We just recently returned from a brief 3 day stay.
We were visiting family in Florida and drove up for a few days. It was a group of 9 - four adults (late 30's,early 40's) and 5 kids. (age 4 - 12)
We stayed at Royal Pacific - which we liked - nice hotel, lovely grounds. The Express Pass is truly incredible - I cannot imagine going to the parks during a busy week without it.
We did 2 days at IOA, one at US. I was surprised - I thought we would prefer US - but everyone voted to go back to IOA on the 3rd day - Only 2 of the adults are hard core coaster riders - so I was surprised by this. Nonetheless, Kids LOVED Seussland, and Jurassic area. Spiderman was great - and the architecture/desgin of the IOA is really nice.
We ate at Mythos (amazing food - and visually impressive - really an unexpected jewel in a theme park)
We also had dinner at Margaritaville - (lots of fun -good drinks- average food)
and Tchoup Chop (amazing food, beautiful inside and great service)
I took my son to Blue Man Group - which I had seen before - and he (6 - almost 7) LOVED it. It was a bit late for him, but he rallied.
We did not use the pools at all - It was a cold spell - but the pool area looked awesome.
Overall a great trip. We could have spent more time in Cytwalk and at the hotels - but the 3 days were plenty for us (using FOTL) to see and do everything we wanted. (My DH rode Hulk and DD at least 5 times each)
My 4yr DD was a bit frightened by some things - but despite this - she had a great time. Interestingly - the adults all loved the Poseidon show - and almost all the kids were terrified. My son loved the Mummy ride - but was put off by the Jaws ride -
Simpsons had a wall around it - but looks awesome from the outside.
Thanks for all the helpful info here. We had a great trip because of it. Everyone in our group was impresssed with the pre-trip knowledge I had - thanks to you all!
We were visiting family in Florida and drove up for a few days. It was a group of 9 - four adults (late 30's,early 40's) and 5 kids. (age 4 - 12)
We stayed at Royal Pacific - which we liked - nice hotel, lovely grounds. The Express Pass is truly incredible - I cannot imagine going to the parks during a busy week without it.
We did 2 days at IOA, one at US. I was surprised - I thought we would prefer US - but everyone voted to go back to IOA on the 3rd day - Only 2 of the adults are hard core coaster riders - so I was surprised by this. Nonetheless, Kids LOVED Seussland, and Jurassic area. Spiderman was great - and the architecture/desgin of the IOA is really nice.
We ate at Mythos (amazing food - and visually impressive - really an unexpected jewel in a theme park)
We also had dinner at Margaritaville - (lots of fun -good drinks- average food)
and Tchoup Chop (amazing food, beautiful inside and great service)
I took my son to Blue Man Group - which I had seen before - and he (6 - almost 7) LOVED it. It was a bit late for him, but he rallied.
We did not use the pools at all - It was a cold spell - but the pool area looked awesome.
Overall a great trip. We could have spent more time in Cytwalk and at the hotels - but the 3 days were plenty for us (using FOTL) to see and do everything we wanted. (My DH rode Hulk and DD at least 5 times each)
My 4yr DD was a bit frightened by some things - but despite this - she had a great time. Interestingly - the adults all loved the Poseidon show - and almost all the kids were terrified. My son loved the Mummy ride - but was put off by the Jaws ride -
Simpsons had a wall around it - but looks awesome from the outside.
Thanks for all the helpful info here. We had a great trip because of it. Everyone in our group was impresssed with the pre-trip knowledge I had - thanks to you all!
