I went today, had a great time..who has went since they have opened the New Harry Potter Ride. what u think of it? and Im going to Universal Studios tomorrow, The Simpson ride anygood or the roller coasters there "the mummy or Rip roaring roller coaster" any good?

 

Did they ever find that dude's prosthetic leg when it flew off on the Dueling Dragon's?

 

Dude thats so funny,I was reading the warning signs for each ride, same ol song and dance, if ur pregnant, have heart issues,motion sickness u should NOT Ride this ride...and there IT was If you have or use prosthetic limps u should NOT ride this ride...I was thinking WTF.....now I know why.....lol

 

Tehe Rip Roaring coaster is amazing. You will love it.

 

Big plus for the new harry potter ride, that is one fun ride.

 

The hulk is one of my favorites. Mummy is great also

 

We went about a month before Harry Pooper opened and the park was totally quiet. I took the Wifey© down for her birthday, stayed at the Portafino, at an amazing dinner at Bice's, got funky on the balcony, etc.

Then the Sun/Mon of the opening week we went back, as kind of a Dad's day thing - I remember we were up Sat night drinking some wine and in a crazy drunken moment, said "Hey let's go back to Universal!!" We get season passes so the park part is "free".

When we were getting in the elevator (stayed at the RP), the porter said "You should just get up at like 6am on Monday to get in line to get into the park an hour early" (hotel guests get early access.

He said there was a 2+ hour wait JUST to get into IOA, then 2+ hours to get into the Pooper area and another 2-3 for the main ride.

So Sunday, we were walking over ~3p just to check things out and saw this crazy storm blowing in, so we went ahead into the Hard Rock a little early, had some good food, lots o' beer and as soon as the storm broke, we ran over into the HP area, and got in line. About 45 minutes later we were ON the ride

For some reason we also luck out at theme parks. I remember we got pulled to ride the RRR about a week before it opened for regular use.

Anyway, we didn't really do anything else in the Pooper area, even the lines for beverages were kind of crazy, but the main ride is goddam amazing. It's like Spiderman: a track with a hydraulic actuated arm, but the range of movement is HUGE and you're sitting with your feet hanging like a coaster, so it's really open and more free feeling. There are video sections and mechanical sections, some of which are pretty spooky, hahaha, if I was 12 I would've freaked _out_.

They RP was also running the first movie at the pool that evening (they pull out a huge screen and projector), so the whole trip was pretty Potter-licious

Here's a few (so-so) shots of the interior part before you get on the ride (the queue is about 2/3rds on the outside, so go when it's cool[er]).