories high and real characters walking around that you can actually interact with and experiences that you can travel through, that there's a wow factor there that's much greater than we could ever achieve with VR."

Both Legoland Florida and SeaWorld Orlando added VR headsets to coasters in an effort to rebrand them. Legoland reopened its Project X coaster as The Great Lego Race VR coaster, while SeaWorld rethemed its Kraken coaster as Kraken Unleashed by adding the headsets.

Eventually, SeaWorld removed the VR headsets from Kraken citing "ride experience and guest feedback" as reasons for the change.

Although, Disney won't be jumping on the VR bandwagon anytime soon, Iger said that there are opportunities to use augmented reality in the parks.