NJGIRL
10-30-2008, 11:50 AM
Universal IOA
First we had a breakfast at Chef Mickeys at my nephews request. He didn't want to go to BOMA but wanted a Disney buffet breakfast so this is what fit into our schedule. We had been here before a couple of times and it had always been good so we went for it. Our ADR was at 9:30 and we were seated immediately. The kids refused to pose with the characters (surprise surprise) so my husband did. They were very nice and didn't push the boys into posing. While I found the selection to be great just like it was in our previous visits I didn't think the food was that great. I was OK but not great. Both types of potatoes that I had were a little undercooked and nothing was hot it was just warm. The breakfast wasn't horrible but just not worth $110 dollars for the four of us especially since the kids had no interest in the characters. We were done before 10:00 and off the IOA
Since this is a Disney site I will make this part brief. We went on Spiderman (10 min waits) four times. It is truly a great ride. My nephew did the Hulk with a 15 min wait. My son and nephew did Storm with no wait. We did the Popeye River Raft Ride (no wait) and if you don't wear a poncho you will get soaked through your underwear on this. We did the Jurassic Park Ride (10 min wait) and my son and nephew played the the Jurassic Park "water park" for about an hour.
We stopped and had lunch at a counter service which was sooooooooo slow but pretty good. My nephew then did Dualing Dragons (both sides with a 15 min wait each). The boys wanted to go over to the talking fountain which is a blast and we ended up being there for about 30 mins.
We did the Lost Continent show which I have seen many times but still enjoy very much. It's actually one of my favorite shows.
We had 6:00 reservations at the Hard Rock Cafe so we started walking over. We got there at 5:45. It was mobbed so I ask the girl at the desk if we would be seated sooner with our 6:00 reservation or our HR Front of the Line Card. She laughed and told me the card and called a hostess over to take us to a table so we got to bypass everyone. I highly recommend the card if you plan on eating there or even buying things in their store. It's $25 and they automatically put $20 back on your card and for every $200 you spend you get $10 put on your card that can be used for food, meals or tickets. Anyway I had the Haystack Salad (which I had before). This salad is one of my favorite salads because it has spicey pecans on it. After dinner we headed back to our condo.
First we had a breakfast at Chef Mickeys at my nephews request. He didn't want to go to BOMA but wanted a Disney buffet breakfast so this is what fit into our schedule. We had been here before a couple of times and it had always been good so we went for it. Our ADR was at 9:30 and we were seated immediately. The kids refused to pose with the characters (surprise surprise) so my husband did. They were very nice and didn't push the boys into posing. While I found the selection to be great just like it was in our previous visits I didn't think the food was that great. I was OK but not great. Both types of potatoes that I had were a little undercooked and nothing was hot it was just warm. The breakfast wasn't horrible but just not worth $110 dollars for the four of us especially since the kids had no interest in the characters. We were done before 10:00 and off the IOA
Since this is a Disney site I will make this part brief. We went on Spiderman (10 min waits) four times. It is truly a great ride. My nephew did the Hulk with a 15 min wait. My son and nephew did Storm with no wait. We did the Popeye River Raft Ride (no wait) and if you don't wear a poncho you will get soaked through your underwear on this. We did the Jurassic Park Ride (10 min wait) and my son and nephew played the the Jurassic Park "water park" for about an hour.
We stopped and had lunch at a counter service which was sooooooooo slow but pretty good. My nephew then did Dualing Dragons (both sides with a 15 min wait each). The boys wanted to go over to the talking fountain which is a blast and we ended up being there for about 30 mins.
We did the Lost Continent show which I have seen many times but still enjoy very much. It's actually one of my favorite shows.
We had 6:00 reservations at the Hard Rock Cafe so we started walking over. We got there at 5:45. It was mobbed so I ask the girl at the desk if we would be seated sooner with our 6:00 reservation or our HR Front of the Line Card. She laughed and told me the card and called a hostess over to take us to a table so we got to bypass everyone. I highly recommend the card if you plan on eating there or even buying things in their store. It's $25 and they automatically put $20 back on your card and for every $200 you spend you get $10 put on your card that can be used for food, meals or tickets. Anyway I had the Haystack Salad (which I had before). This salad is one of my favorite salads because it has spicey pecans on it. After dinner we headed back to our condo.