Vacation

[dje2004]

Got back late last night from a week down in the Orlando area of Florida. My friend Gloria rented a huge house down there for her birthday and invited a bunch of people to come down and hang out. First off, the house itself was amazing: semi-indoor pool with jacuzzi, home theater, pool table, huge balconies, marble pillars in the foyer, etc... I

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[kuzibah]

How did you like Star Tours? It was recently (like, in the past month) redone with new films and a set-up where there are 50-odd combinations of settings and characters.

And Universal seems really enchanted with the "3-D Simulator" style of ride, so much so that I got sick to my stomach the last time we went ("the Simpsons" finally did me in.) But I love the Spiderman ride, and am really excited that you think the Harry Potter one was even better. Unfortunately, our nest trip to Florida is at least four years away...

[dje2004]

I only went on Star Tours once, so I didn't realize there were all these possible combinations. I liked it, but it wasn't quite as impressive as Spider-Man or Harry Potter, since it relies exclusively on 3-D. But then again, it's an older ride.

I actually didn't do the Simpsons ride, because it was hot and everyone was tired and the line was long and no one seemed to care that much and some of us were already a bit queasy anyway from the Men In Black ride. But yeah, the Harry Potter ride was really well done (and if I had been a kid, I probably would have found it a bit scary). I also really liked the Mummy Returns ride as well. By the time you're ready to go again, it sounds like Claire will be old enough to appreciate it (my feeling is that if a kid is young enough to ride in a stroller, then they're too young to really appreciate it).