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Parrothead
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Status: offline |  Posted - 07 Jan 2006 : 19:26:20  
| Went to I O A for first time a couple of weeks ago. We all said would not want to rush back, couple of good rides, but on the whole very small park. It took us a couple of hours to do all the rides and that was it
A lot of money for not a lot to do |
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chrizzy100
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Status: offline | Posted - 07 Jan 2006 : 22:21:13
| We spend a lot of time in I.O.A...we know all the staff...we always got a one day two park ticket in the past and find we can do both parks fine out of season...we now have a year pass to both parks....and go to I.O.A for dinner ....in 2 week we went about 6 times last trip..... | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Ray&Sarah
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jan 2006 : 12:02:37
| My eldest loves IOA, his favourite in the Orlando area, he is also a big Busch Gardens fan, he loves the white knuckle rides so opts for those kind of parks. |
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florida4sun
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Status: online | Posted - 08 Jan 2006 : 13:17:14
| Its a great park with some top quality rides, it is impossible to do it in a 'couple of hours' just to do the following you would have had to of done a ride evey 13 minutes (including getting from ride and NOT inc shows) in order to cover them within a couple of hours:
The Hulk Coaster
Fire Coaster
Ice Coaster
Cat in the Hat - not a thrill ride but its a laugh
Spiderman - cutting edge ride
Doctor Dooms fearful - dont do just after lunch!
Jurassic Park
Great Wet rides
Ripsaw Falls
Bilgerat Barges
Shows
Poseidons Fury
The eight Voyage of Sinbad
Plus all the minor stuff, gives you way more than a couple of good rides. Busch is the only other park that has as many thrill rides.
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Went to I O A for first time a couple of weeks ago. We all said would not want to rush back, couple of good rides, but on the whole very small park. It took us a couple of hours to do all the rides and that was it
A lot of money for not a lot to do
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Parrothead
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jan 2006 : 22:12:37
| Hi Martin,
take it from me,I was there, we did it in 2 hours.
Some of the rides were closed and most of the shows, we felt ripped off.
It was a park I was really looking forward to,I love roller coasters. I will not be rushing back. |
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Paula D-S
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Status: offline | Posted - 08 Jan 2006 : 22:27:28
| quote:
Originally posted by Parrothead
Hi Martin,
take it from me,I was there, we did it in 2 hours.
Some of the rides were closed and most of the shows, we felt ripped off.
It was a park I was really looking forward to,I love roller coasters. I will not be rushing back.
Phew I'm tired just thinking about it. You must have moved around the park at break neck speed, we've never even done Supermarvel land in less than two hours. |
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Parrothead
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Status: offline | Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 00:08:07
| | The youngest member of our group was 15, so we were not interested in the kids stuff, but had we gone a few years back, I am sure it would have been a good day out. |
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CarolAnn
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Status: offline | Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 09:44:39
| Oh! I really enjoyed IOA. I don't go on any of the scary rides at all, but I loved the atmosphere and thought the shows in particular were fabulous. As we are not"Scary ride obsessed" in our house, I guess we tend to soak up the other elements in the parks, which I often feel are not really appreciated by all! But then, thats why we all love the choices available in Orlando  | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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pieman790
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Status: offline | Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 10:00:46
| | We were there last May and spent the whole day there and didnt do half of the rides. Granted the queues were quite long (50 mins for the Hulk and 45 for Spiderman) but we thought that the park was bigger than we had expected. They have a good balance of ride for all ages and will be back in May to do some of the rides we missed. |
Neil & Cathy
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millie
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Status: offline | Posted - 09 Jan 2006 : 10:27:55
| We went a couple of years ago but as someone who does not relaly like the big rollercoasters or simulators (and with a 2 year old) I spent most of the day stnading with the bags. I hated it!!!
This trip hubby went in himslef and had a much better day in the single rider queues!!!!! That way he did manage to do both Universal parks in the one day. And that is with riding his favourites two or three times.
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LiesaAnna
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Status: offline | Posted - 11 Jan 2006 : 11:40:51
| quote:
Originally posted by Parrothead
Hi Martin,
take it from me,I was there, we did it in 2 hours.
Some of the rides were closed and most of the shows, we felt ripped off.
It was a park I was really looking forward to,I love roller coasters. I will not be rushing back.
i would give it another go, so many have enjoyed this park, i know we did, the one thing i did think was it wasnt as big as other parks? maybe i'm wrong but i dont do walking very well with the bad knee, and didnt find it as big to get around but certainly enjoyed it, even sat and had chilli fries there!! yummy!! had to let the others dry out after the boat ride (not sure of the name, round ones) |
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McjohnjM
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Status: offline | Posted - 11 Jan 2006 : 14:31:14
| Hi Parrothead
Sorry you did not enjoy IOA but everyone to their own thats what we say.
We now go in first thing in the morning, do all the big rides and are on our way home about 1.00 in time for lunch, if you go early you can do the big rides like the hulk and spider man a few times before it gets busy.
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