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

[poetz]

Did fastpasses first thing this morning and as I expected no FOP ones, so took Navi River Journey. Do you think it's worth it to keep looking to see if it comes available?

Definitely keep looking. I didn't have any luck at 60+4 but found one for two people at day 50 and it's in the morning too. People do change their plans around, and it's possible to get lucky of you keep checking whenever you can.

 

[Dan Murphy]

Yes. Pretty sure a park ticket has been required for just about every tour / VIP experience we've done... is it not?

I think I was referencing the very high price of the ride package should possibly not require a separate park admission. I have taken many many tours, all much lower priced (as well as actual tours, not fastpasses at a price) all have required park admission except Backstage Magic.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

I think I was referencing the very high price of the ride package should possibly not require a separate park admission. I have taken many many tours, all much lower priced (as well as actual tours, not fastpasses at a price) all have required park admission except Backstage Magic.

I have Wild Africa Trek in mind as an example... $249 per person and requires park admission. Same with the VIP Star Wars tour I did years ago, which I know was more expensive than this new AK tour.

There is supposedly an actual TOUR aspect -- being toured by a VIP guide and given interesting AK tidbits you might not know -- not just FP access to rides, though I suspect FP to FoP is what many will be paying for.

Like with every offering: it isn't for everyone, and value is subjective. I'll be interested to see how this goes... if the price goes down, if it sticks around past the FoP frenzy... and I'd expect this stuff in spades for SWGE when that opens.

 

[rteetz]

Somewhere, waaaaayyyyy back in this thread they addressed Navi live actors and I'm frankly fuzzy now about it but I believe they have said something about the agreements in place prohibit it.

There is a backstory to it as well as the fact Imagineerings and Cameron wanted the land to be as realistic as possible. Having fake stilt walking Navi is not realistic.

 

[rteetz]

Does anyone know if Disney will eventually create different videos for FoP like they do for Star Tours?

They could but I doubt they will do it anytime soon. Think of this more like the Soarin film and less like star tours.

 

[ThistleMae]

Does anyone know if Disney will eventually create different videos for FoP like they do for Star Tours?

Oh, good question. If they do, it probably won't be for a long time...just my thought.

 

[ThistleMae]

difficulty with stilts is that it makes you taller, but wouldn't give the proper body proportions. In the movie, when you see the handful of scenes with a human and Navi together, the Navi are just overall bigger. Trying to accomplish that with stilts and creative costuming would be complicated.
I suspect it will eventually happen in some way, just like it will eventually happen in Wizarding World.

True....good points...but how about a animatronic Navi, that you can interact with like Siri? Wouldn't that be cool?

 

[ThistleMae]

I think I was referencing the very high price of the ride package should possibly not require a separate park admission. I have taken many many tours, all much lower priced (as well as actual tours, not fastpasses at a price) all have required park admission except Backstage Magic.

Yeah, sounds super expensive to me.

 

[LMO429]

Why is the VIP AK tour only available Thurs Sat and Sun????

 

[NSK]

Definitely keep looking. I didn't have any luck at 60+4 but found one for two people at day 50 and it's in the morning too. People do change their plans around, and it's possible to get lucky of you keep checking whenever you can.

How do you keep looking, if you already have 3 fast passes for that day?
If I chose Navi River fast pass, so FOP doesn't come up as an option .... am I missing something?

 

[dina444444]

How do you keep looking, if you already have 3 fast passes for that day?
If I chose Navi River fast pass, so FOP doesn't come up as an option .... am I missing something?

You click into your NRJ fastness and select the option to modify it, that allows you to look to see if FoP has become available. It won't cancel or change your fastness until you go through the confirmation page after selecting a new ride/time.

 

[BigRed98]

There may be hidden mickeys in Pandora after all. I was scanning through some Pandora articles looking for secrets about the land and came across an article that stated they may have found some hidden mickeys. Here's the article links:

They talk about hidden Mickeys at the end of this article.

http://nerdist.com/disney-world-pandora-avatar-james-cameron-sigourney-weaver/

Other article link

http://www.hiddenmickeyguy.com/catalog/disneys-animal-kingdom/pandora

To me these hidden mickeys look intentional. What do you think?

