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These additions definitely would help the park. I had fun when I went last year, but other than Tower of Terror and Rock N' Roller Coaster, there's not much. You have some decent shows and the overrated Star Tours, and a few outdated rides and attractions.

But what does Star Wars and the Cars movies have to do with movie making? Isn't the theme of the park a movie studio? They already ruined it with Toy Story Mania.

They added Express to it recently. Please tell me I'm not the only one that thought Mummy was "ok"?

Man, this vacation went by fast. Sad face. Today we went to Universal Studios. The crowd was insane as we started walking in - then we walked past the Express Pass kiosk.That was when my dad surprisingly said, "let's get Express passes again!" Hooray! The first ride in the park is Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem. This ride was executed perfectly. From the preshow to the ride to the special "dance" finale, Minion Mayhem is truly a great attraction. It's funny, lighthearted, and thrilling at the same time. A must ride (even if you don't have kids)! 10/10 Next we passed by Transformers - it had just opened! 10 minute wait! Transformers has the same ride system as Spider Man but it was different in many ways. It felt very fast and it seemed like there were some G's even though there weren't any - but because it wasn't as "fun" (cheesy, funny, etc,) as Spider Man, Spider Man's still my favorite ride. 9/10 Hollywood Rip Ride, and Rock It had a very long wait but with Express passes we waited 30 seconds, literally. I chose the song Kickstart my Heart and I'm glad I did. It synced perfectly with the coaster. The coaster itself was pretty fun. You get great airtime, but the drop was decent. The real buzzkill for me were the constant brake runs. 8/10 We then went to Twister. Many people give this bad reviews and say it's stupid, but I enjoyed it. It was actually a bit scary in some parts...going back to Emily, of course, she didn't even flinch at the explosions. 7/10 The Horror Make Up Show is a hidden gem - the stage doesn't seat many people and it's not hugely advertised around the park, but it was very funny. It was more of a comedy sketch than a horror make up tutorial, but that was fine with me. There were good jokes, educational fun facts, and was cool seeing how they do everything in horror movies. 8/10 Revenge of the Mummy is regarded as one of the best rides at both Universal parks...huh? It was fun, definitely. But the coaster portion was "eh". The finale sucked and the launch was not nearly as forceful as BLSC (both same speed). The theme saved it greatly, just like Expedition Everest. 7/10 I'm getting bored writing this so I'll just give quick reviews from now on. Disaster - Family friendly fun that makes everyone laugh. Though when it was just Earthquake, it must have sucked - that part of the attraction was okay. 6/10 Men in Black: Alien Attack - Best shooter dark ride. It would be a good ride without the shooting. I kind of got ticked when I saw I had 5,000 points and everyone else had 100,000, but oh well. 9/10 The Simpsons Ride - This ride surprised me. I was expecting your typical motion simulator, but no.You start in a small room and then your car moves up into a giant IMAX theater. It was humorous and thrilling. 8/10 ET Adventure - I'm not a big fan of slow dark rides, so this didn't appeal to me. And it's outdated. That's all. 6/10 Terminator 2 3D - Another outdated ride, but it was still interesting. The mixture of live action and the movie was cool, but the story suffered with continuity issues and I was kind of confused...6/10 Shrek 4D - This ride can probably go as well, now that there's been a lot more technologically advanced rides created. It's still a fun family ride. 8/10 (I'm going to post another post after this later on talking about Universal Orlando Resort as a whole).

I love roller coasters and Drop Tower. But not this. Never. "Drop Tower 1 looks too intense for me..."

...and according to these forums, we're getting all of them.

