anyone know where to find good planning tips for Islands of Adv/Sea World/Universal

[heatherbelle]

Hi Guys.

I planned and planned for Disney. However, now in a panick, as I haven't given the other parks a moments thought. I have 14 day tickets for these, so we will be popping in for a few hours quite a bit.

Does anyone know of a good website for planning which rides to go on first etc to beet the queues, or is it etter to go mid afternoon/early evening.

Help needed please.

 

[pauldents]

Get to the parks early morning (8.45 am).

Do the most popular rides first i.e.

Hulk, Spiderman for IOA
Mummy, BTTF & MIB for USF
Kraken and Journey to Atlantis at SW

Get to shows 15 minutes before they start to get a good seating area.

Use Universal express for the other rides at USF IOA. You can also buy a booklet of express passes.

For more specific questions try the Universal/SW board here:

http://disboards.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8


Hope this helps

 

[Queenie]

If you miss out on the big rides at the very start of the day - do them right at the end just before the parks shut. Me and Scott went on Spiderman about 10 minutes before IOA was due to close and we were the only ones in the car!

 

[alanjones]

I've always said a good tip is do Sea World on your first day of the holiday, because with all the shows you won't be rushing about as much as you would in all the other parks, and you can keep out of the sun a bit more because of the roofs on the stands at the shows. We just did Sea World in a clockwise loop, and just did Kraken and Atlantis as we came to them, and had no probs getting on.

As for USF and IOA, again, we just did the rides as we came to them, probably because the queues weren't very big there when we went. Deffinately get there early, ready for when the gates open. It does make a difference, and you can get a few of the big rides done quite quickly early on.

 

[Scottish-Helen]

I've always said a good tip is do Sea World on your first day of the holiday, because with all the shows you won't be rushing about as much as you would in all the other parks, and you can keep out of the sun a bit more because of the roofs on the stands at the shows. We just did Sea World in a clockwise loop, and just did Kraken and Atlantis as we came to them, and had no probs getting on.

We always do Sea World on the first day too. It breaks you in gently!

As others have said get to the parks before opening. Do the big rides first and use Universal Express (similar to Disney's fastpass)....and last but not least ENJOY