phamton
The Other Orlando Themepark
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2002
I saw this post on rec.roller-caster a few months ago and thought we might be able to use this as a starting point to make up a guide for doing both parks in 2 days. We seem to get alot of questions about this here. Here is the original post in bold type (I will add my modifications at the end.)
Arrive to the parking lot of USF at 07:45am.
Parking garage opens at 8am.
Walk to the gate of IOA, get your ticket if needed and get in line.
For IOA, the turnstiles to the left are used first, at USF the ones to
the right are used first.
At 08:45am, they let people in.
Run to Hulk, get a front seat ride, go again.
As you exit Hulk, get an express pass for noon.
Ride Spiderman, and Dr. Doom, they will be walkons.
Continue to Rip Saw Falls, 5 minute wait.
JPRA, Popeye. You'll be soaked, but dry off.
Deuling Dragons, 5 minute wait. You can even wait for the front if
you want.
Continue back to the front of the park.
Go on Dr. Doom and Spiderman using single rider lines. To use them,
go up the exit of the ride and you see them.
Use your express pass for Hulk.
It is now noon, goto USF and do some shows.
Use single rider for MIB.
If you want to see Shrek 4d, then you start your day at USF.
What you do here, is go into the park, get an express pass for Jimmy
Neutron, then get in the Shrek 4d Line, and you'll be in the first
show. It's ok to let some people ahead of you, that way you'll be in
the middle of a row. Rows 2-4 are good in the middle. Come out of
Shrek 4d, use your express pass for Jimmy Neutron, then head over to
IOA.
Wait times will be slight longer than what I said above, but it can be
done. Hulk will be 15 minutes, so will Spiderman.
You see, most people arrive IOA at 11am. If you can be there when the park opens at 08:45am, you get 2 hours of short
waits until the crowd arrives.
I think starting at IoA is a better idea as IoA seems to get crowded much quicker than UO. It seems if you do head over to UO around 3:00 much of the crowd is headed out, either home or over to IoA.
My suggestion would be to stop at UO to get an express pass for Shrek for later in the day before heading to IoA. Then plan on going back to UO just before your fast pass is ready to expire. Ride Shrek with the express pass and then do the other rides and shows at UO.
Since most of us here have been to the parks often and at both busy and non-busy times of year, we could put together an itinerary for the newbies. It seems we get a lot of newbies to UO/IoA who think they have to choose a park if they just have one day. I did notice there was no quick eating places listed, so that might also be a suggestion.
Bev
Arrive to the parking lot of USF at 07:45am.
Parking garage opens at 8am.
Walk to the gate of IOA, get your ticket if needed and get in line.
For IOA, the turnstiles to the left are used first, at USF the ones to
the right are used first.
At 08:45am, they let people in.
Run to Hulk, get a front seat ride, go again.
As you exit Hulk, get an express pass for noon.
Ride Spiderman, and Dr. Doom, they will be walkons.
Continue to Rip Saw Falls, 5 minute wait.
JPRA, Popeye. You'll be soaked, but dry off.
Deuling Dragons, 5 minute wait. You can even wait for the front if
you want.
Continue back to the front of the park.
Go on Dr. Doom and Spiderman using single rider lines. To use them,
go up the exit of the ride and you see them.
Use your express pass for Hulk.
It is now noon, goto USF and do some shows.
Use single rider for MIB.
If you want to see Shrek 4d, then you start your day at USF.
What you do here, is go into the park, get an express pass for Jimmy
Neutron, then get in the Shrek 4d Line, and you'll be in the first
show. It's ok to let some people ahead of you, that way you'll be in
the middle of a row. Rows 2-4 are good in the middle. Come out of
Shrek 4d, use your express pass for Jimmy Neutron, then head over to
IOA.
Wait times will be slight longer than what I said above, but it can be
done. Hulk will be 15 minutes, so will Spiderman.
You see, most people arrive IOA at 11am. If you can be there when the park opens at 08:45am, you get 2 hours of short
waits until the crowd arrives.
I think starting at IoA is a better idea as IoA seems to get crowded much quicker than UO. It seems if you do head over to UO around 3:00 much of the crowd is headed out, either home or over to IoA.
My suggestion would be to stop at UO to get an express pass for Shrek for later in the day before heading to IoA. Then plan on going back to UO just before your fast pass is ready to expire. Ride Shrek with the express pass and then do the other rides and shows at UO.
Since most of us here have been to the parks often and at both busy and non-busy times of year, we could put together an itinerary for the newbies. It seems we get a lot of newbies to UO/IoA who think they have to choose a park if they just have one day. I did notice there was no quick eating places listed, so that might also be a suggestion.
Bev