Islands of Adventure's Toon Lagoon

I figured I'd share a few miscellaneous pictures of two of the "Islands" at Universal Orlando's Islands of Adventure theme park from last summer over these next two days. These two areas are two of the park's original untouched sections from 1999. Let's jump in!

Toon Lagoon is the world of comics. Probably less connecting with the park's audience now than it was just 20 years ago, but still nonetheless interesting to me, as I've enjoyed reading the comics in the past, even if we don't get a paper anymore...

Hey, it's Hagrid "the Horrible!" Who else can you spot?

Here's one of the area's two water rides, Dudley Do-Right's Ripsaw Falls, a log flume that had a surprising length for a ride of its type.

Impressively, Toon Lagoon is home to a mini-land of sorts themed to Popeye the Sailor.

This is the resort's rapid ride, Popeye and Bluto's Bilge-Rat Barges.

There's all kind of wacky facades and "thought bubbles" you can pose under throughout the area.

Wait... that area across the lagoon looks toon-like, too! We might have to check it out sometime. ;)


That's it for Toon Lagoon. Some people consistently claim that it's on the park's chopping block for future expansion, but I would be kind of sad to see it go. I can see the reasoning behind that, though.