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

[TheMaxRebo]

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

I echo @AngiTN in that you should see the queue for FoP at least once. It's almost an attraction itself and you skip it almost entirely via FP entrance

And I for one really enjoyed the Navi river ride. I thought it was long enough and a ton to see and hear. Waited about 30 mins during the nighttime EMH - it was definitely worth that wait but not sure about a 120 min wait or anything - the queue for that ride isn't nearly as interesting as for FoP either

 

[TLPL]

I echo @AngiTN in that you should see the queue for FoP at least once. It's almost an attraction itself and you skip it almost entirely via FP entrance

And I for one really enjoyed the Navi river ride. I thought it was long enough and a ton to see and hear. Waited about 30 mins during the nighttime EMH - it was definitely worth that wait but not sure about a 120 min wait or anything - the queue for that ride isn't nearly as interesting as for FoP either

Thanks for the advice.

 

[Disnerd6838]

This is the best and most unique experience I've had at WDW since the Tower of Terror originally opened in the 90s.
The line was OUTRAGEOUS (Tues May 30th), but luckily I had a 1:10 FP+ and at the time the line was at 240 minutes, our FP+ took us onto the ride within 10 minutes.
My only real complaint was that the glasses didn't fit my head, and I had to hold them in place with one hand the entire ride..
One suggestion would be to make sure you watch Avatar prior to riding, it definitely helped my experience.
Overall rating (0-100) would be a 90. Bravo Disney, bravo!

 

[ThistleMae]

I have some issues with motion sickness also.

I rode FOP a couple of times. I never got dizzy or disoriented in part because everything is synced down to the second. You move when the screen moves at exactly the same time.

Now you will get the drop feeling in your stomach a couple of times. But I recovered fairly quickly afterwards.

You def have to try it at least once.

Thanks for this. I think the screen and movements being synced will help tremendously. If I'm on a beast and hanging on, shouting "dive, dive, dive..." then I'm ready! Is it like that?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Thanks for this. I think the screen and movements being synced will help tremendously. If I'm on a beast and hanging on, shouting "dive, dive, dive..." then I'm ready! Is it like that?

There are parts like that but als parts where the movement is unexpected due to something happening on the screen

The movement is still synced to the screen of course - just that you don't always get warning before the movement happens

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Does anyone know offhand if Thu Jun 1 was an early EMH day?

 

[hiroMYhero]

Does anyone know offhand if Thu Jun 1 was an early EMH day?

No; it wasn't. But, there have been reports of guests entering Pandora prior to 8:00a.

 

[HydroGuy]

Thanks for this. I think the screen and movements being synced will help tremendously. If I'm on a beast and hanging on, shouting "dive, dive, dive..." then I'm ready! Is it like that?

You do not have to shout "dive", the banshee will do that for you LOL. I remember at least 3 distinct long dives in the ride. We could not keep ourselves from screaming out our exhilaration.

 

[yulilin3]

You do not have to shout "dive", the banshee will do that for you LOL. I remember at least 3 distinct long dives in the ride. We could not keep ourselves from screaming out our exhilaration.

Sivako!!

 

[jedijake]

I can not expletive wait! Sounds amazing and it's just a taste of what's to come with Star Wars. Has there ever been a better time to be a Disney world fanboy/Fangirl??

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

I recently left WDW after spending 5 days there, and I just want to give another update to what I experienced after taking everything in.

My thoughts on FoP...I rode it 3 times on my recent trip, and this ride is worth the wait. I did it 2 times via FP and one time during EMH stand-by. Make sure you stand-by this attraction once. You miss pretty much the entire stand-by line with FP, and the stand-by line is worth it in itself. I would be willing to wait 3 hours for this ride, but I would wait longer if I wasn't planning anything else during my day.

My thought on NRJ...I only rode this attraction once, and I don't understand all of the reports of this ride being too short or boring. I found it to be quite interesting and beautiful. The animatronic is amazing!!! There were touches of the stand-by line that were interesting, but it isn't as important so a FP would be fine with this attraction. Now, I would only wait an hour or less for this ride, so plan on riding this during EMH if you have the chance to.

My thoughts on Satuli Canteen...The food was absolutely delicious. It is up there with my favorite quick service restaurants on property now.

My thoughts on Windtraders...The shop is very unique, but I can't remember a time where I had to wait in a line to enter a store.

My thoughts on Pandora during the day...This land is spectacular. The floating mountains are absolutely beautiful. The moment you walk over the bridge, you already feel like you are somewhere else, and the first look at the floating mountains is spectacular. Getting to walk under the floating mountains is a great experience as well.

In regards to Pandora at night...I thought it was cool. There were areas that didn't have a lot of bioilluminescence which I think took away from the experience. I was personally expecting more with how much Disney was hyping the new land looking at night. For right now, I would say Cars Land is more impressive at night than Pandora, but that can change since I heard that Disney has been having trouble with the nighttime effect since it opened.

Pandora is actually smaller than I thought it was going to be. It really isn't a big land, but when you look at the details, you can tell why it took so long to open.

