I know what you mean about Universal. Last year there were quite a few rides we couldn't do, but the ones without height restrictions on like Kong and Jaws, strangely our 2 didn't mind abit, once they knew it was 'just pretend'! I still don't quite understand why the water rides at IOA have been designed so that you need to be sooo tall (if I remember correctly it's in excess of 48").
Ian