MrInfinity
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- Aug 23, 2012
Ok, sure. But that 10-day stay at Universal is just not a common thing. So comparing prices of long stays at Universal to equal stays at Disney is not really applicable, because Universal is not pricing to attract an 8-day vacationer on a dedicated trip. They still offer this because there are some seeking it, but it is not their target demographic. They are pricing to try to get that 8-day stayer from Disney to break off and stay 2 days and 2 nights in Universal instead of just doing a day-visit. Check out their marketing material. Their specials. It's always geared toward getting people 1) to stay onsite, and 2) to get them to stay a 3rd day.You make some excellent points as far as the love and adoration for the Disney parks. Very true, there's no denying that fact! However, there are a lot of us that spend more than 10-20 days a year at the USO resort. We, my 3 young children included, have no desire to go back to WDW. We are a universal family and that's how we feel. We meet several times a year with friends we've meet at USO and some feel the same way. USO is growing rapidly and developing a larger fan base, unfortunately. It's evidenced even here on the DIS. The number of new posters on the posters on the dark side of the boards has grown 10 fold, at least.
As to posters on this board... well... why not hang out on a Universal board? I've often tried to find chat forums for other theme parks (we're huge theme park fans beyond just Disney/Universal) and found only subforums of general theme park sites. The fact that you have to go to a Disney site to find a subforum in which to discuss Universal indicates the difference in scale of those seeking out Disney vs Universal as a primary vacation destination.
It's evolving in a good way, and it may have been a 1-day park in days past. But have to be honest... It was still a 1-day park until they extended Harry Potter to both parks. They do have the HP theme, and that's awesome, but they are hedged too heavily on it (all 3 US parks now leverage this theme). That is really the driving reason to buy a 2-park-pass, to get on Hogwarts.10 years ago you may have been correct in your observations of Universal being a 2 day visit........over the years the same folks have been extending their very short stays into longer ones.
This is the case on all forums. On a forum about anything, you'll have some folks using it to gripe about how everyone is moving to something else.We lose count of the number of posts that start....."we're really Disney people" but they want to experience Universal for longer than they ever would before. The last 5 years has seen that change massively.
I try to separate my opinion (love both Disney and Universal) from the objective comparison of the two.I have no love for Disney.......bores me to tears. Many folks that post in the Universal forums still go to Disney, but trips are lessening as they don't see the value in Disney anymore. You may see it as not a valid comparison to Disney, but many of us who love Universal and get a huge amount of enjoyment out of it do. But just because you see it that way, doesn't mean it's correct.
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