Overall, I give this land a 9 out of 10. I'm giving it a 9 since I was expecting more from the nighttime experience, but the details and FoP are absolutely amazing.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I recently left WDW after spending 5 days there, and I just want to give another update to what I experienced after taking everything in.

My thoughts on FoP...I rode it 3 times on my recent trip, and this ride is worth the wait. I did it 2 times via FP and one time during EMH stand-by. Make sure you stand-by this attraction once. You miss pretty much the entire stand-by line with FP, and the stand-by line is worth it in itself. I would be willing to wait 3 hours for this ride, but I would wait longer if I wasn't planning anything else during my day.

My thought on NRJ...I only rode this attraction once, and I don't understand all of the reports of this ride being too short or boring. I found it to be quite interesting and beautiful. The animatronic is amazing!!! There were touches of the stand-by line that were interesting, but it isn't as important so a FP would be fine with this attraction. Now, I would only wait an hour or less for this ride, so plan on riding this during EMH if you have the chance to.

My thoughts on Satuli Canteen...The food was absolutely delicious. It is up there with my favorite quick service restaurants on property now.

My thoughts on Windtraders...The shop is very unique, but I can't remember a time where I had to wait in a line to enter a store.

My thoughts on Pandora during the day...This land is spectacular. The floating mountains are absolutely beautiful. The moment you walk over the bridge, you already feel like you are somewhere else, and the first look at the floating mountains is spectacular. Getting to walk under the floating mountains is a great experience as well.

In regards to Pandora at night...I thought it was cool. There were areas that didn't have a lot of bioilluminescence which I think took away from the experience. I was personally expecting more with how much Disney was hyping the new land looking at night. For right now, I would say Cars Land is more impressive at night than Pandora, but that can change since I heard that Disney has been having trouble with the nighttime effect since it opened.

Pandora is actually smaller than I thought it was going to be. It really isn't a big land, but when you look at the details, you can tell why it took so long to open.

Overall, I give this land a 9 out of 10. I'm giving it a 9 since I was expecting more from the nighttime experience, but the details and FoP are absolutely amazing.

I very much echo your thoughts - only thing I will add is from talking to other people it seems like the level of bioluminescence has varied and I think we were there on a "low level" night. Based on what we experienced, I full agree with you that while it was pretty, I was expecting more - but perhaps there is more that just wasn't "on". That said, i recall promise of many ways to interact with the plants, and other than the big one at the entrance way, i don't recall any of that, so still feel a bit of "under-deliverment" on that front. based on all that I am at like a 8.5-9 out of 10 .... and just thinking if they can take everything they have learned from this and apply it to Star Wars Land that is going to be incredible!

 

[maryj11]

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...

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...

Thank you

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Thank you

You're very welcome -- glad you like 'em!

Something funny... DH is a PhD Econometrician... math all day long... he looked at these graphs and said: "I'll give you my conclusion: we're not doing either of these rides without a FP."

 

[hiroMYhero]

For right now, I would say Cars Land is more impressive at night than Pandora

Thank you! I have been patiently (300+ pages worth) waiting for a Cars Land at night comparison. I love Cars Land and its full immersion - especially at night and in the very early morning when it's empty. runDisney events enter DCA through Cars Land's backstage area and most runners (me) forego pacing and take in the Land... it's amazing!

I can envision runDisney having a new route that goes through Pandora. That should be impressive!

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

runDisney events enter DCA through Cars Land's backstage area and most runners (me) forego pacing and take in the Land... it's amazing!

I can envision runDisney having a new route that goes through Pandora. That should be impressive!

We did our first rD event in DL this Jan -- that was BY FAR my favorite moment! We stopped for pics -- lovely!! I had purposely paid no attention to the course ahead of time, wanting a surprise.

 

[maryj11]

You're very welcome -- glad you like 'em!

Something funny... DH is a PhD Econometrician... math all day long... he looked at these graphs and said: "I'll give you my conclusion: we're not doing either of these rides without a FP."

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

Windtraders has sold out of Banshees. It can take up to three weeks to get some more in stock.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/windtraders-is-all-out-of-banshees-in-the-rookery/

 

[Linkura]

Windtraders has sold out of Banshees. It can take up to three weeks to get some more in stock.

http://www.wdwinfo.com/news-stories/windtraders-is-all-out-of-banshees-in-the-rookery/

It would be nice if they come up with an IOU for these where perhaps people can sign up for a mail delivery to their home when they are in stock. Some people are doing trips of a lifetime and it's absurd that they won't be able to get these any other way than to pay a huge markup to eBay scalpers.

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

It would be nice if they come up with an IOU for these where perhaps people can sign up for a mail delivery to their home when they are in stock. Some people are doing trips of a lifetime and it's absurd that they won't be able to get these any other way than to pay a huge markup to eBay scalpers.

I collect Disney pins, and I'm just used to not getting the limited edition AP pins anymore. I showed up 2 days after Pandora opened and I wasn't able to get a pin. The CM said that they probably aren't going to get that pin back. I was just happy to pick up 5 other the open edition pins. So, I see your point, but I'm not surprised they sold out. The lines getting into that store last week were insane.