We’re still slow movers in the morning and took our time getting up and moving. The agenda for the day is the water rides. We put one phone in the water proof case and headed for the park. Started the day at Universal Studios back at Harry Potter.
We went on the Escape from Gringotts ride. The walk leading up to the ride ended up being the best part of the whole ride. They did a fabulous job with the sets. It really looks like you are in the movie. So we get into where the ride is finally at and get in the cart and get all wedged in there. Instead of it being a single lap bar that comes down across everyone’s lap there is an individual lap bar for each of the four people in that row. Along with the lap bar there is a bar that your shins rest on and then to top it off going from the lap bar to the shin bar there is a piece of metal that connects the two on each side of your legs. Once it’s down you can’t move at all. This would not normally be bad if the ride runs like it’s supposed to. The ride goes by so fast you don’t have time to think about that fact that you can’t move at all.
The ride started to go and as soon as we were around the first corner the ride stopped. We sat there for almost 5 minutes without moving. I get claustrophobic after a while and I have to say when it finally hit my brain that i couldn’t move I started to panic a little. Luckily for me Dwayne was there with me and got me started talking to take my mind off of it. Finally the ride started to move and it’s really a good thing for the shin bar because at one point they point the cart almost straight down and down you go before you get to the next spot on the ride. We weren’t impressed with the ride at all. It stopped too many times and lost it’s continuity. Today they shut down the ride to work on it.
I waited while Dwayne rode the Dragon Challenge. No way in hell was i getting on that one. They park you in a seat and there is nothing under you and they flip you up on your head for one of the loops. Even Dwayne said he would only do that one the one time. No repeats on that one.
We re-rode the Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride. Second time around I think was the best because you know what to expect.
Up next was the Jurassic Park River ride. We ended up in the second row from the front. We had a woman in front of us that had never ridden it before and of course Dwayne had to mess with her the entire ride. We got to the end just before they drop you down out of the ride. I don’t remember it being as steep of a drop as it was but we came down the ramp and hit the bottom with enough force that I got a face full of water and looked like a drowned rat when we stopped. LOL….the poor woman in front of us got hit with enough water in the face that it knocked the shower cap she had on her head almost off.
We rode the Dudley Do-Right log ride after that. That ride is deceiving. It looks like a kid ride but after having gone down it I don’t think it’s a kids ride anymore. Hope you don’t mind getting soaking wet either because you are not coming off that ride dry. Dwayne got the front seat and i was right behind him. We got started and it takes you on a winding path for a while, you get splashed every once in a while and I swear every time we got splashed it ended up in my lap. LOL….we got around one corner and saw the track going up just before the big drop. We got over the top edge and went down. When we hit the bottom Dwayne got enough water in his face it knocked his glasses of his face. Thankfully they landed in his lap and didn’t fall out of the boat. Then someone standing on the walkway above decided we weren’t wet enough and sprayed us some more. LOL….it was really a fun ride.
We roamed around the rest of the park and went on some more rides. Dwayne rode rode all the rides he wanted to go on. I went on all but three with him.
We closed down the park and decided to go over to the Portofino Hotel for dinner then called it a night. It was a lot of walking and i have to say my feet were tired when we got back.
