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

[ThistleMae]

They really don't seem to be going that fast, especially if you're willing to ride late afternoon/evening. I can't look any more since we just returned from a stay, but on Monday I was looking 50-60 days out and not having trouble finding availability each day, albeit mostly after 4pm. It's not like FEA was at its highest point (or even still now) where you can't get it on your 60 days exactly but only later in your trip.

I really hope this might be the case. My date is June 22nd. I don't care what time we get it, as long as we do! Fingers Crossed.

 

[ThistleMae]

It's 7am est. It use to be midnight about a year ago. So be on at 6:55am and be quick. It's the hardest FP to get.

I've never see FoP as a FP 30 days out. River Journey, frozen, 7dmt..all pop up 30 days out, but with FoP I wouldn't hold my breath

Thanks....I was wondering about the midnight thing since I hadn't heard that before. Someone else said if I can't get the FP for our party of 3, to try for one at a time...and see if I can overlap the times. Any thoughts?

 

[poison ivy]

There's me (holding the large camera and with a searching look) at 7:33!

What I couldn't understand from the video was what the approx. 2hr. long line to get into Pandora at the entrance was for when it appeared you could easily bypass it and walk right into the land from the Africa side.

 

[lynn_s]

What I couldn't understand from the video was what the approx. 2hr. long line to get into Pandora at the entrance was for when it appeared you could easily bypass it and walk right into the land from the Africa side.

Ah, but you couldn't - they had CM's stationed on the Aftrica side, and it was exit only (at least it was when there was a line to get in to Pandora - I think now its open both ways)

 

[TLPL]

I think it has to do with where you were seated and possibly the glasses. I've been in C3 2/8 times that I've been on FoP and since I'm a single rider, I'm always in seat 16 (so all the way at the top left corner of the screen) and you can tell that there's a difference in quality..

Is the single rider line in use now?

 

[CAS239]

Thanks....I was wondering about the midnight thing since I hadn't heard that before. Someone else said if I can't get the FP for our party of 3, to try for one at a time...and see if I can overlap the times. Any thoughts?

Yes. That's a good option that many do if they can't find the same time slot.

One person say 1-2pm
Second person 1:15-2:15pm
Third person 1:30-2:30

With the 5 min before and 15 min after that whole party could enter together 1:25-2:15pm

It's a lot easier for rides like TT, Toy Story, etc..FOP will be hard but it's possible

 

[CAS239]

What I couldn't understand from the video was what the approx. 2hr. long line to get into Pandora at the entrance was for when it appeared you could easily bypass it and walk right into the land from the Africa side.

The entrance from Africa has only recently been opened up as an entrance.

To manage the crowds around the grand opening they had CM's over there and it was only used as an exit so they could control the line and how many people were going into Pandora

 

[poison ivy]

Ah, but you couldn't - they had CM's stationed on the Aftrica side, and it was exit only (at least it was when there was a line to get in to Pandora - I think now its open both ways)

The entrance from Africa has only recently been opened up as an entrance.

To manage the crowds around the grand opening they had CM's over there and it was only used as an exit so they could control the line and how many people were going into Pandora

I just rewatched that video and it is deceiving. It appears to show the camera following a handful of guests who are clearly walking in from the Africa side.

 

[AngiTN]

I just rewatched that video and it is deceiving. It appears to show the camera following a handful of guests who are clearly walking in from the Africa side.

I haven't seen when the video was posted. Is it possible they may have spliced in footage from a couple of days after opening day? They had the Africa entrance open by Monday (Memorial Day) of opening weekend

 

[poison ivy]

I haven't seen when the video was posted. Is it possible they may have spliced in footage from a couple of days after opening day? They had the Africa entrance open by Monday (Memorial Day) of opening weekend

very possible. It seems to break to that area with no continuity.

 

[RedSox68]

That's a fairly massive overprediction of wait time. Posted time was 150 minutes more than actual wait. Wonder why- and how often that happens.

That type of error would cause people not to even bother to get in line. Maybe they will iron all this out as they get in the swing of it all.

 

[SgtTibbs]

New pet peeve. People who take flash photos of bioluminescent plants.

 

[yulilin3]

New pet peeve. People who take flash photos of bioluminescent plants.

OMG YES!!!

 

[PrincessP]

We check into Animal Kingdom Lodge on Friday, 6/9. We are planning for AK park visit that same day.

1) will parking at AK be a problem at 1:30-2:00 ish that afternoon? That is our anticipated arrival time. Has the parking lot been filling to capacity?

2) do we have to check into AK Lodge first in order to get our "staying on property" free parking pass?

 

[TheMaxRebo]

That type of error would cause people not to even bother to get in line. Maybe they will iron all this out as they get in the swing of it all.

I've seen reports they have been doing the same on Frozen Ever After - that the posted time is much longer than in reality. I wonder if it is to discourage people from getting in line and then also people are happy when the wait is less than the posted amount (though a 180min posted time vs 30min reality seems like a really big difference and at only 30 mins you'd think they'd be ok with people getting in line then)

 

[RedSox68]

I've seen reports they have been doing the same on Frozen Ever After - that the posted time is much longer than in reality. I wonder if it is to discourage people from getting in line and then also people are happy when the wait is less than the posted amount (though a 180min posted time vs 30min reality seems like a really big difference and at only 30 mins you'd think they'd be ok with people getting in line then)

Personally I think that's a stinky way to "deceive" people. It would cause me to walk away from the area completely if I saw times that long and just try again later -- meaning that without knowing it I missed a good opportunity to get on the ride after all!

 

[Gina Starr]

My husband is in Pandora now for a FOP FP and both FOP and Navi River Journey are down. They apparently had to evacuate the whole building. I didn't even realize they were in the same building.

 

[RedSox68]

My husband is in Pandora now for a FOP FP and both FOP and Navi River Journey are down. They apparently had to evacuate the whole building. I didn't even realize they were in the same building.

Geez, why did they have to evacuate? Sounds like they are still working the kinks out!

 

[Gina Starr]

Geez, why did they have to evacuate? Sounds like they are still working the kinks out!

The cms at the front have no idea. I'm guessing it just happened. I will update if he finds out what happened

 

[dina444444]

The cms at the front have no idea. I'm guessing it just happened. I will update if he finds out what happened

If they had to evacuate both buildings it sounds like something more serious happened then just a down ride and FoP does not go down the way a normal ride does since it has 4 theatres and it's usually an individual theatre that goes down.