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

[AMusicLifeForMe]

The 3D glasses fit over your regular ones?

Well, I had to make them work. The 3D glasses for this ride are actually quite large, so I had to play with them for a few seconds the 2nd and 3rd times to make sure I didn't have any bluriness from the movie. I just put the 3D glasses over my regular ones to the best of my ability, and usually I'm fine.

 

[SaraSpringsIsHome]

55 min wait for FOP according to MDE right now!
70 min wait for NRJ.

 

[DuffyForPresident]

55 min wait for FOP according to MDE right now!
70 min wait for NRJ.

Just saw that. Looks like the rain sent people scurrying away. If you're there now, this looks like this is a good time to get some rides in!

 

[CAS239]

Sorry if this has been answered...any thoughts or rumors about the late evening EMHs extending beyond early July?

There will be evening EMH just like every park, but daily at AK like right now? I highly doubt it.

There's tons of flyers, signs, pamphlets, etc advertising the dates on site and off site. So they could, but with a confirmed end date set months in advance, I don't see them extending it daily.

They'll likely do PM EMH at AK 1-2 days and/or maybe extend the hours to be open a few days a week to everyone until like midnight. That would be nice for us offsite AP holders

 

[rteetz]

55 min wait for FOP according to MDE right now!
70 min wait for NRJ.

After very high waits this morning. I am sure wait times will pick up again mid summer but this week should be a little more quiet around WDW. They also have been getting a lot of rain today.

 

[DuffyForPresident]

So am I crazy or are the wait times for FOP higher right at the beginning of the day? It seems to not make sense as conventional wisdom says to do rope drop for lowest wait times. Perhaps everyone is doing the same thing?

You aren't crazy - you're right! I've been kind of obsessively tracking FoP & NRJ times since Wednesday, and the longest FoP wait of the day has consistently been 9-10am.

I've been checking every hour on the hour and just played around with my numbers (this does not include today) to find the average of each hour I have data for to make this graph that shows you just how right you are!



Between 9a and 9p, NRJ is between 90 and 105, which is very consistent. (It drops to 70 at 10p.)
FoP is 186 at 9a, 190 at 10a, and then never gets higher than 163. Noon to 2p is 133, 130, 128, which isn't bad compared to the times before and after it.

 

[cigar95]

2. With FOP being the more popular of the two, then a FP for FOP will get you a spot on FOP even if it were to break down. If you did SB for FOP and it happened to break down, your time invested in the SB would likely be lost and you would have to wait again SB later in the day to ride it.

I've had a couple of breakdown experiences on other headliner attractions where all of those who were far enough along in the line were given reride "tickets". Doesn't guarantee that they would do this for FoP, but one would certainly hope so.

 

[wareagle57]

I was in the queue for FOP this morning when the internet was blowing up about the 400 minute wait time record, so reading online reactions provided some entertainment to pass the time! Fortunately for me, I only waited 90 minutes after getting to the park entrance at 7am. 30 minutes of that was spent in the banshee mural room. It really felt like things slowed to a crawl there at the end. I think a couple things might have led to the lengthy queue today:

1) While AK opened its gates at 7:30am today, they held everyone at the entrance to Pandora until 8:01am. From what I've read, on other days they've been opening Pandora a bit early too. I'm guessing the on-time opening today caused a TON of guests to build up.

2) When I was finally seated on the ride, our group waited about 5 minutes for the cast member to secure the restraints in the room next to ours. This was my first time on the ride so I don't know what's normal, but the load/unload felt incredibly slow.


I thought the ride was great, though after reading the glowing praise for all its "next level" technology, I was surprised at how blurry the video was. For much of the ride, I was seeing double rather than a true 3D effect. I really haven't heard anyone else mention this, so maybe it's just my eyesight (though my 3D TV at home looks great). I was in room "C3" which I think is in the upper left of the theater. Maybe I was too off-center for a perfect 3D image (that's what happens with my TV). The picture quality was very distracting and took away from the immersion, but I look forward to riding it again from a different vantage point to compare.

