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

[rteetz]

Will you be posting here or in the trip report thread? Interested to hear your official take on the trip.

I will have a review of just Pandora here and a trip report as well.

 

[rteetz]

During EMH, almost consistently, they've been closing the ride lines by 12:00 midnight. Their goal is to have all riders through the line by 1:00a or a little after.

NRJ hasn't really been closing though. It was a walk on basically around 12:50.

 

[AngiTN]

So are the news reports accurate? Banshee's are sold out competely or did they just put a halt on selling them?
I really feel for people on a 1 time trip

 

[rteetz]

So are the news reports accurate? Banshee's are sold out competely or did they just put a halt on selling them?
I really feel for people on a 1 time trip

I have only seen WDWNT report that right now. Seems kind of hard to believe. When I bought mine Wednesday they restocked the entire wall while I was in line.

 

[Gina Starr]

So are the news reports accurate? Banshee's are sold out competely or did they just put a halt on selling them?
I really feel for people on a 1 time trip

Yea I'm a little sad. We will be there tomorrow and it's not exactly a one time trip but we won't be back til next year. Oh well, if it's true that just means more souvenir money for something else.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I like this a lot!! Maybe even more than mine. It's just a really nice way to look at the data.

I might as well share what I've done the past few days. (Wednesday's chart is here.)

I missed a few hours yesterday, and added standard deviation (red means one SD higher than average or more, green means one SD below average or less) - not sure how helpful this is exactly but it's clearly showing mornings are generally the longer waits.

23 days til my trip, I told myself I wouldn't do this every day but I already started checking today because I'm curious about the first regular weekend... haha.

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Also, the average of all the numbers I've pulled so far: NRJ 102, FoP 146.

Standard deviation...

Love it!!

Those same patterns I was seeing in the graphs -- longer lines in the morning -- were surprising to me, and I think helpful wrt planning right now. I'm curious to see how this will shape up as time goes on.

But bottom line to me for right now seems to be: unless you are there at RD, may as well wait until midday if doing standby.

 

[ari23]

Well looks like we might have to buy a shoulder banshee on eBay.

 

[pumpkinmomma]

Yea I'm a little sad. We will be there tomorrow and it's not exactly a one time trip but we won't be back til next year. Oh well, if it's true that just means more souvenir money for something else.

We just left the shop and they were completely out. No word on when they will have more. On a side note, it really hasn't been too terrible today. Crowded, but not unbearable. We rode NRJ with about a 20-30 min wait this am, then used a fast pass on FOP. Waits on FOP were 110 min at 1 pm today.

Highly recommend mobile ordering at Satuli Canteen, btw. Very easy process and food was really good.

 

[PolyRob]

We just left the shop and they were completely out. No word on when they will have more. On a side note, it really hasn't been too terrible today. Crowded, but not unbearable. We rode NRJ with about a 20-30 min wait this am, then used a fast pass on FOP. Waits on FOP were 110 min at 1 pm today.

Highly recommend mobile ordering at Satuli Canteen, btw. Very easy process and food was really good.

I was on the fence if I wanted one, now it looks like the decision may already be made for me lol

 

[Capang]

We just left the shop and they were completely out. No word on when they will have more. On a side note, it really hasn't been too terrible today. Crowded, but not unbearable. We rode NRJ with about a 20-30 min wait this am, then used a fast pass on FOP. Waits on FOP were 110 min at 1 pm today.

Highly recommend mobile ordering at Satuli Canteen, btw. Very easy process and food was really good.

Darn! Hopefully they will have more in stock in a few days. I was hoping to get one and introduce it as a "class pet" or mascot to my 4th graders. I guess I might just have to get an avatar made of me instead....

 

[Linkura]

Darn! Hopefully they will have more in stock in a few days. I was hoping to get one and introduce it as a "class pet" or mascot to my 4th graders. I guess I might just have to get an avatar made of me instead....

And the Avatar toys cost more than the Banshees. Either way, Disney wins.

 

[Capang]

And the Avatar toys cost more than the Banshees. Either way, Disney wins.

Disney ALWAYS wins.

 

[smallworldnh]

Well looks like we might have to buy a shoulder banshee on eBay.

You know they'll charge double or more. I went through this with the NES Classic. I still want it but i refuse to pay outrageous prices for it.

 

[BigRed98]

My 60 day Fast Pass window is coming up soon for my august 13th vacation. I'm looking to book FoP for a couple days, what time does the FP window open? Does it open up at midnight or another time on the 60th day out?

 

[hiroMYhero]

My 60 day Fast Pass window is coming up soon for my august 13th vacation. I'm looking to book FoP for a couple days, what time does the FP window open? Does it open up at midnight or another time on the 60th day out?

7:00a ET

 

[BigRed98]

7:00a ET

Thanks!

 

[maryj11]

So what times of day has the NRJ had the lowest wait times for standby? We are thinking of trying standby when we go.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

So what times of day has the NRJ had the lowest wait times for standby? We are thinking of trying standby when we go.

This is from the last 3 days...
https://www.disboards.com/threads/o...rmation-thread.3587311/page-332#post-57684523

Not surprisingly, rope drop is best -- if you can REALLY be there right at rope drop. After that, seems like NRJ has looked better 7-9pm, and then during late EMH. But again... this is only 3 days of data...

 

[TLPL]

I still can't decide if I want to book FP for the river boat ride. We are planning to go the end of July and we will spend three days at AK. Should I book three FoP or should I use one for the boat ride instead? The boat ride is so short doesn't look too interesting. But then the standby wait has been sooo long it makes me think I don't want to waste my time standing in line for it neither. So what would you rather do: Use the FP on the boat ride and wait 3+ hours for FoP, or use the FP on the FoP and wait for 2 hours for the boat ride?

 

[AngiTN]

I still can't decide if I want to book FP for the river boat ride. We are planning to go the end of July and we will spend three days at AK. Should I book three FoP or should I use one for the boat ride instead? The boat ride is so short doesn't look too interesting. But then the standby wait has been sooo long it makes me think I don't want to waste my time standing in line for it neither. So what would you rather do: Use the FP on the boat ride and wait 3+ hours for FoP, or use the FP on the FoP and wait for 2 hours for the boat ride?

You need to see the queue for FoP so book 1 FP for the boat ride and do stand by for FoP on that day