Somebody's Gonna Pee in a Cup, West Coast - Link to new TR 1/21

[pkondz]

@pkondz 's got it!

OMG! I'm bookmarking this!
I was right!

First time!

I've mentally checked out already,

How many years ago?


You probably won't see this til after you're back, but just in case...
Have a great trip!!

 

[vrajewski10513]

Hey everyone! I tried to catch up around here today, and I think I managed to do so for the most part. I've mentally checked out already, but I'm just warming my office chair until someone gets back from lunch. Once they return, I'm out of here!

I might try to pop in and check on things and say hi during my trip as time allows, but if not, I'll see you all later.

Well, the door just opened, she's back I'm outta here!

Woohooooo!!!!!

 

[afwdwfan]

@pkondz I'll likely check in and read posts while gone, but I might not necessarily take the time to reply on an individual basis.



Now for the important part...

Quick question for those with Universal experience since both Potter areas have been open:

I was planning to go to US then IoA on Saturday. US has early entry for those staying on site. Should I go to IoA first or still go to US? Whichever park I go to first, I'll head for the Potter stuff, but would it be pointless to start in US since it will have already been open for an hour? Both Gringotts and Forbidden Journey have single rider if that's the way I need to go, correct?

Thanks in advance!

 

[vrajewski10513]

Should I go to IoA first or still go to US?

I don't think it'll make much of a difference. The crowds aren't crazy this time of year.

Whichever park I go to first, I'll head for the Potter stuff, but would it be pointless to start in US since it will have already been open for an hour?

if I really had to pick I'd probably go to Gringotts first because if DA is open an hour early most of the on site people will have already ridden it and are taking the train over to Hogsmeade.

Both Gringotts and Forbidden Journey have single rider if that's the way I need to go, correct?

yes they do, and ALWAYS use single rider line when available!

 

[afwdwfan]

Not a big shrimp fan but the shrimp flatbread at Jock Lindsey's is amazing.

Or maybe it's the Cool Headed Monkey talking.

 

[Captain_Oblivious]

Have fun storming the castle!

 

[afwdwfan]

Let's play a numbers game...

How many times did I make the walk between DHS and the Boardwalk today?

Answer to follow in TR!

 

[franandaj]

Mind. Blown.

Totally missed that point, but yeah, now it makes sense.

It's all in the details. Clearly the details that I missed/didn't quite put together.

This is the stuff that you miss by watching the movies and not having read the books. If you read the books, then your mind makes up the details inbetween because you already know them, but without having read the books, you're just scratching your head going WTH? Now it makes me want to relisten to the books again. But we have to find them packed away in a box somewhere from our move.

 

[pkondz]

Not a big shrimp fan but the shrimp flatbread at Jock Lindsey's is amazing.

Or maybe it's the Cool Headed Monkey talking.

It's the monkey.
I mean... one measly shrimp on that huge platter? Criminal!

Because I know you wouldn't eat anything before taking the picture.

Let's play a numbers game...

How many times did I make the walk between DHS and the Boardwalk today?

Answer to follow in TR!

3 Because 2 is almost normal but 4 would be insane.

So probably 5

 

[afwdwfan]

I've given Forbidden Journey another chance. I've done Gringotts. I feel like crap.

Bring on Rip Ride Rockit!!!

 

[Princess Leia]

Glad you are having a great time - well apart from feeling bad. I felt queasy this time on Forbidden Journey when I hadn't before. I love Rip Ride Rockit - although I couldn't quite get the secret song code in before it took off and got some random song. I had a good time clapping along to Happy - make sure you watch the video after! Have fun!

 

[afwdwfan]

This is my second time on Forbidden Journey. It was just as bad both times. I have always loved Universal and I'm glad I had a day to do Universal today, but I can't say that I'm terribly excited to come back again soon. Maybe if Hulk was running today, I'd feel differently. This park is just so dependent on those @$%# motion/screen effects and... no. Just no.

