

Wheelchair users must transfer and be able to straddle the seat, sitting upright without support. The seat's not on a track like a coaster, but it will roll and pitch to simulate flight. You will ride on individual seats that look a bit like motorcycles, where you must straddle a seat and lean forward, with restraints holding your legs and back in place, but not your shoulders or head. The ride provides the most enjoyable simulation of acrobatic flight that I've ever experienced in a theme park, even better than Bolliger & Mabillard's flying coasters.īut like a roller coaster, it's not for everyone. Pandora's top attraction is Flight of Passage, a flying theater experience that simulates being linked to an avatar in order to ride on the back of a Mountain Banshee through the moon's Valley of Mo'ara. But I think you miss something if you see it only during the day, too. The glowing plants don't illuminate the land so much that you can see all the detail you can during the day, so you miss something if you visit only after sundown. That said, visiting at night isn't a better experience than seeing Pandora in sunlight.

With its bioluminescent forest, Pandora take on a different feel at night, creating a unique experience. Resort guests looking to take advantage of their extended hours in the park will just make it even more crowded.Ģ. unless you are staying at a Disney resort. And don't bother with the park on a day when it has "Extra Magic Hours" scheduled for Disney resort guests. For Pandora, that means arriving at Disney's Animal Kingdom at least 90 minutes before its schedule opening time. If you can't snag a Fastpass+ reservation (and here's more about Disney's Fastpass system, if it is new to you), then it's best to rely on the time-honored advice of arriving at the park before it opens so that you can be in position to get to the land before the crowd fills it.

That could cut your wait time from hours to minutes. But if you have a Fastpass+ ride reservation time, using Disney's website or smartphone app, you can bypass the line to get into the land and head straight for the Fastpass+ entrance at the ride you've reserved. Pandora opened to hours-long waits for its two rides, plus waits even to get into the land.
