Thanksgiving Week Advice

[summerskye]

We are headed to Disney once again. This year for the first time, we are slipping over to Universal for 2 days. We are staying at Disney BWV from Friday the 21st through Sunday the 30th. We are keeping our room at Disney. On Tuesday morning the 25th, we are taking a overnight bag to Royal Pacific Hotel. We got a room for one night to take advantage of the unlimited express pass perk. We also got park to park tickets. Here is our rough plans. Please add any suggestions and/or comments. Thanks in advance.

Tuesday
7am - Cab to Royal Pacific Hotel
8am - Check In and drop bag with bell service (i'm sure check in is much later)
9am - Spend the day at Universal Studios
Wednesday
7am - Check Out & drop bag with bell service
8am - Head to IoA - HPW (using early entry)
11am - Spend rest of day at IoA
9pm ish - Cab back to Disney

We are taking the 1st part of Thursday (turkey day) off. Breakfast at Cape May (10:30), relax and swim, then over to HS for the Osborne Lights and a few FP+ rides.

 

[momto3pirates]

We are doing the same thing at almost the same time! Fly out IAH Friday, staying at AKL. We are moving to RPR on Wednesday. Flying home Saturday. So excited to see the Diagon Alley expansion.

 

[summerskye]

We are headed out at 3:40 from IAH. If you see 2 real excited girls, one worried mom, and a dad with a cold adult beverage or 2, it's us...

 

[Metro West]

That looks pretty good to me...the unlimited EP and early entry will greatly enhance your visit. Be warned though...unlimited Express will spoil you for anything at WDW. You won't like standing in lines...even with FP+ once you've experienced unlimited Express access.

 

[summerskye]

From what I've read, many of the rides incorporate simulated motion. For someone who likes rollercoasters but was not a fan of Disney's Body Wars should I be worried?

 

[Metro West]

From what I've read, many of the rides incorporate simulated motion. For someone who likes rollercoasters but was not a fan of Disney's Body Wars should I be worried?

In general...yes. Many of Universal's top attractions are or have some simulated action. Do you ride Star Tours? How are you on that? There are several attractions that have stationary seating you might want to check out but if you couldn't do Body Wars, you probably won't find Universal to your liking.

 

[summerskye]

After my experience with Body Wars, I stayed away from Star Tours. I have done the easy side of mission space and survived. Can you tell me which rides are more intense as related to simulated motion. I will be using Bonine. I don't want to disappoint the kids. So if there is a rating system somewhere that would be great. By the way thanks for the info.

 

[summerskye]

Is there a listing of which rides have just some simulated motion vs rides that are mainly simulated?

 

[momto3pirates]

My DH cannot do anything spinning or motion simulator. At WDW, cannot do tea cups, star tours, mission space. He can do soarin. At US/IOA he avoids Simpsons, transformers, Spider-man, despicable me. He tried forbidden journey the summer it opened and was sick within a few seconds of starting the ride. He spends a lot of time people watching waiting for us to ride.
Hope that helps.

 

[summerskye]

My DH cannot do anything spinning or motion simulator. At WDW, cannot do tea cups, star tours, mission space. He can do soarin. At US/IOA he avoids Simpsons, transformers, Spider-man, despicable me. He tried forbidden journey the summer it opened and was sick within a few seconds of starting the ride. He spends a lot of time people watching waiting for us to ride.
Hope that helps.

I have never had an issue with Soarin. Spinning does not sound like fun to me so I have avoided tea cups. I have read that Forbidden Journey is pretty bad for people like me. I want to try Despicable Me after hearing so many loved the ride. I am going to try taking both Bonine and ginger. Worst case, I spend lots of time exploring the Harry Potter World. The details are what really makes a difference for me.

Thanks for your info.

 

[Metro West]

I have never had an issue with Soarin. Spinning does not sound like fun to me so I have avoided tea cups. I have read that Forbidden Journey is pretty bad for people like me. I want to try Despicable Me after hearing so many loved the ride. I am going to try taking both Bonine and ginger. Worst case, I spend lots of time exploring the Harry Potter World. The details are what really makes a difference for me.

Thanks for your info.

Despicable Me and Shrek 4-D have stationary seating so you should be OK on those two attractions. MIB has some spinning but it depends on how well the other car can shoot at yours. There is some spinning at the end of the ride but it only lasts a couple of minutes.

 

[mumto2]

FWIW, the teacups are my kryptonite. I did a Mommy and Me trip with DS when he was 5, and he talked me into them. I spent half an hour on a bench wishing for my OWN Mommy.

Two summers ago, I had only a small problem with the HP rides at all (except for my DD13 clutching my hand a bit too tightly at times, LOL). I did have to wait until later in the day to ride it again with DS (DD and I had previewed it for him as we weren't sure he could handle it) because I realized twice in a row was asking for trouble.

We are going for a day the weekend before Thanksgiving (we are cruising on the Dream, and could only squeeze a day out to see all the new HP stuff) - staying onsite for early entry and FOLP and hoping for the best crowd-wise.