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

[hiroMYhero]

These are a giant step up from the Indiana Jones decoder cards from Disneyland back in the day!

That was my first thought, too! Those were free and it was a fun way to pass the time "reading the walls."

 

[SgtTibbs]

These are a giant step up from the Indiana Jones decoder cards from Disneyland back in the day!

I suppose, but if the goal is to help you learn the language it seems odd to only include 15 words and make other words "rare" and hard to find.

 

[AngiTN]

And I know many who understand and don't hang around any Disboard kind of places. It certainly didn't stop Soarin' from running out in the day, TT true. These both are bring highly advertised on TV as innovative. Fully expected then to go fast. Nothing said here changes my mind.

Their continued availability makes little sense to me.
I do think many (I dare say most) guests do use FP, and book them in advance.
I had a friend go last April and she'd never been. She had already bought tickets and knew about FP before even speaking to me. She got advice from me on booking them but she was aware and starting the process, just based on info from the Disney site.
And a coworker went a couple months ago and he was doing the same, he knew about FP and was working on their plans before we spoke about recommendations.
Neither of those are message board members
But, these passes are lasting longer than other E ticket type attractions. Maybe they built in more capacity than usual, since they were built with FP+ in mind? Honestly no idea. I do find it curious

 

[Shellyred8]

Cool combine with with my Klingon skills and I'm poly lingual. The girls are gonna melt.

This just made me laugh (and I needed a good laugh today!)! I know so many people that would say this very same thing.

 

[FireflyTrance]

Their continued availability makes little sense to me.
I do think many (I dare say most) guests do use FP, and book them in advance.
I had a friend go last April and she'd never been. She had already bought tickets and knew about FP before even speaking to me. She got advice from me on booking them but she was aware and starting the process, just based on info from the Disney site.
And a coworker went a couple months ago and he was doing the same, he knew about FP and was working on their plans before we spoke about recommendations.
Neither of those are message board members
But, these passes are lasting longer than other E ticket type attractions. Maybe they built in more capacity than usual, since they were built with FP+ in mind? Honestly no idea. I do find it curious

If you have an onsite stay WDW emails you 60 days out and lets you know the FP+ is available to book. So I don't think not knowing about FP+ is the issue. I imagine it's a combination of 1. large hourly capacity 2. some people not wanting to go opening weekend to avoid crowds 3. some people not being aware.

My sister is aware but didn't want me to get her fp+ for opening day because she didn't want to deal with the crowds. She prefers to just avoid it all together and go to EPCOT. If you don't go to WDW every year then the opening of Pandora might not be as big a deal to you. My sister also hasn't been on the new Soarin' or FEA so for her those rides are equally as new as the Pandora rides, and the crowds will be lighter at EPCOT.

 

[SgtTibbs]

Their continued availability makes little sense to me.
I do think many (I dare say most) guests do use FP, and book them in advance.
I had a friend go last April and she'd never been. She had already bought tickets and knew about FP before even speaking to me. She got advice from me on booking them but she was aware and starting the process, just based on info from the Disney site.
And a coworker went a couple months ago and he was doing the same, he knew about FP and was working on their plans before we spoke about recommendations.
Neither of those are message board members
But, these passes are lasting longer than other E ticket type attractions. Maybe they built in more capacity than usual, since they were built with FP+ in mind? Honestly no idea. I do find it curious

Again, for the first time in forever there are two new E-ticket rides and FPP's are being split between them that has to help with availability. However I suppose it's also possible they have shifted the Stand-by/FPP ratio in favor it FPP and the stand-by queues will be historically long. Time will tell.

 

[gometros]

Map on first page

Thanks, I saw that, but since it was only Pandora I was having trouble orienting it to the rest of AK.

 

[AggieRach99]

I booked fast passes this morning for May 29-June 5, with AK days on 5/31 and 6/2. Pretty much every time was still available for both Pandora rides, and I was booking for 4 people. I was very pleasantly surprised. Hope this eases anxiety for those of you who are still waiting for your windows to open!

 

[wilkeliza]

Don't you think it's weird that so many times were open and you aren't the only one reporting it. Why are these not disappearing as soon as they open?

I think it is because the average guest just doesn't care. FEA and 7DMT are because they are being taken by the uber planners here on the boards. I think most people still think DAK I don't have to make FP+ for DAK. I mean I almost never did and always was able to get the Safari, Dinosaur, and EE. DAK is also one of the lowest on the totem pole for people so until the mindset of the general pop changes DAK will still be easy to get FP+ for even with 2 new rides.

