missangelalexis
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- Apr 27, 2012
Smart idea dressing in your bathing suits and getting the water rides done right away! Those rides really do get you soaked! Sounds like you all had a blast!
Captain Brad is fun!
Watching the videos was a hoot
Brought back memories when I rode the water taxi with him in charge
Absolutely love your pictures and reporting
Never got to post this in your studios section, but cat in the hat section of your report was fantastic
Loved the pics you shared with us on the cat in the hat ride
One of my favorite sections in the park
Hope you will share more pics on the picture thread!
Sounds like a great time at Islands of Adventure. We've done the same thing before. There are some great water rides in that park, but they all get your really wet, so the best way to handle it is by just wearing your swimsuit! Too bad you didn't get on Kong though.
Smart idea dressing in your bathing suits and getting the water rides done right away! Those rides really do get you soaked! Sounds like you all had a blast!
When we went last February, we weren't staying on site, but we did the same thing, made a special trip just to do the water rides. DD wouldn't go on rickshaw falls, but we did the other two. Bluto's is a total soaker! Love the ride but the timing has got to be right. I think a lot of people don't believe a theme park ride is going to get you THAT wet.
Good thinking doing those water rides all at once and going back to change! Looks like a lot of fun!
Just caught up! Both the Three Broomsticks and the Leaky Cauldron have delicious food. Your seat outside looked so peaceful. It's not everyday you get to drink butterbeer and stare at Hogswarts!
That Spider-Man interactions sounds hilarious. Glad you managed to take Paxton to it before it closed for the night.
Why was he in front of a green screen? Do they offer photos where they insert a "spider-man-like" background? Man, I know nothing about character meets at Universal!
Whoa, you guys got soaked on those water rides!
I was so happy to see Paxton with his strawberry icee. Victory!
It was dangerously close to 2:30 by the time we came off the ride, but we still had to get our stuff from our lockers. We hurried as quickly as we could, but still made it over to the Beedle the Bard stage to see they were already halfway through the Tale of the 3 Brothers. We decided to head out of Diagon Alley.
Luck was not on your side when it came to seeing the Tale of the 3 Brothers! But it sounds like you all had a great afternoon! And certainly were making great use of your refillable mug for Icees!!
It was not your lucky day for catching the Tale of 3 Brothers! However, you guys still packed a lot into your US afternoon. I'd gladly wait in a 20 minute line for Escape from Gringotts. One of my favorite rides in all the parks...
But a 40 minute wait for the Express? Yikes. Good thing it was just you guys and DS and you could hoof it to IOA without having to push a stroller!
This beautiful picture, though! This view just kinda gives me warm fuzzies inside a bit. I'm a Disney girl at heart, but there's something about those bright colours and iconic structures at Universal that just makes me feel excited and vacation-y!
Man, it was NOT your day for 3 Brothers... I'd really like to see this show still, too, but we missed out again on this trip.
I can't believe how soaked you got on the water rides! Good call on the bathing suits and changing clothes! Those rides are brutal for getting you wet. Sometimes you fare okay on River Adventure, but the other two are guaranteed to get you soaked I think...
I totally agree, I get so excited to walk up to that huge tower at IOA and the gigantic arch at Studios. It really gets me excited about entering the parks!! Definitely very different from Disney parks where you tend to get that goosebumps feeling once you're already in the park and see the Castle, or Tree of Life, or whatever.
It really wasn't!! It is really one of our favorite things to do in the Wizarding World. I have still yet to see Celestina Warbeck though in all of our trips, do I'm going to add to our to-do list for next time we go.
Ironically, Celestina Warbeck is one of the very few I actually have seen! Her, and also snippets of the toad choir one.
Enjoying your trip report!
Enjoying your report! Quick question on the mug...I’m considering getting a refillable mug for our trip in June but was it a pain to carry around or deal with lockers?
Every time we walked through Super Hero Island, DS couldn’t help himself and would always start jamming to the music.
Luckily it was our one and only argument for the trip, and it was a pretty minor one at that.