Ok so as I am Disney freak and my son is almost 5 now, we tend to go to the Disney parks. We have passes and try and go often. But we have seasonal passes and they are in black out right now. My husband had a business meeting in Orlando this past Thursday so we alll decided to go up. And made a last minute decision to go to a park on Friday. We went with Universal/IOA. My son had never been and me and the hubby havent been since IOA first opened.
But my goodness, that place is run horribly compared the Disney!
The line just to park was insane! And then we waiting in line for (no kidding) at LEAST 45 minutes for tickets. They had 3... count them...
3 windows open TOTAL! On a Friday afternoon in JULY!
And 2 of them were occupied by South Americans and were standing there the ENTIRE time we were in line so truly there was only one functional window. Only til we got right to the front did a window open up and take us.
THEN... yeah sorry, story is not quite done yet
We waiting in line to give our tickets for another 30-40 minutes.
Their fingerprint thing works awful, seemed every single person had to redo it like 3-4 times each before getting in, thus making a ridiculous line and wait.
Now I can see waiting on line this long or longer for a ride, but not to get in
That has NEVER happened to me at Disney.
And to get food was crazy too. They have ONE register at most places.
So the lines were again... silly long.
The park itself was lots of fun... I mean my son isnt tall enough for too many, and only wanted to go to ET in Universal. he actually LOVED IOA. We went on the Flying Unicorn like 4 times! Spiderman made it worth the trip and all the crappy lines early in the day to get in.
ANd I did forget how much I love how they designed the props and ambience of the parks. Especially that Poseidon's Fury. That was beautifully done!
We went to go in, never having gone before, and the lights went off for a second right as we got in line inside and some kids went "woooo!" and my son freaked! So we had to leave... what is that ride like, anyone? Anyone?
A show? We almost bought passes when we came in cause it wasnt that much more but I just really dont see going back very often when we have alot of Disney trips planned in the rest of the year. :shrug:
So that was my rant on Universal/IOA. All and all we had fun, but they have ALOT to work on!
Nxt time I go will probabaly be when the Harry Potter Wizarding World is finished... THEN I will buy a pass for sure!
:sohappy:
But my goodness, that place is run horribly compared the Disney!
The line just to park was insane! And then we waiting in line for (no kidding) at LEAST 45 minutes for tickets. They had 3... count them...
3 windows open TOTAL! On a Friday afternoon in JULY!
And 2 of them were occupied by South Americans and were standing there the ENTIRE time we were in line so truly there was only one functional window. Only til we got right to the front did a window open up and take us.
THEN... yeah sorry, story is not quite done yet
We waiting in line to give our tickets for another 30-40 minutes.
Their fingerprint thing works awful, seemed every single person had to redo it like 3-4 times each before getting in, thus making a ridiculous line and wait.
Now I can see waiting on line this long or longer for a ride, but not to get in
That has NEVER happened to me at Disney.
And to get food was crazy too. They have ONE register at most places.
So the lines were again... silly long.
The park itself was lots of fun... I mean my son isnt tall enough for too many, and only wanted to go to ET in Universal. he actually LOVED IOA. We went on the Flying Unicorn like 4 times! Spiderman made it worth the trip and all the crappy lines early in the day to get in.
ANd I did forget how much I love how they designed the props and ambience of the parks. Especially that Poseidon's Fury. That was beautifully done!
We went to go in, never having gone before, and the lights went off for a second right as we got in line inside and some kids went "woooo!" and my son freaked! So we had to leave... what is that ride like, anyone? Anyone?
A show? We almost bought passes when we came in cause it wasnt that much more but I just really dont see going back very often when we have alot of Disney trips planned in the rest of the year. :shrug:
So that was my rant on Universal/IOA. All and all we had fun, but they have ALOT to work on!
Nxt time I go will probabaly be when the Harry Potter Wizarding World is finished... THEN I will buy a pass for sure!
:sohappy:
