danandjackie
Mouseketeer
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- Nov 3, 2003
A few years late - but at least your hotels front of the line now works here as well...
Full photo TR is available on the blog...(link in signature)
A quick break in Florida - part 4 Universal Studios
The next two days are spent re visiting all our favourites and making sure we took all our pre booked Fast Pass options to re ride Flight of the Banshee. Trust me when I say this ride is just as good every single time you ride it - in fact it gets better and better. Do not miss it.
After an early morning spent riding flight of the Banshee again, it's time to pack the bags and say goodbye to the Disney All Star Resort and head out to Universal's Hard Rock Hotel - A trip we take by Uber, which we can't use at home as we're too rural.
I was impressed with the app and the efficiency with which a ride came. I was less impressed when the bill arrived by email and it was 50% more! Fortunately there is one good thing with Uber - they know exactly what you did, how, when, where and who with - so they instantly refunded the 100% difference from the original quoted fare in a matter of minutes.
Hard Rock Hotel was chosen because of its proximity to the parks - literally a short walk along the riverside. You can of course take the boat should you wish to save your feet - though the reality is you probably have just as far to then walk from the dockside.
Its been quite a few years since we were last here in Universal. Despite regular visits to WDW we have not actually revisited Universal since The World of Harry Potter was just breaking ground. In some ways I'm glad - its nice to be here now the initial chaos has slightly died down (and more importantly your hotel Express pass can now actually be used in that segment of the park.
So first things first; what did we make of 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter' - We loved it. It's wonderfully immersive and the smiles on kids (and adults) faces as they wander around (in 100 degree heat) in full Hogwarts student cloaks and scarves is a joy to see.
There's an attention to detail that's more Disney than the usual Universal experience and that is a good thing to see. This section is a much more themed area rather than the rest of Studios/IOA - which I tend to think of more as a ride park than a "themed" theme park.
Full photo TR is available on the blog...(link in signature)
A quick break in Florida - part 4 Universal Studios
The next two days are spent re visiting all our favourites and making sure we took all our pre booked Fast Pass options to re ride Flight of the Banshee. Trust me when I say this ride is just as good every single time you ride it - in fact it gets better and better. Do not miss it.
After an early morning spent riding flight of the Banshee again, it's time to pack the bags and say goodbye to the Disney All Star Resort and head out to Universal's Hard Rock Hotel - A trip we take by Uber, which we can't use at home as we're too rural.
I was impressed with the app and the efficiency with which a ride came. I was less impressed when the bill arrived by email and it was 50% more! Fortunately there is one good thing with Uber - they know exactly what you did, how, when, where and who with - so they instantly refunded the 100% difference from the original quoted fare in a matter of minutes.
Hard Rock Hotel was chosen because of its proximity to the parks - literally a short walk along the riverside. You can of course take the boat should you wish to save your feet - though the reality is you probably have just as far to then walk from the dockside.
Its been quite a few years since we were last here in Universal. Despite regular visits to WDW we have not actually revisited Universal since The World of Harry Potter was just breaking ground. In some ways I'm glad - its nice to be here now the initial chaos has slightly died down (and more importantly your hotel Express pass can now actually be used in that segment of the park.
So first things first; what did we make of 'The Wizarding World of Harry Potter' - We loved it. It's wonderfully immersive and the smiles on kids (and adults) faces as they wander around (in 100 degree heat) in full Hogwarts student cloaks and scarves is a joy to see.
There's an attention to detail that's more Disney than the usual Universal experience and that is a good thing to see. This section is a much more themed area rather than the rest of Studios/IOA - which I tend to think of more as a ride park than a "themed" theme park.