Woohoo!!!! I had a blast today with Larry and Steven, Angelica's cousins. We decided that we were going to go to Islands of Adventure and skip out on Universals's Studios b/c Islands had more rides. I was going to use my AAA membership for a discount, but we found out that they only use discounts on 2 or 3 day passes. A 1 day pass is about $58 and a 1 day hopper pass is $74. We found out about a place that sells unused passes at a discount price and were very lucky to get 3 1 day hopper passes for about $48 a piece!
We went straight to Universal's Studios to ride Revenge of the Mummy, but the line was way long so we tried to get an Express pass but they had distributed them all by the time we got there which was 10:30! We ended up going to Twister then headed over to Islands. The first thing we got to was the Hulk. Killer ride! (To beat out the lines, we did single riders.) Then we went to Spider-Man, walked through Toon Lagoon and I got my picture taken w/ Betty Boop. We went to Poseidon's Fury, then to Jurassic Park and hopped back over to try and ride Revenge.
The wait was about 95 minutes but we all really wanted to ride so waited in the air-conditioned building for about 40 minutes when a voice comes over the PA system and says that the wait will be a little longer due to techinical difficulties. Some people left but we were determined to ride. About 5 minutes later a voice announces that the ride will be shut down for the technical difficulties and to check back with ride operators for information on when it will be functioning again. As we exit the building, the operators say check back in 30 minutes and it should be ok by then, it is now 4:30. We decide to chill out and rest for awhile. About 20 minutes into our wait, we see that the line is building up again outside of Revenge so we decide to file in. So we stand, sit, and wait in line. The operators keep saying that they don't know when it'll start back up but it should be soon, so we continue to wait. We wait in a line until 6:50 when they finally tell us that it isn't going to start back up before the park closes at 7 and that it should be up later that evening for the Preferred Pass holders who have an invitation for the event tonight. UGH! I seriously didn't want to leave the line b/c I really wanted to ride Revenge!
We were pretty disappointed but we've made plans to come back soon, around June, to get into the Universal's when it opens and get an Express Pass for the ride.
Other than the waiting, it was such an awesome day.