Howling @ the Horror 2015 - Day 3 - HHN (1)

[Wobbles]

Back to Day Two

We woke up at 8am which is a much more respectable time and had a lazy breakfast before jumping into the car for Universal. I couldn't wait partly for HHN, our reason for being there in the first place and Diagon Alley, which hadn't opened last time we were there.

Now, we do about 4 - 5 nights at HHN so insteadof repeating the same stuff each time, I am going to pick on one house and scareszone to chat about... and give you one of our tips. We have been "perfecting our version of a HHN holiday for about 6 years now so have picked up lots of tips along the way.

We stay in the same DIBB villa in Windwood Bay near to Championsgate when we go, we like its closeness to the I4 and the 192. Last year we did notice an increase in traffic around the 535 turn off but its still a smooth trip up to Universal from "home" Mr W does all the driving and we tend to spend a lot of the first couple of trips just reading the signs and avoiding the lorries...

We paid for Preferred Parking at Universal, its only $5 more and its great for a quick get away. And once parked we headed into the Parks. Now this year I needed to point out to Mr W the adventure golf @ Universal, despite our many many trips since it had opened, he had never noticed it and it was top of my list this year!

(more on that later...)

We naturally turned right and paused a moment outside of the late lamented NASCAR, we loved that place and were hoping for a soft opening of NBC whilst we were there...

But then as we turned to the Globe we saw the sign we have been waiting for - Jack was Back

Wobble HHN Tip Number 1 - Get an all day locker at the entrance of Universal. $8 and it stays open until HHN closes. We keep our "horror" T-Shirts, small washing kit and towel, change of clothes if we are doing water rides and valuables, meaning we carry very little round the park.

By now its about 1130 and there was only one place I wanted to go and that was Kings Cross Station. Although I live in the West Country, I work in London and like most commuters I am obsessed with train timetables, alternative routes and travel around London. I often have to leave from Kings Cross -so was very excited about seeing it and it didn't disappoint... (and we saw St Neots on the departures board which I got extra excited about as I travel their regularly). The attention to detail was amazing, even Mr W was impressed with the station (including the snack shop half way round).

I got more and more excited when by the time the train pulled in, it looked so much like a British Rail carriage, we were sharing with an American Family who were just as excited about sharing the carriage with people who had been to Kings Cross than they were the ride

All I am going to say is WOW WOW WOW - I am never going to travel between the parks any other way. We did the journey about 5 or 10 times in total each way and never queued more than about 10 minutes in total including walking time.

The queues at Forbidden Journey were only 30 minutes so we shoved our bags in a locker and headed for the queue. Since our last visit I have put on a lot of weight and I knew I would be borderline, I checked outside just OK put we were both pulled aside inside (I think Mr W was just pulled to make me feel less bad) - again just for an outside chair (I am a 22/24 Uk sizing for reference) - so we were good to go, but its a great incentive to loose some weight. The ride is as fantastic as ever.

The lockers were broken when we got out and there were a group of security guards opening each locker in turn and asking you to produce ID from your bags or describe the content, we were lucky we had a photocopy of our passports in there. The family next to us were getting a much more difficult time as they couldn't even remember the colour of the bags.

After FJ, we headed down to the Lost Continent but stopped first to watch the Hogwarts Choir... They had new songs this year

We then headed to a counter service point for a quick snack of dipping dots as we would be eating in about an hour for supper.