We took Superstar Shuttle to Island of Adventure. The park wasn’t too busy, however, we decided to get to Wizarding World of Harry Potter before the crowds arrived. Who thought it was a good idea to put the lockers in a dark room? The ride said 20, but by the time we got through the line it was probably 10 minutes.
Neither of us are fans of Harry Potter, we haven’t read the books, we started to watch the first film, but lost interest. However, the ride was so good we decided it’s worth going back. Hogwarts is pretty impressive too – the attention to detail is amazing and it was nice to see lots of quaint English touches here and there. When the extension is completed in 2014 – the Harry Potter section will be gigantic!
We did the Hippogriff and then walked onto Dragon Challenge, which was really cool as there are two roller coaster rides. Took the red Dragon first – this ride had a lot of tight turns, so we decided to rest our bones.
Made our way to Jurrasic Park – it’s a shame some of the dinosaurs aren’t animated. The wait for the River Adventure was 10, so we jumped in. The ride is highly enjoyable for its age, but it could do with some up-dating. Spent some time watching people getting wet on the ride before taking lunch at Thunder Falls Terrace, which was empty! Food was good though.
Made our way through the park towards Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges. It looks fun – we won’t get that wet thought Hotdog. How wrong he was, we were soaked! He spotted a people drier, whipped out five dollies and all was forgiven. It was a fab ride, but will suggest this at the end of the day.
Made our way Super Hero Island. Didn’t fancy HULK as we felt we were over doing it after Spiderman ride, which was really fab. A storm had been forecast for today, so we decided to leave for the shuttle stop. Looking back towards the theme park we could see the sky getting darker by the minute. We made it to the covered walkway and the heavens opened!
It continued to rain into the evening – so we ordered room service and had a night in.