***Official*** Pandora: The World of Avatar Information Thread
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we were 6-8 and stayed in the land until around 840
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I had to fast forward through the last few pages so sorry if repetitive with other posters.
DS6 and I did the AP preview today, had the 3-5pm time slot. I am SO glad I eyeballed Twitter earlier and saw that the first group was let in pretty early for their window.
We got in line right around 2 and it was wrapped back to Island Mercantile. At first I was worried but once they started letting people in, it was quick. We were in the land by 2:15ish and I have my first photo time stamped at 2:20. Loved the extra time. Everyone in line around me said they got there that early because that's what the FP time said.
Was that Disney's intention all along?
We had a TOTAL BLAST. Among the best things I've ever done at Disney and SO glad I made the effort to get down here for this. It poured for awhile, which didn't impact a thing. We still had the best time, rain and all.
Rode FOP once with a 3-3:15PM FP. Worked fine and was reasonably quick for a FP line. The pre-show is long/drawn out and was enough time for DS to get "nervous/scared" about what was coming. He's usually fine on rides but sometimes you need to get on with it and not give him time to think! I had purposely not prepped him at all for the ride.
Afterwards he declared it "the best ride ever" and he wanted to go again. He hasn't stopped talking about it all day. It is certainly a bold ride in many respects, never really experienced anything like that before.
We rode the river ride twice, but could have done it much more. It had a 20ish min wait at the opening rush, but then later it was 10 mins (really 5) the whole time.
Overall I was totally blown away with the land. I walked around in awe the whole time.
Perhaps a bit hard to get your barings and the whole separate language thing is a bit overdone for my tastes, but regardless... this is an awesome new addition to AK from my perspective. I can't wait to go at night.
Not sure of the numbers let in for this? It seemed like a lot. Didn't feel like exclusive access or anything, felt like a decent size crowd. But that didn't impact our enjoyment of the experience at all.
Two thumbs up from us!
DS6 and I did the AP preview today, had the 3-5pm time slot. I am SO glad I eyeballed Twitter earlier and saw that the first group was let in pretty early for their window.
We got in line right around 2 and it was wrapped back to Island Mercantile. At first I was worried but once they started letting people in, it was quick. We were in the land by 2:15ish and I have my first photo time stamped at 2:20. Loved the extra time. Everyone in line around me said they got there that early because that's what the FP time said.
Was that Disney's intention all along? We had a TOTAL BLAST. Among the best things I've ever done at Disney and SO glad I made the effort to get down here for this. It poured for awhile, which didn't impact a thing. We still had the best time, rain and all.
Rode FOP once with a 3-3:15PM FP. Worked fine and was reasonably quick for a FP line. The pre-show is long/drawn out and was enough time for DS to get "nervous/scared" about what was coming. He's usually fine on rides but sometimes you need to get on with it and not give him time to think! I had purposely not prepped him at all for the ride.
Afterwards he declared it "the best ride ever" and he wanted to go again. He hasn't stopped talking about it all day. It is certainly a bold ride in many respects, never really experienced anything like that before.
We rode the river ride twice, but could have done it much more. It had a 20ish min wait at the opening rush, but then later it was 10 mins (really 5) the whole time.
Overall I was totally blown away with the land. I walked around in awe the whole time.
Perhaps a bit hard to get your barings and the whole separate language thing is a bit overdone for my tastes, but regardless... this is an awesome new addition to AK from my perspective. I can't wait to go at night.
Not sure of the numbers let in for this? It seemed like a lot. Didn't feel like exclusive access or anything, felt like a decent size crowd. But that didn't impact our enjoyment of the experience at all.
Two thumbs up from us!
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Just checked MDE and only 1 is listed for the preview (myself) but I registered the entire family. (I do have the email stating that 4 members were confirmed for entry.) No one else in my family has a MDE account. Do you think we are okay or do I need to call MS to make sure 4 people are listed for the FP entry to Pandora? Thanks!
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How were you able to include 3 other people if none of them have an MDE account? To do my confirmation I had to select the members off my friends/family list and I believe it stated that they needed to be linked to you prior to inviting. Unless somehow you have 3 people signed up under your MDE account and the system just knew to include them all?
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I found a survey about the event in my inbox this morning.
Greetings!
Our records indicate that you recently experienced the Pandora – The World of Avatar Preview at Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park. We would like your feedback so that improvements can be made prior to the official launch to Guests.
