cazzie said:
Was Believe not very good?
We saw one of the early run-throughs of the new Believe show. None of the 3 of us liked it. We felt it was far too sentimental for our tastes. Our opinion was that they should leave that sort of thing to Disney, who do it far better, and to concentrate on providing a show which focuses on the true stars of the show - the killer whales.
We were sorry too that Believe seems to have also replaced the Shamu Rocks show - which we also quite enjoyed.
Just our humble opinions.
disneyholic family said:
regarding Soarin, i found that it makes a difference where you sit in the theatre....
Having been blown away by the experience of Expedition Everest, and still being amazed by Mission: Space and The Mummy, we had high expectations of Soarin'. To us, it was just a 180 degree screen with suspended seating that moved a bit. Sorry - but maybe our expectations had been far too high. The standby queues were exceeding 100 minutes - fortunately we had got Fastpasses earlier in the day - else we would have felt even more disappointed.
Frances999 said:
Could you elaborate on having to wait 30 minutes at USO despite staying onsite? Last year I also found express lines to be increasing, but we never had to wait quite that long. I hope they sort this out.
It was Easter, and the crowds were huge, especially at IOA. We felt that the staff were struggling to cope with the sheer volumes of people trying to get on the rides. In particular, the Express Return and Standby queues were too close together for the Hulk and ended up merged as the lines grew longer, because the staff weren't proactive enough in ensuring they were kept separate. There are no Express machines anymore. The only people who can get Express access are those staying in the hotels - of which we were told over Easter there were 7000 people! - and those who are prepared to buy Express tickets. If you buy them , you are only supposed to use them once for each ride. We saw blatant abuse of this by many many park guests - and it appeared to be condoned by the park staff - who seemed unwilling to challenge the people involved. Again - I think it was due to the volumes of people who were trying to get on each of the rides.
galaxy said:
How was the driving from Emerald island to the parks...we are staying there in June..
Great - much quicker than from where we have stayed sometimes in the past - off highway 27. Traffic was bad on the 195 - but it was Easter - so we got up and out early before the rush.
Julie
ps Although it may sounds as though I'm moaning (based on all the above), I'm not really - we had a great time!
Welcome home Julie, I'm pleased that you had a great time
