What a busy and fun day at Universal! Traversing both parks and seeing a movie and going to a nice dinner is a lot to accomplish in one day, especially when you weren't feeling 100%!
I didn't really think too much of it at the time, but it actually was a really busy day!! We managed to do quite a lot in a short period of time!
Oh my goodness, that Hank tsum tsum!!! I love it.
I love him! He's so cute!! I'm a fan of the little plush tsum tsums anyway though. I have quite a lot of them because I pick up a couple on each trip. I like that they're small so they don't take up too much space in my suitcase or on my shelf.
Movie theaters in the summer are brutal with the air conditioning! I think it might be because I'm living somewhere that doesn't have air conditioning and am more aware of A/Cs, but I think theaters are the worst offenders for freezing you out.
Totally!! I wouldn't expect to complain about being cold in Florida, but it really is a shock to the system when you go in out of the 100 degree heat, to what feels like the inside of a refrigerator!
Sounds like you had a good day at the Dark Side. I enjoy Universal too and I kind of regret skipping it last trip. With some of the new rides (Hagrid’s motorbike, Jurassic World coaster) I’ll be tempted to get there next trip.
We did have a good day! We aren't going back this trip, and I'm starting to regret the decision because of these new things. But I'm sure we'll get back to check them out eventually!
This one really does require nerve, even for a coaster fan! That feeling climbing the lift hill flat on your back is nerve wracking
but so fun! You got some great photos this day while N was braving the brain scramblers!
Oh my gosh, I can't even imagine. N finds that climb straight up to be the most unsettling part for sure. Then he's pretty much okay.
“Weellllllcooooome hoooome... you’ve arriiiiiived!”
My favorite ride!
I definitely heard this in my head in the exact sing-song voice of the Green Planet alien on the ride.
I think we can all just assume he’s the world’s greatest lover
to you, his adoring wife.
Let's go with that!
I can’t stop laughing at this, like who would buy it other than for a joke? And wouldn’t that be an expensive joke? I can only imagine walking into your coworker’s office and finding such an award displayed on a desk...
Right!?! Like, what is the purpose? I certainly hope just as a joke. Oh my gosh, could you imagine! If someone just had this sitting in their office somewhere?? Or like if you were invited over to a dinner party of an acquaintance from work or something and they had this displayed in a trophy cabinet in their living room or something??
Yep, definitely going to need to finally take the plunge (ba dummm ch!) and ride this one in October. I always want to but never want to risk getting soaked. We’ll have to do it before returning to our room for a break or something!
It's fun, I've gotta say. Maybe it's just because it feels nostalgic for me since we rode it when I was small. But we've done it some times where we haven't gotten all that wet, and then some times when we've been absolutely soaked. I think it definitely has more soaking potential than Splash, but less than that horrible Popeye raft ride at Universal that always makes it look like we've been swimming in our clothes.
This also had me cracking up. Like what, you’re not going to notice it’s a hamburger bun if they cut it up into little bread nuggets?!
Great Universal day! I'm sorry you weren't feeling the best. Isn't Basin the best!!!! I spent a small fortune there last week...
Oh my gosh, Basin is my favourite!! I'm a big fan. Looking forward to picking up a new little thing to try there next week.
It's so easy to spend too much money there!
The sun rises and sets on the GF.
Obviously. One of the perks of being fancy and high-class. Makes you wonder what the poor people are doing...
Glad you got it.
I have read so many "I saw this, liked it, didn't get it, regret it" TRs.
It was a good call! I like the strategy of taking at least a few hours to think about it, or a few days if I have the luxury, because impulse shopping is one of my less desirable personality traits. But I still wanted it by the end of the day, and it ended up being a good purchase
What did he think of that?
I don't remember.
I think he felt like the fish and chips dish was fine, but that he'd had much better elsewhere. But that's mostly a guess based on how pitiful it looks on the plastic plate in the picture with the skinny little pieces of fish. Being from the Maritimes, we're pretty serious about our fish though. For example, I worked briefly at a restaurant from a chain called Jack Astors, and while I was there the menu was totally overhauled, and the fish in the fish and chips was changed from haddock to something else (I wanna say pollock??) Whatever it was, it was considered around Nova Scotia to be a "cheap" less-desirable fish. The managers went to the higher-ups and were like, "yeah...our fish and chips is a great seller right now...but I guarantee that if you change it in Halifax nobody will order it anymore." So Halifax kept the haddock, while everywhere else changed it. I guess we're fish snobs.
How is that possible?? It was over 40 minutes about 5 minutes after park opening!
Right!? I was shocked. When we went with my mom and grandmother in December we went straight there as soon as the park opened and it was already at about 70+ minutes. Mind you, this was over the holidays, but still.
That train... such a great idea for a ride.
Agreed! Very smart. And fun, too! So useful, and really immersive for a Harry Potter nerd like myself.
Hmmm... I wonder if that's because Hogwarts is such a magical place in the movies/books?
Quite possibly! I also think there's just something quaint and magical about walking through the village with the snow-topped roofs before you even get to the castle. And I like that it feels a little brighter to me than Diagon Alley.
I saw that one. I liked it too... but...
I really am starting to wonder about all these live action re-makes/re-imaginings.
My understanding is that, at least for a lot of the live action re-makes, that the reason they're being made is to maintain copyrights. I don't have all the info on this, though, so if someone wants to fact check me there I'm fine with that! But if that's the case, it would make sense that they're all coming out at once, and that sometimes, at least to me, it feels a bit like they're phoning them in.
What? Did they think you didn't have teeth, too?
This is the kind of cracker-jack reporting we've come to expect around here!
(And I just did the exact same over on my TR!
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I have never been on this ride - is it just like Buzz Lighyear in terms of how slow it goes?
Trying to catch up as usual...I enjoy reading about the Universal stuff too!! Made me want some Butterbeer
Sorry the food wasn't all that!!
It's fun! But no, it's definitely a bit more intense than Buzz. The speed that you're actually driving through and shooting the aliens isn't especially fast for the most part, but there are places that it kind of whips/spins you around, and a few times where your ride vehicle spins in one or more circles. If another person from another car shoots a particular part of your car, I believe that will also make you spin. So there's the potential to get a bit dizzy. I sometimes find it a little intense because I'm pretty sensitive to spinning rides, but I typically do okay. And for most regular people it probably wouldn't be enough to bother them too much.
