Penmac
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Mar 31, 2017
We just returned from our 4th trip to Disney. Now that we are back and I am crying onto my keyboard about vacation being over, I am looking ahead to our next trip that will include our first visit to Universal-- in either late November or early December 2019.
We will be doing 2 days at Universal for this visit, and the whole paying for FP thing is totally new to me. I utilize MDE app for FP all day at the Disney parks. I can't imagine life without it. We didn't wait more than 15 minutes for any ride this past trip, and we hit all the major coasters and attractions, sometimes twice. The thought of waiting in endlessly long lines at Universal makes me very nervous since we have 5 kids (oldest will be just 11 and youngest 4 at time of this trip), but I have heard the cost of express pass is very expensive. I am not even sure where to price this stuff out- that's how clueless I am!
Would we be better off chancing not having to pay for Express Pass and trying to hit the park on a quieter week? We have to go at that time because my job is really busy until the weekend before Thanksgiving, and we all have an after 5pm Disney convention pass that expires on 12/31/19. We don't want it to go to waste, so taking a trip between Thanksgiving and Christmas makes sense.
Alternately, wondering if staying onsite at one of the express pass hotels would work best from a value standpoint? We have 5 kids, but could probably squeeze into a 6 person suite since my youngest won't even be tall enough for the big ticket attractions that would require the EP. I don't think we could afford two hotel rooms at these locations.
Any large family people with experience at Universal that have some wisdom to share- I would SO appreciate it! I feel like we have managed to do Disney at a reasonable price point for our family. I don't expect we will do Universal again for years so I want it to be memorable for my kids. I don't want them to be stuck in lines all day.
We will be doing 2 days at Universal for this visit, and the whole paying for FP thing is totally new to me. I utilize MDE app for FP all day at the Disney parks. I can't imagine life without it. We didn't wait more than 15 minutes for any ride this past trip, and we hit all the major coasters and attractions, sometimes twice. The thought of waiting in endlessly long lines at Universal makes me very nervous since we have 5 kids (oldest will be just 11 and youngest 4 at time of this trip), but I have heard the cost of express pass is very expensive. I am not even sure where to price this stuff out- that's how clueless I am!
Would we be better off chancing not having to pay for Express Pass and trying to hit the park on a quieter week? We have to go at that time because my job is really busy until the weekend before Thanksgiving, and we all have an after 5pm Disney convention pass that expires on 12/31/19. We don't want it to go to waste, so taking a trip between Thanksgiving and Christmas makes sense.
Alternately, wondering if staying onsite at one of the express pass hotels would work best from a value standpoint? We have 5 kids, but could probably squeeze into a 6 person suite since my youngest won't even be tall enough for the big ticket attractions that would require the EP. I don't think we could afford two hotel rooms at these locations.
Any large family people with experience at Universal that have some wisdom to share- I would SO appreciate it! I feel like we have managed to do Disney at a reasonable price point for our family. I don't expect we will do Universal again for years so I want it to be memorable for my kids. I don't want them to be stuck in lines all day.