Today was my third day of vacation in Florida. Last year my family stayed at the Hilton Bonnet Creek right outside Disney World and we loved it so much we came back - but instead of Disney World, we went to IoA today and are going to the Studios Wednesday. We wanted more of a thrill that Disney doesn't have. We got there around 9:30 and our plan was to get to Harry Potter & The Forbidden Journey before everyone else...well, that didn't work. We waited around 70 minutes. Emily, my sister, is only 44" so we had to child swap (my mom and dad both rode with me). I love it just as much as last year; the mixture of screens and real life props along with the amazing robotic arms makes a great ride. Somehow though, this year it's not my #1. I think they made the ride movements tamer. After Forbidden Journey, we took Emily on Flight of the Hippogriff. The awesome thing is, we had Express passes today! The line for a kiddie coaster was 75 minutes but with those passes, there was literally a two minute wait. It's actually not a bad little coaster. I thought it was fun for only being 28mph and 40ft high. It was already time to eat; our dining took place at Burger Digs in Jurassic Park. It gives you an awesome view of River Adventure's splash. Emily begged and begged to go ride it (little daredevil), so we did. Some of the effects were gone from last year (you don't get sprayed with a fountain of water, and the live raptor box doesn't drop on you), but the drop is still amazing. During the lift hill, Emily was shouting "I'm scared, get me off, get me off!" despite begging to ride it before! You get soaked. Since we were already wet, it was a good time to ride Ripsaw Falls. Another ride where Emily regretted riding it before the drop. For a cartoon themed ride that's geared towards kids, the drop is intense! Gets you even more soaked than River Adventure! Toon Lagoon is a really fun area of the park to look around, so that's what we did for ten minutes. Reading the comic strips and shopping in the Betty Boop store were highlights of this. But now it was time to ride one of the best rides ever created - The Amazing Adventures of Spider Man! For some reason, I liked it better than last year, and it's now my #1 favorite ride of all time (a close first after Forbidden Journey). The fact you can feel the heat, wind, and water along with the spinning, shaking, and dropping makes this ride very intense - but very fun. I can't get out of my head the laughs that Emily made - some of them were nervous but also happy. The best part of the ride is of course when you're "going up". It feels so real and I still don't know how they do it. I took a ride on The Incredible Hulk with both my dad and mom (child swap).I was the only one putting my hands up on both rides (I mean out of the whole train)...wow, guys. The launch is amazing but the rest of the ride is almost too intense - it never stops and there's constant inversions.It's still very fun, but not in my top 10 coasters. Even though Emily had been on some good rides, she'd wanted to go to Seuss Landing.This area of the park is colorful and fun. There's a lot of odds and ends and things to play around with. We rode The Cat in the Hat (a cute little ride that follows the story), and The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train ride (gives you great views of the park). Everyone was tired but I wanted to go to Poseidon's Fury. A lot of people say this ride, show, whatever it is, is dumb and outdated, but I love it. It's scary, funny, and the ending fight between Poseidon and his enemy is awesome. My favorite quote from Emily on this was "this ride isn't good for little kids." That was all for today; Wednesday we'll be visiting Universal Studios (but without Express passes ). Ranking the Rides: Spider-Man Forbidden Journey The Incredible Hulk Dudley Do-RIght's Ripsaw Falls Jurassic Park River Adventure Poseidon's Fury Flight of the Hippogriff The Cat in the Hat The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride Emily's Favorite Rides: (she wanted me to do this): Dudley Do Right's Ripsaw Falls (lol) Flight of the Hippogriff (again, lol) Spider-Man Jurassic Park Poseidon's Fury The Cat n the Hat The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride Islands of Adventure is the best park around, IMO. The theme is top notch. From Port of Entry to Seuss Landing, there is not one missing detail anywhere. There are no rides that are bad or poorly executed. It's honestly perfect. I would go here over every park in Disney World everyday.

Really? There's an inverted coaster in nearly every park.

A food truck. Is this going to be in the parking lot from now on or is going in the park? I'm confused.

Knott's is in the Los Angeles metro and is open year round (I think). Cedar Point is in northern Ohio in a small city and is only open for summer and one month in fall. Canada's Wonderland might be the only big amusement park in Canada and is also near a big metro area. You can't compare it. Big difference.

Say what? Voyage isn't fast and out of control? Raven isn't fast and out of control? Thunderhead isn't fast and out of control? I beg to differ. Now, Son of Beast has a boring layout that is definitely not fast and out of control.

3). That's it. Transformers. USH didn't have a ride like USO (Spiderman) and Transformers changed that.

Canada's Wonderland.

Must...resist...temptation...to...slap....you. Just messin', but really - you need to see Jurassic Park.

I hate how so many people go to Disney. It's like foreign tourists (and even American tourists) don't know there are other parks to visit besides Disney. Disney isn't even as good as it used to be and they haven't added much but they still are #1 by a long shot.

This isn't a comment, but I think it's funny how Cedar Point has 500,000 more likes than Universal Orlando. Does anyone else think that's funny? And yes I realize both are very popular, but Universal is a competitor to Disney World and Sea World and is located in the 4th most populated state in America.

Just make sure you get photos from the Eiffel Tower. Other than that, there really aren't too many different places to take a picture.

Edit: Nevermind, I thought you were correcting me.

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So I guess we're just gonna post a new topic for everything that comes to our mind? Sounds cool!

Scenes of terror, most likely. People getting eaten by dinosaurs, and, of course, the scene with the mangled, bloody goat leg falling on the roof of the Jeep. Oh, and don't forget the severed arm that lands on Ellie's shoulder. Oh...lol...I forget. Haven't seen the movie in a few years. I honestly just remember people getting chased by velociraptors, and the T-Rex.

Alright Prophet, what are we getting for 2014? I will seriously give you 20 bucks if you call this one. Only 20 bucks? What a ripoff!

I don't get Jurassic Park's PG-13 rating. There's little to no blood and language. The only real graphic scene is the bathroom scene, but you can't actually see any blood.

So than why are we considering Italian Job a family coaster? And if you really want to classify a roller coasters length, I think fairly you can't count the lift hill. That's why The Beast is 5 minutes long... Maybe because BLSC has a 48" height restriction and is 40mph, while Invertigo has a 54" restriction, goes 50mph, has three inversions, lifts you up to 131ft. and has 5G's? And who gives a crap about length? Top Thrill Dragster is an amazing coaster and it's not even 20 seconds long!

Invertigo is a family coaster? And it's more than 30 seconds long.