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

[TheMaxRebo]

LOL... I would be so disappointed if they hadn't raised the price. I wondered who head rolled when they realized how low the price was to start with? Look how many they sold they lost $10

Well, it could have been part of the strategy - st it at a "reasonable" price to drive up demand so now it is the "must have" souvenir and then raise the price to match that elevated demand...

.... or they just messed up


Wonder if they would ever split the price to where it t is extra $ if you want the whole pairing ceremony vs just giving you one

 

[TheMaxRebo]

night blossom also went up so they must be popular as well

Of all the drinks that is really the only one that is unique and different so not surprised it has become popular as "the" drink/food item to try (well, other than the blue sangria but that was terrible)

 

[TheMaxRebo]

My strategy....wait in line. Bring water and a snack.

But not too much water - no bathroom in the FoP line remember

 

[ThistleMae]

But not too much water - no bathroom in the FoP line remember

I know....it is a consideration for sure, but I need a drink with my snack...LOL!

 

[jeanico2000]

I think that they could have set the price at $99 when the park opened and sold out.

Holy cow, don't give them ideas!!!!!!!!!

 

[ThistleMae]

What are you going to do, your kid wants a banchee...will you pay any price?

 

[ofcabbagesandkings]

Is the single rider line for FoP open yet? If so, how do waits compare? Does it go alongside the regular queue so you can see the details?

 

[BigRed98]

Did Sautuli Canteen go up in price too? Or was it just the banshee, night blossom and lumpia.

 

[rteetz]

Is the single rider line for FoP open yet? If so, how do waits compare? Does it go alongside the regular queue so you can see the details?

No it is not.

 

[rteetz]

Did Sautuli Canteen go up in price too? Or was it just the banshee, night blossom and lumpia.

I have not seen anything about Satuli.

 

[BigRed98]

I have not seen anything about Satuli.

Hopefully that doesn't go up in price. I love that place!

 

[ThistleMae]

Doing some packing and adding to my packing list today, among other things of course. I've given myself ample time between and or before FP+ to wait in line for FOP. I even changed the times on some of my FP's today, to make sure we had options of when to stand in line. I just know it's all going to work out just fine.

 

[mara512]

Doing some packing and adding to my packing list today, among other things of course. I've given myself ample time between and or before FP+ to wait in line for FOP. I even changed the times on some of my FP's today, to make sure we had options of when to stand in line. I just know it's all going to work out just fine.

Attitude is half the battle so yep you will be fine.

 

[TheMaxRebo]

Hopefully that doesn't go up in price. I love that place!

I hope so too. I thought the portion size of the bowls was pretty good so I could see them maybe cutting back a tad on the portion size rather than raise the price - but who knows

 

[rteetz]

New Pandora themed Magicband!

https://twitter.com/dismagicbands/status/884120715812851717

 

[BigRed98]

I hope so too. I thought the portion size of the bowls was pretty good so I could see them maybe cutting back a tad on the portion size rather than raise the price - but who knows

The portions, the variety and the quality of the food is great! That's why it's my new favorite quick service in WDW!

 

[Cinderella94]

Not sure if people are still tracking things like this (been in WDW since last Saturday and haven't checked the DIS during that time), but I wanted to give a report on our timing during the rope drop rush to FOP.
Yesterday, Saturday July 8, was morning EMH at Animal Kingdom - EMH starting at 8:00.

6:25 AM: Got down to the bus stop at Beach Club. Looked at the screen of scheduled bus arrivals and saw that AK didn't have any time listed at all. A Magic Kingdom bus was scheduled to arrive a few minutes later and it did so while we were waiting.
6:30 AM: We called an uber. We wanted to be at the front of the pack, the screen still didn't have an arrival time scheduled, and we were done with waiting.
6:45 or 6:50: Arrived at Animal Kingdom. Two other families were waiting outside of bag check when we arrived. There was one Security officer standing at a table and she told us that they weren't ready for guests yet. We did see many CMs arriving to work. We also saw many busses pulling out of the AK parking lot (for what I imagine is their first run of the day) during this time.
Around 7:15: Bag check opened. I'm terrible at estimating but there was a pretty decent crowd behind us at this point.
7:40: Park opened. We were let in and held at the entrance to the bridge leading up to the tree of life.
7:53ish: About 10 CMs walked the crowd back to Pandora. I didn't really know where I was going so I don't have a better way to describe this, but one family deviated from the crowd to try and use an alternate route to FOP than the route that the CMs were using to walk us. We met up with them when they were going down a few stairs on the pathway and were made to wait behind the row of CMs anyway.
Not sure exactly what time we entered the ride room but I texted a friend "Done now" at 8:20 A.M. We also got to skip the second half of the first pre-show, because we were the first ride of the day in that room and the CM said we could save the time. We were in the front of the pack (maybe 15-20 people in front of us) this whole time.

Hope this helps someone! We were very anxious and wanted to make sure we got there as close to first as possible. We had ridden the ride once earlier in the week with a FP and didn't have another one, but wanted to experience it again. I'm so glad we got up that early - it was very worth it.

ETA: When we got off the ride, we walked down the way toward Festival of the Lion King and the line was all the way down at the drink cart right on that pathway in front of FOTLK. A CM was standing there holding an End of the Line sign and told someone that the line was one mile long from that point.

I am sure that had we waited for a bus, we would have been in the middle of that crowd of thousands and spent an hour waiting.

 

[Mackenzie Click-Mickelson]

Alrighty so my FP window opened today.

My last WDW park day is 9/15/17 and prior to Pandora opening up I had already chosen AK for my nighttime park (bummer is right now ROL doesn't run on that night).

Knowing that FoP has been difficult I started immediately at 6am for AK evening for 9/15/17--FoP times were wide open for that whole day really and so was NRJ-morning, afternoon and evening all had slots available. I chose one for 3:30-4:30pm for FoP. 9/15/17 represents my 68th day.

Once I selected my other two FPs I went ahead and looked for 9/9/17 which is my first WDW park day and is AK in the morning for me. NRJ was available throughout the day but FoP was not. I decided to not do FPs for NRJ as that morning is also EMH and I've got MK that night so I chose to use our FPs there. But more than likely will go to Pandora in the morning...still trying to figure that plan out if we want to use EMH for the rest of the park or for Pandora..need to talk that part over more with my husband.

Now for me I didn't check the other days in between as I wanted to go ahead and go on with my plans so sorry I can't be much of help on availability for the days other than what I mentioned.

~Check in 9/8/17
~My WDW park days anyways are 9/9/17,9/12/17,9/13/17,9/14/17 and 9/15/17
~My USO park days are 9/10/17,9/11/17 and 9/16/17
~Check out is 9/17/17

ETA: We are 2 people BTW.

 

[whiporee]

I didn't see a thread for this anymore, so I wanted to throw this out. I'm 6-3, 356, 50-inch pants, and I didn't fit. Made it to the simulator room, but no go after a minute or so of trying. I did fit the test vehicle outside.

The CMs were very nice, made it seem like the machine was broken so I wouldn't be embarrassed in front of my kids, replaced all of our FPs (even though the kids rode). But that's my size story, and wanted to let others know that there is a line, and I was over it.

All in all, Pandora was very cool. At least as well themed as HP with very neat details. I think WDW would have been better served, though, just to make up their own planet or even solar system, because the Avatar world seems quite limiting.

And the music show was long, condescending and dumb. But the drinks were good

 

[wenpop]

Do you think it was because you were too tall? What part did not fit? My husband is shorter than you and close to your weight.. thanks