mickeymom22
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2012
Hey all!
Hubby and I took the kids to Universal to celebrate Christmas and our son's college graduation! We have been to WDW lots of times, but we have never been to Universal. We really wanted to see all the Harry Potter attractions and see who would be brave enough to tackle the Velicicoaster!
Hubby, DS (24), DD1 (21), DD2 (15), and myself spent two days making mostly great memories!
On to the trip report.
We have family that live in Kissimmee so we spent 12/22 with them with plans to wake up super early on the 23rd and check in to Portofino Bay to get our Express Passes and head over during the early morning access hour.
Well, we didn't quite make it there as early as we wanted, but we were at the check-in desk at 8:00 am.
There were 3 staff members working the front desk. Each had someone with them when we got into the online check-in line. I had checked in the night before. While we were waiting another family got in the regular line. When the one staff member finished with a guest, he called them over instead of us. We didn't fuss. We only wanted positive energy on our first day. We got called about 5 minutes later. The staff member that helped us was very nice and knowledgable. He did a great job, but I don't like the fact that he literally had to input everything back in the computer that I had already put in the night before.
We headed to the water taxis at 8:40ish.
There was a boat there and we were able to board. We got to City Walk at about 8:50ish.
Our first view from the boat:
Islands of Adventure, here we come!
Hubby and I took the kids to Universal to celebrate Christmas and our son's college graduation! We have been to WDW lots of times, but we have never been to Universal. We really wanted to see all the Harry Potter attractions and see who would be brave enough to tackle the Velicicoaster!
Hubby, DS (24), DD1 (21), DD2 (15), and myself spent two days making mostly great memories!
On to the trip report.
We have family that live in Kissimmee so we spent 12/22 with them with plans to wake up super early on the 23rd and check in to Portofino Bay to get our Express Passes and head over during the early morning access hour.
Well, we didn't quite make it there as early as we wanted, but we were at the check-in desk at 8:00 am.
There were 3 staff members working the front desk. Each had someone with them when we got into the online check-in line. I had checked in the night before. While we were waiting another family got in the regular line. When the one staff member finished with a guest, he called them over instead of us. We didn't fuss. We only wanted positive energy on our first day. We got called about 5 minutes later. The staff member that helped us was very nice and knowledgable. He did a great job, but I don't like the fact that he literally had to input everything back in the computer that I had already put in the night before.
We headed to the water taxis at 8:40ish.
There was a boat there and we were able to board. We got to City Walk at about 8:50ish.
Our first view from the boat:
Islands of Adventure, here we come!
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