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

[yulilin3]

Here's the photopass pic.

 

[yulilin3]

[="yulilin3, post: 57683546, member: 167146"]Currently sitting waiting for RoL
Brought my mom ( never seen the movie) sister and 11 year old nephew have.
Did NRJ all of them loved it but said it was too short.
Satu'li was a big hit with the healthy options
They all loved the night time feel and glow. Muy mom said it was the most beautiful place in wdw.
Not sure if this has been reported, they added Avatar scenes to the Disney medley at the tree of life projection segment
Got a night Photopass shot and out came out really good. Will post it tomorrow

Was just checking MDE and they don't show any wait times for NRJ or FoP... are they both closed right now, dobtou happen to know?

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not sure, we left Pandora around 9pm and both rides were still open

 

[yulilin3]

What, I missed out on meeting mom, I just left there. Thought about swinging by RoL or Pandora on the way out, but I was wet after waiting in the rain for my group's bus for an hour.

yeah, 2nd RoL show was half full, seriously standby was almost completely empty. Not even sure that many people showed up for the 3rd show

 

[yulilin3]

Sigh. We left around 6:30. After 3 hours in the rain, even our ponchos were holding water.

it stopped raining completely around 7:30pm and it was actually a very pleasant evening

 

[FastPasser.]

yeah, 2nd RoL show was half full, seriously standby was almost completely empty. Not even sure that many people showed up for the 3rd show

I exited through the front at about 8:30 and there were a lot, I mean a lot, more people entering than exiting. Probably all headed for Pandora.

 

[Felicis]

@yulilin3 that picture is fabulous!

 

[rteetz]

One thing I forgot to add about the banshees. The CMs told us that if the cord/wire is bent or kinked the movements won't work very well. Try to have it as straight as possible.

 

[bizeemom4]

The wait time for FOP at 7:15 this morning was 150 minutes. I'm thinking about skipping EMH morning next Saturday. It seems so crazy to get up at 5, to a park by 6ish and still wait over 2 hours. We have fastpass for FOP for later in the day. Wondering if I should be satisfied with one ride on it and skip the madness.

Edited to add hubby has a hernia so he will be rolling this trip in an ECV. He may be able to out run most people to the ride but I can't speed walk faster than the younger folks anymore so I know we won't get there at the front of the pack

 

[ThistleMae]

Geeking out... is there interest in my posting these when I have them, or better to keep my geeky obsession to myself? Fine either way!

I really need to figure out how to pull data from MDE via macro... this was just me taking screen shots from MDE whenever it occurred to me (clearly too often!), and then graphing them later...

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These are crazy good! I love them, keep em coming.

 

[ThistleMae]

What exactly is the whole banshee bonding experience?

It's been awhile since I saw the movie, but you and the banchee choose each other, and then the Navi' (in the movie, Jake) connects to it and they bond for life.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I have issues with Star Tours, Tower of Terror, Expedition Everest, and Mission Space: Orange, and won't ride them anymore. Again, not barfing, but it's bad enough to the point I don't want to ride them again. I'll definitely ride FOP to give it a chance, just like I did with those rides (and honestly, those rides did not used to be make me feel sick- it only happened after an 8 year hiatus from the parks). But it definitely seems like a one and done for me.

The two times I did it were separated by several hours. If there was ever the chance to do it twice in a row I am not sure if I would do it - but felt fine after a little rest. But if those others give you that feeling I would be prepared for his to as well, at least to some extent

 

[miTnosnhoJ]

Sigh. We left around 6:30. After 3 hours in the rain, even our ponchos were holding water.

Same here, except we had no ponchos. We ended up canceling our reservations at Tiffen's and went back to the room to get dry.

 

[Spridell]

I have issues with Star Tours, Tower of Terror, Expedition Everest, and Mission Space: Orange, and won't ride them anymore. Again, not barfing, but it's bad enough to the point I don't want to ride them again. I'll definitely ride FOP to give it a chance, just like I did with those rides (and honestly, those rides did not used to be make me feel sick- it only happened after an 8 year hiatus from the parks). But it definitely seems like a one and done for me.

