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

[PolyRob]

I will be doing a full trip report with even more photos if you are interested.

All the pictures look amazing! I can't wait for your full trip report!

 

[rteetz]

great photos @rteetz! well put about the land feeling more like a park than a theme park

All the pictures look amazing! I can't wait for your full trip report!

Thanks guys!

 

[AngelDisney]

I usually skip morning EMH because it's hard to get DD up. However, it seems that morning EMH is the key to ride NRJ and FOP with less wait time. I am planning to spend two mornings and two evenings at AK, and I don't think daily evening EMH would extend to the end of August/early September. If I drag DD out of bed using all my mighty power and get to EMH rope drop an hour before EMH opening time, how likely for DD and I to ride NRJ and FOP without FP before 10:30 am assuming EMH starts at 8 am?
TIA for your expertise advice!

 

[dragitoff]

We went on June 1st (tried to wait until the last day of our trip to let just a little of the crowds die down) and arrived 45 minutes prior to park opening. We went straight to Pandora upon entering the park and got to the queue around 20 minutes prior to park opening. There were 17 in our group including small children so it took a little longer than we hoped to get through the park (bathroom, bag checks, etc..). By that time the queue for flight of passage was already backed up to the bridge to cross over to Africa; however the park wasn't open yet so that line was a little misleading. A CM told guests the wait from that point was going to be 3 hours. Despite that info, we decided to wait it out for a little while to see how the line moved once the park opened. The line starting moving well once it opened and we ended up waiting in line a little over an hour.

We sampled Pongu Pongu and loved it....well, at least the adults did. The kids didn't like it so much, but that just meant more for us.

Since the line for NRJ was up to nearly 3 hours (according to MDE app), we opted to go ahead and start using our FP for the park and came back for NRJ later in the day when the wait time posted was 95 minutes. When we got in line, the queue was way past the main entrance to the attraction and there was even a CM holding a sign stating the wait from there was 105 minutes. It took much longer than 10 minutes to get from that sign to the main entrance; however our total wait time was right at 90 minutes (give or take a minute or two). NRJ was definitely beautiful, but as so many have stated, it was so short.

Overall, Pandora is an immersive, beautiful place to experience. I'm looking forward to another trip when the crowds are a little lower and we can experience it at night. FOP took the Soarin' technology and +'d it. One member of our party actually teared up on it because it was such an awesome experience.

 

[sassy2000]

Is there an entrance to Pandora from FOTL/ Tusker House area? If we have an 0805 adr at Tusker, can we use that entrance to get into Pandora at park opening?

 

[Tiki Birdland]

each movement is made by taking an already tight cable and pulling on it a little to make the movement

thanks for the great explanation!

 

[nikkistevej]

Doing a solo trip(first time- yay) during July 4th week- I know it will be crazy, but DH and DD will be in China for a few weeks over this time on a "field trip", so the only time I could go. Anyway, a few questions:
*Is there a single rider line for FOP
*If the park has EMH for 8am on July 5th, I want to do that ride first thing(no FP's available), what time should I arrive at the park?

 

[PattyN]

Motion sickness/FOP update: I'm here now (June 5) and just wanted to give my 2 cents on FOP. I can get sick at the drop of a hat- even video games can make me queasy. I take a Bonine every day at DW ( like Dramamine but doesn't knock me out), because every park has something that will turn me for the rest of the day. I took 2 this morning just to be sure, and had NO queasiness at all. The ride is very smooth and the visuals aren't jerky at all, which is what gets me on Star Tours every time. I did close my eyes for a few bits, but because of where we were flying, not nausea. So if you are on the fence, I say go for it- it's an amazing ride- best I've ever been on! (Sorry if this is old news- I'm out of the loop for the week!)

 

[PattyN]

Doing a solo trip(first time- yay) during July 4th week- I know it will be crazy, but DH and DD will be in China for a few weeks over this time on a "field trip", so the only time I could go. Anyway, a few questions:
*Is there a single rider line for FOP
*If the park has EMH for 8am on July 5th, I want to do that ride first thing(no FP's available), what time should I arrive at the park?

I can say that there was no single rider line this morning, but they did go along asking for parties of 2 or single riders from both the FP and standby lines (you are next to each other.) Our EMH this morning was 7, and at 6:30 the mass was out to the bag checks areas. Get there earlier than you would normally think you should. The herd all runs the same way once through the 2nd band checkpoint for resort guests.

 

[nikkistevej]

I can say that there was no single rider line this morning, but they did go along asking for parties of 2 or single riders from both the FP and standby lines (you are next to each other.) Our EMH this morning was 7, and at 6:30 the mass was out to the bag checks areas. Get there earlier than you would normally think you should. The herd all runs the same way once through the 2nd band checkpoint for resort guests.

Ok, good to know. I'm thinking the EMH is 8, I may arrive at 6:30- or try to. LOL Not sure how early the buses will leave the resort.

 

[BigRed98]

Nighttime review and Flight of Passage Queue...

Upon walking into the land you see the Flaska Renatta (something like that) glowing and still smoking as it does during the day. You also start to see some go the other plants glowing. Now mind you on this night not all of the plants were cooperating but it still looked very nice.



