I have been to IOA and really don't plan on going in the very near future. Time, money, and other things won't permet. But send me some things to look for, and I'll send you some too. Disney and Universal are different, I perfer Disney myself. I saw the Daily Bugel loby, and that was half themed. One big picture of the head in the loby with a desk and two TV's isn't theaming. Look at the JC que. It was recently re-done and features lots of minute details. MGM has tons of them. But if I spent more time at Universal, and you spent more time at MGM, we would find them. MGM has crates to well known movie destinations near the crossroads, in ToT, when looking in the desplay case behind the service counter, the letters have fallen off the wall and have spell out (some say acadentily) "EVIL TOWER". Send me some and I'll send you some. I like learning about things and since I've tired out my Disney Trivia (You can only ask "What was the first Omni-Mover ride ever" question that many times) sector. I'll send you mine, you send me yours. Go to Disney, I'll go to Universal.
I guess the whole reason why were on these boards are because of one thing, we love theam parks and the rides and ideas the men that create them put into them. Weather it be Universal, Six Flags, Sea World, Disney, Paramount, Ceadar Fair, Bush, or many others, we need to remember that the industry feeds off eachother. Without
Disneyland, there wouldn't be a Universal, without Universal Hollywood, there wouldn't be any Fastpass, without Bush, there wouldn't be any Animal Kingdom, without Cedar Point, there wouldn't be a Magic Mountian run to build rides. It's the same as cheering on your favorite team. Everyone has their favorites and weather it's their ego, hearatige, upbringing, or other wise that influences it, we still are loyal to the theme park industry. We come every summer, panchos, walkie talkies, and money, in hand at the front gate. When it opens, we run to our favorite rides. Millennium Force, Test Track, Spiderman, Superman, Indiana Jones, or Montu. We love the industry, and we should respect others opinions and tastes. We keep the industry running and pushing the boundaries of technology.