Originally Posted by
okinawama
We are headed to Universal Island of Adventures this week, and I'm looking for any and all advice. We will be staying two nights at the Portofino Bay Hotel, and then staying one day to do Universal. We've never done any park, so we are very new to this, and the research has been overwhelming. Do I need to create a minute by minute list of what we plan to do? We have the early admittance to Harry Potter, and the Universal Unlimited Express to skip the regular lines. Do I need to make reservations for the character encounters (there's a Jurassic Park one my son would love, but I'm not finding a place on the website to reserve a spot)? Do you recommend tennis shoes or a supportive sandal (ie Birkenstocks).