LizzieLaw
02-03-2011, 07:11 PM
I'm not sure how much detail to go into as thisnis a Disney forum so I'll just do a quick run through of the highlights. If anyone has any questions, I'll be pleased to answer.
Because we wanted to get to Harry Potter early, the troops all worked together to get lunches and snacks together in the morning. We got to IOA by 8:45 and were in WWOHP shortly after 9:00.
No one was interested in wands sob we by-passed Ollivanders (about 20 people in lune by that point) and went straight to FJ. Our first ride was a walk on, the second, immediately after, about a ten minute wait. The ride was really good but not, IMHO, as good as Spiderman.
We then rode Dragon Challenge (walk on) and wandered through Hogsmeade for a while. We sampled the butterbeer (sorry, not a fan of this stuff) and bought chocolate frogs and every flavoured beans. Village is beautifully done but I would stay away during peak times. The shops and walkways are very small and difficult to navigate even when the park is relatively empty. Unless you absolutely can't travel off season, like any other park, it's just not worth the crowds.
We left that part of the park by 10:30. I can't comment on the crowd levels in WWOHP the rest of the day since we did not go back. We spent the rest of the day touring the rest of the park. Everything was a walk on except for Spiderman (15 min) and Jurassic Park (15 min).
We were ready to leave by 5:00 pm and headed home for dinner and, hot tubbing and swimming.
We saw 2 or 3 smallish touring groups. They were neither rude nor aggressive. I can honestly say I've never had a bad experience with them. The all seem friendly and as well- mannered as we can expect ant teens to be ;).
Best: spiderman, hogsmeade
Worst: Hulk broke down right before we got on...we left and came back a couple hours later.
Next up:
After that we
Because we wanted to get to Harry Potter early, the troops all worked together to get lunches and snacks together in the morning. We got to IOA by 8:45 and were in WWOHP shortly after 9:00.
No one was interested in wands sob we by-passed Ollivanders (about 20 people in lune by that point) and went straight to FJ. Our first ride was a walk on, the second, immediately after, about a ten minute wait. The ride was really good but not, IMHO, as good as Spiderman.
We then rode Dragon Challenge (walk on) and wandered through Hogsmeade for a while. We sampled the butterbeer (sorry, not a fan of this stuff) and bought chocolate frogs and every flavoured beans. Village is beautifully done but I would stay away during peak times. The shops and walkways are very small and difficult to navigate even when the park is relatively empty. Unless you absolutely can't travel off season, like any other park, it's just not worth the crowds.
We left that part of the park by 10:30. I can't comment on the crowd levels in WWOHP the rest of the day since we did not go back. We spent the rest of the day touring the rest of the park. Everything was a walk on except for Spiderman (15 min) and Jurassic Park (15 min).
We were ready to leave by 5:00 pm and headed home for dinner and, hot tubbing and swimming.
We saw 2 or 3 smallish touring groups. They were neither rude nor aggressive. I can honestly say I've never had a bad experience with them. The all seem friendly and as well- mannered as we can expect ant teens to be ;).
Best: spiderman, hogsmeade
Worst: Hulk broke down right before we got on...we left and came back a couple hours later.
Next up:
After that we