I have some issues with motion sickness also.

I rode FOP a couple of times. I never got dizzy or disoriented in part because everything is synced down to the second. You move when the screen moves at exactly the same time.

Now you will get the drop feeling in your stomach a couple of times. But I recovered fairly quickly afterwards.

You def have to try it at least once.

 

[MickeyMinnieMom]

Since I seemed to have some interested folks yesterday, here's what I have for the past 3 days, with a FoP:NRJ comparison for yesterday in the last graph. FoP was reported closed yesterday on TP at the same time that MDE was showing "*" for it -- that accounts for the 0 during EMH.

I won't be checking as closely as I did yesterday most days (!!), but will still do these every now and then. Until SOME AWESOME DISer figures out the macro to pull at regular intervals from MDE and makes this obsolete!! I know someone who works for Google... he should be able to do that in his sleep, right!?!

 

[coachk34]

What is the 11-1 EMH timeframe looking like? Are the wait times dropping a lot?

 

[DuffyForPresident]

Since I seemed to have some interested folks yesterday, here's what I have for the past 3 days, with a FoP:NRJ comparison for yesterday in the last graph. FoP was reported closed yesterday on TP at the same time that MDE was showing "*" for it -- that accounts for the 0 during EMH.

I won't be checking as closely as I did yesterday most days (!!), but will still do these every now and then. Until SOME AWESOME DISer figures out the macro to pull at regular intervals from MDE and makes this obsolete!! I know someone who works for Google... he should be able to do that in his sleep, right!?!

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I like this a lot!! Maybe even more than mine. It's just a really nice way to look at the data.

I might as well share what I've done the past few days. (Wednesday's chart is here.)

I missed a few hours yesterday, and added standard deviation (red means one SD higher than average or more, green means one SD below average or less) - not sure how helpful this is exactly but it's clearly showing mornings are generally the longer waits.

23 days til my trip, I told myself I wouldn't do this every day but I already started checking today because I'm curious about the first regular weekend... haha.






Also, the average of all the numbers I've pulled so far: NRJ 102, FoP 146.

 

[Flyerjab]

In the airport to head home. I will have a full Pandora review/report when I do get home.

Will you be posting here or in the trip report thread? Interested to hear your official take on the trip.

 

[jj69]

All this talk about people of size not being able to ride FOP really has me nervous. I'm only 5'6" tall, but at 305 lbs, I'm officially a "fat guy." I'm not as concerned about the leg restraint as I am about fitting into the seat in general. I have a 54" waist size, so there's only so far "forward" I'm going to be able to sit in the seat before my stomach stops me.

For the record, I've NEVER had a problem fitting on any ride in all of WDW, but I admit that on certain aircraft I sometimes need one of those seatbelt extenders.

I've searched the thread and I've seen reports from two people of similar proportions. A woman with a 54” waist reported that she was able to ride, but that she “just fit.” I also found a post from a rider with a 56" waist who was able to get the seat restraint to close, but at 5'10" he was not able to get his legs into the leg restraints.

Based on those two reports, I think I might just make it.

Has anyone or similar size reported being able to ride?

 

[hiroMYhero]

What is the 11-1 EMH timeframe looking like? Are the wait times dropping a lot?

During EMH, almost consistently, they've been closing the ride lines by 12:00 midnight. Their goal is to have all riders through the line by 1:00a or a little after.

 

[Boardwalk III]

Hoping to go to AK for EMH morning hours on August 8/19 and just ride the two main Pandora attractions before heading to Epcot for the day. If I am able to get a FP during the first hour for FOP and plan to go around time of rope drop will I be able to physically get to the FOP ride (and hopefully also go standby for the river ride) will that work? Or do I still need to line up 2 hours ahead of opening just to "get into" the Pandora section of the park even if I have secured a FP? Many thanks!