Ok, that whole velociraptor hatching thing was simply awesome! Along with the Simpsons I think Jurassic Park is the main attraction that makes me really want to visit Universal/IOA.
I also love how they let the kids touch and play with the dinosaur exhibits!
Hmmm. Feeling a little old since I was already in college when the movie came out.
It was pretty cool to watch, and having never been in the Discovery Center in all the years we have been going to IoA, it was pretty amazing to see something totally new to us! There was a lot for DS to run around an play with in there, and anything hands on is great for us!
Oops.
I was 8!
I'm so fascinated with the Springfield section of the park. Of course being a Simpson's fan I think they did a great job! And the food didn't look bad either. I really need to leave the Disney bubble sometime since I'd love to see Velociraptor hatch!
Even being only mildly into the Simpsons, I was so impressed with Springfield. Of course, it was just about heaven for my Simpsons loving DH! The food was VERY good for counter service. My chicken was not dry, and the buns were thick. I tried DS's pizza too and it was definitely miles above Disney pizza. Leaving the bubble can be fun! Especially when you get to watch prehistoric creatures hatching!!
Going back to Universal Studios Hollywood - the Jurassic Park ride there is really AWESOME when I was disappointed with the Orlando version!
But the discovery center looks awesome, we haven't made it inside there either!! Too bad about the flyers line, that's crazy and stupid you can't use the express pass there. Boo!
And the train - Paxton wasn't tall enough?!?! That's so so weird. He's the perfect after for Seuss landing rides, he should be more than able to ride them all!
Carousel is pretty! Love the theming there!
That's cool that at least Hollywood had a better version of the JP ride! I really tried to make it work for us to visit there on both of our DL trips last year, but we were just so pressed for time that we thought we should dedicate all of it to DL.
The Discovery Center was a great find. Always knew it was there, but never thought to go inside! I'm glad we did this time, because DS was the perfect age for that too. And he looooooves dinosaurs! I was really disappointed about the Flyers too! I was pretty shocked that they didn't use EP there.
I didn't even give one thought to him not being able to ride something in Seuss Landing. It's an entire kids section, for crying out loud! We were walking past the height sign and I had to do a double take, because I was sure my eyes had deceived me. The carousel was fun though, and very bright! He definitely loved that. It reminded me of the King Triton carousel at DCA. Sometimes it's more fun to ride something other than a traditional horse!
Yay DS finally made it to Seuss Landing!
Mmm butterbeer..glad you both liked it! I've only tried the frozen one too and I love it. Love the pics of you guys with it in front of the castle!
Happy Thanksgiving to you guys!
He really enjoyed Seuss Landing! We didn't even do the One Fish Two Fish ride because DH and I didn't want to get wet.
Luckily DS didn't seem to notice that we skipped that one either!
That Butterbeer was heavenly! And thanks, those are some of my favorite pictures too!
Hope you & your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving!
Thanks!
That is just wrong. The fact that they even have a ride in Seuss Landing that has a height restriction is just ridiculous!
Right?!?! I thought that was SO strange! I didn't even think to check height restrictions for those rides because I thought OBVIOUSLY he could ride them all...
I tend to agree with that. I thought it was good. Nothing I couldn't live without next time we go, but it was good. I kind of passed it on to somebody else to drink though once it got down to the last bit of it with the foam mixed into it though.
What's wrong with you two?!?!
No. It has been playing in my head ever since I read the title of this update.
That movie has some GREAT music!
Haha it was me trying to convince DH to go see the 3D version, and we didn't end up going.
I will watch that movie any time I catch it on TV. One of the best things we did in Hawaii was that tour of filming locations for Lost, and one of the places we also got to visit is where they filmed the scene of the kids and Dr. Grant hiding under the log while the dinosaurs run over them!
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That is an excellent point, and I have never really thought of it that way!! But yes, a control room on the water does seem a bit ridiculous.
I swear, they made that ride less intense too. I remember riding it the first time and thinking that T-rex at the end was really going to eat me! I think it used to come down toward the boats more, and somewhere along the way they stopped doing that.
Ok... there's another point for going to Universal. I've never spent much time in the Discovery Center either, but it looks like DS (and maybe even I) would probably enjoy it.
And I can't believe I didn't know that was there. I guess that's the problem with the fact that we're always rushing to get through Universal as fast as we can and hit it in a day.
Even with us going as often as we did before DS, we never thought to poke our heads in there and see if there was anything going on.
So it was pretty cool to discover something new about that section of the park for us, having been there many times and thinking we had seen and done it all.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanks! I hope you & your family had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!
just the stores. 