 

[likesdisney]

If I don't get a FP for FOP and we arrive at the park at say 730am for an 8am opening will there likely be a huge crowd already and would it save us any time in line? We have a 930am breakfast at Rainforest café so hopefully we can do FOP and then make it to breakfast.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Why is the VIP AK tour only available Thurs Sat and Sun????

Maybe testing it out to see how it sells?? It wouldn't be the first tour/event that has days added if successful.

 

[AngiTN]

If I don't get a FP for FOP and we arrive at the park at say 730am for an 8am opening will there likely be a huge crowd already and would it save us any time in line? We have a 930am breakfast at Rainforest café so hopefully we can do FOP and then make it to breakfast.

By 7:30 AM you are about 30 min too late and there would be a pretty sizable crowd already. I would arrive at least an hour before opening if you want to have the shortest wait after the park opens

 

[AngiTN]

Why is the VIP AK tour only available Thurs Sat and Sun????

Many tours are only offered on a few days each week.

 

[housemartin71]

Just got back from 10 days at Disney. We hit AK twice at rope drop, once during an 8 a.m. opening and once during a 9 a.m.

We arrived at 645 am for the 8 a.m. opening. We were probably 4th in line at our bag drop station and then 4th or 5th at our tapstile. They started letting us into AK at around 720 or so. A brisk walk to the next stopping point at the Tiffins' end of the bridge to AK. We were on the right side about five people deep. They held us here until about 735 and then we moved across the bridge only to wait again. At around 740, we started walking behind a CM to FoP. In the queue by 746, waiting to enter the pre-show by 752 and in the preshow by 755. I believe we were in the second group to ride. We were off the ride by about 815 by which time the standby line was 60 minutes. We took some pictures and then headed over to the river journey. We were in the queue around 830 and off the ride by about 850. From then on, the rest of the day went smoothly.

For the 9 a.m. opening, we arrived at AK by 725. They were letting people through bag check already and we ended up first in line at our tapstile. They let us through the tapstile at around 810. Some people sprinted to the bridge but we kept to a fast walk. We were in the front of the pack at the bridge to Pandora by 815. They didn't bother with the second stop and started walking us slowly to FoP at around 830. We were in the queue by 835 and were in the first group to ride. We were in pre-show by 840 and off the ride before 9. We headed over to river journey after a bathroom stop and still more or less walked onto the ride (less than 5 minute wait).

It wasn't fun waking up that early on either day, but we got through both rides in Pandora in less than an hour, leaving the rest of the park easy to navigate for the rest of the day.

They do rider swap at FoP as well.

One last thing - we did the dining package for RoL on our last night. RoL was cancelled due to a thunderstorm. Since we were not able to see the show, we went to guest relations and then offered us either $5 per person on a gift card of 3 anytime/any ride FPs per person (excluding only the two Pandora rides). Ended up taking the FPs to use on our last morning at MK. Two rides on SDMT and one at Space were well worth $5.

 

[Smittolis]

I just found some extra footage on my phone from our trip and it had all the pre-flight check information when on the FoP ride so uploaded it. It may be useful to some people who have no reference point for what the ride entails:

 

[LMO429]

Many tours are only offered on a few days each week.

Wish it was offered on other days I would like to do it esp for my 1st time. I think once you experience

Many tours are only offered on a few days each week.

Was looking for a wednesday night for the tour? I think for me it's worth the $ because i have never been to pandora and have never experienced ROL. otherwise anyone can do what they do in the tour easily. but for our 1st time I felt it was worth the $ for us esp since my youngest would be free and I would only have to pay for myself and my husband

 

[saramoodt]

I'm looking for anyone that has experienced rider swap at rope drop. My 2 year old can't ride and I don't want to end up in the back asking for a rider swap card. Internal rider swap is what we are hoping for. Anyone have experience with this?