Right before our dinner at Toothsome we bumped into and chatted with Rixflix who were very nice. We’ve learned so much advice about Universal from their videos. Then we headed to Voodoo to pick up some mobile order doughnuts for the next morning. We were a bit tired from the late previous night so we soon walked back to Royal Pacific, got showered and then explored the hotel more. It really was lovely. I then treated myself to a hot tea from Starbucks at Tuk Tuk only to realize I paid $4.80 for hot water with one tea bag
We slept well and the room was very spacious for just the two of us. The office chair at the desk was a bit in the way but then I realized I could lower it and push it under the desk which left more space to get around. Everything was nice and clean and housekeeping had been there. My only complaint which is very minor was that the room only had one little trashcan. Most rooms that I have been in have a trashcan by the toilet and also a trashcan in the main living space. This room only had a little trashcan by the toilet. Again, nothing at all major… Just something that I noticed.
After our yummy Voodoo doughnuts in the lobby, (and a green tea from the room), we took the pleasant walk and rope dropped Islands of adventure. This was the first time that we’ve rope dropped a park at Universal. We almost always do at Disney but this was the first time doing it here. It was so much fun!! We went straight to Velocicoaster and walked right on! It was incredible! We got in line again but unfortunately the ride went down as we entered the raptor room (good area to be stuck though). We waited it out about 20 minutes then it started up again. We got to the metal detectors and it was down again! Ugh! We waited a bit and after watching several people walk down the steps from the platform we just decided to ditch it. We figured we at least got on it once and didn’t want to waste anymore time on our last day there. Glad we decided this because we got on many more rides. We had lunch at Confisco’s and were seated upstairs this time in the AP area! The views here were amazing!
Here are some of the views:
We could also see The Hulk well too. I ordered the Wagyu burger just as we did last trip because it’s just so incredibly good!! We split this with some fries. Oh so good! I really hope they continue this area/menu for AP holders. It was a nice perk.
Shortly after this we headed back to Studios to ride more rides. We noticed again that Sunday was way less busy than Saturday. We used express for Rip Ride Rockit but there was hardly anyone in standby which we noticed later. Night and day difference between Saturday and Sunday. During this trip we saw all three transformers out! (at least I think there are only three characters for meet and greets but I could be wrong).
Next we had an early dinner at Leaky Cauldron… another first. This was delicious! We split the yummy fish and chips with the housemade tartar sauce, frozen butter beer, and Butterbeer potted cream.
Frozen Butterbeer is my favorite and although the potted cream was good, I probably wouldn’t order it again. Just my opinion but I thought it pretty much tasted like butterbeer flavored marshmallow cream/fluff. The first few bites were good but then it just got too sickly sweet and boring… and I have a giant sweet tooth! The fish was excellent… big flaky tender pieces in a crunchy coating. Really cool and immersive atmosphere. They also had a good quick system of getting you to a register and then seating you. On a very busy day though I guess that could be chaotic regardless.
To be continued including Scarecrow Stalk during this trip…