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Animal Kingdom – Pandora Changes Everything

April 24, 2018 by Enza Ketcham

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Animal Kingdom - Pandora Changes Everything

It’s a trap a lot of even the most passionate Disney fan has fallen into, discounting the fourth park, Animal Kingdom. Often called a “glorified zoo” it’s largely gone overlooked because it is the understated of the four parks. Animal Kingdom celebrates animals and cultures from where some of our favorite animals come from, but usually it took a back seat to the other three parks. Pandora changes everything! We were provided free press passes to visit the park and share about our experience.

Pandora changes everything!

Animal Kingdom - Pandora Changes Everything

Head directly for the Tree of Life and take two lefts and you’ll start to see a change from real, but exotic plants and animals to fantasy plants and waterfalls falling from floating terrain in the sky. A beautiful array of colors and sights, Pandora has the attention to detail Disney is known for!

Animal Kingdom - Pandora Changes Everything
I spent an evening in Pandora watching the sunset and the blacklights slowly light up the park with stunning blues, purples and pink. Walking around in the evening was awesome. I walked down to the Satu’li Canteen, unfortunately I didn’t have time to eat but it looked amazing and smelled so good! Unable to use fast passes on this trip I had to decide between one of the two rides, both had a two hour wait! I opted to wait for Flight of Passage (hoping to wake early to get in line for the cruise in the morning).

Animal Kingdom - Pandora Changes Everything

The Flight of Passage is the best ride I’ve ever been on, and it’s not close. When you get on the chair which looks like a cross between a video game motor cycle and a massage chair, the restraints lock you in and you are “uploaded to your avatar” at that point you can hear your banshee breathe and you can feel it as the chair expands between your legs in unison with the sounds. You’re then whisked on an flying tour around Pandora and out over the water, you narrowly avoid some dangers before landing safely and looking out over the ocean. You’ll feel wind in your face, water splash across you, and you’ll smell the rainforest and the ocean, it’s Disney Magic at its absolute best! I would make this ride a priority even if you’re not fortunate enough to snag a Fast Pass!

Animal Kingdom - Pandora Changes Everything

The next morning I was outside Animal Kingdom waiting for it to open, sprinted right for the Na’vi River Journey. It’s spectacular, beautiful scenes as you slowly cruise along the Na’vi River at night, you’ll hear the Na’vi chanting and come across one singing! Very cool ride, especially for those who love Avatar. Cool ride, but if I didn’t have a Fast Pass I’d probably pass on this if there was any sort of line.

Bottom line, make time for Pandora, it’s so worth it! Even if you don’t ride the rides there is a ton of stuff to do and see in this incredible new land!

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Comments

  1. Sara Zielinski says

    May 10, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    Animal kingdom looks like a great park.

  2. shelly peterson says

    May 10, 2018 at 3:46 pm

    What a neat place to visit. My family would love this place.

  3. wen budro says

    May 11, 2018 at 3:34 pm

    That Animal Kingdom sounds wonderful. Thank you for the post letting me know that it’s a worthwhile place to visit.

  4. Margaret S Porter says

    May 11, 2018 at 6:17 pm

    Looks wonderful! I would love to visit!

  5. Lindsay A. says

    May 13, 2018 at 9:54 am

    Ohh wow, sounds like it’s DEFINITELY worth seeing! 😀 It’s been… uhh… 25 years since I was there last (yikes, lol), & I’m really wanting to go back!

  6. Dana Rodriguez says

    May 14, 2018 at 10:12 am

    This looks amazing. I would love to go visit!

  7. Erik VL says

    May 14, 2018 at 2:40 pm

    We love Disney World and have gone the last three years in a row. Last year we only visited Magic Kingdom. We plan on going to Animal kingdom this year and cannot wait to check out Pandora. It looks AMAZING!

  8. Lacie Love Hester says

    May 16, 2018 at 9:56 am

    WOW! Those pictures are amazing. After reading and seeing everything, I so want to go and see everything myself.

  9. Shakeia Rieux says

    May 16, 2018 at 4:19 pm

    It’s beautiful at the Animal Kingdom! I would love to take my family there, it’ll be our first time.

  10. Bernie Wallace says

    May 20, 2018 at 8:31 am

    My family visited Pandora and absolutely loved it. We especially loved Flight of Passage. We can’t wait to go back.

  11. Casey Garvey says

    May 22, 2018 at 4:00 am

    Id love to see the Animal Kingdom parks! This has got to be a dream vacation!

  12. Kristie says

    May 24, 2018 at 9:50 pm

    Wow!! I liked Animal Kingdom before but Pandora sounds AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing! kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you. Happy Spring!

