Off to work, I'll be back with more replies this afternoon.
Or maybe not until today
Ended up getting busy with work and then preparing for the second of 3 performances of Fiddler on the Roof at the middle school
HA classic!!
It's weird but I have so many different experiences on Simpsons ride. I've had some great rides, and others I found boring. Thankfully never any motion sickness at least. It probably really depends on where I am in the vehicle. Great pre-Show area though. Classic Simpsons.
Dee, I only remember eating at Mel's once, but I actually thought it was really good. That was I think 2010. That said, the first time I ate at Richter Burger I loved it, and the second was horrendous. So, I guess it's a crap shoot, lol.
I haven't done Rip Ride Rockit for a while, but I do quite like it.
Men In Black is probably (no definitely) the ride that annoys me the most in regards to requiring a ride locker. Seriously they can't afford a pouch?
Haha, good point. You go down only to then climb up. Actually sounds like the Land pavilion.
Got to love a good "flashy-thing" joke. Or this one.
Simpsons is pretty good. I can do it about once a day. The boys like it more than Mark and I do.
Probably won't be trying Mel's (More Leaky Cauldron, please, or maybe something at Moe's). We ate at Richter Burger once and it was better than expected, but we had set a pretty low bar.
RRR is cool! I find it to be a pretty smooth coaster. We would do it more but it doesn't run in the rain/lightning/cold, so we have had limited opportunities on our past two trips.
MIB is the only ride we have ever had to use a locker, because we had a souvenir butterbeer mug. Still don't get it!
The stairs up just add insult to injury. You have just waited 90 minutes in line. You just descended in an elevator. You are ALMOST to the ride. Now continue to stand in line while you climb a spiral stairway!
They weren't running the nighttime show when I was last there so I still haven't seen it. I've heard it's really good though.
You didn't hear it from me!
Great updates. You certainly got your ride on! And all four of you road that Rip, Ride, Rock it! Seriously - I don't think I could do that. You are way braver than me. You look like you are having a blast.
So I finally slotted in Universal Studios for next February. Can you believe its taking me so long?
We have a similar, but much smaller, coaster like RRR at our local amusement park. Ben tried "Untamed" last year and survived, and he loved California Screamin' at California Adventure so I knew he would give it a go.
I am excited to hear you have plans for US. I'm here if you have any questions!
You'd think they wouldn't want to use the light-pen thing on you ... unless they don't want people on the ride?
All of the Simpsons pictures just remind me why I don't watch that show ... I find it a little creepy.
I love the idea of the "secret" songs on RRR ... but even if you couldn't get it to work, I'm glad to hear Ben enjoyed his first ride! I've never done it, but would love to next time I go! (Last time I went to US I just did IoA, and the time before that was before it opened)
I love all of the Gringotts pictures! I'm dying to see that ... but I still don't know when I'll get back to US.
Sounds like you had a great day and ended it with a nice dessert!
"You will forget the Mouse in that other theme park" FLASH!
But I don't really sit down and watch episodes, but the boys watch a lot of Simpsons. There is some pretty funny satire and I like that. They poke fun at WDW in the Simpsons queue and ride. There is a hilarious episode that Ben just had me watch where the Simpsons go on a hilarious ride called Soarin over Springfield. I think I will look for that on youtube and link it here.
Let's see if this works
Soarin over Springfield
OK, that will probably not convince you that The Simpsons are not creepy!
I don't know if the secret tracks are still working, but the problem is that by the time I screw it up, I don't have time to find a song on the regular menu so I end up with ZZTop. Every.Single.Time
Gringott's and Diagon Alley are fantastic.
We ended up having a pretty great afternoon even though we had a much much later start than anticipated. We did have a major disappointment because we didn't make it over to IoA that day. Tune in "tomorrow"
Always nice to have a bedtime snacks.
You really got a lot done considering how long your flight delays were. The strawberries look good but overall the choices look a little skimpy.
We were pretty happy we were able to do so much when we finally got to the park. Riding Escape from Gringott's was a really smart move!
It was enough of a dessert for us. We were so tired we went right to bed.
I remember when I was little it scared the crap out of me. I mean we were on a boat on the water and I thought the sharks were real.
But it really was a cool ride. I love the updates they've made at US, but that's where Disney has them beat. They recognize the history and nostalgia people have for the classic attractions at WDW. In US, they put in cool new rides, but they do it at the sacrifice of the opening day headliners like Jaws, Kongrontation and Back to the Future. Granted, I love their replacements. But if I think back to my first memories of Universal, there's just not much from those memories that I can go back and revisit. I mean there's E.T... but I think that's literally the only thing.
The rides that actually move, go fast, forwards, backwards, upside down, and spin around don't bother me much. I mean I could get off Hulk and jump right back on for hours on end without any problem. But put me in a seat that moves with a screen in front of me and it's trouble. The first time I visited DHS after the new Star Tours re-opened, I think I rode 3 times in back to back to back and I was struggling afterwards.
I always take Dramamine whenever I'm heading into the parks and it helps.
But that particular simulator ride... I don't know what it is about it. Hit me pretty hard when it was Back to the Future and still does as the Simpsons. That and Mission Space Green are the worst! For some reason I do better on Orange than Green?
Well, I do like the Transformers movies. Well the first one. The second one was bad, the third was a little better and the fourth one just went off the reservation. So yeah, I enjoy the franchise and will watch the movies. But the first one was by far the best.
Spiderman doesn't bother me too much, honestly.
I saw that!
Here's a link to the metal detector story.
Mark and I went to US pre-kids not long after US opened. We never got on Jaws that trip because the ride kept going down.
You know Kong is coming back, right? To IoA between Jurassic Park and Toon Lagoon.
Funny what bothers different people. Spinning and going in a circle do me in. Worst I ever felt was after Astro-Orbitor.
I think we just watched the 4th Transformers before our trip. I haven't seen the others.
Thanks to the link to the story about both the metal detectors and Hulk.
Great details on all the rides, keep it comin'
Glad you like it! I'll be doing the treatment on IoA next.
Wow, I almost forgot this was just your first day. You really got on a lot of rides and chance to get through DA. Also love the music choices on RRR and Ben's happy smile!
Rebecca
I know, we were just at US for about 3 plus hours. A good start. I was really glad Ben liked RRR.
I'll have to try the Dippin Dots trick, thanks! Although it's not so much queasy as it is scared out of my mind, lol. I save the queasy for the screen rides.
I always love to hear a good trip tip!
