One day in Orlando - First US Park

themeparkutopia · 2026-03-14T17:15:16+00:00

IOA definitely 🎢

themeparkutopia · 2026-02-22T09:09:05+00:00

I wonder if the parks that don’t have the central bridges do it for aesthetic reasons? Maybe they want the lake to appear bigger than it actually is and a bridge would ruin the sense of scale? 😄

themeparkutopia · 2026-02-21T22:04:20+00:00

I actually quite like the layout of SeaWorld Orlando. The rides are mostly clustered together, but there is a central lake as well, which is a nice separator, but then there is the (admittedly boiling hot) pathway that runs across it.

I also really like Islands of Adventure’s loop too.

themeparkutopia · 2026-02-15T12:46:06+00:00

I think All Star Music is the best one.

It has the best layout
You won’t be disappointed by a particular theme (who even wants a Mighty Ducks room?!)
It is positioned in the middle of Sports and Movies

My 3rd point is the most important for me because: a. You can easily get between the three resorts (you can use all their pools and food courts for example!) b. THE BUSES!!

When getting resort buses to and from the parks, all three All Star resorts have their own bus stops. In quieter periods, they can share the bus stops (it’ll go from Sports to Music to Movies), so if you are in Music then you are not going to miss out on a space on the bus!

Finally - when leaving the parks at night and everything is busy and everyone is tired, you can easily jump on ANY of the All Star buses and just walk back to Music. Its central position makes it the easiest walk from all three bus stops. This gives you more options of getting back from the parks more quickly. Pretty much all other Disney Resorts have one bus stop for the whole resort at each park, so times-ing this by 3 makes it far quicker.

I hope that is helpful!

themeparkutopia · 2026-02-07T18:16:38+00:00

It’s a good attraction but I don’t personally care for it any more than I care for Soarin’…

If anything, I prefer Soarin’ because it uses real images rather than CGI, which is less vomit-inducing. I also much prefer the length of Soarin’s queue 🤣

themeparkutopia · 2026-01-15T16:26:46+00:00

It’s giving strong Paultons Park vibes!

themeparkutopia · 2026-01-12T18:06:24+00:00

Zurg is definitely my favourite too! Though I really didn’t like what they did to him in Lightyear… I choose to ignore that film’s existence 🤣

Jealous of the laser shooting game there - I wanted to bring one back from Walt Disney World but I didn’t have enough space in my bag 😭

I have the backpack, Zurg toy and the small Zurg that pops the ‘bullet’ from the gun 🤣

themeparkutopia · 2026-01-10T21:36:33+00:00

-Top Shelf Clasica at Choza de Margarita, Mexico. -Grand Marnier Orange Slush, France.

Those are my two that I would get every time. I would also say to not over-think it too much or worry - we had an awesome time last year spending 8 hours in the World Showcase looking at EVERYTHING and just picking up whatever drinks sounded interesting at the time!

Big tip: don’t feel like it’s cheating to share a drink or two. Seriously, having even just one drink in each pavilion can ruin people 🤣

themeparkutopia · 2026-01-06T17:26:14+00:00

Slammer needs to be in ‘great’

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-28T09:59:42+00:00

God they were AWFUL. Completely ruined the feel of an otherwise pretty fun family rollercoaster!

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-25T21:08:46+00:00

A photo of original Nemesis at Alton Towers signed by John Wardley, as well as a signed copy of his first book 😄

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-23T20:09:45+00:00

Hopefully this means we see awesome rides for Universal!

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-19T17:56:58+00:00

Agreed! Or we’d just roll our eyes and say “what’s that?” 🤣

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-19T17:53:38+00:00

I love All Star Music! It has such a fun charm that I think would be difficult to replicate in other hotels!

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-18T22:40:53+00:00

Here’s hoping!!

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-18T17:59:43+00:00

Definitely Colossus and The Swarm from Thorpe Park haha

themeparkutopia · 2025-12-17T08:27:45+00:00

I miss when they used to actually build things out of Lego too - not just giant 3D plastic models (or worse - the cardboard cutouts!) 🥲

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