Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Florida. Show all posts

Saturday, January 5, 2013

Trip to Universal Studios @ Orlando Yr 2012

We only visited the below 2 park.

1. Universal Studios Florida
2. Universal's Island of Adventure

Fastpass @ both parks?
     The so called Fastpass @ Universal Studios, they called in "Express" which have to come with a price. 

Universal Studios Florida

            1. Revenge of the Museum - I rode this and had a BLAST! Worth the wait !
     
            2. Despicable Me Minion Mayehm - This ride was fantastic! Worth the wait!

            3. Woody Woodpecker's Nuthouse Coaster - We love this ride! It was FUN!

             4. The Simpsons Ride - We rode this at Universal Studio @ LA and we are still 
                         loving it! 

             5. Terminator 2 3D - This is not a ride but a show. We saw this @ Universal 
                       Studio LA and we still love watching it

             6. Curious George Goes to Town - 
                         There is a ball playground for kids. This you have to bring your 
              kids there. Adults will have fun too! I did! The soft balls drop 
              down and kids get to collect the balls and shoot it. There is also 
              a big vacuum for them to suck up those soft balls. LOTS of FUN for 
              the kids!
                              
Universal's Island of Adventure

             1. The Wizarding of Harry Potter - We didn't ride this as the que was crazy! Even 
                                 we arrived early, we couldn't get to the ride. 
                                 It was 150 mins wait already when we reached 
                                 that at 8:30 am. The wait time went as high as 
                                 200 mins. Would be great!

             2. Pteranodon Flyers - You gotta ride this! It is AWESOME! One thing though, 
                         kids that are 56" high can't ride but the less than 56" 
                         can ride with one adult.  

       3. Amazing Adventure of Spiderman -  This ride is something like the Transformers 
                                     ride @ Universal Studios LA but much more 
                                     better. You gotta try it! Worth the wait! 

       4. The Incredible Hulk Coaster -  We didn't ride this. Would be great!

       5. Seuss Trolley Train Ride - Great view and a slow ride! 

       6. Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw - We didn't ride this as we wouldn't want to get all 
                               soaked coz it is cold weather during our visit. 
                               Would be great!

       7. The Eight Voyage of Sinbad -  This not a ride but a show.Gotta Watch! This show 
                                 is AWESOME! 

              8.  Poseidon's Fury at Island -  This not a ride but a show.Gotta Watch! The show 
                               got no seat. You have to move from stages to 
                               stages as they tell the story but not too bad of a 
                               show.

This is just my opinion of the park. Overall the park was alright. However, I do say that the toilets for the ladies never seem to be enough coz there is always a long que everywhere. They sure need to improve in this area. 

On the other hand, the entrance at the gate where they checked the bag, that needs to improve too coz it is way packed with people until you don't even know where the que is. It is just terrible! 

The long walk to gate of the Universal Studio is just too much! Lucky I not that old yet if not I need a wheelchair to wheel me in. 

Another thing about the park is that, try to avoid during school holidays coz every rides take 60 mins or longer to get to it. Just 1 day to cover the park seems not enough and we took 3 days to cover some only. 

Trip to Disney World Yr 2012

There are 4 parks to cover in Disney World.

  1. Magical Kingdom
  2. Hollywood Studio
  3. Animal Kingdom
  4. Epcot
So, what ride and shows are good?

Magical Kingdom

          1. Big Thunder Mountain Ride @ Frontierland - We rode this at Disneyland as well and still enjoying it!
         
             2. Buzz Lightyear's Space Ranger @ Tomorrowland- We rode this at Disneyland as well and still enjoying     
                                                                                                                         it!

             3. Tomorrowland Speedway @ Tomorrowland- We rode this at Disneyland as well and still enjoying it!

          4. Space Mountain @ Tomorrowland- We rode this at Disneyland as well and still enjoying it!

Hollywood Studio

         1. Toy Story Mania @ Pixar Place - We rode this at Disneyland as well and still enjoying it!

            2. Indiano Jones Epic Stunt  - We love this show! The action was incredible! Must Watch!

            3. Light, Motors, Action - We love this show! The action was incredible! A bit slow but exciting

         4. Star Tours - We rode this at Disneyland as well and still enjoying it!


Animal Kingdom

          1. Festival of the Lion King - We love this broadway show! It was amazing! Gotta Watch it! 

Epcot

          1. Disney Phineas and Ferb Agent P's World Showcase Adventure 
                                  This isn't a ride but for kids to have an adventure finding things around Epcot. They used a phone and 
                                   you have to go listen to the clues given in a selected area to slove they mystery.  Our kids tried this 
                                   adventure 2 times in 2 different country. One in China and one in United Kingdom. They had FUN! 

         
           2. Kidscot Fun Stop - This isn't a ride but for kids to have fun collecting the stamps at different countries. 
                                                            Each country have a Fun Stop. It is lots of FUN for the kids!

              3. Turtle Talk with Crush - This isn't a ride but more like a show for the kids. Crush actually talks back to 
                                                                    you!

              4. Soarin  - We rode this at Disneyland as well and still enjoying it!

              5. Test Track - This you GOTTA TRY! It was extremely AWESOME! We rode this 2 times and enjoying it very 
                                              much

              6. Mission in Space - I didn't ride this becoz my kids wasn't up to the height but believe it would have been 
                                                         FUN coz my husband who took the ride said it turn