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

[beesly]

There's 2 shops? I've been in one.

Tiffin's is just outside Pandora. Satu'li is inside Pandora.

Definitely just one shop, but I think the second "eatery" @Disney_traveler is referring to might be Pongu Pongu. Even though it's really a drink stand, it is the only place serving the lumpia.

 

[JerseyJanice]

@yulilin3 Thank you for posting the link to your seating video.

Thanks in general for your helpfulness on this thread over the weekend. It was fun and exciting to follow it.

 

[monorailmom]

I'm nervous too. You mentioned the lower back restraint was fine; would you say the ride was in anyway rough on your back? I've read reports that say it is a smooth ride, but others say it is similar to Star Tours which is kind of jerky.
I would hate to miss out, but I don't want to do anything I will regret either.

It was not rough on my back at all. It is very smooth, you do rise up and down, but not jerky at all.

 

[Alpineslide]

Does anyone know what time the earliest bus to the AK is for 7am EMH? We are staying at Pop Century. We will have an ECV and a wheelchair, so we want to make sure we will be at the bus stop very early. What time should we be at the bus stop? We are so excited about visiting Pandora!!

We are staying at Coronado Springs and the first bus arrived at 5:33 am. Not sure if this is the usual time or if it was just for Pandoras opening weekend. Ask the resort when you arrive.

 

[Alpineslide]

We will be there on June 10th and are planning to do a very similar plan. Did you drive or take a bus to be there by 6:00 am?

The bus picked us up at 5:33 an

 

[yulilin3]

I keep remembering things:
I have seen now about 5 Disney rented and personal ECV's in line for FoP.
My DD16 first time at night time was last night. She was blown away. I don't tell her what I think of rides or shows at Disney cause I want her to give me her unbiased opinion. She loved it. Said it was the most calming, beautiful sensation. That when we went back to "Earth" through the bridge Earth felt so boring and lacking of color
f you want to see the full effect you have to be in Pandora when it's completely dark and not just during actual sun setting. Last night sunset was at 8:17pm but complete darkness was closer to 9pm. Also I'm sure that a full Earth moon will detract a bit with it's brightness.
We again did FoP and waited 2 hours for it, she said she would be ok waiting about an hour and a half on a regular day, it has become her favorite ride. NRJ she said she wouldn't wait more than 30 minutes not because it isn't beautiful but because it's a simple boat ride.

 

[yulilin3]

More FoP test vehicles pics
that's the cushion for your knee/shin/lef depending on how long or short your legs are. For me as you can see in the video I posted yesterday it hits right at my knee

And again here's the video so you guys don't have to look back pages for it. @rteetz feel free to add these to your front page if you'd like
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[yulilin3]

And here are the screen shots from the Explore Pandora activity using Facebook Messenger. This activity is supposed to pop up as you enter Pandora on your MDE app but it's been glitchy, through fb we had no problem playing

We did 4 activities, it's kinda like a scavenger hunt where Fits tells us and shows us a picture of what to find ( a flower, totem, the helicopter over taken by moss) and explains how nature works in Pandora and on Earth. She would ask something like "do you know any spiny plants back on Earth" and you would anser "yes or no" and then she would explain...nice little activity to explore Pandora and help some animals in the process

 

[elaine amj]

Just letting you know the rice is brown not white

Thanks! Now its time to train the kids to eat brown rice lol! Good incentive

 

[belle1986]

We are flying in tomorrow morning. Originally I was planning to go straight to AK and get what we could done before heading to Pandora for our 620 FOP fp. Now that I see that the other rides we are interested in have been included in the 11-1emh I'm thinking of going to another park and heading to Ak in time for our fp and hanging around through emh(we are onsite). From the latest reports it seems that's a less crazy time of day. Is this a good plan?

 

[HydroGuy]

We are flying in tomorrow morning. Originally I was planning to go straight to AK and get what we could done before heading to Pandora for our 620 FOP fp. Now that I see that the other rides we are interested in have been included in the 11-1emh I'm thinking of going to another park and heading to Ak in time for our fp and hanging around through emh(we are onsite). From the latest reports it seems that's a less crazy time of day. Is this a good plan?

I would say so. I have not been able to figure out if AK is going to keep the other non-Pandora rides open for EMH PM or not. I think the ridership has been pretty low on those. So that may factor in. Maybe others here know more than I do.

 

[poison ivy]

More FoP test vehicles pics
that's the cushion for your knee/shin/lef depending on how long or short your legs are. For me as you can see in the video I posted yesterday it hits right at my knee

And again here's the video so you guys don't have to look back pages for it. @rteetz feel free to add these to your front page if you'd like
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This explains a lot to me. The first time I rode I hit that cushion at the knee also. I'm 5'4 and my calf/shin/foot was placed very similar to yours in the video.

the 2nd time I rode, I repositioned myself more in line with riding a racebike, sat back on the seat a little more and pulled my knees higher up into that cavity. This put me on my toes where the upper part of my calf was no longer hitting that restraint, the bottom of my leg was now higher up. In fact I didn't feel the restraint hitting the back of my calf at all. I remember pushing my leg back to see where it was, and thinking there was a lot of room back there before I felt it.