They had the projections on the mountains to make it look like those were glowing as well.





The ground was glowing but there were areas not cooperating as well.









This area in my opinion is the best during the night.





Now I did both rides during EMH but this would be my first time in the FoP queue. I loved the queue. It was of course quite long but it was incredibly detailed and I highly recommend everyone see it at least once.







This AA in the queue is stunning.





Now on my second ride on FoP the seat seemed to have different affects that were not there the first time I rode. I loved both experiences. I was on the second level the first time in seat 15, and third level in seat 4 on my second ride.

Overall thoughts...

I love Pandora. It is so incredibly detailed and just a fantastic addition to my favorite park. The NRJ could have been a bit longer but is good as is. FoP is just awesome and will be a must do. I still need to try out Satuli and Mobile ordering. As for day vs. night. I liked day best because you can see all of the incredible details but you definitely should see both. They are both unique and really cool in their own ways.

I will be doing a full trip report with even more photos if you are interested.

Cant wait to see your full trip report! Loved all the photos and your opinions! Keep up the great work!!!

 

[mrzrich]

Is there an entrance to Pandora from FOTL/ Tusker House area? If we have an 0805 adr at Tusker, can we use that entrance to get into Pandora at park opening?

Yes there is a bridge to Pandora past the FOTLK Theatre, past the bathrooms

 

[JessRose]

I usually skip morning EMH because it's hard to get DD up. However, it seems that morning EMH is the key to ride NRJ and FOP with less wait time. I am planning to spend two mornings and two evenings at AK, and I don't think daily evening EMH would extend to the end of August/early September. If I drag DD out of bed using all my mighty power and get to EMH rope drop an hour before EMH opening time, how likely for DD and I to ride NRJ and FOP without FP before 10:30 am assuming EMH starts at 8 am?
TIA for your expertise advice!

We rode both Flight of Passage, Na'vi River Journey and finished breakfast at Satuli Canteen before 9:00 on Saturday, 6/3.

We arrived at the park around 6:30. They had already let everyone in the main entrance at that point. If I had to guess, I would say we were within the first 100 on FOP that morning. When we exited the ride, they had a posted wait time of 210 minutes (I don't believe that was accurate as it was lowered to 60 minutes a short while later.

We made our way over to Na'vi which had a posted wait of 20 minutes which was spot on the money).

 

[Johnny Quest]

Yes there is a bridge to Pandora past the FOTLK Theatre, past the bathrooms

Are you saying that this bridge was open as an entrance?

When we were there it was not.

 

[miTnosnhoJ]

Ready for a review? I will have photos and potential spoilers if you are avoiding that.

I visited Pandora: The World of Avatar on Wednesday, May 31st, 2017. Upon walking into Animal Kingdom they still had the opening day Pandora maps so I picked one up. I headed right for Pandora when I entered. There was no wait to enter the land and there was some streetmosphere in the area near Tiffins.



I loved the immediate detail on the bridge into Pandora.





Even mossy garbage cans!







The detail in this area alone is incredible. I of course had to touch the plant



I know these plants are fake but they are so realistic.







The reveal of the mountains is incredible. The detail is just stunning. I could just stare for an hour or longer checking out the detail put into this.





The land is incredibly dense and it makes you feel you've exited the theme park and into a new area thats real.





















Continued in the next post...

This is a great post showing how immersive the land is.
And I think that the rides are just taking you even deeper into the land. That is why NRJ is worth doing even if it is not a thrill ride. It takes you deeper into the immersion.

 

[mrzrich]

When we exited the ride, they had a posted wait time of 210 minutes (I don't believe that was accurate as it was lowered to 60 minutes a short while later.

I found the wait times all over WDW inflated this week. When we got in the FOP line the posted wait was 120 minutes, in reality, it was 90. But it wasn't only FOP. Dinosaur said 35 minutes when in reality it was a walk on, etc.

 

[smallworldnh]

Nighttime review and Flight of Passage Queue...



I will be doing a full trip report with even more photos if you are interested.

Thank you so much for that wonderful report, your pictures are stunning!! Can you link us to where your full report will be??

 

[miTnosnhoJ]

FoP is now exiting in to wind traders today. And this was the first time I didn't see a line to get into the shop during the normal operating day.

These things are correlated. The bottleneck in Wind Traders was getting through the Banshee adoption. So with no Banshees, no line.

 

[mrzrich]

Are you saying that this bridge was open as an entrance?

When we were there it was not.

It was open on both my visits to AK this week, day and night. They even had entertainers on the bridge.

 

[AngelDisney]

We rode both Flight of Passage, Na'vi River Journey and finished breakfast at Satuli Canteen before 9:00 on Saturday, 6/3.

We arrived at the park around 6:30. They had already let everyone in the main entrance at that point. If I had to guess, I would say we were within the first 100 on FOP that morning. When we exited the ride, they had a posted wait time of 210 minutes (I don't believe that was accurate as it was lowered to 60 minutes a short while later.

We made our way over to Na'vi which had a posted wait of 20 minutes which was spot on the money).

Thanks for sharing your experience! Based on your experience, I should ride FOP first then NRJ. It's really helpful!