LuvOrlando
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We've been waiting for the 2026 tickets to Uni/IOA/EPIC to show up so today I just took a moment to check in on package prices during cooler off season because I can get the tickets there to move things along. Holy moly the sticker shock for packages made DH and I literally laugh and now we are wondering if anyone is actually doing this? Jumping in we looked up our favorite spots and 10 days at Portofino for 3 priced around 8K and then we looked up Polynesian and the same is around 12K.... whaaattt? We've been to both many times and have wonderful memories of both but these prices are a head scratcher. Love Poly but I don't 12K love it and loved Portiofino but I don't 8K love it, is there something that has been added I'm not seeing?
Are the hotels and parks really so crowded now that the prices are necessary to manage the crowds? Did these specific properties become much more expensive to manage in some way because the offsite hotels are holding at what look like regular prices so if they can mange to steady themselves financially what is happening with onsite prices?
Curious, is anyone local seeing stuff out of state visitors might not notice?
Also it seems we have shifted to offsite to make the trip fall in line with expectations, anytime my DH starts doing comparisons of where else we can go for the same money it's time to abort the mission and regroup. I still wanna do some Orlando theme park trips and wonder if there are still inexpensive ways to visit that won't get me a penalty flag on the field, so to speak
Are the hotels and parks really so crowded now that the prices are necessary to manage the crowds? Did these specific properties become much more expensive to manage in some way because the offsite hotels are holding at what look like regular prices so if they can mange to steady themselves financially what is happening with onsite prices?
Curious, is anyone local seeing stuff out of state visitors might not notice?
Also it seems we have shifted to offsite to make the trip fall in line with expectations, anytime my DH starts doing comparisons of where else we can go for the same money it's time to abort the mission and regroup. I still wanna do some Orlando theme park trips and wonder if there are still inexpensive ways to visit that won't get me a penalty flag on the field, so to speak
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