Universal Hotels vs.Disney Hotels

[stacey_LI]

If we are staying only 4 days, and we want to go to both Universal and Disney parks, where is it better to stay on site? Thanks.

 

[DOOM1001]

Universal,if you stay at either Royal Pacific,Hard Rock or Portofino Bay you get front of the line access to their rides.

 

[100AcreWood]

We stayed at Royal Pacific for one night. If you're planning to visit the Harry Potter section it is really helpful to have that early access that you get by staying onsite.

 

[JrKr]

Onsite for the front of the line access with Universal at one of the 3 deluxe is what we would do.

 

[stacey_LI]

Thanks all!

 

[tstottle]

We are doing one day at Universal and two at Disney and we are switching hotels and staying onsite at each park. The perks at Universal are too hard to pass up, and we like being onsite at Disney for the closer access to parks and the transportation. Time is of the essence for short stays! As for the transfer day, thanks to online checkin at Disney, when we switch we can just leave the luggage in the car, do our Disney parks all day, then (if it all works correctly) go straight to our Disney room at the end of the day. One downside to staying at Universal the whole time is that you will be paying for a pricey hotel room and not using the perks on your Disney days. Plus you get earlier access to FP if you are onsite at Disney.

 

[Jarmo]

In case it makes a difference, the rooms at the Universal resorts are nicer than similarly priced Disney resorts.