Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure 1 day Hopper Tickets

For the price of a regular 1 day ticket at the gate of Universal Studios, you can visit both Universal parks in the same day! Only TicketMomma offers this exclusive pass that gets you into both Universal Orlando theme parks in the same day.
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"Revenge of the Mummy Ride's not for those who are faint of heart" - Taking their theme from the 1999 and 2001 summer blockbuster Mummy and the Mummy returns, this ride combines a dark ride and a roller coaster with launches, twisting, and effects to overwhelm the five senses. As I approached the queue, I had no idea what I was in for! Suddenly I found myself inside of Imhotep's tomb, a fully themed Egyptian tomb. It appears that the tomb had been desecrated by robbers. "I think the mummy inside is angry" stated one of the visitors. As I reached for one of the walls, a bug jumped out at me.  We finally navigated our group into the tomb of curses, a imminent solar eclipse will empower the Mummy to claim souls of those who violate his tomb. We finally load into one of the cars and I could see the eclipse of the sun through a hole the ceiling. As ride was underway, first appeared the last surviving tomb raider beckoning that we "don't go into the chamber." Well, it was to late to turn back now. Skeletal remains of the previous tomb raiders seem to be scattered all over the place as skeletons pounce out at us from every side. Finally we got beyond the robbers and enter the room of treasure where there are scenes of the "The Mummy Returns" and "The Scorpion King." Something was about to go terribly wrong I thought as lights shifted to the decaying remains of previous tomb robbers. The next chamber was utterly horrible as a Skeleton Warrior drops from the ceiling inches from our heads. Remember, I'm on a roller coaster and I can not see the track. We begin riding up hill and down hill at high speed until suddenly we stop, but that ain't it, now the car starts to roll backward, something a roller coaster does not do. Finally, we come face to face with Imhotep, but before he can suck out their souls, the eclipse breaks and he explodes into a Faux Fire right in our faces!
--Michael

"Fear Factor Live will stretch your nerves to the Limits!" - Putting beautiful bodies through tortuous physical challenges such as jumping from one moving truck to another, dangling from helicopters, performing gravity daring stunts before thousands, is only part of the many dangerous stunts seen at the Fear Factor Live. If you wanted to physically participate in the Fear Factor you had to sign up near the Terminator attraction. Personally I took a rain check, unprepared to eat Bull's body parts, crunchy spiders, or pig entrails. Four children were select from the visitors to eat Crunchy Candy Beatles ( I could have done that) and the winner won a premium pass to the theme park. Finally the four contestants came out looking every bit as authentic as the NBC version on television. In the first act the volunteers had to stand on a platform, once released smoke rings were blown in their faces. Some of the contestants fell and a cable kept them from crashing to the ground. Another act had a person strapped in a tank with a mask and emperor scorpions, the world's largest are poured onto the contestant, the only problem is that they have stingers and pinchers and are VERY aggressive. Following this act everyone was grossed out when they blended up some worms, eels, and rotten body parts, unlike NBC's version contestants are allowed to vomit. I think there were some visitors that felt like vomiting first right next to me. The last act was the most disgusting when the contestants had to eat large scorpion spiders, alive and still moving while they crunched on their fangs, yuk!
--Michael

"City Walk is not just a walk in the park, but much more."  -  If you like shopping in specialty stores, then City Walk is a nice place to visit. It is also a home to an array of nightclubs, venues, street performers, vendors, restaurants, concerts. It has all the excitement of Las Vegas and New York, wrapped up into 30 acres of fun packed adventure. Since we get up early, we grabbed a cup of morning coffee at one of the local shops on our way to the theme parks.  Later on we grab a bite to eat at the local Hard Rock Cafe while we did a bit of shopping. I was surprised to see affordable prices for the venue but you have to live it up once in a while.  On the way Emerils (owned by the famous chef Emeril Lagasse) we were able to catch a popular band in concert, and some of the guests continued to party into the night. As your walking through City Walk you can just feel the Electricity in the air. I just wanted to say the shops are comparable to downtown Disney but a little more unique and "grown up" from the Disney's Kid-oriented parks. As a note, City Walk does not have real amusement rides but they are more like virtual reality entertainment. For those who like the club scene, City Walk has a host of bars like Margaritaville and Pat O'briens. I've heard that the atmosphere in Margaritaville is really laid back with the Jimmy Buffet music being played in the background. On the other hand Pat O'Briens is substantially larger offering and indoor bar, piano bar, and outdoor seating. If your athletic type. you can shoot basketballs at NBA City while your enjoying a delicious entire. Don't forget City Walk is the home of the Hard Rock Cafe, huge movie theatres, Virgin Records store, and Emeril's. Whatever your taste, there is something for everyone at City Walk, Universal Studio's premier night life and shopping venue.