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For me Dueling Dragons was never the same once they stopped dueling them. The coasters were good by themselves, but I can ride regular coasters like that anywhere. The dueling was what made them special to me. So if they weren't going to have them duel again, I'm totally ok with them being replaced. Especially with something that looks like it's going to be pretty cool.

Yep, the dueling was what made the ride special. That's what I'll miss, after the dueling it was still fun but it lost its best part. I'm fine with them getting rid of the ride, but whenever a ride is removed I expect the replacement to fill its shoes.
 
That's intriguing. I'm a sucker for a good lounge, so I'll be interested to see what the drink offerings are. It would have to be great to tear me away from the Nomad, though.

I like the overall energy of Animal Kingdom in the evening so I too will be interested in this. I too enjoy the Nomad Lounge - though find it a tad overpriced, so intrigued about a potential alternative
 
I fully agree with you, we waited until all three of our kids were older before our first trip. Too young, and there isn't much there for that age to do, plus they tire out more quickly and you end up not having much time in parks.

We literally waited til my youngest was 12 to go our first trip.


My youngest was 5 months on his first trip...different strokes for different folks I guess. If we waited until he was 12 his brother would be 21 and who knows if he will want to go then.
 


My excitement for this one is pretty contained since Dueling Dragons was easily one of their best rides and since the last Harry Potter ride is just the worst ride in a theme park. Hopefully it leans towards the impressiveness of the Forbidden Journey moreso.

Hmmm - I would never call Gringott's the worst ride - why do you say that? I do admit it suffers from YASR (Yet Another Screen Ride) but combining it with the coaster makes it entertaining enough. Not worth the two hours waits, but what is?

Do we have an estimated opening date for this? They seem to be making pretty good progress.

@rteetz already said it, but logic says it will open around or slightly before Star Wars land so that Universal has a new draw that will maybe compete. (I think they know it won't exactly compete - but I think they're hoping most people will at least take a day at Universal to check it out. )

His 9th was this June. He will hit double digits next April at 8 years old.

Geez. Our DD is taking her I think 11th trip at 15 years old. SO under privledged.

Perhaps the reason I am not in favor of taking little kids is we took DD on her first trip at 3.5 years, and she was so traumatized by Winnie the Pooh that she did NOT want to try anything new - well, until she was maybe 11. Every NEW ride has been a fight every trip we go on. So I sort of wonder if we had held off taking her.... Those darn Heffalumps and Woozles!

(She wasn't scared of the characters though - and actually she wasn't scared of a ride that she could SEE the entire ride - which at Disney is practically none of them.)
 


Hmmm - I would never call Gringott's the worst ride - why do you say that? I do admit it suffers from YASR (Yet Another Screen Ride) but combining it with the coaster makes it entertaining enough. Not worth the two hours waits, but what is?

There are a whole lot of reasons, but I'm not sure this is really the place for such a discussion, and I'd rather not point things out that might take lessen somebody else's enjoyment. Basically to me it seems like the ride was thrown together with little thought and all the actual design effort went into the Diagon Alley area around the ride.
 
My first trip to Disneyland was at 15 months (we were in CA for a wedding and my older sisters, 6.5 and 4, convinced my parents we needed to go while we were there). I don't remember it, but I was apparently only mildly traumatized by the drop in Pirates and aside from that everyone had a great time. We went back again when I was 5, then Disney World when I was 6. There was a large increase in trip frequency after that.
 
My first trip to Disneyland was at 15 months (we were in CA for a wedding and my older sisters, 6.5 and 4, convinced my parents we needed to go while we were there). I don't remember it, but I was apparently only mildly traumatized by the drop in Pirates and aside from that everyone had a great time. We went back again when I was 5, then Disney World when I was 6. There was a large increase in trip frequency after that.

My youngest was 18 months when she went the first time. Doesn't remember it but it was more for her brothers anyway. It will be her 15th visit next week and she's only 16, so I'd say she's doing pretty good.
 
My youngest was 18 months when she went the first time. Doesn't remember it but it was more for her brothers anyway. It will be her 15th visit next week and she's only 16, so I'd say she's doing pretty good.


14 times so far for my 16 year old but his first trip was at 5 years old.
 
We started really going when my, then, youngest was 9 months old. He is now 14. (with about as many trips) We took years off until, my youngest now, was 7 months old. He is now 6 yrs old, and is coming up on his 7th trip in August.


Back to REAL news, :) any guesstimate on timing in Summer 2019 for IOA coaster? Planning a Uni/Dis trip for next summer.
 
We started really going when my, then, youngest was 9 months old. He is now 14. (with about as many trips) We took years off until, my youngest now, was 7 months old. He is now 6 yrs old, and is coming up on his 7th trip in August.


Back to REAL news, :) any guesstimate on timing in Summer 2019 for IOA coaster? Planning a Uni/Dis trip for next summer.
I would expect that everything at Universal that is slated for 2019 be Open or Announced to Opening By no later then the July 4th holiday week. I would even Hazard guessing End of June, the reason I say this, is that yes Universal will want to have something to draw people to them before Star Wars Land Opens. The earlier it opens the better for Universal to try and at least pull some of the Star Wars people over to Universal for a Day.
 
My youngest was 5 months on his first trip...different strokes for different folks I guess. If we waited until he was 12 his brother would be 21 and who knows if he will want to go then.

We are in the same boat...if I wait until my baby is 5, his step brother would be 19. So we are hopefully going next summer when one is 15 and the other is 19 months. Then we will probably go back in 2021 for SWGE.
 
I was actually talking about Little Amerricka (East of Madison). Probably going there this August again actually. We haven't been to Bay Beach yet as it is a lot farther away from my parents house ... (and I never went when I was younger (teenage years) because I was too old.)


I don't disagree totally, but it is still a magical place for small (only child) children. Sometimes, the non-ride stuff is more of an attraction to the toddlers .. shows .. character meets .. dance parties, etc.

I took my son when he was 2 and 3. We had friends that were going and we said "why not? he's free!" .. and yes . .there were tons we couldn't go on, but we still had a great time with what we did do. We purposely skipped certain parks knowing there was even less to do for someone that young. We just kept the trips short (2 park days) .. to make it affordable and to be able come back when he was older (4 and now coming up 6) for longer trips now that we are a "family" (two kids).

So, yes, it's not a kid's park, but it's a fine place to go with small children.. for a short period of time.
I think most people have the issue is the cost (for the adults, since kids that young are free) for a trip "they won't remember!". But for me .. I have decided to go MORE often because the young kids are free and makes it significantly cheaper. (It is why I am planning on two trips in a year coming up .. when my daughter is 2 .. and then again right before she turns 3.)
Oh haha oops! We’ve thought of trying Little Amerrika sometime too! It’s in our list. Bay beach is great though too!
 
We are in the same boat...if I wait until my baby is 5, his step brother would be 19. So we are hopefully going next summer when one is 15 and the other is 19 months. Then we will probably go back in 2021 for SWGE.

One other added bonus of going when the youngest is rather young (like in your case) is that under 3 they are "free" so you are sort of better off going now vs 2 years from now
 
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