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- Jul 13, 2005
CAST
Me Joh (31) Slightly neurotic (DH would say very), VERY impatient and extremely over-excitable
DH Gary (37) Pretty laid back, a bit of a Peter Pan, mad about Tigger!
Day 11 Fri 17th Sep (Part 2 US/IOA & City Walk)
Having decided to catch the lunchtime transport from the hotel to US, we arrive at our usual drop-off point at about 12:30. We head straight to IOA and join the queue for Hulk wait time 10 minutes. Its just as great as it was the other day. Working our way clockwise around the Islands, we ride Dr Doom, Spiderman, Jurassic Park River Adventure, both Fire and Ice on DD. This time we also decide to do Poseidons Fury, having missed it the other day. The water vortex is absolutely awesome but I have to admit it does go on a bit towards the end.
Walking on round to Seuss Landing, we revisit the shops and buy a few more gifts for DS. Back at Port of Entry, we are feeling a bit peckish so share a cinnamon roll from Cinnabon. Yum, yum although I dont know how anyone can eat a whole one theyre massive! We have another trip to Hulk and Spidey and then exit IOA.
We have almost 3 hours to kill until our 7:30 PS at HRC so we walk on round to Universal, with the desire to do Earthquake as we didnt manage it last time. As we get there, standby time is showing 50 minutes so we continue on to MIB, where I whoop DHs butt twice!!! (One day I might share the secret of pressing the big, red button) We then take a leisurely stroll down to The Mummy, which is a walk-on so we ride this a couple of times too. We then watch Shrek 4D again I still think I prefer the 3D movies at Disney. We head back round to Earthquake, only to find weve missed one go and the standby line is now 1 hour (I cant believe the wait is so long considering all the other rides have virtually been walk-ons I assume its to do with the fact that the ride is in 3 parts).
So, its back out to City Walk, where we hit the shops for a while. By now, my feet are absolutely killing me (normally I wear trainers but, for some reason today, I have got sandals on). The soles of my feet feel like theyre on fire and every step is getting increasingly more painful. I tell DH I need to buy some new shoes and get a sarcastic comment back about the lengths Ill go to, to spend his money. We wander round several shops but, by now, my feet are so sore that all the shoes I try on feel really uncomfortable. DH drags me towards the rest rooms, with me protesting that this is neither the time nor the place. But my clever DH has spotted the First Aid Station. While I have a welcome sit down, a lovely man puts giant band-aids on my feet. Feeling loads better, we head back out and spend ages (and a fortune) in Endangered Species. We walk over to the HRC about 7, in the hope that we might get seated early.
We arrive at HRC, show the lady our card with the PS time on it and are directed to a queue on the left-hand side (which is marginally shorter than the queue on the right those without a PS). We are eventually seated at 8:15 and all I can say is Im glad we werent paying. The food was mediocre and the service wasnt much better. Not impressed at all, we leave the voucher for the free meal and a tip and head back to catch the bus to the hotel. Were both tired after our early start so its straight to bed. Discovery Cove tomorrow so, hopefully, thatll make up for a disappointing day today.
Me Joh (31) Slightly neurotic (DH would say very), VERY impatient and extremely over-excitable
DH Gary (37) Pretty laid back, a bit of a Peter Pan, mad about Tigger!
Day 11 Fri 17th Sep (Part 2 US/IOA & City Walk)
Having decided to catch the lunchtime transport from the hotel to US, we arrive at our usual drop-off point at about 12:30. We head straight to IOA and join the queue for Hulk wait time 10 minutes. Its just as great as it was the other day. Working our way clockwise around the Islands, we ride Dr Doom, Spiderman, Jurassic Park River Adventure, both Fire and Ice on DD. This time we also decide to do Poseidons Fury, having missed it the other day. The water vortex is absolutely awesome but I have to admit it does go on a bit towards the end.
Walking on round to Seuss Landing, we revisit the shops and buy a few more gifts for DS. Back at Port of Entry, we are feeling a bit peckish so share a cinnamon roll from Cinnabon. Yum, yum although I dont know how anyone can eat a whole one theyre massive! We have another trip to Hulk and Spidey and then exit IOA.
We have almost 3 hours to kill until our 7:30 PS at HRC so we walk on round to Universal, with the desire to do Earthquake as we didnt manage it last time. As we get there, standby time is showing 50 minutes so we continue on to MIB, where I whoop DHs butt twice!!! (One day I might share the secret of pressing the big, red button) We then take a leisurely stroll down to The Mummy, which is a walk-on so we ride this a couple of times too. We then watch Shrek 4D again I still think I prefer the 3D movies at Disney. We head back round to Earthquake, only to find weve missed one go and the standby line is now 1 hour (I cant believe the wait is so long considering all the other rides have virtually been walk-ons I assume its to do with the fact that the ride is in 3 parts).
So, its back out to City Walk, where we hit the shops for a while. By now, my feet are absolutely killing me (normally I wear trainers but, for some reason today, I have got sandals on). The soles of my feet feel like theyre on fire and every step is getting increasingly more painful. I tell DH I need to buy some new shoes and get a sarcastic comment back about the lengths Ill go to, to spend his money. We wander round several shops but, by now, my feet are so sore that all the shoes I try on feel really uncomfortable. DH drags me towards the rest rooms, with me protesting that this is neither the time nor the place. But my clever DH has spotted the First Aid Station. While I have a welcome sit down, a lovely man puts giant band-aids on my feet. Feeling loads better, we head back out and spend ages (and a fortune) in Endangered Species. We walk over to the HRC about 7, in the hope that we might get seated early.
We arrive at HRC, show the lady our card with the PS time on it and are directed to a queue on the left-hand side (which is marginally shorter than the queue on the right those without a PS). We are eventually seated at 8:15 and all I can say is Im glad we werent paying. The food was mediocre and the service wasnt much better. Not impressed at all, we leave the voucher for the free meal and a tip and head back to catch the bus to the hotel. Were both tired after our early start so its straight to bed. Discovery Cove tomorrow so, hopefully, thatll make up for a disappointing day today.
