Bornieo goes to Disney World - The Official Trip Report

[figment1986]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

DAY TWO!-
Today was Universal Orlando - I met up with Louis, and later Figment1986 - for both parks and the Halloween Horror Night. The parks are really well done - especially Island of Adventure. The themeing rivals a lot of what Disney has and the details are just amazing. The Spider-man ride is just a marvel (No pun intended) and the Men IN Black ride puts Buzz to shame.

The whole Lost Continent area is probably the best themeing ever in a park and the Poseidon show, though lacking in any substance is just amazing to look at. At the Studio Park, Jaws was a lot of fun and a nice change from the tour we have here in LA. The worst ride I have ever been on was the Jimmy Neutron simulator ride which is nothing but a paint shaker made up to look like a space ship. You are thrown in all directions and reminded me of a quarter ride you’d find outside of Thrifty’s but stationed somewhere in Hell. There was nothing redeemable about that ride.

The Horror Night was a huge disappointment also. The place was jammed packed with drunk guests and very very long lines. Most of the mazes were 120 minutes and didn’t let up at all. There were Jello-Shot girls every 5 feet and trash everywhere. The mazes were good if you could get into them and the scare zones were as vacant as DCA on a Tuesday. It was way far below what I had expected and had been told about. The only highlight was the ride on E.T. who didn’t speak my name, damnit!! And the Bill and Ted stage show, which was a scream. The youtube is making the rounds.

It was a late night and I didn’t get back until almost 3am, since the Mears transportation I was using stranded me there. After repeated calls they sent a Taxi. That was the worst transportation issue I had thankfully.
More to come...

ET said my fax name... though you didn't give the card till you got in... maybe the "bikes" behind us said it...

if you were stranded you could have called bopazot as soon as the bus wasn't showing up...