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

[TheMaxRebo]

We just left. This is a bit ridiculous. We are both very disappointed. Not sure we can make it back tonight and we leave in the morning. I am not pleased to say the least since this was the day I had the best options for fastpasses. Plus I planned this trip as my actual post deployment vacation.

I feel very bad for you - that definitely sucks. I really hope they get it fixed and you are able to go back tonight and enjoy it!

 

[tookydo]

My son waited it out. It's up. He is in the FoP que.

 

[Spridell]

Seems FOP is up again but Navi Rive is NOT.

 

[rteetz]

Going on 2 hours down now....

2 things:
1. 2+ hours seems like an incredibly long time to clear a false fire alarm
2. Who was the idiot who thought it was a good idea to have the only 2 rides in a $0.5 billion land share a ride building? Operationally there would be no benefit. The only benefit I can think of is maybe a slight lowering of summer energy bills since each building has 1 less outside wall area since they are joined together. Everything thing else is negative, as we are seeing right now with both rides having to be down at the same time due to a fire alarm issue in one of the buildings.

Given that I have a very hard-fought FP+ for FoP tonight I hope they get this cleared up soon.

The land cost more than $500 million. Also there was a third ride that was planned that would've been the major ride in the land but was cut. This isn't something that's expected to happen. Its unfortunate ride are down but I can guarantee they want them up and running. You can't not take a fire alarm seriously because if you don't the one time it's an actual fire you could have major problems.

 

[maryj11]

I have a question for those who have ridden both rides in Pandora.
We make fast passes Monday. We are going to AK for 2 days.
I'm torn between making 2 FP's for FOP or just getting one for each ride.
I'm leaning towards getting 2 FP's for FOP. We love the thrill rides at Disney and like the boat rides like Frozen, It's a Small World,and Under the Sea but prefer the more thrilling rides.
What would you do or what is your opinion on what we should do?

 

[AngiTN]

I have a question for those who have ridden both rides in Pandora.
We make fast passes Monday. We are going to AK for 2 days.
I'm torn between making 2 FP's for FOP or just getting one for each ride.
I'm leaning towards getting 2 FP's for FOP. We love the thrill rides at Disney and like the boat rides like Frozen, It's a Small World,and Under the Sea but prefer the more thrilling rides.
What would you do or what is your opinion on what we should do?

For all of our trips in the foreseeable future we will (at a minimum) FP FoP once, standby FoP once and standby Navi once
I would advise any others to do the same
If I had additional days at AK I would add a 2nd ride on FoP with FP. Only a 3rd day would get a Navi FP

 

[AMusicLifeForMe]

I have a question for those who have ridden both rides in Pandora.
We make fast passes Monday. We are going to AK for 2 days.
I'm torn between making 2 FP's for FOP or just getting one for each ride.
I'm leaning towards getting 2 FP's for FOP. We love the thrill rides at Disney and like the boat rides like Frozen, It's a Small World,and Under the Sea but prefer the more thrilling rides.
What would you do or what is your opinion on what we should do?

I will always get a FP for FoP now. I don't know if I'll ever get a fastpass for the river ride.

 

[Beth313]

If it helps, I see wait times again in the app so they're probably back up now.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

I have a question for those who have ridden both rides in Pandora.
We make fast passes Monday. We are going to AK for 2 days.
I'm torn between making 2 FP's for FOP or just getting one for each ride.
I'm leaning towards getting 2 FP's for FOP. We love the thrill rides at Disney and like the boat rides like Frozen, It's a Small World,and Under the Sea but prefer the more thrilling rides.
What would you do or what is your opinion on what we should do?

I think it is worth doing the standby queue for FoP at least once and the river ride I think is worth doing once but the queue isn't nearly as good so I would still do one and one

 

[maryj11]

For all of our trips in the foreseeable future we will (at a minimum) FP FoP once, standby FoP once and standby Navi once
I would advise any others to do the same
If I had additional days at AK I would add a 2nd ride on FoP with FP. Only a 3rd day would get a Navi FP

Ok thank you I would like to see the queue for FOP but the the longest we are willing to wait is anything under an hour.

