peter11435
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The goal is to get as many people on the ride as possible.
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disneygeek90
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3 minutes won't drastically alter this number. I like to think of the pre-shows as part of the ride, not something that should be skipped over.
peter11435
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I agree they shouldn't be skipping the preshows.
The extra few minutes enables them to get in an extra ride cycle. And for an attraction with such high demand and low capacity i can understand the desire.
disneygeek90
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It's not as if it's saving a half hour. It's literally 3 minutes. I understand the logic but I don't see how it's worth cutting it for an entire group. I would like to get the same experience as every other guest, not punished for arriving early and missing part of the experience. It didn't matter to me as I've been on several times now, but that was my family's first time and I felt like they had missed out on part of the "build up" leading up to the actual ride.
peter11435
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I agree I don't like it either. But I see why they do it. If they send the first group straight to the ride while the next navigates the queue and preshows this allows them to run an extra cycle giving an extra couple hundred guests the chance to ride.
disneygeek90
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I would have rather waited for the next cycle if I knew they were going to do that. Would have been well worth the extra 3 minute wait.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
So if we have a fastpass in the morning for FOP around 9:30ish will we be able to get in and maneuver?
I was asked to ride it numerous times during early previews but going back in a few weeks and have fastpass now that it is open to all and wondering what to expect
I was asked to ride it numerous times during early previews but going back in a few weeks and have fastpass now that it is open to all and wondering what to expect
disneygeek90
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What do you mean by maneuver?? If you have a fast pass you will be fine.
GhostHost1000
Premium Member
As in will it be shoulder to shoulder people walking thru Pandora
Disney4family
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We showed up at AK for EMH last week. The place was completely mobbed as everyone here has said and shown in pictures. At rope drop 99.999999% of the people went to Pandora. The rest of us enjoyed a beautiful walk to our first attraction. My family rode Everest over and over and over, etc. - first car, last car, whatever we wanted. The attraction was empty.
We went back to AK one afternoon later in the week. The wait time for Stand By was still horrendous. We had a FP for FOP for 5:20 and walked right on. (All theaters were working that day.)
It's kind of like if Soarin' and Star Tours had a baby.
It is beautiful to see and experience and really helps you appreciate the land they've created outside.
We went back to AK one afternoon later in the week. The wait time for Stand By was still horrendous. We had a FP for FOP for 5:20 and walked right on. (All theaters were working that day.)
It's kind of like if Soarin' and Star Tours had a baby.
It is beautiful to see and experience and really helps you appreciate the land they've created outside.
disneygeek90
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By 9:30 there will be a steady flow coming into the land with castmembers directing, but with a FP you should be fine.
We were at DAK last Friday. Had a 9:35 am ADR at Tusker House. Noticed the packed crowd at the Pandora entrance by Tuffins. But by the time we finished our breakfast and walked back to Pandora, the entrance wasn't crowded at all and it wasn't shoulder to shoulder inside. I think first thing in the AM will be a mess, due to all the guests running (yes, they were running) to Pandora. But once schools start in a week or two, crowds levels during the week should go down. My advice, visit Pandora during the week, not Friday - Sunday.
When we finished our breakfast and went over to Pandora, the wait time for FoP was well over 4 hours...and the other entrance by Lion King was closed because it was needed for the standby line - and it was the end of the line. By the time we wandered around Windwalkers, got our banshee and headed over to Na'vi, it was nearly 6 hours! Yes, the FP+ line moved quickly and we got right on, since we quickly raised our hands when the ride CM asked for a party of 2. We left the park around 10:00 pm and the wait time was over 3 hours....and I don't think it dropped much, even with EMH from 10pm to midnight. Lots of people were coming into the park as we were leaving.
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Current plan to get two rides on FoP on a five day trip this coming week:
Most of our other mornings are planned already so we have very little flexibility but is there any better solution?
- EMH on our first full morning...rope drop it
- We have a FP+ for noon on our departure day (flight leaves MCO at 6pm)
Most of our other mornings are planned already so we have very little flexibility but is there any better solution?
disneygeek90
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If you're at bag check an hour and a half before open there will be crowds but you will guarantee yourself to be in the first 1-3 shows. It sounds longer than it is. They were letting us in Pandora at 8:40 on Sunday for a 9am opening. They let you through the entry points about 40 minutes before open.
Furiated
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I was there the same day arrived at the same time and had exactly your experience! This was my first time in the land and on FoP and I have been avoiding spoilers, even of the queue. I knew that going in at rope drop, I was going to miss some of the queue because I had read that they were skipping parts of it to rush through the morning rope drop crowd, which was disappointing. But it seems like we skipped ALL of the queue. We didn't stop until we got in the first room with the numbered spots on the floor. Nothing happened in there, and someone in the room with us commented that usually something happens in that room and that we didn't even get that.
Not having any idea what you are supposed to see in the queue, I was going to come on here and ask how much of the queue I missed (without getting too spoilery), but from your post it seems like the answer is, I missed literally all of it.
disneygeek90
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Yeah, so we basically only walked through the outside part and a bit of the first room that's still somewhat outside, then got fed into the FP queue (the boring grey wall :/). If you're curious you can easily youtube the first preshow bit, just look for one dated after opening as there were a few different versions before it opened flying around. I sent it to my parents, but I definitely felt missing it took away a little of the build up leading up to the ride.
Furiated
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I'd love to know at what point they switch over from skipping the entire queue to filling the queue. I was maybe 10-20 people back in the initial FoP line that morning. If I knew that if I dropped back to like spot #100 I could see the entire queue, I'd be fine with that, even with an increased wait time (assuming we're talking a couple attraction cycles and not a 60-90 minute wait). My next visit I'll likely be doing another non-EMH morning rope drop, so maybe I'll ask a CM at the attraction as they start feeding us in.