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

[Bobharlem]

Hmm actual feedback is starting to come in (not just here), it'll be interesting to watch magic/dis to see how the reaction is. I know on dis the whole thing about "certain body dimensions" not fitting on the flight of passage ride is getting a bit heated (particularly if someone reserves a FP+ and can't fit!), and on magic there is a lot of defending.

Pretty but lacking much content is about what I expected. Good simulator (screenz!), and a so so boat ride with a neat animatronic, and a really cool night experience. This land is going to create pixie dust-ups for a while.

 

[Teebin]

I know on dis the whole thing about "certain body dimensions" not fitting on the flight of passage ride is getting a bit heated

Is it true that one must lean way forward on FOP? If so, I think I would go into hysterics watching someone of those dimensions trying to fit. Poor lil flying dragon.

 

[Joel]

All of the money in the land was spent on the Flight of Passage standby queue. It seems like a mile long and it's room after room of amazing detail. If you go in the Fastpass line you don't see any of it. FOP was cool. It was NOT ground breaking but an evolutionary step forward from Soarin'.

dammit.. I got my FP+ because I thought the queues would be the other way around.. now I have to switch them

 

[darkridelover]

Is it true that one must lean way forward on FOP? If so, I think I would go into hysterics watching someone of those dimensions trying to fit. Poor lil flying dragon.

I did have someone in my bay who couldn't ride because his stomach was too big. You sit forward against this padded thing and you grip the handle bars. Then the restraints come from behind your back and legs. And if the back rest doesn't go far enough you can't ride. Tall people with long legs are also going to have issues.

 

[hishedale]

Tall people with long legs are also going to have issues.

Well, crap.

 

[epcyclopedia]

I'm waiting to ride FOP. Taking all the photos.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Only one theater is operational.

 

[deathcab4cutie]

lets face it theme parks are starting to get more and more restrictive so large people are gonna have more rides that they cant ride

 

[GAcoaster]

People also keep getting bigger and bigger...

 

[epcyclopedia]

Omg that was an awesomely unexpected ride.

 

[quinnmac000]

Omg that was an awesomely unexpected ride.

So it was better than you thought?

 

[epcyclopedia]

How it works...

Spoiler

The rooms you load into are essentially elevator cars attached to the building. Your seats pan, tilt, etc... and between your legs it breathes like a thigh master and then there is high def rumble in the stomach back butt and other contact points.

So the first minute was what my friends have deemed synchronized screaming. Because it seems so innocuous. You are sitting upright, not bent over, and held in place and you have to look straight down to see the panel. But the elevator arrangement allows you to drop the full height of that room you loaded in. It's very smooth movement and very well synchronized to the screen.

So a tilting seat - that can really tilt far - and then that elevator aspect. The reason they tell you to push items into the bins is because a foot or so past the bins the room drops and rises.

 

[epcyclopedia]

So it was better than you thought?

Much better. Thrilling in a way I can handle. If you can handle FJ screen sections you can handle it - but the first drop was breath taking.

 

[epcyclopedia]

Scents in ride..

Spoiler

dirt, forest, flowers, ocean and more - and lots of fine mist sprays that are really well synced.

 

[Tobias]

How it works...

Spoiler

Thanks for the info, Epcyclopedia. An' well that's one way to perform a realistic drop/fall! Sure it's another motion simulator, though combining that with a bit of ToT is a fun way to do things.

Though I do have a question, from what I've seen of the pre-shows they look nice, but I imagine they'd get old/long-winded with rerides. Do you think that might be the case?

 

[Teebin]

It sounds great!

 

[DoubleJ]

A selection of tweets:





https://twitter.com/dtbriana/status/859461454998761472
https://twitter.com/josh_m_solomon/status/859454344458108930
https://twitter.com/katieellynn/status/859449617527836672

 

[epcyclopedia]

No light up foliage

But heading home now - any particular questions?

Took a ton of photos I'll figure out how to post once I get home.

 

[DoubleJ]

No light up foliage

But heading home now - any particular questions?

Took a ton of photos I'll figure out how to post once I get home.

What are your thoughts on the land's atmosphere?

 

[quinnmac000]

No light up foliage

But heading home now - any particular questions?

Took a ton of photos I'll figure out how to post once I get home.

Do you think you will go back often or this land is a once or twice but can live without doing if packed?