Teenage Na'vi. They're about the same size as a tall human on 6-inch stilts.
Na'vi who grew up on Earth. They'd be shorter and stockier than Pandoran Na'vi.
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Na'vi who grew up on Earth. They'd be shorter and stockier than Pandoran Na'vi.
I was able to ride with minimal assistance from a Cast Member. I had to ask her to help me adjust my prosthetic legs so that I could sit as well as move my shins into proper position. I was traveling solo. Since I know what is needed now I could easily direct another CM or my wife or sons to assist me.
The ride was awesome!
Kman101
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Happy you got to ride and very happy you enjoyed it!
I'm seeing a lot of praise for FOP
Seems mixed on River Journey.
Daveeeeed
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Flight of Passage since it was so secretive was underhyped, but the reward of it being a true E-ticket was great! While Na'vi River Journey was overhyped, and then it was simply a C-ticket.
It's hard to compare them anyway since one is an E and the other is a C, but I think they overhyped River Journey which is making people feel less satisfied. At least that's how myself and 3/5 other people who I went with felt.
Daveeeeed
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I'm so glad Disney made a top notch attraction and that people also appreciate it.
gorillaball
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Who is "they" in the over hyping? Us the general public just hoping it was a d or d+ because we wanted it to be?
Magic Feather
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Happy to explain. Going down, row 4 is the group lane, and the Link Chambers line is for all ADA or wheelchair groups. Row five is for employees to move up and down, but was initially designed for singke riders, with the Link chamber line for employees, and handicap going in with normal groups. As for the four up ramps, currently, the one on the far left (Link Chambers), is used for boarding Level 2 chambers, 1 and 2 are used for employees, and 3 is for level 3 chambers. Originally, Link Chambers was fot employees, 1 was for Level 2, 2 for singles, and 3 for Level 3.
I'm suddenly going to be at Animal Kingdom in two weeks, for early morning EMH starting at 8AM. I'm hoping those that have already experienced Pandora could answer some quick questions? Many thanks
- I'm planning on being at the AK gate 45-min to 1 hour before the 8AM EMH opening. I hope to be at the front of the pack waiting to get in. Is that enough time?
- Do you wait at the front gate at AK? Or do they let you in to a certain point? If so, where?
- I plan on going directly to FOP & riding. Should get on pretty easily?
- By the time I've finished the FOP ride, if I go directly to the River Journey ride...what wait time should I expect on it?
Thanks amigos. I'm excited!
- I'm planning on being at the AK gate 45-min to 1 hour before the 8AM EMH opening. I hope to be at the front of the pack waiting to get in. Is that enough time?
- Do you wait at the front gate at AK? Or do they let you in to a certain point? If so, where?
- I plan on going directly to FOP & riding. Should get on pretty easily?
- By the time I've finished the FOP ride, if I go directly to the River Journey ride...what wait time should I expect on it?
Thanks amigos. I'm excited!
SSH
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We loved FOP and greatly appreciated River Journey...but thought the latter would have benefitted from a little narration at the beginning to set the scene for the many people who didn't see the movie. Otherwise, for those folks, it will be a ride through a beautiful area, but the meaning behind what is shown will be totally missed by most guests and for those waiting in line 60-90+ min, it will feel like a letdown - like something more was supposed to happen action-wise.
We saw the movie twice and everything resonated far more...so many elements were more meaningful than just a pretty scene.
We saw the movie twice and everything resonated far more...so many elements were more meaningful than just a pretty scene.
neoshinok
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It's hard to predict because it's brand new and they may change ops procedures by day or week, but here was my experience. I went the day after Grand opening. At that time they had 7am EMH for resort guests, we weren't staying on site but still got there at 7:30 and they weren't regulating resort privileges so we were allowed in. It was already about an hour wait for each ride by this time (remember it was opening weekend so this was probably extreme). Once we rode FoP it was close to 9 and each ride had a 3+ hour wait. We left the land shortly after.
In your case I think 45 minutes early will have you among the earliest guests but a 30+ minute wait for FoP will still be likely. After that the NRJ line may already be well over an hour. I'm unsure how they're directing early crowds arriving but I believe they start allowing guests to tap in enter and fill the Oasis area before they open the park in order to limit congestion around the entry way.
Have a great time!
Cesar R M
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Its going to be hard to find 6 feet people that is hella thin AND with baby face feline faceTeenage Na'vi. They're about the same size as a tall human on 6-inch stilts.
Cesar R M
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Can you make a Diagram? I got confused lol XD
Daveeeeed
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I was there the Sunday morning the day after the land opened and we waited for FoP for like 50 minutes, but it was such a joy as the queue is insanely detailed as with the land. We arrived at the front gate at 6:55am, but they had opened the front gate @ 6:30am as to not make a stampede to Pandora. They let everyone in seconds before 7am. FoP was what everyone headed towards infusing pathways as an extended queue, by the line wasn't that long as people shifted from queuing in the land to the ride's queue. It was essentially slow walking into FoP.
Flight of Passage is not to be missed. One of the best rides probably in the world. NA'VI River Journey is a very good C-ticket, but it is just that, so I recommend skipping if the wait is over 45 minutes.
Hope this helps!
Daveeeeed
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Disney. They constantly showed us the ride making it feel like it was at least a D, but it ended up being the prettiest C-ticket ever instead. It's not bad, but it was overhyped.
Meanwhile Flight of Passage barely got any hype from Disney themselves yet it is stunning.
I think this is a case of Simulators don't look great on video and that they wanted word of mouth to be very strong for Flight of Passage. Word of mouth is in fact very strong, so it is probably paying off. When you aren't expecting something to be out of this world your reaction is even better to it. That's partly why Frozen (the movie) did so well... they underhyped a strong product so word of mouth was "that was surprisingly a great film". They did that for Flight of Passage, and the same reaction is played. NA'VI River Journey I'm guessing was more about the land than the ride itself in the advertisements etc.
I see why Disney did it this way and I think it was the right marketing move.
You can overhype/underhype anything, but what I am saying is that Disney overhyped the lesser attraction and underhyped the epic attraction.
Cosmic Commando
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The Na'vi exchange students tend to put on a few pounds when exposed to human junk food for this first time.Its going to be hard to find 6 feet people that is hella thin AND with baby face feline face
Jon81uk
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Easy WDW had a good write up on getting into Pandora early http://www.easywdw.com/easy/blog/pandora-world-of-avatar-rope-drop-touring-strategy/
There are several other blogs on his site about Pandora too. But you might want to plan to be at the park before well before 7am as they let the crowds through the turnstiles not long after.
Magic Feather
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Will do, just give me a few.