The Theme Park Thread • Page 100

Haven’t don’t Astro orbiter at night, but I imagine that’d be a good one

 

Even though it’s indoors I love Space Mountain at night, especially in Disneyland where the queue is outside.

 

One time I was on Mine Train and right as the Wishes finale went off so that

 

WDW Haunted at night feels different too

 

Haunted Mansion for me

 

Leaving pirates at night is the best

 

I've still never been on Everest at night which is frustrating. I really wish they'd commit to staying open late

 

Don't they close early for the animals' sake?

 

That’s what they’ve always said. Several years ago, they started keeping the park open late more regularly for their nighttime show and a projection show on the tree of life. They haven’t really gone back to nighttime hours since the pandemic.

I think they even got a special lighting rig for the safari because of the extended hours and it mimicked an African sunset.

 

One of the biggest drawing points for Pandora was supposed to be the bioluminescent lighting at night, yet the park is rarely open late enough to really see that either

 

Oh yeah! Pandora and Everest at night are SUPER rad. We did a vacation package in 2018 that included a private rivers of light show for like 100 people and they have Everest and Pandora open for us at night. Good call.

 

Yikes.

 

Trader Sams Grog Grotto opens today! And the Epcot monorail service is back!

 

Very excited that the Epcot monorail service is back. That's going to make our trip in August so much easier since we're staying at the Contemporary.

 

Very excited for Epcot babyyyyyy

 

Just secured a Epcot reservation for November 18th. Super hyped

 

My 7 AM direct flight to Orlando in Sept just changed to a flight with a layover in Chicago, costing us an additional 3 hours of travel for no reason. Thanks Southwest...

 

Just got back from Universal. Velocicoaster is the real deal. Totally saw the light on the top hat and thought I was going in the lake on the roll. We stayed at Royal Pacific and wouldn’t go without staying premium. I’d be shocked if Express Pass exists in the same manner after Epic Universe opens. The waits were never longer than 15 minutes. The new Hagrids virtual line works pretty well. Only problem is them bumping up your time up once you are given one.

 

Haha, mine too! I just switched to an earlier non-stop flight.

 

Still don't have HHN tickets, but I did book the morning Behind the Screams 6-house tour. Always wanted to do one of them.

 

The only other non-stop flight isn't until 2PM so I'm just going to suck it up and take the long flight in the morning. Ugh

 

Mine originally was 840 getting there at like 1030, now I leave at 630A and land around 830. Not looking forward to getting up that early, but more time to do stuff before HHN Wednesday night! What days are you going again? I'll be there Wed Sept 15 - Sun Sept 19. Right now plan is

Wed- HHN at night
Thurs- Disney HS day / HHN night
Fri- Uni IOA day / HHN night
Sat- Uni US (scream tour) / HHN night / Seaworld Haunt night
Sun- fly back

 

We're going from 9/17 - 9/25. Haven't been in three years so we're staying a full week. We'll be at WDW for the most part but are doing Universal/IOA/HHN on 9/22

 

Damn, Happily Ever After is being retired at Magic Kingdom after only four years, to be replaced by a new show for the 50th. RIP