This is the first time I took an Air Canada flight. I was surprised their inflight entertainment system was already updated to touch screen. As far as airlines is concerned ,as of 2010, even Singapore Airlines have not yet changed their inflight to touch screen.
Though our flight departed late due to traffic in the tarmac , we still arrived 20 minutes earlier than our scheduled arrival time of 10:10 am. Orlando time is same as in Toronto so we didnt have any problem with the time factor.
The arrival terminal in Orlando is located in another building so arriving passengers have to take a train to pick up their luggage in the arrival terminal. As soon as we got our rentacar, we immediately proceeded to Universal Studios since our pass allowed us only up to 5 pm for Mondays park ticket.
Parking is quite expensive at $15 for the whole day and you have to walk quite a distance before you can reach Downtown Universal(the entrance to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure Parks).
The parking lot of Universal Orlando Florida is housed in 2 huge buildings. Although Universal Florida is bigger than the Los Angeles and definitely the SIngapore parks, it is still miniscule compared to the huge Walt Disney World complex.
Our first day,Monday was spent at Universal Studios Orlando.Tomorrow ,we will visit Universal Islands of Adventure where the popular Harry Potter attraction is located.
This is my rating of the different attractions in Universal Studios Orlando:
ET, The Ride: One of the oldest attractions in Universal. Teenagers would not like this ride .Suitable for younger children.
Hollywood Rip Ride Rocket- This is a ride for teenagers. Its one of the rides that are more popular to the visitors due to the numerous twist and turns of this roller coaster.
Twister-Ride It Out - This basically shows the audience how the special effects in the movie "Twister" was done. The show is quite short. First time visitors might find this interesting.
Disaster- Similar to Twister, it shows how special effects are filmed. It has audience partipation which makes it more interesting.
Simpson-The Ride: Basically this replaced the "Back to the Future" ride. If you easily get dizzy with too much shaking and fear heights, dont take this ride.
Shrek- 4D, This is the first 4 D attraction of Universal. Nice if you have watched it for the first time. But you wouldnt want to probably watch it again.
Terminator 2-3D-I've never like Terminator the movie,so this didnt appeal to me.
Men in Black Alien Attack- I thought that this ride was very tame.Boy, was I so wrong.It nearly made me pass out due to the 360 turns.If you easily get dizzy due to movement, never attempt to take this ride.
Mummy The Ride- One of the nicer rides in Universal. But I like the Universal Singapore location better.
