AVATAR land - the specifics

[wdwgreek]

They have a whole website of stuff. The ride descriptions are petty generic, but they have an ACE team page about the people you'll meet at Pandora which is neat. Its in the about us page.
http://visitpandora.com/

 

[wdwgreek]

This is interesting.... Kam Demarco is described as a first generation human born in pandoa. The valley is called the valley of Mo'aa Valley. Meanwhile Lui Wei is a PSI Scientist who woks for the Pandora Conservation Initiative who shares his sense of humor to all the guests, do I hear some streetmasphere?

 

[UpAllNight]

Pretty over the moon with this we booked the trip over a year ago with no idea if we'd catch it and we've snuck it in with a few days spare when at one point I thought we'd miss it.

Wahoooo

 

[Zipadeelady]

They have a whole website of stuff. The ride descriptions are petty generic, but they have an ACE team page about the people you'll meet at Pandora which is neat. Its in the about us page.
http://visitpandora.com/

Thanks!

 

[jgrant.med]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I know this is a question that has been asked many times already, but now that we have a solid opening date... what are the chances of soft openings in the 2-3 weeks prior to that? Not entirely sure how 'soft openings' work - is is a quiet, unannounced opening of the entire land or are a 'lucky few' allowed in each day?

Visiting between the 6th and 20th of May. It would be great to catch it, but at the same time, wont plan my holiday around it either! I have a knack of missing opening dates by a week - my last visit was 1 week before Diagon Alley opened!

 

[180º]

They have a whole website of stuff. The ride descriptions are petty generic, but they have an ACE team page about the people you'll meet at Pandora which is neat. Its in the about us page.
http://visitpandora.com/

Huh, no Landau to be seen.

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I know this is a question that has been asked many times already, but now that we have a solid opening date... what are the chances of soft openings in the 2-3 weeks prior to that? Not entirely sure how 'soft openings' work - is is a quiet, unannounced opening of the entire land or are a 'lucky few' allowed in each day?

Visiting between the 6th and 20th of May. It would be great to catch it, but at the same time, wont plan my holiday around it either! I have a knack of missing opening dates by a week - my last visit was 1 week before Diagon Alley opened!

I'm not privy to timelines, but I do know that Disney usually only does full-scale soft openings with normal operating hours and all attractions open. This is as opposed to Universal, which is known to do "Tech Rehearsals" that are far more unpredictable. It's always good to keep in mind that no matter what kind of soft openings there are, you're taking your chances until it's officially open.

 

[wdwmagic]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I know this is a question that has been asked many times already, but now that we have a solid opening date... what are the chances of soft openings in the 2-3 weeks prior to that? Not entirely sure how 'soft openings' work - is is a quiet, unannounced opening of the entire land or are a 'lucky few' allowed in each day?

Visiting between the 6th and 20th of May. It would be great to catch it, but at the same time, wont plan my holiday around it either! I have a knack of missing opening dates by a week - my last visit was 1 week before Diagon Alley opened!

Very likely there will be some kind of preview and soft opening before the official open. How its done varies greatly. Sometimes its announced, others not. It may be for AP holders or DVC, or any combination of the above. It is too early to say right now what will happen. Stay tuned is the best advice!

 

[danlb_2000]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I know this is a question that has been asked many times already, but now that we have a solid opening date... what are the chances of soft openings in the 2-3 weeks prior to that? Not entirely sure how 'soft openings' work - is is a quiet, unannounced opening of the entire land or are a 'lucky few' allowed in each day?

Visiting between the 6th and 20th of May. It would be great to catch it, but at the same time, wont plan my holiday around it either! I have a knack of missing opening dates by a week - my last visit was 1 week before Diagon Alley opened!

I would say chances are very good as long as there are no major problems or delays. Parts of the Fantasyland expansion had softs a couple months before the official date. Softs by definition are random openings to the public, private preview access is normally called something different. I would recommend keep an eye on this site as the day gets closer since people will generally post about soft openings here.

 

[jgrant.med]

Many thanks for the advice. I will keep an eye on the forum as I usually do!

If we miss it, we miss it. Always something to re-visit

 

[danlb_2000]

Long time lurker, first time poster.

I know this is a question that has been asked many times already, but now that we have a solid opening date... what are the chances of soft openings in the 2-3 weeks prior to that? Not entirely sure how 'soft openings' work - is is a quiet, unannounced opening of the entire land or are a 'lucky few' allowed in each day?

Visiting between the 6th and 20th of May. It would be great to catch it, but at the same time, wont plan my holiday around it either! I have a knack of missing opening dates by a week - my last visit was 1 week before Diagon Alley opened!

Also, note that since this is a full land it's possible that only certain elements will be open during soft openings.

 

[networkpro]

Excellent ! We arrive on the 26th for Flower and Garden, now
its F&G&P!

 

[trampdog]

Opening up my Vega$ style booking right now. I am giving 10:1 odds* that they will not hit the 5/27/17 opening date.

Since interwebz gambling with money is illegal (for my state at least), payment and payout will be in genuine Disney grains of white sand from the Poly beach.

PM me with your bets.

*Max bet per person is 100. Does not include shipping fee to be calculated at payout. Offer void where prohibited.

 

[DDLand]

FYI:

https://www.instagram.com/visitpandora/
https://twitter.com/visitpandora

 

[Trey Cullifer]

if i have dinner reservations and plan on going to ak the fri the 26th is it safe to say i will beable to see avatar land....and will fast passes be available even if it is not officially opening or should i change fri to dhs and do ak on monday

 

[Daveeeeed]

if i have dinner reservations and plan on going to ak the fri the 26th is it safe to say i will beable to see avatar land....and will fast passes be available even if it is not officially opening or should i change fri to dhs and do ak on monday

There should be soft openings. SDMT was probably the most difficult soft opening to do, but we still got to do it waiting around for like 3 hours, but for Pandora, as long as not technical issues arise there's no reasons they won't have soft openings.

 

[MySmallWorldof4]

We will be there that week and are driving home on the 27th. Trying to figure out what day to make our AK day now. Would a day that there are EMH be more apt to be a soft opening day? Or is it pretty arbitrary. Whenever they decide to have one is when they will.

 

[RMichael21]

This should be super interesting with Volcano Bay over at Universal opening on the 25th. I'm curious to see where the media kind of hovers around.

 

[twebber55]

Disney moms twitter had some cool photos of some avatar themeing at some event food, model, drink etc.

 

[Rteetz]

This should be super interesting with Volcano Bay over at Universal opening on the 25th. I'm curious to see where the media kind of hovers around.

Universals media event is from the 22-25th I believe.

Disney's media event is from the 21-27th.

 

[RMichael21]

Universals media event is from the 22-25th I believe.

Disney's media event is from the 21-27th.

That's going to be a great week for us theme park fans. New footage galore.