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

[beesly]

Disney is expecting huge crowds this week in Pandora. They have the opening day set up out and signs saying to expect delays entering Pandora.

Disney is also selling Banshees in a temporary kiosk within the land.

https://twitter.com/blog_mickey/status/932268392777748480

Just because it's the first Holiday season for Pandora?

This makes me feel a bit nervous about the week after Christmas now...

Edited to add: I know what to expect for this week in general, but not with the addition of Pandora.

 

[Haley R]

This makes me feel a bit nervous about the week after Christmas now...

Edited to add: I know what to expect for this week in general, but not with the addition of Pandora.

This is not on topic at all, but I love your picture! I just finished the Office on Netflix and loved it!

Okay, back on topic. Hopefully, everyone going to AK in the coming days still has a good time.

 

[twebber55]

FYI DAK lines are really long today
Kali 70 min
EE 80 min
Dinosaur 85 min
KS 120 Min
NRJ 175 min
FOP 225 min

 

[Somnia]

I hope things are pretty calm while were there Dec 6th-15th I know there isn't really a "slow" season anymore, but I'm hoping I get lucky lol

 

[Crazyhorse]

I hope things are pretty calm while were there Dec 6th-15th I know there isn't really a "slow" season anymore, but I'm hoping I get lucky lol

Hoping the same thing...Dec 9-14. I did manage a FP for FOP on 12/13, 10:45am.

 

[TheFloatingBear]

So, would people consider FOP too "scary" or intense for a first grader? I know every kid's different but just seeing what the general thought is...we're on a group trip but the family we'll be with most of the time has a 7YO, who is tall enough. My kid is a little older so I hadn't thought about whether it could be scary - it definitely sounds pretty intense but my understanding is this kid likes roller coasters, etc. Frankly, I doubt I'll be able to score FPs for us, but figured I'd ask in case I get lucky! Thanks!

 

[Roxyfire]

So, would people consider FOP too "scary" or intense for a first grader? I know every kid's different but just seeing what the general thought is...we're on a group trip but the family we'll be with most of the time has a 7YO, who is tall enough. My kid is a little older so I hadn't thought about whether it could be scary - it definitely sounds pretty intense but my understanding is this kid likes roller coasters, etc. Frankly, I doubt I'll be able to score FPs for us, but figured I'd ask in case I get lucky! Thanks!

I would guess if he likes rollercoasters then he should be fine. I don't think it's scary at all, just make sure it's known he'll be seated on his own vehicle just like everyone else. I've found that kids often are pretty open minded about new experiences as long as they aren't triggering common fears like darkness. As an anecdote, the second time we went a father was taking his big enough 6 year old and he seemed a little apprehensive, my son talked him into giving it a chance and at the end, the boy was very glad he listened!

 

[TheFloatingBear]

I would guess if he likes rollercoasters then he should be fine. I don't think it's scary at all, just make sure it's known he'll be seated on his own vehicle just like everyone else. I've found that kids often are pretty open minded about new experiences as long as they aren't triggering common fears like darkness. As an anecdote, the second time we went a father was taking his big enough 6 year old and he seemed a little apprehensive, my son talked him into giving it a chance and at the end, the boy was very glad he listened!

Thanks for the response - I'm sure that little boy was thankful he took your son's advice!...It's a little girl - but she definitely likes to keep up with her older sister, so I'm thinking she'll be up for it! That's a great tip about discussing the separate vehicle (and darkness) - I'll make sure her mom talks about it with her beforehand!

I actually scored us FPs this morning! I'm a little surprised, I didn't think it would be likely for all five of us! I'm excited! Thanks again!

 

[Roxyfire]

Thanks for the response - I'm sure that little boy was thankful he took your son's advice!...It's a little girl - but she definitely likes to keep up with her older sister, so I'm thinking she'll be up for it! That's a great tip about discussing the separate vehicle (and darkness) - I'll make sure her mom talks about it with her beforehand!

I actually scored us FPs this morning! I'm a little surprised, I didn't think it would be likely for all five of us! I'm excited! Thanks again!

No difference then! I think she'll have a blast and now you won't have to wait an obscene amount of time, so win/win. Have a great time!

