Wow...
three hours in line???
That's insane.
I've never been to Universal, and your review makes me feel better about that.
But I'll probably still try to go sometime, anyway. My sister just moved to Jacksonville and we'll probably do a WDW trip together one of these days, when we do I'm thinking maybe we need to do a night at a Universal hotel, so we can skip all the lines?
The whole WWOHP experience was just insane. I don't think it is like that all the time, but wow was it nuts.
Ohhh.... how cool that your sister is moving to Jacksonville - it's a built-in excuse to go to FL! Although, do we really need an excuse??
I really thought about booking a room at a Universal hotel so we could take advantage of the line skipping. But it kind of got pushed off until it was too late. Plus, it wouldn't have helped us at all in the WWOHP fiasco. Though it would have helped with some of the other crazy lines, like for MIB and Simpsons.
I'd love to go to Islands of Adventure since I've never been and have heard so many good things about both Harry Potter and Spiderman, but that crowd looks crazy! I'm sure it's more crowded because it was Christmas, but still...
The Man in the Yellow Hat was rapping? Oh dear. He wasn't doing that in the Halloween version of that show that I saw. I thought that one was a little strange, but the Christmas one sounds like it takes the cake! I do like reindeer Scooby-Doo though.
Spiderman is so worth it! I love that ride! I think if I go again, I will get a room at one of the hotels, just to get the line-skipping privilege. It is amazing what a difference the fast passes make!
Yes, the Man in the Yellow Hat was rapping - it was so so so wrong! The Christmas costumes of the characters were kind of cool, but that didn't make up for the wrong-ness!
I am so glad I found this -- I love your trip reports -- they always crack me up!
Welcome aboard!
The Forbidden Journey ride in Wiz World of HP is apparently where all of the people are at all times... ever. SO let's talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Not necessarily in that order...
Thanks so much Panic dear - now beat that dbf of yours into giving me his pictures
If I had infinite time, I might have wanted to take the scenic route. But this did save us HOURS.
Yeah... plus we probably would have left you there if you would have waited in the whole line
P.S. Chris says, that you are getting old he thought the ride was awesome, but he agreed with every word.
Thank you for the review! I definitely want to ride it, but I'm afraid my eyes my be closed most of the time!
Okay, so I have to tell you a HIGH-larious story about DH. You know my macho-manly man DH?
So the story starts in Aug of '09 when on a family vacation, DH and Greg went to the beach together (it was raining so Panic and I stayed in) and Greg asked DH to put sunscreen on him. This weirded DH out, so when Greg asked DH if he wanted him to put sunscreen on him, DH said no.
Anyway, he came back totally sunburned with a clear sun-screened hand print and smear down his back.
So on the FJ, even though they were in the single rider line, DH and Greg were placed next to each other. And when they came back, and we asked DH how the ride was, he said "I don't like spiders" So we asked if there were Spiders, he said "yes - big ones. I got scared and grabbed Greg's hand."
I'm almost glad I didn't go, because if it made DH scream - Yeek!
Thanks for the FJ review, Panic. It really sounds like an amazing ride, despite Universal's nonexistent queue skills!
Quick question: do you have to stow all bags? Like, could a small cross-body purse get through? The whole locker thing seems like such an extra hassle.
Also, I forgot to mention last time: Man in the Yellow Hat rapping = so, so wrong.
I don't know for sure the answer to your question - my main focus was pumpkin juice
hopefully Panic does....
Rapping man in the yellow hat = so so so so so so so so so so so so so so wrong!
What's also wrong, is how long we watched it.