 

[maryj11]

I will always get a FP for FoP now. I don't know if I'll ever get a fastpass for the river ride.

I have heard so many people say they loved the FOP ride and would not wait in line long for the river ride. I think we will make both FP's for FOP and try to do standby for the river ride. If they have a night EMH we will go right before closing for the river ride. Dont think I can get our teen up to get to the morning EMH . She would get up but, grudgingly lol . We both prefer to be in the parks at night.

 

[CarolynFH]

I have a question for those who have ridden both rides in Pandora.
We make fast passes Monday. We are going to AK for 2 days.
I'm torn between making 2 FP's for FOP or just getting one for each ride.
I'm leaning towards getting 2 FP's for FOP. We love the thrill rides at Disney and like the boat rides like Frozen, It's a Small World,and Under the Sea but prefer the more thrilling rides.
What would you do or what is your opinion on what we should do?

During AP & DVC previews we rode FoP six times and NRJ twice. Yesterday I made FPs for our Aug. 7-12 trip. Two are for FoP and none for NRJ. We may or may not ride NRJ in August at all.

 

[AngiTN]

Ok thank you I would like to see the queue for FOP but the the longest we are willing to wait is anything under an hour.

Before FoP I said the same thing. Our rule changed for FoP, and for FoP only. We waited 2 hours for it and didn't regret it and would do it again.

 

[rteetz]

For all of our trips in the foreseeable future we will (at a minimum) FP FoP once, standby FoP once and standby Navi once
I would advise any others to do the same
If I had additional days at AK I would add a 2nd ride on FoP with FP. Only a 3rd day would get a Navi FP

I agree with this.

 

[Linkura]

not officially from Disney. Anything else will be speculation and what "so and so" told us

Oh, that's a given.

 

[Barbara C]

If I may what date in July and 30 or 60 day out?

We are there for the month of July with AP but staying offsite so I can only book 7 days of FP+ with the AP. I was thinking about staying on-site for one night of our month on a day where we could take advantage of EMH at AK.

 

[Linkura]

We just left. This is a bit ridiculous. We are both very disappointed. Not sure we can make it back tonight and we leave in the morning. I am not pleased to say the least since this was the day I had the best options for fastpasses. Plus I planned this trip as my actual post deployment vacation.

I'm so sorry to hear this. If you can come back tonight, they are back up according to MDE.

 

[HydroGuy]

It has happened 3 times in 2 days now. And Disney has been at this for almost 70 years. They have people who get paid a lot of money to consider these types of things.

Ok fine. But following your logic Disney should never have two offerings share a building because a fire alarm in the building would affect multiple offerings. That is an expensive solution to a rare occurrence.

Can you even name the last time a fire alarm situation happened at a Disney park?

Yes, it will inconvenience people and I hope Disney does a good job of handling that. And I would be very frustrated if it impacted me and my ability ride these new rides. But stepping back, Pandora is something entirely new. Unexpected things happen. When CarsLand was built in at Disneyland Resort the new big ride Radiator Springs Racers was like Flight of Passage - 4 hour lines. And it went down almost every day at some point for months. Eventually they worked out the kinks. They will on this as well.

 

[HydroGuy]

I have heard so many people say they loved the FOP ride and would not wait in line long for the river ride. I think we will make both FP's for FOP and try to do standby for the river ride. If they have a night EMH we will go right before closing for the river ride. Dont think I can get our teen up to get to the morning EMH . She would get up but, grudgingly lol . We both prefer to be in the parks at night.

That is what I would do!

 

[HydroGuy]

We just left. This is a bit ridiculous. We are both very disappointed. Not sure we can make it back tonight and we leave in the morning. I am not pleased to say the least since this was the day I had the best options for fastpasses. Plus I planned this trip as my actual post deployment vacation.

I am very disappointed for you. I hope you are able to get back there tonight. I would definitely contact Disney guest services and explain what happened. If possible, while you are still there at WDW. Thank you for your service in the military. That would be something I would also mention to guest services in how this was a special trip for you.

Best wishes.