And that was my trip. A great way to belatedly spend my 40th birthday milestone. I'll definitely try going again once more characters get added to Nintendo World. With any luck my power band will still be useable in a few years. Also here's my haul of souvenirs. The tag goes to the fire flower cup.

with actors in costume, like Marty and Biff fighting at the clock tower, the Enchantment Under the Sea band playing Earth Angel and Marty with them, and the clock tower getting (cheaply) struck by lightning. Problem is since these are taking place on the sets it's impossible to see through the crowd

There are a few photo op spots. Yes the Outatime license plate slowly rotates. They have the Delorean and presumably Einstein's great-great-great-great grandson as a photo op but the line was Highly Massive and we were tired. There are little skits that take place around the area

This Back to the Future area is part of Fan Fest. The tour tram takes you to the sets used in the 1955 portions of the first movie and you can wander freely. Totally-not-Christopher-Lloyd introduces you to the area on the way.

Universal does this thing on Friday nights called Fan Fest, where cosplay is encouraged and certain special things open up throughout the park. Yoshi is only available for photos at this time, but as new characters get introduced they'll take the Friday spot and he'll be available normally.

you're in the middle of a battle between King Kong and a T-Rex. The tram shakes in time with the video to make it feel real, and people on the sides get sprayed by water when they roar. It was really neat and kinda unnerving. Kid me would've been absolutely terrified.

My sister took these photos. Fair warning that most of the rest of our visit was Back to the Future related. We did a Universal Studios tram tour that was really neat and informative. At one point you go into this area with screens all around you where you wear 3D glasses and

Yoshi wasn't gonna be available for a few hours and we had done everything else at Nintendo World so we wandered around. Found a store that shows off high value memorabilia and sells? them. Had to get pics of classic Batman things, as well as a waste of money.

Here's some miscellaneous pics. My birthday button which did nothing of real value, the MK visor without the actual AR visor, the bathroom showing where all the excrement goes, and a part of the Bowser Jr area.

It's worth noting that the band is reusable and has miiverse stamps that require multiple visits to the park so it's well worth the price if you wanna do All The Things in Nintendo World. Also this was my score from the Mario Kart ride. The visor is like an inch from your face so it came out well.

We do the Bowser Jr. ride after, the one you need a power band to access. My sister went in with me. I wasn't able to take a video cause it's an actual Activity but it involves shadowplay AR. It was really neat and definitely worth the purchase of the band. youtu.be/8hKyFD5pZ4E?...

We sat next to a window showing the Toads' kitchen. The fourth image in the previous post is a collectible drink container. After a few loops of window happenings, Bowser comes and kills everyone. They added blue mood lighting that's not in this video when it happens. youtu.be/5gfqv3bKklk?...

Here's what we ate. I had to eat a Yoshi item but the only other thing was a melon smoothie. The cutlery was wooden and not sturdy enough to cut through some of the food without breaking. There are "windows" in the dining area that show Toads milling about Mushroom Kingdom.

When you enter, Chef Toad is on a screen talking about the cafe. I took a video but yeah. Here's some photos I took of the interior. I barely got the last one before someone moved in front of it.

At this point we had some time before our Toad Cafe reservations. We got in line early for pics with Mario and Luigi so we were able to make it.