So after breakfast we went back to our villa to get the car and program our very confused GPS and headed off to fulfill Jaydens WISH !!
I was very happy when the GPS lead us to our destination with NO problems and we saw the sign (nope .. no pic .. I was driving !).
We drove over to the parking garage and when I showed him the parking pass he instructed me to turn on my hazard lights and follow the blue line (I think it was blue) and we were able to park in the handicap area.
The parking lot is a LONG way from the park area, so be prepared to walk a LOT (thank goodness for the moving walkways !!).
Now I guess you can use valet parking .. it will cost you .. but might be worth it if you do not want to walk so much.
I was given a phone number to call once we got into the parking garage at Universal from Make a Wish. I tried the number but kept getting a voice mail. Then my phone rang but for some reason I didn't hear it so I called that number and got guest relations from Universal. \
Finally I got a real person and they were sending someone over to meet with us over at WWoHP.
It took us about a half hour before we finally saw this ..
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I was told a girl named Allyson was meeting us over by the Hogwarts Express .. so that's where we headed ..
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Met this guy ..
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Trying to get a pic with this guy proved to be more difficult than you might think .. people wouldn't exactly take "turns". Instead, people would just send their kids over not caring that people had been waiting for their chance (like us !). Finally the conductor noticed the boys trying to get to him and he yelled at the top of his lungs "STOOOOOP" and held his hand up to the people who were about to approach him and said "these young students have been waiting here patiently for me to inspect their tickets and you need to wait your turn" (or something of that nature) and a few people laughed while the girl whom he was speaking to looked totally insulted ! It was great !!
The conductor would also "yell" at people if they are about to walk in front of someone trying to take a picture. It was very funny and the fact that he was in character made it even better.
We stood off to the side to try and make ourselves noticeable for Allyson and the amount of people amazed me. This place WAS packed !!
I snapped another pic ..
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When a young woman approached us and introduced herself. She said she was there to give us a VIP tour of WWoHP !!
SWEET ! The first thing she did was work us through the crowd over to Forbidden Journey. I was a bit worried about this ride for 2 reasons. First, I wasn't sure if the boys were going to make the height requirement. At last measure they were like 37. 11 !! So I knew it was going to be close. Allyson was secretly wondering the same thing. Then second .. I suffered a severe case of vertigo last spring and I still find myself getting dizzy really easy since then .. so I was worried about the affect the ride might have on my vertigo.
Will the boys get on the ride, even though they really aren't tall enough ?? Will I succumb to vertigo and spoil my day ??
More to come ...