And this one was SUUUUPER great!
After eating at Fuddruckers, we headed into Islands of Adventure and had just gotten in line for Spiderman when C.J. saw on his phone that they were having a soft opening at Skull Island: Reign of Kong. Since we were close, we rushed over there and got in line and after only about a 20 minute wait...viola. We were among some of the first people to ride it! It was so exciting. Even the queue was phenomenal and reminded me of HHN complete with hidden crevices where "scareactors" hide and then jump out and scare people.
*All pics are from the queue*
The ride itself was great...but not for kids. I'm pretty sure the 5 year old girl behind us will be traumatized for quite a while!
I can't believe how lucky we got. Today, when I was walking back to wardrobe after work, there were people standing in crazy long lines (in both directions too) and the ride was not even open nor had they announced any plans for another soft opening tonight. I guess they were all just hoping for it. I'm certain when it finally does open to the public, the waits will approach 2 hours. But Universal has yet to set an opening date.
*Repeat that we waited about 20 minutes!*
Video over at Orlando Weekly of the entire Queue AND the ENTIRE RIDE
Yes that giant Kong is impressive indeed. His head alone is larger than 8 ft. But unfortunately, the sound was not working when we went through that part so we did not get the "full effect"
After that excitement, we took the Hogwarts Express over to Universal and went on Mummy, Men in Black, the Twirl and Hurl, and ET. And then called it a night.
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