***Official*** Pandora: The World of Avatar Information Thread

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I actually have other questions as well, but won't bother for now. And, I mean, honestly, people can vomit on any given ride. Doesn't really tell me much! LOL!

"How would the vomiting on this ride rate on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most vomiting of any theme park ride ever..." Useful!!

 

[rteetz]

I have no problem merging threads. It's merging EVERY. SINGLE. THREAD. possibly, remotely related to a topic into one monster thread.

It would be like merging everything about World Showcase into one thread.

I don't see a problem with that honestly. Anything and everything Pandora can be answered here.

 

[CounselorX]

What are the chances that daily EMH will be extended all the way past September? Low I'm sure, but has anyone heard anything regarding that?

 

[VillainFavs]

Never mind....

 

[hawaiiangal]

So they had closed the standby lines at 9pm to clear the lines in prep for EMH. They let a line form for resort guests and just opened it at 10:30 on the dot. I'm sitting right here watching. And now there are people pouring in on all sides of me. It makes me assume they're letting people outside in now??

 

[JDUCKY]

"How would the vomiting on this ride rate on a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the most vomiting of any theme park ride ever..." Useful!!

I've only heard of two instances all month and one was before reaching the ride room, itself

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I've only heard of two instances all month and one was before reaching the ride room, itself

Oh, good!! I think I'll have DH take Bonine just in case... better safe than sorry... for us AND for the CMs!!

 

[yulilin3]

15 hours in Pandora. My body is not happy.
The cm were AMAZING every single one, a smile, a happy disposition, an answer at the ready.
Pandora at nighttime is absolutely stunning,I almost started crying. Simply gorgeous.

 

[Accident]

The emh line goes all the way to harambe restrooms loops back and ends past tusker house.

 

[DisneyKoolaid]

Here now...The EMH line is not only all the way at FOTLK, it goes through the QUEUE of FOTLK. Several guests confused as to why we are moving so slow in the Fast pass line for FOTLK -_-

 

[HydroGuy]

We visited Pandora today and rode FOP and NRJ. Looks like 30 new pages of posts in the last 2 days and I am bone tired and not going to read them all tonight. I am probably repeating things others have posted. Sorry about that!

I will give some practical feedback for those visiting soon in case others have not covered all of this. Then talk briefly about how we felt about the rides and land.

We managed to get FPs for both FOP and NRJ because of the glitch that happened briefly on the day FPs opened. The glitch is gone so please do not ask.

We arrived at AK about 6:10AM. We got in the no bag line. The line started moving around 6:20AM to let guests into the park. We entered for the AM EMH at 7AM. We had FOP FP for 11:10AM-12:10PM and NRJ FP for 12:10-1:10PM. We decided to visit the rest of AK in the morning and come back to Pandora after we finished lunch at 11:30. We did not fully realize that there was a 60-90 minute line just to enter Pandora that snaked all the way back to Rainforest Cafe. After we realized this we thought at one point we would miss our FP window for FOP when we finally found the end of the line around 11:45AM. A CM told us we could skip this line if we had an active FP for Pandora which we did. So we made our way forward and found where to go after asking several CMs and got into Pandora around 11:55.

We got mostly correct information on how to get to the FOP FP line. It was all confusing because there were lines of people EVERYWHERE. It looks like Disney did a good job with the situation considering all the people and newness. But it was still confusing. It was awesome when a CM realized we had been misdirected at one point and personally led us to the FOP FP line. We got to the FP line at 12:06PM with 4 minutes to spare on the FP window.

Bottom line - if the lines to enter Pandora persist, and Disney keeps the same policy they used today, wait until your FP window opens to go to Pandora and you can skip the line outside Pandora.

As for the rides and Pandora itself, we do not have much to add to what the CM/AP/DVC previews said. FOP is Soarin x 10 (really Soarin x 100 in my book) and saying it is a cross between Soarin and ST is about as close as you can get to a description. Totally awesome and unique. The images that flew past me are still buzzing in my head and impacting me 8 hours later. DS26 and I were just discussing this while walking along the Boardwalk tonight and he agreed. It appears the SM line reached 250 minutes today. And that would be after waiting 60-90 minutes just to enter Pandora in the first place.

NRJ was pretty cool and very visually appealing. But nothing all that great. It had SB lines that reached 210 minutes.

