Just back from US/IOA

[disfreak]

Just a quick visit to US/IOA. We visited OIA on Friday May 18, US on Sat 5/19, and on Sun 5/20 we went first to US and then to IOA.

We arrived to the gates of the parks no later than 8:50 AM, at that point the parks were already open and people were in.

On Friday we we were able to do basicaly all the atractions without any waiting, we even did hulk twice. The only attractions with some waiting were the Flying Unicorn and Dueling Dragons. Both rides were running only one train. There were plenty of schools on Friday, but it was a good day.

On Saturday we were able to do basicaly all the atractions without any waiting. We even did the Mummy 3 times, MIB twice, and the kids did Woody's rollercoaster 6 times. We were done by 2 PM with all the attractions. Then we did BJ and Animal Planet.

On Sunday we did the Mummy 6 times (my daughters favoride ride), then MIB (twice), Woddy's (3 times) and some playtime in the ball factory. Then around 11 AM we headed to IOA, there we did again River Adv.(short wait 20 min), and the flying thingy (long wait about 40 min), then we moved to Seuss Landing were we did the Cat in the Hat and some shopping. We were out of the park by 3 PM. Another great day.

Now, we did the Meal Plan on Fri and Sat. One park per day for $19.99/day. Will I do it again? NO. I don't think there is a savings with the plan. Your options are limited and the places that participate in the plan serve the same options (except the Oriental food at one place in IOA and also at one place in US). The cost of the entrees averages $8. You need to do the most expensive items to break even. The desserts that they offer are not that good, the lemon cake was dry, and the chocolate cake/moose was not that good also (my son ate the frosting only).

 

[ReallyFunMom]

The only attractions with some waiting were the Flying Unicorn and Dueling Dragons. Both rides were running only one train.

It always bugs me when they run one train. If the wait is over 10 minutes, they should run both trains. All Fri-Sun dates should be staffed to run 2 trains by 10am, IMHO.

 

[Timmy Boy]

One of the Unicorn trains is in annuals. Which means it's basically torn apart, and inspecting every piece, then rebuilding it. Then they're gonna put that one on the track, then do the same thing to the one currently on the track. So it's going to be a while before Unicorn can get 2 trains. (This must happen at every attraction.) Like right now, Hulk can only run 2 trains, as their third is in annuals.

As for Dragons, there's a lot that goes into the decision to run 2 trains per side. I can't really say.

 

[patster734]

We were there this past weekend too! We arrived Thursday evening and left Monday afternoon. I'll be posting a trip report soon with pictures. We've never done the meal plan because the restaurants, we like, aren't included.

 

[disfreak]

I think every rollercoaster should be design to have two trains running at any time with the option of a third one during high seasons. Also the 3rd train can be in stand-by just in case something happens to any of the running trains like in this situation annual refurbishing.

 

[damo]

I think every rollercoaster should be design to have two trains running at any time with the option of a third one during high seasons. Also the 3rd train can be in stand-by just in case something happens to any of the running trains like in this situation annual refurbishing.

I believe the Hulk and DD are designed that way just not always utilized that way.