  13. desiree says

    May 28, 2018 at 6:25 pm

    love the pic and then i would to go there

  14. Stella says

    May 30, 2018 at 10:00 am

    Animal Kingdom–what a beautiful place it is! Perfect for family trips. My kids like Disney. And they will enjoy trip to this place.

  15. Jill Jeffrey says

    June 5, 2018 at 11:11 pm

    I went to Disney in January and got to see Pandora for the first time! It was beyond real! I really like the decoration and scenery, Disney always puts so much detail into everything.

  16. Kim Henrichs says

    June 13, 2018 at 10:04 am

    Okay this looks totally amazing!! It is going high on my to-do list for Disney.

  17. Dana Rodriguez says

    June 13, 2018 at 11:04 am

    I would love to visit! I have never been to Animal Kingdom and Pandora is beautiful!

  18. Kayley says

    June 14, 2018 at 11:38 am

    The scenery of Avatar / Pandora was the best part of the movie, so the park should be beautiful too!

  19. Janet W. says

    June 19, 2018 at 6:48 am

    We were so impressed with Pandora when we went last fall! The detail was so amazing!

  20. Julie Waldron says

    June 19, 2018 at 4:22 pm

    That looks like a beautiful place to visit, I love the waterfall!

  21. Jerry Marquardt says

    June 19, 2018 at 7:55 pm

    Animal Kingdom has always been a favorite to our whole family every Saturday. I cannot wait to see this Pandora version, any day

  22. Katie Bellamy says

    June 19, 2018 at 9:43 pm

    What a beautiful place to visit!

  23. Mary Chambers says

    June 20, 2018 at 3:31 am

    I would love to do this

  24. Eric V. says

    June 27, 2018 at 11:57 am

    Oh wow! This place looks absolutely amazing! This place would be perfect to bring my family on vacation to!

  25. Debbie Welchert says

    July 18, 2018 at 5:55 pm

    This looks and sounds so beautiful. I would love to someday go there with my family.

  26. marlene a harris says

    July 20, 2018 at 9:59 pm

    it is great my grandchildren love it . first place we go when were in florida

  27. Casey Garvey says

    July 21, 2018 at 9:56 pm

    I love the movie! I would love to go to disney and see this in person!

  28. Angela Hendricks says

    July 30, 2018 at 11:05 pm

    This looks amazing. I’ve never been but when I finally good I will be taking the family here. Thanks Enza!

  29. Cassandra D says

    August 3, 2018 at 7:42 pm

    I would really love to visit. Looks amazing.

  30. Audrey Stewart says

    August 4, 2018 at 4:57 pm

    These pictures are so amazing. I would love to go and visit there.

  31. desiree says

    August 5, 2018 at 4:18 pm

    i would love to do this one daay

  32. laura says

    August 11, 2018 at 5:55 am

    That looks amazing!

  33. Audrey Stewart says

    August 11, 2018 at 5:58 pm

    I hope to visit there sometime soon.

  34. Audrey Stewart says

    August 11, 2018 at 5:59 pm

    Did my comment go through?

    • Enza Ketcham says

      August 12, 2018 at 1:41 pm

      Yep! We got a lot…we just manually approve them. 🙂

  35. Jana Leah says

    August 13, 2018 at 5:25 pm

    I’ve never been to Animal Kingdom. Next time I visit Disney World, I’ll be sure to go.

  36. donna porter says

    August 14, 2018 at 9:45 pm

    The Animal Kingdom and Pandora sound like great places to visit. I know my family would enjoy it!

  37. desiree says

    August 17, 2018 at 7:13 pm

    i love t o see this it pretty

  38. John Smith says

    September 7, 2018 at 5:40 am

    I think I might like this park best of all!

  39. Darla says

    September 10, 2018 at 4:13 am

    The Flight of Passage ride looks so great.

  40. MaryAnn says

    September 10, 2018 at 10:00 pm

    We are headed to Animal Kingdom in November.

  41. Christina moore says

    September 11, 2018 at 12:54 pm

    I love animal Kingdom, so pretty

  42. Toni Seese says

    September 11, 2018 at 2:21 pm

    I would love to see Pandora in Animal Kingdom! The pictures of it are beautiful!

  43. Leigh Anne Borders says

    September 11, 2018 at 9:25 pm

    My husband and I went there this summer. It was truly amazing. We got to stay at the Animal Kingdom Resort as well. Such a great time! I am looking forward to going back soon.

  44. Brandon Sparks says

    September 12, 2018 at 12:00 pm

    I would love to take my family to visit one day..

  45. Celeste Herrin says

    September 13, 2018 at 8:19 am

    We are going in November of this year and actually was able to snag a FastPass for flight of Passage! I’m so excited to check out this park! Thank you for all the wonderful information!

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