As some others have mentioned, Pandora itself was smaller than expected.

The lines for food and stores were all really long. We did not even try. We ended up spending about 90 minutes in Pandora.

We have FPs for tomorrow (Sunday) night for FOP and NRJ again, so we will get to see the nighttime version of Pandora that everyone has been talking about. We are looking forward to that,



ETA - I am not very susceptible to motion sickness but ST does make me feel slightly nauseous. Soarin, no problem. Mission Space - no nausea but light-headed for 10-20 minutes after.

I was totally fine on FOP. I did feel a little light headed after but nowhere near as much as MS. And possibly it was just from the exhilaration. I felt awesome after.

 

[hiroMYhero]

Oh, good!! I think I'll have DH take Bonine just in case... better safe than sorry... for us AND for the CMs!!

FastPasser. and others have noted it has occurred on the ride platforms and ended up causing up to 30 minutes of downtime.

I'm a sympathy vomiter so will hope I'm not riding at the same time as your DH or Villainfavs. Just typing vomiting and "throw up" makes me feel as if I just rode Hyperspace Mountain at midnight...perhaps because I did just ride it last week.

 

[mshanson3121]

We visited Pandora today and rode FOP and NRJ. Looks like 30 new pages of posts in the last 2 days and I am bone tired and not going to read them all tonight. I am probably repeating things others have posted. Sorry about that!

I will give some practical feedback for those visiting soon in case others have not covered all of this. Then talk briefly about how we felt about the rides and land.

We managed to get FPs for both FOP and NRJ because of the glitch that happened briefly on the day FPs opened. The glitch is gone so please do not ask.

We arrived at AK about 6:10AM. We got in the no bag line. The line started moving around 6:20AM to let guests into the park. We entered for the AM EMH at 7AM. We had FOP FP for 11:10AM-12:10PM and NRJ FP for 12:10-1:10PM. We decided to visit the rest of AK in the morning and come back to Pandora after we finished lunch at 11:30. We did not fully realize that there was a 60-90 minute line just to enter Pandora that snaked all the way back to Rainforest Cafe. After we realized this we thought at one point we would miss out FP window for FOP scared1 when we finally found the end of the line around 11:45AM. A CM told us we could skip this line if we had an active FP for Pandora which we did. So we made our way forward and found where to go after asking several CMs and got into Pandora around 11:55.

We got mostly correct information on how to get to the FOP FP line. It was all confusing because there were lines of people EVERYWHERE. It looks like Disney did a good job with the situation considering all the people and newness. But it was still confusing. It was awesome when a CM realized we had been misdirected at one point and personally led us to the FOP FP line. We got to the FP line at 12:06PM with 4 minutes to spare on the FP window.

Bottom line - if the lines to enter Pandora persist, and Disney keeps the same policy they used today, wait until your FP window opens to go to Pandora and you can skip the line outside Pandora.

As for the rides and Pandora itself, we do not have much to add to what the CM/AP/DVC previews said. FOP is Soarin x 10 (really Soarin x 100 in my book) and saying it is a cross between Soarin and ST is about as close as you can get to a description. Totally awesome and unique. The images that flew past me are still buzzing in my head and impacting me 8 hours later. DS26 and I were just discussing this while walking along the Boardwalk tonight and he agreed. It appears the SM line reached 250 minutes today. And that would be after waiting 60-90 minutes just to enter Pandora in the first place.

NRJ was pretty cool and very visually appealing. But nothing all that great. It had SB lines that reached 210 minutes.

As some others have mentioned, Pandora itself was smaller than I expected.

The lines for food and stores were all really long. We did not even try. We ended up spending about 90 minutes in Pandora.

We have FPs for tomorrow (Sunday) night for FOP and NRJ again, so we will get to see the nighttime version of Pandora that everyone has been talking about. We are looking forward to that,

How do you think FoP will be for younger children (8-10 range)? Too intense?

 

[hawaiiangal]

They just popped up some wait times on the boards finally. FoP 90 min and River says 15 min. No way that line is only 15 minutes!
Atmosphere has changed a lot since these lines formed again and more people obviously coming in.

 

[maryj11]

The emh line goes all the way to harambe restrooms loops back and ends past tusker house.

Oh wow. Thanks for taking the time to go live today and tonight.

 

[HydroGuy]

How do you think FoP will be for younger children (8-10 range)? Too intense?

