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Let the Adventure Begin |
Colorful Christmas Storefront |
Strolling to the Attractions |
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride |
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Seuss Landing |
Poseidon's Fury |
Poseidon's Trident |
The Eighth Voyage of Sinbad |
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The Mystic Fountain |
Snow Covered Hogwarts |
Hogwarts |
Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls |
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Popeye and Bluto's Bilge Rat Barges |
Getting Ready to Get Wet |
Popeye and Bluto's |
The Girls at Harry Potter |
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Entrance to Jurassic Park |
Curious Dinosaur |
Jurassic Park River Adventure |
The Hogwarts Express |
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Butter Beer and Shoppes |
Hogwarts Castle |
Gift Shop Spiderman |
Flight of the Hippogriff |
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My Review Get to this park early or buy a 2 day pass if you want to see and do everything it has to offer. We went 3 days before Christmas and the place was packed!! In fact, I have never been to a theme park where it was a struggle just to make headway through the crowd in an orderly, civilized manner. I like this park but will never go back on a holiday or peak times ever again - lesson learned! When we arrived, there was a 90 min. wait for Spiderman and The Hulk, so we went to Harry Potter. It was filled to capacity so we were directed to Toon Lagoon, halfway around the park to get a pass for between 3:30 and 4:30. When we finally got in, you could not move in the sea of people trying to "enjoy" themselves. I was surprised that we got to ride the Dragon Challenge Coaster so quickly and believe me, it is not for the faint hearted. It is by far, the best, fastest and scariest roller coaster I have ever been on and you have to have courage to ride it twice (or be a kid :-) The Flight of the Hippogriff is a pretty tame roller coaster in comparison and we waited 30 min. for nothing special. Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey had a 90 min. wait time and the crowd was unbelievable, so we had to pass. The kids were getting hungry and we hadn't seen Spiderman yet, so we had some unspectacular and expensive food at the Fire Eater Grill. The wait for Spiderman at this point was only 30 min., and it was worth it. Disney class 3D effects and thrills in the dark put smiles on everyone's faces. It was getting cold at this point, so we headed back to the rented locker for our stuff ($8.00) and the long walk to our car. The kids had fun but you could tell they were disappointed by not going on all of the rides and seeing the shows. PROS: Dragon Challenge Coaster and Spiderman. Hogwarts was very well done with lots of photo ops and on a less crowded day would be a wonderful experience. The park in general seems to be fairly well laid out and on less busy days might actually be enjoyable. The kids liked the water rides.
CONS:
It was a long, expensive day and I left feeling cheated. There were so
many people, it took you forever to get anywhere and the long wait times
made it even worse. If we ever go there again, it will be in non peak
times. Not being able to see Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey was a
major disappointment. We didn't even get to see the many shows that were
going on at various times simply because it was so hard to get through the
crowd or even see the show time boards. Rude people determined to get
through the crowd were everywhere, although most folks were just patient
and accepted the situation. So much for the Holiday spirit! |
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