Pandora: The World of Avatar Announcement, Construction, & Preview Discussion

[epcyclopedia]

Well it always hovers around 15-20 minutes on both Green and Orange, so yeah. Occasionally Orange will get up to about 45 or so, maybe 60 on a day like NYE, but it's very rare to wait long for M:S. The longest waiting you do is going through the pre-show rooms.

And ironically Body Wars was a 4 hour wait on NYE the year M:S before opened, with the same exact capacity as M:S.

 

[Miketheboss]

I remember when the concept art came out, it looked almost unrealistic or impossible that Disney would be able to create something like this. I remember thinking to myself, this is too ambitious or the artists drawing these pieces got too creative. But from aerials, it looks like this is shaping up to be what they promised and more.

Now with construction almost completed, this looks like the view we'd have exiting the "Flights of Passage" attraction, kinda facing the entrance to discovery island.

From the aerials, you can see two swinging bridges. I saw them, not knowing they were in the concept art. Being able to walk over that water feature will be neat.

 

[Miketheboss]

Something I'm really curious about is how these arches are going to look from the ground. Idk I'm really eager to see how that turns out even though its such a minor detail.

You can see the two arches. With the second one being tiny. Will the illusion work?!

 

[rhino4evr]

probably not.

 

[Blaw923]

What type of protection will Disney recommend for safe tail to tail contact haha

 

[HulkCoaster]

Some Cast Members have been invited to ride FOP this Sunday.

 

[Disneyhead]

Some Cast Members have been invited to ride FOP this Sunday.

So they are putting people on it before Valentine's Day.

 

[epcyclopedia]

The management positions for the area are just being filled right now though - so this would be very early. I don't think there's staff to operate the ride already. I guess there could be the test/adjust team in place, but usually you'd hear about it existing even if you get zero details.

 

[rhino4evr]

sounds like the ride is pretty much complete.

 

[Nick]

Is there any reports from CMs out there that got to ride FoP?

 

[Andysol]

Bet it's tiered with RoL, Safari, Everest, and Pandora rides on one tier, rest on another.

If it's tiered, I highly doubt there will be that many tier ones (unless you can pick two). I'd wager either safari or Everest (likely Everest) and the boat ride will be tier two- in the same vein as ToT at DHS.
4 of the 5 must-ride rides as tier one would simply be too much.

 

[HulkCoaster]

sounds like the ride is pretty much complete.

Is there any reports from CMs out there that got to ride FoP?

They only had one theater operational, and the cast entered through a backstage door, they didn't go through the queue or any of the land. This was more to judge initial reactions of the ride.

 

[Mad Dog]

So they are putting people on it before Valentine's Day.

If it happens near that date, sounds like confirmation of your posts & prediction from a couple of months ago. :thumbsup:

 

[twebber55]

They only had one theater operational, and the cast entered through a backstage door, they didn't go through the queue or any of the land. This was more to judge initial reactions of the ride.

well, what was the reaction?lol

 

[Brian G.]

sounds like the ride is pretty much complete.

From what I understand - that ride finished and tested without any tech issues at all, but dealt with some rider sickness issues so they had to keep tweaking to get it right.

 

[epcyclopedia]

What? Another screen based attraction is making people sick?

Who'd have thought?

 

[bob albert]

Maybe people will complain and then they will "improve it" by making it 2d.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

From what I understand - that ride finished and tested without any tech issues at all, but dealt with some rider sickness issues so they had to keep tweaking to get it right.

The whole thing or just one theater? And is everything installed or just enough to have it functioning?

 

[HulkCoaster]

The whole thing or just one theater? And is everything installed or just enough to have it functioning?

Only one theater is fully functioning at the moment, and it is not 100% complete theme wise.

 

[epcyclopedia]

In what is somehow a surprise for Disney.. applicants are far less enthusiastic about learning Na'avi than anticipated. It's viewed as less of a fun way to be involved in the land and more as drudgery some are explicitly avoiding.