Deinonychus
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I broke Jurassic Park
Went to Universal Studios Islands of Adventure today. Had a great time between that and the base Universal park (The brand-spanking -new Simpsons ride is pretty nice) but, not surprisingly, I think we ended up spending the largest chunk of time in the Jurassic Park section.
We found a sweet-spot in the park. A big showpiece of the JP section is the Discovery Center, which is an almost exact replica of the Visitor's Center from the movie...complete with dueling dinosaur skeletons inside the rotunda with the spiral staircase going up to the top floor.
PIC: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Discovery_Center.jpg/800px-Discovery_Center.jpg
On that second floor is a big dining area with an open air terrace along the front of the building. We sat just to the right of center on that second story in the pic there. From there you're looking out across the lagoon at pretty much the whole park. It's shady, breezy, quiet, and the seats are comfy. Between lunch and just sitting there resting we must have spent a good 2 hours there.
At the end of the night with 10 minutes left of the park being open there was a quick 5 minute wait to go on the JP River adventure one last time. We get a little way into the ride when it stops...
...now no big deal...but I think I was the absolute worst person to have on a malfunctioning JP ride.
WHEN THEY CAME TO TELL US THERE WAS A PROBLEM: "Something went wrong with Jurassic Park? That's never happened before!"
WHEN THE WATER JETS CUT OFF: "Perhaps they had to reboot the power. But the guy they sent to the power shed to do it got eaten by Raptors."
WHEN THEY TELL US THE PROBLEM CAN'T BE FIXED: "Mr. Hammond, after careful consideration Ive decided not to endorse your park."
WHEN THEY SENT EMPLOYEES TO RESCUE US OFF THE BOATS: "I can't believe we're actually being evacuated from Jurassic Park. CALL THE MAINLAND! TELL THEM TO SEND THE DAMN HELICOPTERS!"
Among other lines. Point is...I had fun in my personal prehistoric playground
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5/3/2008, 11:01 pm
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Gojitron
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Re: I broke Jurassic Park
Damn you! I love that ride! Just stay away from Spider-Man. :symb
quote: CALL THE MAINLAND! TELL THEM TO SEND THE DAMN HELICOPTERS!
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5/3/2008, 11:06 pm
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Re: I broke Jurassic Park
:lol :lol :lol
You left out the most important fact...
Are you allowed BACK after all that?
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5/3/2008, 11:06 pm
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Re: I broke Jurassic Park
:lol :lol :lol
In 48 hours, Deino will be accepting their apology.
I also remember this line...
"If the Pirates of the Carribbean break down, the pirates don't eat the tourists."
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5/3/2008, 11:08 pm
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Deinonychus
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quote: Gojitron wrote:
Damn you! I love that ride! Just stay away from Spider-Man. :symb
That happened last time actually. But that was way back when the park first opened so you probably got it post-deinoization.
ET Also broke down while we were on it. We stopped right near the end where ET stands there and tells you all goodbye by your names...then he froze up and we sat there hanging on those bikes for 20 minutes while that ET theme played over and over and over :ugh
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5/4/2008, 8:29 am
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