Austin Towers
TS Member
4th attempt and we finally got there. I'll cut to the chase and get to the parks.
Disney. Busy busy busy. I don't like their parks as I feel trapped but my Mrs loves Disney so I've little choice. Animal kingdom is my pick of the crop and I finally got to do Avatar flight of passage. I'm not afraid to admit that I got quite overwhelmed it was that good. Not like me. The new star wars stuff at Hollywood studios, no chance I was queuing for it. The theming in the area is awesome though.
Universal. I love the atmosphere there. Wasn't too busy and got loads of rides in over two days. I'll be brutally honest I think Velocicoaster is over hyped, it's good but not fantastic. Hagrids was ok, once only ride for me as huge queue and seemed to have a lot of downtime.
SeaWorld. First time I've been disappointed. They're doing maintenance and power washing and painting Manta and Kraken. They didn't stick to the advertised downtime and started on Kraken earlier than they stated which meant both coasters were down. It was as busy as I've ever seen it at SeaWorld and there wasn't enough to do really. Manta opened a couple of days later and I managed a couple of rides. Got a load of rides on Mako. Back left- the money seat.
Busch gardens. Spent 2 days there and it was dead. Everything was walk on. Busch really was the highlight of the holiday. Gwazi looks awesome, gutted it's not open yet. Tigris is surprisingly good and had me in fits of laughter especially at my wife screaming. Kumba fantastic as always and one of my favourite coasters.
Great holiday and worth the hassle of all the tests etc. British Airways lost our luggage and we didn't get it back until day 10 but we bought some clothes and made do with what we had. It's made us realize how little you actually need to take with you. It was only us though as my two are at the stage they don't want to go with us, it would have been a nightmare for a family.
Disney. Busy busy busy. I don't like their parks as I feel trapped but my Mrs loves Disney so I've little choice. Animal kingdom is my pick of the crop and I finally got to do Avatar flight of passage. I'm not afraid to admit that I got quite overwhelmed it was that good. Not like me. The new star wars stuff at Hollywood studios, no chance I was queuing for it. The theming in the area is awesome though.
Universal. I love the atmosphere there. Wasn't too busy and got loads of rides in over two days. I'll be brutally honest I think Velocicoaster is over hyped, it's good but not fantastic. Hagrids was ok, once only ride for me as huge queue and seemed to have a lot of downtime.
SeaWorld. First time I've been disappointed. They're doing maintenance and power washing and painting Manta and Kraken. They didn't stick to the advertised downtime and started on Kraken earlier than they stated which meant both coasters were down. It was as busy as I've ever seen it at SeaWorld and there wasn't enough to do really. Manta opened a couple of days later and I managed a couple of rides. Got a load of rides on Mako. Back left- the money seat.
Busch gardens. Spent 2 days there and it was dead. Everything was walk on. Busch really was the highlight of the holiday. Gwazi looks awesome, gutted it's not open yet. Tigris is surprisingly good and had me in fits of laughter especially at my wife screaming. Kumba fantastic as always and one of my favourite coasters.
Great holiday and worth the hassle of all the tests etc. British Airways lost our luggage and we didn't get it back until day 10 but we bought some clothes and made do with what we had. It's made us realize how little you actually need to take with you. It was only us though as my two are at the stage they don't want to go with us, it would have been a nightmare for a family.
