Ahh… Pandora. There’s a certain hype that surrounds anything new that Walt Disney Imagineers create. A lot of the hype can be dismissed as extreme Disney fans going nuts for the newest piece of intellectual property that has been shoehorned into an existing attraction.<\/p>\n

What if Imagineering tackled something new? What if it’s not Disney in the slightest and just happens to be located on Disney property?<\/p>\n

It has been over five and a half years since Avatar was announced to be coming to Disney Parks. The photo above was taken at the groundbreaking in January 2014.<\/p>\n

In the five years, a lot of moaning and groaning came from the loyal Disney fan base as far as why<\/i>\u00a0Avatar would be in a Disney park. Others within the theme park community were sitting along the sidelines wondering how badly Disney could mess this up.<\/p>\n

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We were invited to Local Media Day to take a peek at what Pandora: The World of Avatar<\/a> will offer when it opens on May 27th, 2017. During the preview, we were guided around The Valley of Mo’ara and had a go at each of the main attractions as well as a taste of the offerings at Satu’li Canteen<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The land itself is stunning. Looking from the Animal Kingdom parking lot it looks a lot smaller than when you’re standing inside. It does look like you’re on another planet. Once you cross that bridge you are\u00a0on\u00a0<\/em>Pandora.<\/p>\n

Pandora’s Avatar: Flight of Passage<\/h3>\n

This is the main attraction inside Pandora and you can tell the time spent on the land was mostly focused on this attraction. You start off inside a cave filled with paintings of the Ikran along the walls. The cave snakes through and eventually connects to the Avatar facility.<\/p>\n

I’m going to note that the queue for this ride is\u00a0long<\/strong>. It’s one of the longest queues I’ve experienced, and it seemed to go on forever. The good news is that it’s all indoors so when the waits pick up, you’re at least inside the air conditioning.<\/p>\n

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