 

[Haley R]

Thanks for the response - I'm sure that little boy was thankful he took your son's advice!...It's a little girl - but she definitely likes to keep up with her older sister, so I'm thinking she'll be up for it! That's a great tip about discussing the separate vehicle (and darkness) - I'll make sure her mom talks about it with her beforehand!

I actually scored us FPs this morning! I'm a little surprised, I didn't think it would be likely for all five of us! I'm excited! Thanks again!

What day are you doing AK? I’m just curious. Our AK day will be 60+3

 

[dina444444]

What day are you doing AK? I’m just curious. Our AK day will be 60+3

I booked for the 3rd day of my trip at 60 days out and the earliest FoP available for 2 people was 3:10pm.

 

[TheFloatingBear]

What day are you doing AK? I’m just curious. Our AK day will be 60+3

1/28, which is 60+2. I was kind of shocked, even though I know it's not a really busy time of year, but FOP is still "new" and it seems in high demand. And there was availability throughout the morning as I tweaked things. I just tried to check and see if there was still availability just to let you know if it had run out, but Olaf lost his head and I can't check. Actually, Olaf was losing his head a lot this morning.

The funny part is, I targeted FOP first, since I thought it would be the toughest to get, and then went for 7DMT for our first day, thinking I might not get exactly what I want but at least I'd get something. Anyway, couldn't get 7DMT until 4pm - I've never had a problem before getting what I wanted for that ride 60 days out, and usually I travel spring break time. I'm thinking it may be because Splash is down during our trip. But no worries, I'll keep trying or we'll try to get on in the am and then modify it...we're really excited to try FOP! Good luck!

ETA: What I mean by availability throughout the morning was that I saw availability all this morning as I was tweaking things, but I was looking for an afternoon FP, although I did see morning FPs available as well.

 

[TheFloatingBear]

No difference then! I think she'll have a blast and now you won't have to wait an obscene amount of time, so win/win. Have a great time!

My daughter is so excited! Her friend just came back and had to wait a couple of hours, which I guess could still happen if there breakdowns and such - which they also had - but hopefully this helps!

 

[Countrywife45]

We are going Jan 14-19 and when we hit 60 days out if I had not been on the computer at 7 am I would have gotten nothing. As it is we got FOP at 5:30 that night

 

[Haley R]

I booked for the 3rd day of my trip at 60 days out and the earliest FoP available for 2 people was 3:10pm.

I'll take any time of day, but it'll need to be for 4 people instead of 2.

1/28, which is 60+2. I was kind of shocked, even though I know it's not a really busy time of year, but FOP is still "new" and it seems in high demand. And there was availability throughout the morning as I tweaked things. I just tried to check and see if there was still availability just to let you know if it had run out, but Olaf lost his head and I can't check. Actually, Olaf was losing his head a lot this morning.

The funny part is, I targeted FOP first, since I thought it would be the toughest to get, and then went for 7DMT for our first day, thinking I might not get exactly what I want but at least I'd get something. Anyway, couldn't get 7DMT until 4pm - I've never had a problem before getting what I wanted for that ride 60 days out, and usually I travel spring break time. I'm thinking it may be because Splash is down during our trip. But no worries, I'll keep trying or we'll try to get on in the am and then modify it...we're really excited to try FOP! Good luck!

ETA: What I mean by availability throughout the morning was that I saw availability all this morning as I was tweaking things, but I was looking for an afternoon FP, although I did see morning FPs available as well.

Hopefully me being flexible with my FP time will help. I am going to take any time I can get and then rearrange my schedule around that. We will be getting 7DMT, but it will be on 60+4 so I wouldn't think we would have any problems. We are doing DAH on 60+2 so we will be able to ride a lot of MK rides that night, too.

 

[TheFloatingBear]

I'll take any time of day, but it'll need to be for 4 people instead of 2.

Hopefully me being flexible with my FP time will help. I am going to take any time I can get and then rearrange my schedule around that. We will be getting 7DMT, but it will be on 60+4 so I wouldn't think we would have any problems. We are doing DAH on 60+2 so we will be able to ride a lot of MK rides that night, too.

