18/12-14: More of that Disney Magic

Beautiful palm tree Christmas decor

Chip & Chap / Chip & Dale!

Find Indiana Jones!

The most terrifying ride in Hollywood Studios - and no, I did NOT ride it... 

The Magic EPCOT golf ball

Efter en lille pause fra parkerne og en tur i endnu et shoppingcenter, var vi klar til mere DISNEY!

Vi havde to parker tilbage på programmet: Hollywood Studios som fokuserer meget på Disney-film og shows, og EPCOT som er den internationale, videnskabelige park.

Efter Universal var vi ved at være godt trætte af forlystelser, så det var godt med nogle parker hvor der var rigtig meget andet at se. 

I Hollywood Studios havde de en masse shows - f.eks. Indiana Jones som var mega fedt!

I EPCOT havde de deres verdens udstilling som havde forskellige lande repræsenteret med en lille landsby f.eks. Mexico, Marokko, Norge, Tyskland, Frankrig, Italien, Kina. - De fedeste lande at se for mig var naturligvis alle dem som jeg rent faktisk ikke har været i, så jeg synes særligt Mexico og Marokko var ret nice :-) 

Vi sluttede i EPCOT da de har ry for at have et helt fantastisk afslutningshow - og det var virkelig fantastisk! 

Derudover havde EPCOT nogle - ifølge mig - ret fede forlystelser. Især deres "test track" synes jeg altså var virkelig sjov :-) - Jeg har vist altid været en lille smule fartgal...

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After a small break from the parks and a trip to another mall with the girls, we were ready for even more DISNEY!

We had two more parks left on our program: Hollywood Studios, which focuses on Disney movies and shows, and EPCOT with their world exhibit and focus on science and history.

After Universal we were getting kind of tired of riding stuff, so these parks were great because there was so much more to do and see than just the rides. 

In Hollywood Studios they had a bunch of cool shows - like Indiana Jones, which was awesome!

In EPCOT they had the world exhibit with small villages representing different countries like Mexico, Morocco, Norway; Germany, France, Italy and China. - The coolest ones were of course those I haven't actually visited, so I really liked Mexico and Morocco :-)

We finished the day in EPCOT cause they are known for having an amazing nighttime show - and the show was amazing!

EPCOT also has some - according to me - really cool rides. I especially liked their "Test track" that I thought was really fun! - I guess I always liked driving really fast cars... 

16/12-14: Feeling the Fame @ Universal

All the famous people

Macy's Christmas Parade

Tirsdag var Universal-dag, og eftersom vi havde valgt kun at købe én dags adgang, startede vi tidligt for at kunne nå så meget som muligt.

En tidlig start betød også at vi næsten havde parken for os selv, særligt sammenlignet med Disney som var absolut propfyldt - der var f.eks. kun 10-15 minutters ventetid på forlystelserne modsat Disney's 35-45 minutter :-) 

Det bedste ved Universal var helt klart Springfield - har altid været glad for Simpsons så det var fedt at se alle de forskellige figurer og steder, og tage en masse billeder! 

Deres Harry Potter univers var også rimeligt fedt! For at få den fulde oplevelse skal man købe billet til begge Universal parker, og det havde vi ikke gjort, så vi måtte nøjes med en tur forbi Harry Potter's "hjem", den lilla bus og et besøg i "Diagonal Alley". 

Der var masse af hyggelige små steder at udforske, og parken var nem at finde rundt i.

Forlystelserne var for det meste gode, men også på sin vis ensformige. 

90% af forlystelserne er inde i et kæmpe stort lagerlokale af en slags, hvor man så enten sidder i en "bevægelsessimulator" eller kører på en rutschebane - og så er der ellers fuld skrue på special effects!

Selvom det er utroligt fascinerende hvordan de kan få det til at føles som om man flyver over Springfield, så kan man altså hurtigt blive rimeligt forvirret, svimmel og fuldstændig miste forbindelsen til jorden efter en tur i en af de der bevægelsessimulatorer! :-P

Universal er et fedt sted, men især hvis man er vild med forlystelserne, da det er nødvendigt at tage dem for at få den fulde oplevelse. 

Da det var juletid var der selvfølgelig også Macy's juleoptog, som skabte en masse god stemning i de små gader :-)

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Tuesday was Universal day - and since we had decided to only buy a one-day ticket, we started early to make the most of it. 

Starting early also meant that we almost had the park to ourselves, especially compared to Disney, which was more like packed! For instance we had 10-15 minute wait at the rides in Universal compared to 35-45 in Disney :-)

The best part about Universal was definitely Springfield - I have always loved The Simpsons, so it was cool to see all the characters and places, and take a lot of pictures!

The Harry Potter universe was pretty cool too! To get the full experience though you need to buy a ticket to both parks, and since we didn't do that we could 'only' visit Harry Potter's door, see the purple bus, and visit 'Diagonal Alley'. 

There are a lot of cute places to visit, and the park was really easy to figure out. 

The rides are mostly good, but also kind of uniform. 

90% of the rides are within some kind of big storage hall looking thing, and you are either in a motion simulator or on a rollercoaster - and then they have massively turned up the special effects!

Even though it is pretty fascinating they way they make you feel like you are flying over Springfield, it is easy to feel confused, dizzy and completely loose you sense of reality after a ride on one of those motion simulators! :-P

Universal is a cool place, especially if you like the rides since it is necessary to ride them to get the full experience. 

Since it was Christmas time they also had the Macy's Christmas parade, which created a really good atmosphere in the small streets :-)