traveljunkie
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2005
Hello,
I am trying to plan a pre-graduation spring break trip and I'm not sure what to do. A little background--It'll be our first visit since Harry Potter additions. Taking my two daughters (21, 17). We are only visiting UO/IOA, no other parks. I'm looking at arriving at MCO 11:30 am on Mar 23 (Fri) and taking a 7:00pm flight Mar 28 (Wed).
I want to stay one night at a deluxe for EP. Rates for deluxe are $500+/night so unfortunately I can't stay the whole time. It adds over $1,000 to stay the whole time. I'm considering staying 4 nights at Cabana Bay or an offsite hotel and 1 night at one of the deluxe (RP was lowest currently). Trying mostly to figure out what makes most sense on which night to stay at deluxe. How much a pain moving around is going to be. I'm thinking Saturday night at deluxe may be best since it'll be the busiest park day? The first night doesn't make sense since we won't arrive til mid afternoon and last night doesn't make sense since we have to fly out and miss the last full day/night. ARGH so many questions!
We have 3 day passes we bought a couple years ago from UT which I wanted to upgrade to AP but it looks like using them the rest of this trip not possible since there's a blackout.
UT price for hotels slightly lower than Universal has online, any comments on the difference between the two sites?
I don't think I want to rent a car and hassle with parking etc. So is there enough to do/eat close by?
Marti Gras is going on, does that influence park opening/closings/lines even more than the crazy spring break brings?
I know you experts can help me sort out what makes the most sense for moving around hotels, park days and the hassle of it all .
Thank you so much!
I am trying to plan a pre-graduation spring break trip and I'm not sure what to do. A little background--It'll be our first visit since Harry Potter additions. Taking my two daughters (21, 17). We are only visiting UO/IOA, no other parks. I'm looking at arriving at MCO 11:30 am on Mar 23 (Fri) and taking a 7:00pm flight Mar 28 (Wed).
I want to stay one night at a deluxe for EP. Rates for deluxe are $500+/night so unfortunately I can't stay the whole time. It adds over $1,000 to stay the whole time. I'm considering staying 4 nights at Cabana Bay or an offsite hotel and 1 night at one of the deluxe (RP was lowest currently). Trying mostly to figure out what makes most sense on which night to stay at deluxe. How much a pain moving around is going to be. I'm thinking Saturday night at deluxe may be best since it'll be the busiest park day? The first night doesn't make sense since we won't arrive til mid afternoon and last night doesn't make sense since we have to fly out and miss the last full day/night. ARGH so many questions!
We have 3 day passes we bought a couple years ago from UT which I wanted to upgrade to AP but it looks like using them the rest of this trip not possible since there's a blackout.
UT price for hotels slightly lower than Universal has online, any comments on the difference between the two sites?
I don't think I want to rent a car and hassle with parking etc. So is there enough to do/eat close by?
Marti Gras is going on, does that influence park opening/closings/lines even more than the crazy spring break brings?
I know you experts can help me sort out what makes the most sense for moving around hotels, park days and the hassle of it all .
Thank you so much!