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by brookst 1111 days ago
Thanks for the insight!

If I had a few days, which parks in Florida, or really anywhere, would you say are the highest priority to experience for the kind of theming you enjoy?

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I'd say the first one you need to visit is Islands of Adventure in Orlando. When it opened in 1999, it really invented the idea of the IP land, a themed area dedicated to 1 IP as opposed to the standard of multiple IPs in one land (like how Tomorrowland might have Buzz Lightyear and Tron and Star Wars). IOA still has what many consider a top 5 dark ride in the world in Spiderman. And the Harry Potter area which opened in 2010 was the first what I'd call hyper immersive land where great pains are taken to make every aspect of the experience immersive, from the food (the food is all British food and not regular theme park fare), drink (butterbeer is great), environment (even though it limits the amount of people in the area, the paths are very narrow since that's how the area is in JK Rowling's world) to even the bathrooms (Moaning Myrtle makes appearances). Most new modern lands built by Universal or Disney follow this blueprint. Velocicoaster in IOA is also widely considered a top 10 coaster in the country so if that's your thing IOA has a great one.

If you had a few more days after that, I'd probably pick out a Disney park or two. It probably depends on which IPs you're interested in. Hollywood Studios has Tower of Terror and Star Wars so that would be my choice (Rise of the Resistance is the best ride I've been on in the world) but I've heard good things about the latest Guardians of the Galaxy Ride at Epcot.