Really like the security setup here with the TSA-like bag scanners and walk through metal detectors
This is how they do this at
Disneyland Paris, too. I like this much better than how they do it at Walt Disney World.
First up was Minion Mayhem—this would be the first of several attractions that I just can’t tolerate well.
I was surprised that I was OK with this.
Passing through the exit, we saw a minion—now characters I can do, especially since I was dressed as a minion today.
I would have loved to see a minion.
Do you have any idea who the character on the left is? This is the one we met.
On my way to watch the Frog Choir, I stopped in the Hogsmeade Public Conveniences to see if I could hear Moaning Myrtle—well she is hard to miss as she is quite the chatterbox.
When I went there, we had even bigger chatterboxes so I did not hear Moaning Myrtle. Graham did so.
Big fan of the Frog Choir…
I loved this, too.
Anyway we decided we would head back to Springfield and ride the Simpsons. Okay, let me just say this was the worst ride of all for my head. Never again.
This was the one ride I really struggled with.
The Halloween Horror Nights do not sound like my kind of thing at all. I would have freaked out.
We were the first pick-up and while that meant good seats, it also meant that we didn’t get to the park gates until almost 11.
That is a long time.
I had heard that the simulation part of the arctic ride was very jerky so I opted out while S and R went on. Instead I went in the non-motion line which included a movie—I pulled a post-maelstrom move and walked straight through the theater to get to the good stuff—belugas, seals, walruses.
You did the right thing there. Actually the worst bout of motion sickness I ever had in Florida was in the non-motion version of Wild Arctic.
It is nice that you can now see the seals. I assume they are where the polar bears used to be?
The show they were put in though leaves something to be desired—it was a poor man’s high school musical (literally, Clyde and Seymour are trying to graduate Sea Lion High).
I watched a previous version of the Clyde and Seymour show in 1998 and never had the urge to go back to see any of the subsequent shows.
Our entrees arrived shortly after guac guy—at this point, were were tired and had eaten the chips so fast, that the food has lost some of its appeal. We did what we could and the food itself was good but overall, the service was absolutely lousy.
That sounds a bit of a mess. I am glad that at least the food was good.
Also picked up a hot butter beer (the best butter beer iteration in my opinion)
Oh, I wish I had known about this when we were there.
Here is a shot of my necklace, the deathly hollows as worn by Luna Lovegood’s father.
I really like the necklace.
I would have loved to meet Hello Kitty.
I expected waits but wasn’t quite prepared for the 3 hour duration of this experience and combined with the weather that was to come, completely altered our evening plans.
I really would have loved to try it, but I had read horror stories about the waits and Graham would not have been impressed so I gave up on that idea.
The bread was a chocolate bread (everything on the menu has some chocolate roots).
I did not know this either. Good job we did not go as Graham is allergic to chocolate.
We hustled out of the restaurant and made it to Hogsmeade by 4:10. However the train was down and likely wouldn’t be up before the last train at 4:30. That ended those plans for us.
What a shame that you did not get to do this.
he one item remaining on my must-do list was the Raptor Encounter. I loved this—the setup was realistic and Izzy the velociraptor had a great personality. She was amazing to watch as she moved and reacted—hilarious watching the other guests freak out.
That was the highlight for me. I so loved this.
Corinna
Yours is the second review I have heard of it. I didn't like Knotts Scary Farm, I wouldn't like that AT ALL!
I hear ya--I have learnt my lesson.
Still enjoying your photo deluge a lot! Thanks for posting and sharing!
