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

[aimee11621]

Hope to go in June. Florida resident here. Soo excited to be back on the dis.

 

[CarolynFH]

We come back May 9th and are going again in late July.
Is it crazy I'm considering going Memorial Day week for 3 nights just for Pandora? Lol.
We have APs and live 6 hours away.

We live 16 hours (or 2 1/2 hours by air $$) away, and as soon as DH found out about the AP previews, he got online, registered us for the 19th, and THEN started looking for place to stay, etc. Out of DVC points again, so we'll be at Pop (where we enjoyed staying March 2016 when we made a special trip for a DVC event at MK) for 5 nights!

 

[PuppyJonathan]

With the AP previews being around the middle of may, does this eliminate the possibilities of softs during this time?

 

[DVCkidsMOM]

For those wondering about FP for the rides

I just booked mine and for the river ride they had FP starting at 2:45 ) and there was a good number of times still opened for after this time

the flight one earliest was 4:30 and still some times after. but there are still times for both more for the river one then the flight one for sure.

just wish I know my FP window opened today I would have liked an earlier time but oh well

My experience was that FPPs weren't exactly when I wanted them upon first reserving my FPPs before the crack of dawn. I have since been able to change times and get everything I wanted, including during opening weekend at Pandora. I don't know if I got lucky due to others rearranging their plans or if FPPs are becoming available slowly so that not all early ones are gone immediately...
Just FYI to provide hope for those who have upcoming FPP windows.

 

[Adreana]

What are the fast passes looking like for the 27th? I make my fast passes tomorrow morning so I'm hoping I can come up with a plan for my days.

 

[CAS239]

With the AP previews being around the middle of may, does this eliminate the possibilities of softs during this time?

You never know, but with them doing CM previews, Media previews, and over a week of AP/DVC previews, I highly doubt they'll do any further soft openings. This is already way more previews than what they did for 7dmt and FEA

 

[PuppyJonathan]

You never know, but with them doing CM previews, Media previews, and over a week of AP/DVC previews, I highly doubt they'll do any further soft openings. This is already way more previews than what they did for 7dmt and FEA

Shame. My plan is to go to AK during my trip on the 17th and I was really hoping it would be in softs 10 days before. I might be wrong but I can still hope

 

[SpaceSquirrel]

following

 

[hiroMYhero]

Shame. My plan is to go to AK during my trip on the 17th and I was really hoping it would be in softs 10 days before. I might be wrong but I can still hope

You can always hope.

Disney won't want to mess with the "exclusivity" of the AP and DVC trials. It's what is increasing the hotel occupancy rates for the time period leading up to the Grand Opening. They need to carry-over that momentum into the Summer as Summer projections also appear to be down - the reason for the big Pandora push.

 

[Wendy12]

What are the fast passes looking like for the 27th? I make my fast passes tomorrow morning so I'm hoping I can come up with a plan for my days.

Just checked for a party of 4. Openings available 4:00-9:00 for Flight of Passage and 1:00-9:00 for River Journey.

 

[emi6891]

We come back May 9th and are going again in late July.
Is it crazy I'm considering going Memorial Day week for 3 nights just for Pandora? Lol.
We have APs and live 6 hours away.

Definitely not crazy. I'm going in April and probably again sometime this summer depending on AP rates. Just booked a one night stay in May for the sole purpose of the AP preview. So yeah, if you're crazy, then I'm crazy too.

Join the club, I think just being on these boards indicates a level of Disney love that some would consider crazy. Two trips separated by 2 weeks for me to do AP preview, but how many chances do you get to visit a place like this before it gets crazy crowded? I still remember the amazing trip we had in 1998, when we did an AP preview of Animal Kingdom before it opened.

 

[Alli76]

My trip is planned for the end of august...so still pretty far from even FP day... assuming they are back to a "regular" EMH, do you think it is a safe assumption that both pandora rides will be open during EMH?

 

[runwad]

if you dont mind me asking when is your trip?

Not who you asked but I got one too and our trip is May 27-June 3rd.

 

[abnihon]

Just checked for a party of 4. Openings available 4:00-9:00 for Flight of Passage and 1:00-9:00 for River Journey.

Hmm are there no FP past 9 even though regular close is 11?

How are the 29th and 30th looking?

 

[SpaceSquirrel]

Has AK started using the same tiered FP system as Epcot?

 

[IrishNYC]

Has AK started using the same tiered FP system as Epcot?

Yes. Tier 1 consists of the two Pandora rides, you may choose one. Tier 2 is everything else.

 

[AngiTN]

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Has AK started using the same tiered FP system as Epcot?

Both of the Pandora rides are in a tier together, so you can pick 1 per day as one of your initial 3 FP. All the remaining rides at AK are in the other tier

 

[CAS239]

Has AK started using the same tiered FP system as Epcot?

No not necessarily. It's not like Epcot and HS.

Tier 1: Both Pandora rides
Tier 2: all the other rides

So it's tiered so that you can't FP both Pandora rides

 

[AngiTN]

FP availability info
Still looking very plentiful.
We arrive on 5/25, I got on to book Pandora FP yesterday morning, about 9:30. Booking for 3
All time slots were available on both the days I am looking at for AK, 30th and 31st.
I just went in to check to see if I could change any and for both FP on both days there are times for all day.
So far, I'm going to guess that folks aren't going to struggle getting FP for these rides. Not like with FEA or 7DMT at least.
Though I do think this will change at some point and they should get harder to get.

 

[SpaceSquirrel]

thank you for the hope!