I have learned much from you about WDW over the years. We are pretty good at it now, but I find your insights fascinating especially since your kids are older than mine and I get great ideas from how you do it for future visits.
We were down in April this year and went to Universal for the first time. Mostly for the HP stuff, which was great. I was really surprised how awesome the Hogwarts Express was. All I knew was it was a train between the two parks and all I could picture was looking out the window at the backlots between two Florida theme parks. Boy was I surprised. It was so cool we actually rode it twice.
I really liked Islands of Adventure, Universal not so much, but it was a good time and I found the theming in both parks impressive even outside of HP. The Seuss land was a big hit with my seven year old and the Simpsons/Springfield area tickled me to death. We only spent one day bc we went to Legoland and three WDW parks on that trip so it was a full week. I would really love to go back and ride some of the big roller coasters like the Hulk, which was closed when we were down, but the twin dragons in Hogsmeade was a great ride and I LOVED the theming in the line.
Oh, I can remember when every trip to Magic Kingdom started off with the quick-march down Main Street to get to Dumbo ASAP. I was so happy when we finally outgrew that (though they still want to ride it if they're there late and there's no line), but it really threw my routine for a loop!
I am really looking forward to the Harry Potter stuff--my sister-in-law is not into the crazy rides, so she has already said she'd be happy to spend all day in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley with me while the boys and my brother go turn themselves upside down.
When you were there last April, did you buy the Universal Express Pass? I can't decide if we should do that or not--it's not actually Easter week when we're down, but it is spring break so I'm not sure if it would be worth it.
We didn't do the Universal Express pass when we were there. I might consider it when both kids are older and want to ride more big rides. Charlie ride Flight of the Hippogriff a few times (we stood in the line and it was not too bad); Marty and Alex waited in a long line for the ride in the castle and rode it once; Alex was a bit freaked out and didn't want to do it again so I didn't ride it. We were able to walk onto that twin dragon coaster a few times with a minimal wait early in the day. I would say for us, especially if we were doing both parks in one day at that time of year again, I would give the express pass serious consideration. Or maybe next time we would just plan to spend two days.
We were down in April this year and went to Universal for the first time. Mostly for the HP stuff, which was great. I was really surprised how awesome the Hogwarts Express was. All I knew was it was a train between the two parks and all I could picture was looking out the window at the backlots between two Florida theme parks. Boy was I surprised. It was so cool we actually rode it twice.
I really liked Islands of Adventure, Universal not so much, but it was a good time and I found the theming in both parks impressive even outside of HP. The Seuss land was a big hit with my seven year old and the Simpsons/Springfield area tickled me to death. We only spent one day bc we went to Legoland and three WDW parks on that trip so it was a full week. I would really love to go back and ride some of the big roller coasters like the Hulk, which was closed when we were down, but the twin dragons in Hogsmeade was a great ride and I LOVED the theming in the line.
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I am really looking forward to the Harry Potter stuff--my sister-in-law is not into the crazy rides, so she has already said she'd be happy to spend all day in Hogsmeade and Diagon Alley with me while the boys and my brother go turn themselves upside down.
When you were there last April, did you buy the Universal Express Pass? I can't decide if we should do that or not--it's not actually Easter week when we're down, but it is spring break so I'm not sure if it would be worth it.
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