Walt Disney World opens advance reservations for Pandora
Walt Disney World this morning opened reservations for a preview of its upcoming Pandora - The World of Avatar land at Disney's Animal Kingdom. Preview opportunities for the week of May 13-22 also were extended to Disney Vacation Club members.
Invitations to sign up for the previews were emailed to passholders and DVC members, and if you haven't checked your email and responded by now... it's probably too late. Passholders trying to sign up are reporting now that all slots have been taken for the event.
Disney's press event for the new Avatar-themed land runs from May 23-25, bringing us right up to the official public opening on May 27. So if there is to be a public soft opening for the land, it would either have to run concurrently with the AP/DVC preview, or start before May 13. That wouldn't be unheard of, especially since insider reports say that the land is near completion already.
Guests with a Walt Disney World Resort hotel reservation now can start making Fastpass+ reservations for Pandora's two new rides: Avatar Flight of Passage and the Na’vi River Journey. Hotel guests can make Fastpass+ reservations for the stay starting 60 days before their check-in, so my math says that Pandora slots are open now for people whose stay starts May 23 or earlier. Fastpass+ reservations for those rides will open to the rest of on May 27 and can be booked up to 30 days in advance via Walt DisneyWorld's app or website.
Update: And if you want the VIP tour with the creative director who oversaw the development of the land, D23 has you covered. Tickets go on sale in April.
Want to @visitpandora with Joe Rohde? D23 event for $255 includes lunch at Tiffins and a gift, but not AK admission. https://t.co/4XpgtPbc4a
— Theme Park Insider (@ThemePark) March 24, 2017
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Booked our fastpasses this afternoon, but could only choose a fast pass for one or the other, not both new rides. Went for the Flight of Passage in the hope that the Navi River ride is a high capacity people mover and the lines aren't too long - I know there's not much chance of that but stranger things have happened!
I was very disappointed that the preview days are ONLY on the weekend...so pass holders who are weekday holders or people who can't visits weekends due to work (like myself) automatically get the shaft.
Poor job Disney. Maybe I shouldn't have renewed my pass.
So the Na'vi boo Mike Pence, too?
We can only hope.
I assume, thanks to tiering, that it wouldn't be possible to book FP+ for both Pandora rides on the same day?
It strikes me that this offer is an indication that ride testing is going extremely well
The technology is nothing new. Soarin 2.0 and Shanghai Pirates boats. It guess it's more about the execution.
@Anton: It also has air conditioning, light bulbs and plumbing. So nothing new ... meh.
(Insert eye roll)
If Pandora is anything like Shanghai Pirates, I'm excited.
I hope there are surprises and that they have installed technology like we see in Mystic Manor and shanghai pirates!!
I've got a reservation for Sunday, May 14th. I'm extremely excited for the River Journey and landscape. I might be a little biased given how much I love Disney dark boat rides (yes, even the Norway and Mexico pavilions).
Well Disney didn't send me my email until 3pm that day by which time the AP bookings were long gone. I have to say that was badly handled, they would have been better off sending something that said "start booking your preview on such and such a date" a couple of days in advance.
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Robert Niles writes: "Invitations to sign up for the previews were emailed to passholders and DVC members, and if you haven't checked your email and responded by now... it's probably too late. Passholders trying to sign up are reporting now that all slots have been taken for the event."
I Respond: (Ahem) The themed entertainment industry's answer to 'Hamilton.'