I'm heading down to Orlando during February Break (apparently, that's only a northern thing. To you southerners, that's a week smack dab in the middle of February.) I'll be going to SWO, both IOA's, Old Town, Magical Midway, and BGA. But here's the thing:
-I haven't gone to BGA since 2007, and I last went in the middle of April.
-I haven't been to IOA since 2005.
-I haven't been to USF since 2001.
-I never went to either Old Town, SWO, or Magical Midway before.
I'm going to fly down on Monday, ride coasters Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and fly back home on Friday. In one day, I will do SWO during the day and Old Town after the park closes. Another day, I'm going to do both Universals during the day, and Magical Midway after they close. And the other day, I'll drive out to BGA, and drive back to the Orlando area after they close. My questions are:
1: I haven't gotten tickets yet. Does it matter which order I should do the parks, since they're all in the middle of the week? (IE, how to avoid the most crowds.)
2: Are there any rides in those parks that are generally scheduled for maintenance at this time of year?
3: How nasty are the crowds? I'm most concerned with IOA because the Harry Potter section was closed off due to reaching capacity TWICE this past week, and IOA never did that before in the history of the park. And I'm doing two parks in one day. (Both Universals.)
4: Which order should I do for the Universal parks? At USF, I want to do all three coasters (yes, even Woody Woodpecker) Men in Black, and the Simpsons ride at bare minimum. At IOA, I want to do pretty much everything. I'd like to get re-rides on everything.
5: How likely is it that Cheetaka (I'm not calling it Cheetah Hunt; Cheetaka is a much better name) will have soft openings within the next six weeks?
6: Has Gwazi been regularly running both sides recently? Last time I went, only Tiger was running.