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

[Liljo22]

how do you do that if the parking lot doesn't open until an hour before anyway? Do the buses from the resorts go earlier?

Parking Lot are always open now. They do not staff the booths until about an hour before park open. If no one is in the booth, you are able to park free.

 

[briggscreek]

We'll be at AK on the 10th and unfortunately I booked our fastpass for NRJ instead of FoP. I did get FoP for the day that we leave, but we'd really love to get on it our first day too. Saturday has early EMH, any advice on how early we would need to arrive at the gate so that we don't have a super long wait? Would 6am be early enough?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Another question- sorry! If you do the Fastpass line for FoP and the River Journey, do you miss a lot of the line/ride theming?

For FoP you do miss a lot of the details of the queue including the floating Navi - not sure about river Journey, I don't think there is the same type of thing to really "miss" on that queue

 

[mbrittb00]

Are there any Photopass opportunities in Pandora? Either outside by the foliage or on the rides?

We just got back and were in Pandora Sunday morning (5/28), and had two photopass opportunities inside Pandora. One was in front of the iconic floating mountains and the other was on the side with a hand held sign for "Opening Weekend". I think there was one other as well, but we didn't get that one.

 

[mbrittb00]

how do you do that if the parking lot doesn't open until an hour before anyway? Do the buses from the resorts go earlier?

I recall few trips back that we had gotten to Epcot before the lot opened. It did open 1 hour prior to park opening. But on Sunday we got to AK just after 6am, and the lot was already opened.

 

[lovethattink]

Any info on how long people are waiting in FP+ lines?

We waited 30 minutes at 8:30, but that was because the ride broke down right before us. Reset was around 20 minutes and then they sent 10 empty board through.

My husband's wait for FoP during preview was 45 minutes when a 5 minute wait was posted. There was a problem with the ride breaking down just before him.

Guess the moral of the story, is ride before us, not after, lol.

Are there any Photopass opportunities in Pandora? Either outside by the foliage or on the rides?

Yes! But it's sporadic. We got a picture taken last night holding a sign that said opening week.

Not at the moment. Way too many people in the area to add more cluster points. I would assume there will be photopass opportunities in the future

It must be sporadic.

In case it hasn't been mentioned. For those who have the guest assistance pass, there is a check in point next to tiffins. You get your return time their and once your wait time is up can proceed directly into pandora without waiting in the line.

Last night, this wasn't the case. We had to go to the attraction. I'm sure it depends on crowds.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

All AK waits right now... I find it helpful to see how the whole park is/isn't impacted... over the past few days, NRJ has been pretty close (sometimes a bit above sometimes a bit below) the wait for Kali...

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Only 3hrs for FoP! NRJ and Kali still close...

 

[wareagle57]

Agree. Getting there at 6am means a two-hour wait just to not have... a 2hr (plus) wait? I'd skip it before I would do that, personally.

I personally wouldn't get there 2 hours early because the time/cost benefit isn't that much higher vs getting there one hour early. But I'd MUCH rather wait 2 hours pre-park opening than wait 2 hours for one ride during rope drop. It's not about the amount of time you wait. It's the amount of park time you waste. I'd rather wait 3 hours in the middle of the day than 90 minutes at RD, because you can't get that RD time back.

 

[lovethattink]

Today I received a survey for both Pandora and The Music of Pixar Live.

 

[Rivergirl2005]

I am really interested to see how EMH works within the upcoming weeks. I know recently they had to wait in line to get in. We just want to see what the land looks like at night and not ride the rides. I do not want to wait an hr to get in thou..hoping the line becomes smaller as time goes on....

 

[linzbear]

Are there any Photopass opportunities in Pandora? Either outside by the foliage or on the rides?

For the preview there were 3, one of them had a magic shot with a banshee.

 

[ari23]

They are not selling out of the Banshees but are getting lower on supplies of specific color combos (the blue one see in the promo photos). They also seem to run out of the stands you can buy.

Do you happen to know if they're getting more stock? My daughter happens to want the blue one so I'm hoping they have some in a couple weeks.

 

[hammie59]

When there's a long wait to enter Pandora, are they allowing people with a FoP/NRJ FP in ahead of the crowd? We plan to go later in the day and I'm concerned about making our FP window.

 

[hiroMYhero]

When there's a long wait to enter Pandora, are they allowing people with a FoP/NRJ FP in ahead of the crowd? We plan to go later in the day and I'm concerned about making our FP window.

Yes; you'll have an expedited FP line to enter if Pandora entry is being controlled. Return either 5 minutes before or during your active FP window and ask CMs to point you to the correct line for Pandora FP entry.

 

[Lost Yeti]

When there's a long wait to enter Pandora, are they allowing people with a FoP/NRJ FP in ahead of the crowd? We plan to go later in the day and I'm concerned about making our FP window.

Yes, they are. They will let you in if you are within 10 minutes of your FP window.

ETA: @hiroMYhero beat me to it

 

[Canesfan3234]

It must be sporadic.



Last night, this wasn't the case. We had to go to the attraction. I'm sure it depends on crowds.

I believe it has to do with the wait to get into Pandora. If there is a wait outside, they will do Guest assistance sign in outside of Pandora. If they are letting you walk in, you have to go to the ride itself

 

[mbrittb00]

I personally wouldn't get there 2 hours early because the time/cost benefit isn't that much higher vs getting there one hour early. But I'd MUCH rather wait 2 hours pre-park opening than wait 2 hours for one ride during rope drop. It's not about the amount of time you wait. It's the amount of park time you waste. I'd rather wait 3 hours in the middle of the day than 90 minutes at RD, because you can't get that RD time back.

This exactly.

 

[miTnosnhoJ]

So we're adopting a banshee.

 

[wilkeliza]

Do you happen to know if they're getting more stock? My daughter happens to want the blue one so I'm hoping they have some in a couple weeks.

They do get more stock but I don't know what the turn around on stock is for these guys.

 

[rteetz]

My MDE reads the following at 2:30 EST

FoP 130 minutes
NRJ 115 minutes