about Catholic mass...Poly vs Queen of the universe

[mar915]

the 8 am mass. Also anyone know how much and/or how far Queen of the Universe is from the Dolpin.

also anyone know how long either of the masses are.

Just trying to find the easiest to go to on Mothers Day since we are planning on going to MGM afterwards.

Thanks

Mary

 

[Bre'r Karen]

I've done the 10 am mass at the poly, and it was about an hour long. I've done the 6 pm mass on Saturday night at the Shrine and that was about 45 minutes. It just depends on how many people are there that have to go through communion. The shrine is HUGE! Very beautiful. As for how far from the Dolphin, I'm not sure. But it's about 5 minutes from downtown Disney, so it can't be more than 10 minutes by car from the Dolphin. Hope this helps

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[kwnancy]

beautiful church - it's strictly a 'tourist' church, no actual parish, although you can become associate members of the church. Seats about 2,000 people. Also a mother and child chapel and of course a gift shop!

We went the end of march/ begining of april, about 45 minute mass. Priest was actually pretty funny - - asked people where they were from, who's been there before. I think a lot of snowbirds attend during the wintertime.

My daughter and I were joking "remember where you park!" the parking seems as big as the theme parks!

 

[Alice Jean]

We've never been to Queen of the Universe but we have done the early mass at the poly. As I recall it went pretty fast and wasn't too crowded either. we had a heck of a time finding Luau Cove though!

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[bigsister]

but it depends on your schedule.

We did the 6pm Sat. at the shrine on our first trip. It's only about 15 minutes from the Dolphin (we were at Yacht Club) if you don't get lost. There is a turn onto Vineland that we can NEVER find coming off property. Since we didn't know where we were going, we had left enough time to get lost, double back, ask for directions, and find the shrine coming in from Little Lake Bryan Rd. We got there a bit early, but had a very nice time touring both the shrine and the gift shop there (nice, large gift shop - nothing like it close to home). I only wish that there had a 5pm Mass also, as it is difficult to get back to the Magic Kingdom for the night parade if you're going off season (we were there in Oct.). Mass was about an hour - depends on the priest and the crowd.

Last time, we did the 8am Mass at the Poly. I agree that the Luau Cove is hard to find, but since we knew we didn't know where we were going, we just asked the first cast member we saw for directions and found it no trouble. I was surprised to see that even in the "off season" (2nd week in Dec.) that it was almost SRO. But it was nice to see so many taking time out of their vacation for church. Mass lasted about an hour - they can't go much longer than that since the Protestant service starts at 9:15. Again, I think it took us about 15 minutes to get there, but we were coming from Dixie Landings. If you are not familiar with the roads on property, give yourself some extra time - you can always spend some of it exploring the resort

 

[Jcricket Fan]

There is another Catholic church down the street from the Shrine. The web site is www.holyfamilyorlando.org they have a 5:00 vigil Mass. The site shows a map with directions.

 

[Brodiecat]

Can anyone give directions and location of the "shrine". Would love to attend mass there

Brodie

 

[Jcricket Fan]

Hi Brodiecat, www.maryqueenoftheuniverse.org will give you the directions you need.