They asked for very specific feedback on both the sign-up process & Pandora itself, so look out for the email if you have something to say.
Greetings!
Our records indicate that you recently experienced the Pandora – The World of Avatar Preview at Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park. We would like your feedback so that improvements can be made prior to the official launch to Guests.
They asked for very specific feedback on both the sign-up process & Pandora itself, so look out for the email if you have something to say.
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We were in the 6-8 timeframe and got in line at 5:30. We entered Pandora at 5:50 and there we no more FoP FPs left. I am extremely disappointed that they were GONE before our start time was even supposed to begin. Someone else on FB said they were in line by 5:00 and in by 5:30 and the same thing happened to them. It's just not right that you need to queue up more than 60 minutes before the start time just to be able to ride FoP. No where was it indicated that the FP would be limited. I understand if the ride is down and you can't ride but to only give FPs to only a very limited number of people sucks. FPs should not be gone more than 30 mins before the preview start time!
I went over to FoP to see what was up and there was a group of people who had been in line at 4:15 and they were asked to leave the line. They were assured that they would be able to ride FoP if they came back closer to the start time so they left. Of course, they were not able to ride.
If I had known they were only giving FP to the first few people, I would have tried to be in line sooner.
My advise for anyone going to previews is to get in line very early (more than a hour) because there may not be enough FPs for you if you merely show up 'early'.
I went over to FoP to see what was up and there was a group of people who had been in line at 4:15 and they were asked to leave the line. They were assured that they would be able to ride FoP if they came back closer to the start time so they left. Of course, they were not able to ride.
If I had known they were only giving FP to the first few people, I would have tried to be in line sooner.
My advise for anyone going to previews is to get in line very early (more than a hour) because there may not be enough FPs for you if you merely show up 'early'.
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I found a survey about the event in my inbox this morning.
Greetings!
Our records indicate that you recently experienced the Pandora – The World of Avatar Preview at Disney’s Animal Kingdom® Theme Park. We would like your feedback so that improvements can be made prior to the official launch to Guests.
They asked for very specific feedback on both the sign-up process & Pandora itself, so look out for the email if you have something to say.
That's good to hear - did it ask specifically about the rides, and even more specifically about the restraints on FoP? I think as much as Disney can hear that some people are frustrated about this process of not knowing who will fit or not (and just the fact some people won't be able to ride) would be good
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ok quick (yeah right) report:
Yesterday it was myself, DD16 (no clue about Avatar, never seen the movie, no pictures or videos from Pandora) my DS20 (saw the movie and loved it)
The Land: both were super impressed. They kept saying how it seemed that they ere not in AK anymore, my DD agreed it was on the smallish side, my son got a quick of all the banshees screaming coming out from the mountain when it started to rain, that was so cool. Imerssive was thrown around a lot, my DD loves to take pics and she took 285 in a span of 2.5 hours. My son works at WWoHP and he said that the level of detail is the same, very cool. We all agreed that are very excited with what disney will do with SWLand.
NRJ: They both loved the queue, didn't really spend much time there since the ride was aa walk on both times we went on it. My DS loved the feel of it, he wanted a woodsprite to land on his hand, he loved the crawling bugs, he understood the story of everyone going to the ttree and the shaman.
My DD loved the ride, she said it was very chill and relaxing but was absolutely confused with what she was seeing. After our first ride we explained the story in the movie and she got it
FoP: our fp time was 12 to 12:15pm. We got loaded pretty quick, got on the ride and about 5 seconds in, it stopped. There was a very loud groan from everyone riding because those first seconds are pretty cool. We were left on the ride, stuck for about 7 minutes, I could look back and see that the entire ride platform (not including the back wall were our belongings are in the containers) was tilted slightly down and away from the wall, you could see the mechanism, I wish I had my camera on me to take photos. I didn't feel claustrophobic but can see how others might, there's some wiggle room in the restraints but not much. We finally got "unlinked" sent back to the queue. Had to do the 2 pre shows again (people were not happy about that) all in all our ride time from entering the queue to exit was about 40 minutes.
