I can agree that when it comes to accessibility, Camp Jurassic is probably not great about that. I'm certain it wasn't even a consideration for them in the 90s designing it. That's a genuine critique that I can agree with.
You forgot:
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Untrainable Dragon
- Le Cirque Arcanus
- Yoshi's Adventure (34" so 2 years old or above)
- Toothless + friends meet and greet
- Gobber meet and greet
- Mario + Luigi meet and greet
- Princess Peach meet and greet
- Donkey Kong meet and greet
- Cassandra Trelawney meet and greet
- About a dozen walk around characters
- Interactive wands at Wizarding World
- Astronomica splash pad
- Monster makeup - Correction, kids must be 5+ for this
But you know... Nothing for small kids to do.
Most of the rides at Epic are only 40" (MoM, MK, DK, Gliders) which is 3-4 years old on average. So we're really only talking about 0-3 year olds. And I'm unsure how much a 0 year old is going to enjoy any attraction like a playground. So that narrows it down to 1-2 year olds.
Astronomica is something that I've praised in the past as well, and I am kinda kicking myself a bit for not remembering it. I do like the little detail of it being a compass, pointing to each of the Celestial Park landmarks. It's a smaller addition, and imo it's no Journey of Water, but it does its' job well enough.
I think it's really, really cool that Toothless is always meeting. An all-day Meet & Greet attraction is a pretty cool new thing for a park like this, and the rotating cast of characters hosting is an added bonus.
There really isn't a great way to plan your day around these character experiences though unfortunately. Outside of Toothless who is always around, none of the other M&G locations have listed set times. Ygor, Invisible Man, the Potter Aurors and witches, Gobber; these all are walk-around characters which traditionally don't have listed set times anyways, (even though they all have consistent schedules), but even the Mario cast which have very specific M&G times aren't publically posted to my knowledge. Toad is listed in the app but hasn't been meeting for essentially the entire time the park has been open. DK has very strange set-times, unless you have the specific schedule it is really just luck if you want to meet him.
And the wands are another up-charge experience. Definitely cool, as they've always been, but not crazy accessible. Especially since Epic requires two different upcharge wearables in order to fully experience major headliner lands.
I’ll have more to say when I get home now that I’ve experienced the park, but I think you both make valid points.
It's been a moment, but I'm still curious to hear your thoughts!