We're planning on doing DAH on our first night too (also our MK day) so 7D doesn't matter too much, but during the day we're with another mom and her two kids (group dance trip but traveling mostly with this family), so wanted to get 7DMT since they haven't been on it. They're just going to have to be happy with the FOP instead! Good luck - maybe it's getting a little easier to get depending on crowd levels...

 

[Haley R]

We're planning on doing DAH on our first night too (also our MK day) so 7D doesn't matter too much, but during the day we're with another mom and her two kids (group dance trip but traveling mostly with this family), so wanted to get 7DMT since they haven't been on it. They're just going to have to be happy with the FOP instead! Good luck - maybe it's getting a little easier to get depending on crowd levels...

We'll be there the last week of Feb and first week of March so hopefully it won't be too busy (in between President's Day and Spring Break crowds). Thanks for the good luck! My FP day is December 29 so I still have a bit to wait.

 

[ABZDisneyFan]

Got back to the UK on Friday after 10 days staying at the Yacht Club.
Did EMH AK on Monday the 13th of November.
We opted to play it safe & got an Uber to drop us off at AK at 7:05am, by the time we had walked to the front gate, got through security (We had no bags) & scanned in they had just started letting people into the park.
We were walked to Pandora & split up into those heading to NRJ & FOP, we headed for FOP.
I don't know if this is normal or if we were lucky but as were walking through the queue area outside of the ride we were directed to go a different route to the people in front of us which turned out to be the fast pass route as we did not go through the whole queue experience.
We were off the ride by 8am & headed straight for NRJ, we waited roughly 30 minutes before we boarded.

We had a FP for NRJ later in the day, when we returned to use it the ride had obviously been down as the FP queue was enormous, people were going nuts at the cast members & we witnessed a few serious "melt downs" by people.
One cast member in particular was not helping the situation by being incredibly rude & condescending to guests most of whom were asking polite questions.
We got to the end of the line & asked a cast member realistically how long would the wait be, she said 20 minutes & she was spot on, we were on the ride exactly 20 minutes from joining the queue which given the circumstances was not too bad.

We had managed to get FP's for FOP for the following Monday so got to ride it again.

Are the rides worth waiting for?
I would wait no longer than 30 - 45 minutes for NRJ, it's a great ride & very clever but it's short & once you've been on it once the wow factor is somewhat diminished.
FOP is stunning, it's by far the best ride on property at the moment & having done it twice on the trip, the second time was no less jaw dropping than the first.
How long would I wait in line for it?
We were seeing wait times in excess of 3 hours & in some cases 4 hours for FOP while we were there, I would never wait in line that long for any ride but I get that it's the hot thing at the moment & everybody wants to ride it, 60 - 75 minutes would be my cut off but each to their own.
It will be interesting to see if the hype dies down a bit next year.

 

[Boardwalk III]

Looking for recommendations from all of you FOP Fastpass experts! Will be booking for a party of 8 the first week of January (for an early March trip). Based on our plans our first choice for FOP will be Day 3 of our trip (afternoon) with a back up of Day 7. My question is how best to attack the booking process when my window opens up at 7:00 am. Should I first try for the Day 3 slot and should I even bother putting in the number 8 or just shoot for 4 & 4? Also same for Day 7 (assume I’d try that after trying for Day 3?). If none of this works we are prepared to show up 60-90 minutes before Park opening but it would be wonderful not to have to!

 

[rteetz]

Looking for recommendations from all of you FOP Fastpass experts! Will be booking for a party of 8 the first week of January (for an early March trip). Based on our plans our first choice for FOP will be Day 3 of our trip (afternoon) with a back up of Day 7. My question is how best to attack the booking process when my window opens up at 7:00 am. Should I first try for the Day 3 slot and should I even bother putting in the number 8 or just shoot for 4 & 4? Also same for Day 7 (assume I’d try that after trying for Day 3?). If none of this works we are prepared to show up 60-90 minutes before Park opening but it would be wonderful not to have to!

I would definitely book day 3 first. I would try for 8 right away but then if that doesn't work try for 4 and 4.