Anyways, both kids loved it, they wanted to go on it again, said it was the best ride at WDW, my DD was not confused about the story this time because it basically explains what you are about to do in the pre show video. My son said he would wait an hour and a half to ride it. Both felt like they were not sitting next to other people and if you concentrate on what's in front of you, you really lose yourself in the experience, I finally felt the banshee breathing, it is a very cool ride. Only complaint from both were the 3D glasses that kept slipping off cause they are wide.
Food and Drink: we got the rice bowl with black bean vinagrette and chicken, the kids fish rice bowl, the side of 2 hamburger pods, cheesecake, Pandoran Sunrise, Mo'ara Margarita and Night Blossom.
We all loved the chicken rice bowl with the vinagrette, the kids meals doesn't serve the bowl with any dressing and it is lacking cause the rice is very bland, but the vinagrette gives it a nice kick. My DS didn't care for the hamburger pod but my DD loved them, she said she's getting that next time. We all loved the cheesecake and the drinks were good, the Night Blossom was tasty but very sweet, I did not care for the Mo'ara Margarita, I'll stick with the Hawkes' Grog Ale next time. We still need to try the steak bowl and the kids hot dog.
We walked through the standby queue for FoP and they thought it was the best queue, rivaling Hogwarts Castle. they loved the lab area and read almost everything in front of them, got a kick out of the avatar.
All in all the kids loved Pandora and we all agreed that we need to go back when it's open at night time
Yesterday it was myself, DD16 (no clue about Avatar, never seen the movie, no pictures or videos from Pandora) my DS20 (saw the movie and loved it)
The Land: both were super impressed. They kept saying how it seemed that they ere not in AK anymore, my DD agreed it was on the smallish side, my son got a quick of all the banshees screaming coming out from the mountain when it started to rain, that was so cool. Imerssive was thrown around a lot, my DD loves to take pics and she took 285 in a span of 2.5 hours. My son works at WWoHP and he said that the level of detail is the same, very cool. We all agreed that are very excited with what disney will do with SWLand.
NRJ: They both loved the queue, didn't really spend much time there since the ride was aa walk on both times we went on it. My DS loved the feel of it, he wanted a woodsprite to land on his hand, he loved the crawling bugs, he understood the story of everyone going to the ttree and the shaman.
My DD loved the ride, she said it was very chill and relaxing but was absolutely confused with what she was seeing. After our first ride we explained the story in the movie and she got it
FoP: our fp time was 12 to 12:15pm. We got loaded pretty quick, got on the ride and about 5 seconds in, it stopped. There was a very loud groan from everyone riding because those first seconds are pretty cool. We were left on the ride, stuck for about 7 minutes, I could look back and see that the entire ride platform (not including the back wall were our belongings are in the containers) was tilted slightly down and away from the wall, you could see the mechanism, I wish I had my camera on me to take photos. I didn't feel claustrophobic but can see how others might, there's some wiggle room in the restraints but not much. We finally got "unlinked" sent back to the queue. Had to do the 2 pre shows again (people were not happy about that) all in all our ride time from entering the queue to exit was about 40 minutes.
Anyways, both kids loved it, they wanted to go on it again, said it was the best ride at WDW, my DD was not confused about the story this time because it basically explains what you are about to do in the pre show video. My son said he would wait an hour and a half to ride it. Both felt like they were not sitting next to other people and if you concentrate on what's in front of you, you really lose yourself in the experience, I finally felt the banshee breathing, it is a very cool ride. Only complaint from both were the 3D glasses that kept slipping off cause they are wide.
Food and Drink: we got the rice bowl with black bean vinagrette and chicken, the kids fish rice bowl, the side of 2 hamburger pods, cheesecake, Pandoran Sunrise, Mo'ara Margarita and Night Blossom.
We all loved the chicken rice bowl with the vinagrette, the kids meals doesn't serve the bowl with any dressing and it is lacking cause the rice is very bland, but the vinagrette gives it a nice kick. My DS didn't care for the hamburger pod but my DD loved them, she said she's getting that next time. We all loved the cheesecake and the drinks were good, the Night Blossom was tasty but very sweet, I did not care for the Mo'ara Margarita, I'll stick with the Hawkes' Grog Ale next time. We still need to try the steak bowl and the kids hot dog.
We walked through the standby queue for FoP and they thought it was the best queue, rivaling Hogwarts Castle. they loved the lab area and read almost everything in front of them, got a kick out of the avatar.
All in all the kids loved Pandora and we all agreed that we need to go back when it's open at night time
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