Mix it up a little.

Build something different.

Disney does!

 

[pkondz]

Interesting observation. Would it be worthwhile just to look around?

 

[jandlinz]

Let's play a numbers game...

How many times did I make the walk between DHS and the Boardwalk today?

Answer to follow in TR!

3? So sorry to hear your time at Universal was disappointing. Hopefully things look up in the next few days.

 

[afwdwfan]

Glad you are having a great time - well apart from feeling bad. I felt queasy this time on Forbidden Journey when I hadn't before. I love Rip Ride Rockit - although I couldn't quite get the secret song code in before it took off and got some random song. I had a good time clapping along to Happy - make sure you watch the video after! Have fun!

I did have fun. And I only felt bad while on the rides... get off, walk away and I'm fine. But I've found that Universal has quite a few rides now that I wish were a lot shorter...

Rip Ride Rockit is not one of them. I don't even try the codes... Rollin' works for me... fast, loud, that's good roller coaster music.

Interesting observation. Would it be worthwhile just to look around?

Maybe... Definitely at least once if you haven't seen certain things. The Harry Potter areas really are incredible. The detail, everything, is just perfect.

It was just an accumulation of a lot of things. I don't want to give it all away so that any TR I do will be worth doing, but it just wasn't as enjoyable of an experience as I'm used to having at Universal. I had fun today... I'm glad I went. I'm just not chomping at the bit to go back.

3? So sorry to hear your time at Universal was disappointing. Hopefully things look up in the next few days.

It wasn't all bad. I really did have fun today. There were just some things that frustrated me a bit today and then I realized there are too many rides that revolve around a moving vehicle and a screen. I didn't look at any of my ride photos, but I'm pretty sure I probably looked miserable in every one of them since I was just trying to hold it together till the end of the ride.






I'll share this one big observation and revelation I had today.

It is kind of a spoiler... but I thought this was why I just didn't like Forbidden Journey. People rave about it. I wasn't impressed.

But I'm also not a Potter fan and at that point, hadn't seen any movies. I've made the effort to watch the movies, understand the characters, the backgrounds, the scenery in the attraction.

I rode it today, eager to try it again, after all that preparation and a full dose of Dramamine in anticipation of the queasiness I knew it would give me.

And I still wasn't impressed.



I am, however, a Transformers fan. I was excited about this one.

Like eagerly awaiting it from the moment I heard they were building the first one in US Hollywood.



It fell a bit flat.

I liked the story and the concept. I just wish it was an AA Megatron trying to smash me instead of some 3D projection of him on a screen. I promise to stop making fun of Disco Yeti. At least the Imagineers are trying.

I think it is just the repetitive ride style Universal uses everywhere (yes, I know FJ uses the kuka arm or whatever it is called and has some AA elements) but overall it is the same concept. Stick you in front of a screen and shake you around. Even their coasters do that now. If they do that to Hulk in this refurb I might physically harm someone.


Ironically enough, I love Star Tours. The first year the new version was open, I rode it like 4 or 5 times in a row. It never bothered me at all.

 

[afwdwfan]

Hey! Look what happened!

No Ohana this trip, but how about a last minute ADR somewhere new?

 

[franandaj]

Hey! Look what happened!

No Ohana this trip, but how about a last minute ADR somewhere new?

I love that place! Did you try the strawberry soup?

 

[afwdwfan]

I love that place! Did you try the strawberry soup?

How could I not after seeing it pop up repeatedly in your TRs! It took a while to find it though. I missed the dispenser the first time around. I was worried they didn't have it.

Did I like it though? Well, I've got to save some things for later!

 

[franandaj]

How could I not after seeing it pop up repeatedly in your TRs! It took a while to find it though. I missed the dispenser the first time around. I was worried they didn't have it.

Did I like it though? Well, I'very got to sane some things for later!

Cool! I'll be looking forward to hearing about it!

 

[pkondz]

Look at that smile!