I had 4 boys who are all now in their 20's. They would have all been fine with FOP at 8 years old - except possibly for one of them. At 9-10 years old, no problem for any of them. So it depends on the kid. An adventurous 8 year old should be fine. A timid one? Maybe, maybe not.

If the kid is brave enough to try it, as other have said a parent is within easy reach on the next ride vehicle. And they can close their eyes if it gets too intense.

 

[rteetz]

They just popped up some wait times on the boards finally. FoP 90 min and River says 15 min. No way that line is only 15 minutes!
Atmosphere has changed a lot since these lines formed again and more people obviously coming in.

It moved up to 20 minutes according to another post I have seen.

 

[maryj11]

We visited Pandora today and rode FOP and NRJ. Looks like 30 new pages of posts in the last 2 days and I am bone tired and not going to read them all tonight. I am probably repeating things others have posted. Sorry about that!

I will give some practical feedback for those visiting soon in case others have not covered all of this. Then talk briefly about how we felt about the rides and land.

We managed to get FPs for both FOP and NRJ because of the glitch that happened briefly on the day FPs opened. The glitch is gone so please do not ask.

We arrived at AK about 6:10AM. We got in the no bag line. The line started moving around 6:20AM to let guests into the park. We entered for the AM EMH at 7AM. We had FOP FP for 11:10AM-12:10PM and NRJ FP for 12:10-1:10PM. We decided to visit the rest of AK in the morning and come back to Pandora after we finished lunch at 11:30. We did not fully realize that there was a 60-90 minute line just to enter Pandora that snaked all the way back to Rainforest Cafe. After we realized this we thought at one point we would miss out FP window for FOP scared1 when we finally found the end of the line around 11:45AM. A CM told us we could skip this line if we had an active FP for Pandora which we did. So we made our way forward and found where to go after asking several CMs and got into Pandora around 11:55.

We got mostly correct information on how to get to the FOP FP line. It was all confusing because there were lines of people EVERYWHERE. It looks like Disney did a good job with the situation considering all the people and newness. But it was still confusing. It was awesome when a CM realized we had been misdirected at one point and personally led us to the FOP FP line. We got to the FP line at 12:06PM with 4 minutes to spare on the FP window.

Bottom line - if the lines to enter Pandora persist, and Disney keeps the same policy they used today, wait until your FP window opens to go to Pandora and you can skip the line outside Pandora.

As for the rides and Pandora itself, we do not have much to add to what the CM/AP/DVC previews said. FOP is Soarin x 10 (really Soarin x 100 in my book) and saying it is a cross between Soarin and ST is about as close as you can get to a description. Totally awesome and unique. The images that flew past me are still buzzing in my head and impacting me 8 hours later. DS26 and I were just discussing this while walking along the Boardwalk tonight and he agreed. It appears the SM line reached 250 minutes today. And that would be after waiting 60-90 minutes just to enter Pandora in the first place.

NRJ was pretty cool and very visually appealing. But nothing all that great. It had SB lines that reached 210 minutes.

As some others have mentioned, Pandora itself was smaller than I expected.

The lines for food and stores were all really long. We did not even try. We ended up spending about 90 minutes in Pandora.

We have FPs for tomorrow (Sunday) night for FOP and NRJ again, so we will get to see the nighttime version of Pandora that everyone has been talking about. We are looking forward to that,

Thank you for the review. We are planning two days at AK and now I think we will make both FP's for FOP after reading what you thought.

 

[hawaiiangal]

It moved up to 20 minutes according to another post I have seen.

Yep, went up to 30 for a couple of minutes then back down to 20 for a while now.

 

[karen1987]

Are you sure you weren't at a ticketed party, or just entering for a ride?

They usually never make off site guests leave a park for evening EMH, it's just only on site guests can ride rides. Off site guests are still allowed to shop and eat. They scan at ride entrances to make sure only onsite guests are riding

Surprising! This has never happened to us over 12+ years of trips, 1-3 times a year!

They've USUALLY scanned bands for attractions (not even always), but never just as we were walking around. Is that what you mean, scanned to ride attractions?

I can't imagine Disney kicking people out who had $$ to spend on food or trinkets... ... unless it's a separate paid ticketed event... and even there...

Apologies! I wrote my post very quickly and should have said that our bands were scanned at the attraction, not just walking around the park!