I'm Back!!!!

[IOAdude]

Hello. I'm back on the DIS message boards after a complicated Universal Orlando Vacation. Soon I will post a full and DETAILED trip report with pictures and everything. But to give you a quick sum of my vacation here it is:
~Stayed at Portofino Bay
~3 nights 4 days
~Mom forgot credit card, i.d.
~PBH concierge probably got sick of me
~Went to Wet n` Wild
~Missed Wet n` Wild shuttle bus going and coming back
~Expensive, Expensive
~Themeparks rejected both $74 tickets
~PBH was awesome
~My nerves were stretched by second day
~Freebies
~Scraped knee on bottum of beach pool
~Dive in Movie at Villa Pool
More to come in this edition of Fun & Tradgedy. Did I mention the HULK was closed for 3 days.

 

[KimCon]

Wow! Sounds like you had some bad luck! Hope you had some fun at least, I'll be looking for your report!

Kim

 

[kellymonaghan]

Why was Hulk down? Can't wait for the details.

 

[grumpyandbashful]

Yikes! Sounds like you had more than your share of problems! Hope you managed to have fun regardless. . .
What is the Dive in Movie at the Villa Pool? Sounds like fun

 

[nhrenee]

The hulk was down for 3 days!!! YIKES!!! Can't wait for the report.

 

[Robinrs]

I barely recovered from the credit card being left when you hit me with the HULK being down for 3 days!

WhatwasUPwiTHAT??

Wow!

We have dive in movies here at Lake Lanier, I'm sure they're nowhere NEAR as awesome at PBH's .... please don't make us wait TOO LONG!

 

[Earl]

Pardon me, but Hulk was up by 4:00 on the third day. So, let's say two and a half days.

 

[Hockeyman]

What was the reason for it being down?

 

[Earl]

Let's just leave it at some maintenance work needed to be done.

 

[MrNonacho]

Was the third day Friday the 13th? Just wondering since I was there that day.

 

[cotye]

Great to see ya back. Sorry to hear you had a bit of trouble. But look forward to your trip report!

 

[Beckles]

Originally posted by Earl
Let's just leave it at some maintenance work needed to be done.

Was that "scheduled" or "unscheduled" maintenance?

 

[IOAdude]

When I asked the ride attendant at the Hulk she did say it was maintanence and would be closed for the whole day. First of all, I didn't see any work being done on it, well I didn't see any work being done on the tracks at least. But it did give me a sigh of relief that the Hulk didn't close down for all of the third day, just half of the day. But soon after I rode it, It closed down AGAIN. So it was only open for like 2 hours on that third day.

 

[BarryHom]

Maintenance may have been done on the launch tube. SW Florida had heavy rains last week. The rain could have affected the tube.

 

[Meagansmom]

I have to ask about rejecting your tickets? What happened?

 

[IOAdude]

I would love to explain it right now, but it is Very complicated and invovled but I will post it in my 3rd day trip report. Hint: The conceirge is better than Guest Services.

 

[Earl]

The scheduled maintenance brought on some unscheduled maintenance. The issue was not rain related, nor was it in the launch tube. There were actually two things going on, one front of house, and one back of house. The front of house work would not be done during the day in guest view. Everything went well. There's absolutely nothing to be concerned about.

 

[Beckles]

Originally posted by Earl
The scheduled maintenance brought on some unscheduled maintenance. The issue was not rain related, nor was it in the launch tube. There were actually two things going on, one front of house, and one back of house. The front of house work would not be done during the day in guest view. Everything went well. There's absolutely nothing to be concerned about.

I'm never concerned ... those things seem pretty fool proof anyway

Just an engineer's curiosity

 

[Hockeyman]

For a coaster that operates all year, they do a great job keeping it maintened. I mean I read about some of the coasters at the seasonal parks and some of the coasters have tons of downtime.

 

[travelbug24]

Better safe than sorry. Keep up the good work!