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  1. heather13

    Harry Potter- Wizarding World FAQ

    My husband can't tolerate teacups and certain other rides due to motion. He had no problem with anything at HP. I usually don't feel it but during Forbidden Journey was a teeny bit nauseous. I closed my eyes for a few moments and was fine. Both that and Escape stop and start a lot which helps.
  2. heather13

    Which park first on a park-to-park pass?

    This. First check opening hours. When we just visited US opened an hour earlier than IOA. Despicable Me had a 10 min wait time (probably less in reality) and we didn't jump on it. Instead went to Olivander's and waited 30 min in line. When we walked out of Olivander's there was no line. I'd do...
  3. heather13

    6 days, 5 people, then 4, 3 parks, 2 tired kids, 1 condo = not as much magic

    I felt that Universal was more crowded starting midday, but that might have simply been a result of limited space in Diagon Alley. Definitely the first two hours weren't crowded at all, except Olivander's which is where we started. With a Touring Plan we probably would have left after lunch to...
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    6 days, 5 people, then 4, 3 parks, 2 tired kids, 1 condo = not as much magic

    Our six day trip to Universal, Seworld and WDW (HS, EP, MK, MNSSHP) was fun but wasn't as magical as past trips when my kids were younger and we stayed on property. We've always stayed on property, even when I was a kid. But my mother was coming with us so we decided to try a condo. Two rooms...
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    Sci Fi Question

    There were cars with three rows (seating 6) and some with two rows (seating 4-5 - we could have squeezed in another with our kids). When we walked up to the reservation we were told that only standbys are seated at the picnic tables. I was worried about that too! Granted we waited 15 minutes...
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    ride closure question - FP compensation?

    When POTC was closed we stood in line 40 minutes for Jungle Cruise. Then went back to POTC hoping to use FP but still closed. Checked MDE, saw we could use it until park closed and as I wrote we misinterpreted what that meant. So we didn't rush to 7DMT, we took our time, ran into some friends...
  7. heather13

    ride closure question - FP compensation?

    Thanks - I didn't see the list on MDE. I truly looked because I thought there might be restrictions but there were not details. It was on the email but I didn't receive that until the next day. We had a party ticket but spent more than 30 minutes just trying to use the FP (we were at 7DMT before...
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    ride closure question - FP compensation?

    So this a moot point for me since our trip was last week, but after reading comments here maybe this can serve as a public service to others... I was under the impression from posts here that if a ride is closed during a FP window, an "anytime" FP would be allowed so that the user(s) could ride...
  9. heather13

    What are the "must eats" at Be Our Guest & Coral Reef

    Only ate at BOG once last week. French onion soup (if you generally enjoy it) was fantastic. Our waiter suggested getting it at TRex a few days later but when I mentioned I'd just had it at BOG he told me BOG's was SO much better than anyone elses. Steak was also amazing. DH had scallops and...
  10. heather13

    HS Planning Difficulties

    This description is perfect. We were able to see most of both shows last week (having never seen either of them before). We walked out of Fantasmic during the last bit, watching over our shoulders as we exited. Then we half ran to the SW fireworks and only missed about five minutes. So many...
  11. heather13

    Help! Going one day, need advice

    We did this last week. Made several mistakes! First I was under the impression that we should make a beeline for Diagon Alley and the line at Olivanders, before going to Gringotts and Minion Mayhem after lunch. We probably wasted two hours with this plan. Agree with above that you should do...
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    1 Park Plan

    We just spent a full day with the dual park pass. Two of us spent the entire time (8am - 5pm) in HP world while the other two wandered into some of the Universal rides. However I can understand due to price not wanting to do that. While Diagon Alley was incredible and there's nothing like...
  13. heather13

    Wait, $165 a person for tickets???

    Yeah, I always have complained about the expensive of Disney until we priced Universal for this trip. HP World was amazing, but to spend nearly $200pp only to spend another $100pp on food and trinkets (wands, butterbeer, chocolate frogs, stuffed hippogriff, etc) - nice to do it once but wouldn't...
  14. heather13

    Just got back from our first trip

    Thanks for sharing! We were there last week too and I totally agree about Universal. We did that our last day, hoping to leave with happy memories of HP world and (although my kids had fun) it left me feeling very stressed. Disney does everything so well that you don't even notice little details...
  15. heather13

    Which to plan around, FP+, ADR, park hrs...?

    We've only been three times now, but I plan based on crowd calendar but then balance the schedule so we're not doing two long days back to back. Your plan seems great if you don't plan to stay too late at Epcot and only do fireworks one of the MK nights. You probably will find yourselves...
  16. heather13

    Strategy to Sign Up for Jeddi Training and Get to TSMM Before a 60 Min Wait?

    Our plan last week was to do something similar. I headed to Jedi signup with my daughter, husband headed to Rock N Roller Coaster with other daughter, and we planned to meet at TSM after both. They were able to ride twice while we were still in line. Then they got turned around in the park and...
  17. heather13

    Epcot fast passes...what to do for tier 2?

    My husband gets motion sick and had no problem with Mission Space Green. It was really no different than Star Tours. Spaceship Earth is a decent throwaway though.
  18. heather13

    Just Back 10/14-10/21 first visit

    neverlandsky - we were at DHS the same day as you! We'd only been to that park once before, but I didn't think the crowds were too awful after we got through Jedi signups. Maybe it's because we were rookies to being there with older kids or maybe it's because we're Star Wars fans, but we found...
  19. heather13

    Anyone’s MNSSHP FP’s NOT get cancelled when you only had party tickets that day?

    We linked our party ticket to our account and had no problems using the FP on party night (we didn't go to any other park that day). Although we could only get FP for two rides because of times available, one of which was for POTC which broke down and we couldn't even use. We tried to use it at...
  20. heather13

    Mission: Meet MOANA! Partygoers please advise...

    I can respond about Moana because we considered doing it. Fortunately for the rest of us DD saw the line and decided against it!! We arrived at the park at 4 and when we walked past the Moana M&G area at 4:30 it was already snaking around a few times (maybe 45 people there?). We walked by at...
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