Lesley Wake
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 16, 2017
Day 1, Part 3 "It's like you're [NSFW]!"
Now we had done all of the other rides (we skipped shows until another day), we decided to head over back to Pandora to at least check on that time (my app was giving weird numbers). Passed by the pod/plant again and I decided to make it spray water…. Well, that’s when my sister whispered “it’s like you’re jacking it off”! Oh boy!
We got to Flight of Passage and it had a posted wait of only 70 minutes! So we decided, why not, lets go ahead and wait so we can see the standby queue! We walked up and pretty much didn’t stop walking at a fast pace until we were halfway into the caves! And large portions of the queue had been roped off. So I realized, hmm, we may not have a full 70 minute wait! [Warning-be prepared for a lot of FoP queue shots upcoming]
We got to Flight of Passage and it had a posted wait of only 70 minutes! So we decided, why not, lets go ahead and wait so we can see the standby queue! We walked up and pretty much didn’t stop walking at a fast pace until we were halfway into the caves! And large portions of the queue had been roped off. So I realized, hmm, we may not have a full 70 minute wait! [Warning-be prepared for a lot of FoP queue shots upcoming]
Really thought this queue was so cool!
And we found the hidden mickey in the queue! At least that sure looks like a mickey!
Into the labs… loved the details of notes and avatar drawings!
Mirror selfie with a banshee skull! (Though is it a selfie if you are with someone else?)
Floating avatar! Such a slowdown in line while everyone takes photos with it! At least we did 1 selfie and moved on, other people were doing a group photo, then an individual photo, then switch camera and repeat!
Finally into the final queue room. When it gets busy, are they actually able to fill this up? Or do they never need to because everyone stops to take photos with the avatar?
Up the ramp and to the antechambers! I like the red/green lighting and how doors open automatically. We ended up getting room C2, so center row of theater C, with seats far on the right side.
Pre-shows definitely take a while, but I get that they are part of the queue management.
Total wait time from entrance to sitting down: 45 minutes exactly! Lauren and I both agreed, that was the perfect wait time. It was enough time to be able to see the queue and all the detail the imagineers put into it, while not being too long to be super annoying! And I was really happy to be able to see it without having to deal with rope drop/EMH crowds!
Ride itself-LOVED IT! Loved the smells and the wind and the water spray, and especially the breathing underneath you. And the length-awesome! Everytime I figured we were done, another dip and move to another area! And even though we were all the way to the side, we didn’t have any sort of distortion or bad experience because the screen is just that big! We did it again multiple times and I will absolutely make it a priority to do everytime I visit WDW!
Cont..Lunch and hop to Magic Kingdom