As suggested by @Shmebulock, today we’re doing a poll on rides at UOR!
The initial poll will be divided between the Islands of Adventure and Universal Studios Florida theme parks. I have only included rides in this poll, not shows or experiences (e.g., Ollivanders).
What is the best ride at Universal Orlando Resort?
Poll 1: Islands of Adventure (select up to 3)
The Amazing Adventures of Spider-Man
Caro-Seuss-el
The Cat in the Hat
Doctor Doom’s Fearfall
Dudley Do-Right’s Ripsaw Falls
Flight of the HIppogriff
Hagrid’s Magical Creatures Motorbike Adventure
Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey
The High in the Sky Seuss Trolley Train Ride!
Hogwarts Express - Hogsmeade Station
The Incredible Hulk Coaster
Jurassic Park River Adventure
Jurassic World Velocicoaster
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
Popeye & Bluto’s Bilge-Rat Barges
Pteranodon Flyers
Skull Island: Reign of Kong
Storm Force Accelatron
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Poll 2: Universal Studios Florida (select up to 3)
Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem
E.T. Adventure
Fast & Furious Supercharged
Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts
Hogwart’s Express - King’s Cross Station
Hollywood Rip Ride Rockit
Kang & Kodos’ Twirl ‘n’ Hurl
MEN IN BLACK Alien Attack
Race Through New York Starring Jimmy Fallon
Revenge of the Mummy
The Simpsons Ride
Transformers: The Ride-3D
Woody Woodpecker’s Nuthouse Coaster
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Please vote even if you haven’t ridden all the rides listed! Feel free to use whatever criteria you deem appropriate. I included all rides on the Touring Plans Attractions page for USF and IoA. A “ride” is considered an attraction that includes being conveyed by a vehicle or seat. I used my judgment in edge cases like Minion Mayhem due to the significant motion.
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For me there are really only 2 rides that are multi time re-rideable to me and they are in the same park! I know I might lose friends but I just don’t enjoy UOR much. Maybe if I only visited once every few years?
Gringotts totally makes up for any lack in the rest of the park. I could easily ride that 5 times back-to-back once a day. Family bails on me after 3 during EE.
I agree with you more than I disagree on this point. (Hooray for agreeing! )
But for me it’s 2 rides in IoA (Velocicoaster and Hagrid’s) and 2 in USF (Gringotts and Mummy), plus everything about the Hogsmeade / Diagon Alley areas. And Jurassic Park.
OMG!! We picked the same rides!!! I do kind of like MIB as well I guess I could go back and change my vote. Yes the HP areas are amazing but they suffer from always being WAY too peopley for enjoyment.
My favourites are clear, but I have a lot of close runners up that I know won’t get a lot of love in these polls and I want to vote for them, but then I would be lying.
I picked three for each category…but there really is a definite 1st choice in both parks. Hagrid’s at IOA. Sorry…but Velocicoaster is just another coaster. Fun. Really run. But Hagrid’s is just a whole experience and, for me, unquestioningly number one. And at USF? The Mummy. Everything else is quite distant by comparison.
I voted for Forbidden Journey but I’m not sure if my reasoning was legit. It makes me sooooooo sick. I only ride it first thing in the morning to get it over with, and only if my kids have it high on their list for that visit. But, I do love the queue and loading area. I think that is permissable, because arguably if there was no ride, there would be no castle. Even if I don’t ride it, I go through the queue and really love it more than I like a lot of the other actual rides
This just made me realize there is ONE good ride in USF.
I couldn’t even vote for number two or three.
Ok - I’ll go back and vote ET for #2, because my son would say that was wonderful. He loves story rides (even at 20 yo).
It really is. I have never seen the movies or read a book, but I’d go right now and wait 80 minutes to ride it again. It was that remarkable.
I finished out my three with Spider-Man and Storm Force. The former bc I enjoyed the comic book Spidey - reminds me of middle school. And the latter because it didn’t make me sick and it made my family hoot with joy.
I know I might lose friends but I just don’t enjoy UOR much. Maybe if I only visited once every few years?
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