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The Fear Fall<\/em> was more of a fearfully powerful take off. Spiderman was a nice mix of 3-D video and ride. Then there were a couple of incredibly wet rides. They were like diving into a swimming pool fully clothed!<\/p>\n

The Jurassic Park<\/em> section was nicely implemented, and sadly we missed it\u2019s aerial ride as it had the longest queue in the park (over an hour even on a day when the rest of the park was fairly empty!) and no express pass access. If you want to do that ride, get to the park early and head straight there! The dinosaur river ride was not as wet as the ones in Toon Town<\/em>, but was full of great special effects and surprises.<\/p>\n

Flying Unicorn<\/em> is near Jurassic Park<\/em> and makes a good introduction to roller coasters if you want to work your way up more gradually to The Hulk<\/em> or its neighbors, the Dueling Dragons<\/em>. The<\/em> Dragons<\/em> made The Hulk<\/em> look like child\u2019s play. But even they look far worse to watch than they actually feel to ride on. Apparently you pull over 4G on the ride!<\/p>\n

The Sinbad Stunt Show<\/em> has to be the best live-action show I have ever seen. It had everything\u2014fire, water, explosions, wire tricks, and fights. We failed to catch Poseidon\u2019s Fury<\/em> today, so will probably pop back into the park later in the week to catch that and perhaps one or two of those roller coasters!<\/p>\n

This is the stuff of which memories are made!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"