 

[danikoski]

We will be at AK next Monday. EMH is at 7 am (gah) so we are planning on being there. Am I right in thinking that buses won't run from Pop until 6 am? I thought I saw that they start an hour ahead of park opening. Planning on River first thing and then FP for FoP at 8:40. We have Tusker reservations at 10:20. I was thinking that usually should be no problem getting through a ride, but now I'm starting to worry that we'll get held up in the line. What do you think? I'm sure we need to get in the FP line on the dot- do you think we'll make it through in time?

You may want to Uber over. Others have said that there is a lot of people that show up at 6:30 when the resort busses show up. So if you get there ahead of that you should get in the FP line a little quicker, depending on the crowd rush.

 

[disneyholic family]

Let's see if this works.
Here's the video of me testing the vehicle, again I'm 5'2" 190lbs
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10213278710508070&id=1406401066

thanks!! so i see they have a test vehicle outside now..
that's great!!

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I keep remembering things:
I have seen now about 5 Disney rented and personal ECV's in line for FoP.
My DD16 first time at night time was last night. She was blown away. I don't tell her what I think of rides or shows at Disney cause I want her to give me her unbiased opinion. She loved it. Said it was the most calming, beautiful sensation. That when we went back to "Earth" through the bridge Earth felt so boring and lacking of color
f you want to see the full effect you have to be in Pandora when it's completely dark and not just during actual sun setting. Last night sunset was at 8:17pm but complete darkness was closer to 9pm. Also I'm sure that a full Earth moon will detract a bit with it's brightness.
We again did FoP and waited 2 hours for it, she said she would be ok waiting about an hour and a half on a regular day, it has become her favorite ride. NRJ she said she wouldn't wait more than 30 minutes not because it isn't beautiful but because it's a simple boat ride.

stupid Earth with it's stupid moon - always ruining everything

 

[TheMaxRebo]

More FoP test vehicles pics
that's the cushion for your knee/shin/lef depending on how long or short your legs are. For me as you can see in the video I posted yesterday it hits right at my knee

And again here's the video so you guys don't have to look back pages for it. @rteetz feel free to add these to your front page if you'd like
<iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https://www.facebook.com/yulady.rodriguezguerrero/videos/10213278701227838/&show_text=0&width=560" width="560" height="315" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowTransparency="true" allowFullScreen="true"></iframe>

Thanks for posting this. Quick question - for the sensation of *feeling* the banshee under you, does the sensation come from those pads that your knees where pushed against, or the leg locks behind your legs or from like the center part? Guess I am wonder where to push against to get the most sensation - forward into the pads or squeeze my thighs together more or something else?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

We are flying in tomorrow morning. Originally I was planning to go straight to AK and get what we could done before heading to Pandora for our 620 FOP fp. Now that I see that the other rides we are interested in have been included in the 11-1emh I'm thinking of going to another park and heading to Ak in time for our fp and hanging around through emh(we are onsite). From the latest reports it seems that's a less crazy time of day. Is this a good plan?

Just to be clear on your plans, is it to do Pandora and then leave and be done with Pandora and do other things and then leave the park? Not sure how it will be tomorrow (and I am very curious as I will be there as well) but to date they have been lining people up beforehand who want to get into Pandora for the EMH, so if you leave to go do the other things you might not be able to get back into Pandora

 

[Lost Yeti]

Thanks for posting this. Quick question - for the sensation of *feeling* the banshee under you, does the sensation come from those pads that your knees where pushed against, or the leg locks behind your legs or from like the center part? Guess I am wonder where to push against to get the most sensation - forward into the pads or squeeze my thighs together more or something else?

Squeeze your thighs together

 

[yulilin3]

Thanks for posting this. Quick question - for the sensation of *feeling* the banshee under you, does the sensation come from those pads that your knees where pushed against, or the leg locks behind your legs or from like the center part? Guess I am wonder where to push against to get the most sensation - forward into the pads or squeeze my thighs together more or something else?

the banshee breathing comes from the center. So the inner part of your legs/thighs. Just like you would feel from a horse

 

[ThistleMae]

Okay, that feeling of almost being able to reach out and touch the orange grove? It is there on this ride but also in 3D. I think you will love it. If you haven't ridden the new Soarin' lower your expectations a bit as the transitions are more flinch inducing and the camera distortion on the screen is distracting. Makes me sad. I miss the old version now.

Awe...really? I haven't ridden the new soarin' yet, why would they make it less awesome? And thanks for the thumbs up on FOP!