 

[Amy M]

I booked fast passes this morning for May 29-June 5, with AK days on 5/31 and 6/2. Pretty much every time was still available for both Pandora rides, and I was booking for 4 people. I was very pleasantly surprised. Hope this eases anxiety for those of you who are still waiting for your windows to open!

It does for me! Thanks!

 

[PrincessV]

I just checked for 5/29, thinking we might want a back-up FP for one of the Pandora rides in case we don't get on it standby the night before, and had lots of times available for either ride for a party of 2.

FWIW as an anecdotal aside, we visit WDW every summer over July 4th week, so peak attendance. I'm not a book-at-60-days person and never have a problem getting FPs for everything except 7DMT a few weeks out. And more often than not, we decide to change plans when we're literally en route to a park, yet rarely am I shut out of anything. Maybe it's because we prefer to hit the parks at night, maybe it's because we're a small traveling party, IDK

 

[twebber55]

i looked at 30 days from now and every ride has availability
FOP is already completely booked for May 27th
tiering DAK has helped manage the avatar rides

 

[AngiTN]

Again, for the first time in forever there are two new E-ticket rides and FPP's are being split between them that has to help with availability. However I suppose it's also possible they have shifted the Stand-by/FPP ratio in favor it FPP and the stand-by queues will be historically long. Time will tell.

I'm sure having 2 is a major part of the difference. I think it's a mixture. Because even at a place like Epcot or HS, with limited rides of peak interest, the 2 or even 3 main E Ticket rides don't have the same wide open availability as the 2 new rides at AK have.

Do we know how many theaters they have for the rides? Is the Flight ride maybe 3, like Soarin? That may be a piece of the puzzle too, seeing how even Soarin has better availability now than it did with just 2. I'd guess the boat ride is just 1 but really no idea. Basing it on existing boat rides and guessing based on how much room they'd need. Pretty hard to build more than 1 full route for a boat ride.

 

[dina444444]

I'm sure having 2 is a major part of the difference. I think it's a mixture. Because even at a place like Epcot or HS, with limited rides of peak interest, the 2 or even 3 main E Ticket rides don't have the same wide open availability as the 2 new rides at AK have.

Do we know how many theaters they have for the rides? Is the Flight ride maybe 3, like Soarin? That may be a piece of the puzzle too, seeing how even Soarin has better availability now than it did with just 2. I'd guess the boat ride is just 1 but really no idea. Basing it on existing boat rides and guessing based on how much room they'd need. Pretty hard to build more than 1 full route for a boat ride.

FoP has 4 theatres and I can see NRJ having capacity similar to pirates if it has a dual loading dock.

 

[courtney118]

I booked fast passes this morning for May 29-June 5, with AK days on 5/31 and 6/2. Pretty much every time was still available for both Pandora rides, and I was booking for 4 people. I was very pleasantly surprised. Hope this eases anxiety for those of you who are still waiting for your windows to open!

Good to know! Thanks!!

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Cool combine with with my Klingon skills and I'm poly lingual. The girls are gonna melt.

 

[CAS239]

I'll be booking next month for opening day. I'll be needing two FP's or a volunteer to drop there's for me. Thanks in advance

 

[AngiTN]

FoP has 4 theatres and I can see NRJ having capacity similar to pirates if it has a dual loading dock.

Well that helps with FoP for sure

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Their continued availability makes little sense to me.
I do think many (I dare say most) guests do use FP, and book them in advance.
I had a friend go last April and she'd never been. She had already bought tickets and knew about FP before even speaking to me. She got advice from me on booking them but she was aware and starting the process, just based on info from the Disney site.
And a coworker went a couple months ago and he was doing the same, he knew about FP and was working on their plans before we spoke about recommendations.
Neither of those are message board members
But, these passes are lasting longer than other E ticket type attractions. Maybe they built in more capacity than usual, since they were built with FP+ in mind? Honestly no idea. I do find it curious

Only thing I can think of is that capacity is up (we know the Banshee ride has 4 theaters and we saw what adding a third theater to Soarin did as far as reducing wait times) and that with the two new rides and only being able to book 1 that spreads it out a bit.

Also, the height requirements for the banshee ride is pretty high for Disney, so that might be impacting things a bit too

 

[Zbugz]

The extended hours for Pandora might be helping with FP distribution, too.