LogFAQs > #970384668

I made a topic last week asking for advice on my vacation, specifically my day at both Universal parks in Orlando, so I figured I'd share how it went for anyone who cares.

Everything actually went super smoothly, even without Express passes. We made sure to get there before open so we could just walk in as soon as we could. We originally planned to do Hagrid's motorbike ride and Velocicoaster first since they're the busiest, but they were delayed in opening due to the cold weather (wasn't really that cold (high 30s), but for Florida it was), so we hit some other stuff first. Pretty much the whole day nothing was a super long wait. We knocked out three rides in the first hour.

Rode the train over to the other park, hit a few more rides and grabbed lunch, then back to Islands of Adventure. We lucked out, because as soon as we got back, we saw Hagrid had opened. Hopped in line and only had to wait 30-40 minutes. After that we hit Velocicoaster, which took around an hour, but only because it broke down for 20-30 minutes while we were in line.

That was the last ride we really wanted to hit (the GF would have done the Hulk coaster, but it was closed and didn't seem to be opening up today at all) so we called it an early day. Would have probably done some repeat rides, but we were pretty beat after having done the last 3 days at Disney (plus the next two upcoming).

I was really glad we didn't waste a bunch of money on the Express passes. Between Hagrid and Velocicoaster, which were the two big new rides since last time we went, I preferred Hagrid. But that's mostly because I don't usually do more intense coasters, especially all the inversions that Velocicoaster has. I'm still glad I tried it, but I'm not sure I'd do it again.