I don't understand why they don't simply lead guests to wait in the ride queues instead of holding them at the Pandora bridge. I'd much rather wait in the AC queue than standing there worrying about people shoving past me for 30 minutes. At least once you're in the line there is some order, and they could probably send out 3-4 extra rotations of riders before the normal first ride of the day since it takes people so long to get through the queue and the pre-shows. So far the earliest I have seen reports or someone getting off FoP is 35 minutes after opening. Someone should be getting off at 16 minutes after. And that's if they wait until right at 8am to run the pre-shows. If they let people into the lines 30 minutes before opening, they could start the preshows 10 minutes before. I'm just trying to help you out Disney. You're not making any money from us while we are in line.

 

[LMO429]

Since the lines for Pandora are so long. Are you able to bring a toddler to just wait on line with you and then exit with another parent or is there a a room nearby where the parent can wait and then swithc?? I know the answer is probably no but considering how long the lines are it would make it easier if we could all be together..anyway just a thought.

with a fastpass how long are the waits????

 

[Gina Starr]

After very high waits this morning. I am sure wait times will pick up again mid summer but this week should be a little more quiet around WDW. They also have been getting a lot of rain today.

I thought the waits have been crazy today!! 60 minutes for figment!

 

[rteetz]

I thought the waits have been crazy today!! 60 minutes for figment!

Interesting. I didn't look elsewhere.

 

[dina444444]

Since the lines for Pandora are so long. Are you able to bring a toddler to just wait on line with you and then exit with another parent or is there a a room nearby where the parent can wait and then swithc?? I know the answer is probably no but considering how long the lines are it would make it easier if we could all be together..anyway just a thought.

with a fastpass how long are the waits????

Someone that's of minimum height is allowed to do that and go out through a chicken exit but they won't let anyone in the queue that's under the height requirement.

 

[MagicMike203]

I'm sorry if this has been asked, but what is the process for getting into Pandora if you have a fast pass.

We have a fastpass for FoP at 7pm. Can we expect a line to get into Pandora, and what time would they let us into pandora with a fastpass?

 

[JessRose]

I'm sorry if this has been asked, but what is the process for getting into Pandora if you have a fast pass.

We have a fastpass for FoP at 7pm. Can we expect a line to get into Pandora, and what time would they let us into pandora with a fastpass?

I do not believe Pandora was closed for capacity with the exception of the opening weekend. We were there this past weekend and there were no lines to enter the land at any time.

Edited to clarify there were lines at rope drop of course for both EMH in the morning and for general opening, but it was just as the crowds filtered in.

 

[gap2368]

I'm sorry if this has been asked, but what is the process for getting into Pandora if you have a fast pass.

We have a fastpass for FoP at 7pm. Can we expect a line to get into Pandora, and what time would they let us into pandora with a fastpass?

I know opening day latter in the evening they were telling us if we leave we may have to wait in line to get back in, but I do not know if they are still doing this.

 

[CAS239]

I'm sorry if this has been asked, but what is the process for getting into Pandora if you have a fast pass.

We have a fastpass for FoP at 7pm. Can we expect a line to get into Pandora, and what time would they let us into pandora with a fastpass?

Likely won't be any lines to get into Pandora. But if there's lines like on opening weekend, then you go up near the entrance to Pandora and they have CM's that allow those with a FP to enter with no wait. They scan your band and verify the FP then let you in. They were recommending showing up 5-10 min before your FP window

 

[potatoes]

A few other thoughts on Pandora while they're on my mind...

Tossing coins into rivers and ponds at the parks is a pet peeve of mine, but seeing it happen in Pandora felt extra disheartening. The stream at the entrance of NRJ is filled with them! Don't pollute Pandora!

At FOP, while everyone was fascinated by the avatar in the tank, I was giddy about the other little lab experiments on the desks - ferrofluid, iron filings, vibration tube. Seeing real science and physics used to tell a theme park story is amazing. It really makes you think about how strange and mysterious our own world is, and I'm sure it will turn guests of all ages on to science. Hollywood movie themes aside, when I saw those experiments, that's when I said "this land is a success." <- Disney, if you expand Pandora, more of this please!

 

[Aquagirl]

A bunch of NRJ fastpasses for this weekend were released.

 

[reeseman]

Disney made one critical error in the design of FoP. If the attraction can hold 5 hours of guests,where are the restrooms? None! What is a parent to do with children who need to go? I am 71 and visiting in October. I don't think I could wait that long let alone a 7-8 year old.

 

[dina444444]

A bunch of NRJ fastpasses for this weekend were released.

It looks like Saturday forward they released a bunch.