First the question: Went over to Coronado Springs today for the breakfast buffet at the Maya Grill. On the road that circles the resort that the busses follow, they are doing some major construction, on the land outside of the road. Anyone know what this is? I can go back and take a couple pictures if anyone is interested.
Quick Trip Report Follows:
6/3
Magic Kingdom:
IASW looks amazing. Great job on the rehab.
First time through Philharmagic. Great show.
Hopping Brer Rabbit wasn't working on Splash. Disappointing, but since I know its so common, it didn't bother me too much.
Stitch's Great Escape was decent, and even pretty good if you took it in as a member of the target audience (pictured yourself as a kid)
Went back to Yacht for a while in the middle of the day, then back to MK for the night. Wishes is GREAT! I've watched videos of it before, but, WOW!
6/4
Islands of Adventure:
Hit everything in about two and a half hours. (All the rides, skipped the shows)
Dueling Dragons and Hulk are getting REALLY rough. Lots of head slamming into the headrest.
Many of the dinos on Jurassic Park had holes in them. So Universal can sponsor a wonderful "Jaws month" up on Martha's Vineyard that no one cares about, but can't fix a multi-million dollar theme park attraction?
Universal Studios:
After IoA, went over to US to get both parks taken care of. Did basically everything except for Fear Factor and the shows. Shrek 4D was good, Twister was ok, all the rest I'd been on before. Mummy went down at around 1-2, and was down for the rest of the day. Great, your only new attraction, the one I want to ride, and its broken.
Adventurer's Club:
Went over to AC for the nightcap. Caught the maid's show, and since its gay day's weekend, most of the audience was of the alternate lifestyle. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen. She was hilarious. She played off of and for them, and everyone in the library was rolling with laughter.
6/5
MGM
Started with ToT not running. Don't know why. Eventually I hit it later. Great, as usual.
Went over and checked out the SWW stuff. First time I've ever been to one. I thought it was great, they do quite a bit of work for it. The kids dueling Vader is soo cute.
Saw Lights, Motors, Action for the first time. Great show. We did, however, have two mishaps. During the motorcycle chase sequence, one of the black bikes stalled due to a clutch problem. They had to scrap the rest of the scene. Also, during the following sequence, one of the villian black cars hit a wall, and they had to forklift it off the stage.
Epcot
Went over to Epcot from MGM. Hit M:S first, only a 5 minute wait. Did they tame M:S down? I remember it being much, much worse than it was.
Went over and stood in line for Soarin next. 75 Minutes. WELL WORTH IT! Unbelievable experience. Amazing. Superb. I've never seen a ride be applauded by most everyone on the ride when it was over. Granted, I started it, but everybody joined in. What a great experience.
Caught Illuminations. When did they add in the perimeter launches? I don't remember them.
6/6
Blizzard Beach
Park was pretty quiet in the morning, hit all the rides. I finally got up the nerve to do Summit Plummet, I'm really afraid of heights, so I have always skipped it. It was a real rush.
Going over to DTD and DQ tonight.
Quick Trip Report Follows:
6/3
Magic Kingdom:
IASW looks amazing. Great job on the rehab.
First time through Philharmagic. Great show.
Hopping Brer Rabbit wasn't working on Splash. Disappointing, but since I know its so common, it didn't bother me too much.
Stitch's Great Escape was decent, and even pretty good if you took it in as a member of the target audience (pictured yourself as a kid)
Went back to Yacht for a while in the middle of the day, then back to MK for the night. Wishes is GREAT! I've watched videos of it before, but, WOW!
6/4
Islands of Adventure:
Hit everything in about two and a half hours. (All the rides, skipped the shows)
Dueling Dragons and Hulk are getting REALLY rough. Lots of head slamming into the headrest.
Many of the dinos on Jurassic Park had holes in them. So Universal can sponsor a wonderful "Jaws month" up on Martha's Vineyard that no one cares about, but can't fix a multi-million dollar theme park attraction?
Universal Studios:
After IoA, went over to US to get both parks taken care of. Did basically everything except for Fear Factor and the shows. Shrek 4D was good, Twister was ok, all the rest I'd been on before. Mummy went down at around 1-2, and was down for the rest of the day. Great, your only new attraction, the one I want to ride, and its broken.
Adventurer's Club:
Went over to AC for the nightcap. Caught the maid's show, and since its gay day's weekend, most of the audience was of the alternate lifestyle. It was the funniest thing I have ever seen. She was hilarious. She played off of and for them, and everyone in the library was rolling with laughter.
6/5
MGM
Started with ToT not running. Don't know why. Eventually I hit it later. Great, as usual.
Went over and checked out the SWW stuff. First time I've ever been to one. I thought it was great, they do quite a bit of work for it. The kids dueling Vader is soo cute.
Saw Lights, Motors, Action for the first time. Great show. We did, however, have two mishaps. During the motorcycle chase sequence, one of the black bikes stalled due to a clutch problem. They had to scrap the rest of the scene. Also, during the following sequence, one of the villian black cars hit a wall, and they had to forklift it off the stage.
Epcot
Went over to Epcot from MGM. Hit M:S first, only a 5 minute wait. Did they tame M:S down? I remember it being much, much worse than it was.
Went over and stood in line for Soarin next. 75 Minutes. WELL WORTH IT! Unbelievable experience. Amazing. Superb. I've never seen a ride be applauded by most everyone on the ride when it was over. Granted, I started it, but everybody joined in. What a great experience.
Caught Illuminations. When did they add in the perimeter launches? I don't remember them.
6/6
Blizzard Beach
Park was pretty quiet in the morning, hit all the rides. I finally got up the nerve to do Summit Plummet, I'm really afraid of heights, so I have always skipped it. It was a real rush.
Going over to DTD and DQ tonight.
