Well we conquered Universal Hollywood yesterday.
Got the early access for Super Nintendo, which was worth it, simply to have access to the lower lot right away. We managed to be in the first car of the day for Mario Kart, knocked that out. Then just wandered the land, watched people play the games, met Toad, then we were in line for The Mummy (a walk on) at 8:57am I think. Knocked out Transformers and Jurassic, then went up to Wizarding World. Pretty much walked onto Forbidden Journey (twice), then had a short wait for Hippogriff.
Side note the new lockers for Forbidden Journey were very glitchy for us. Both times we used them, when we came back to scan our ticket and retrieve our stuff, it would open a new locker, not the one we had our stuff already in.
Anyway, we did all of that before 10:40 am, and then made it to the studio tour with our express from early entry before the 11am cut off.
I think our longest waits of the day were Secret Life, Minions, and Simpsons. But even then, we waited less then 35 minutes for any ride.
All in all it was a very successful day. We got all the major rides done before 11am, saw WaterWorld, chatted with some New Yorkers in the windows, and had a great day. Definitely could have left in the early evening, but I’m someone that likes to keep going… so we just rode the big stuff again.
Finally tally:
Mario Kart - 1
The Mummy - 2
Transformers - 2
Jurassic World - 2
Forbidden Journey - 4
Hippogriff - 3
Simpsons - 1
Minions - 1
Funland Spinner - 1
Pets - 1
Studio tour - 1
WaterWorld - 1