Just returned and wanted to note a couple of things.
I'm not a poster but a trip research junkie and thought others might find this helpful.
I've always gotten a little thrill from saving 10% on my $2.29 cup of coffee while using my AAA card discount.
We were making a purchase and told by the cashier a minimum purchase of $50 was needed for the AAA discount. Another cashier interrupted and said the discount change won't take place until the 8th. I asked for details out of curiosity. As far as they knew, there will be a $50 minimum to get the 10% discount but purchases of $75 or more would get a 15% discount.
Perhaps someone can verify after the 8th. I know I'm not the only person on this board to take advantage of the AAA card discount from a cup of coffee to Mythos!
I did a search for beads for my Troll beads bracelet (similar to Pandora, etc.) prior to leaving and couldn't find anything. I asked around in the parks and found a bead counter with a large selection. It's in a Universal Studios shop attached to the I Love Lucy tribute. I have a bracelet with kid-approved trip-related beads and ended up with a Transformers bead and a sorting hat bead. All were $7 except the Universal globe which was $15. Frankly, I couldn't really see any detail in the globe. They had a buy one, get one 50% off deal.
Also took advantage of photo connect. We loved it; kids hated stopping as we entered the parks. We explained it's the price they had to pay for going on vacation. We had express passes (stay at Royal Pacific) and tend to pop from one park to another throughout the day depending on what ride we wanted to go on which resulted in many photos over three days, especially when all the ride photos are added in. There is a photo booth in the Spiderman queque that we didn't know existed because the express line bypasses it. A kind employee lead us directly to it through a back way so we could get a photo with us on the cover of the Daily Bugle. Very cool!
I'm not a poster but a trip research junkie and thought others might find this helpful.
I've always gotten a little thrill from saving 10% on my $2.29 cup of coffee while using my AAA card discount.
We were making a purchase and told by the cashier a minimum purchase of $50 was needed for the AAA discount. Another cashier interrupted and said the discount change won't take place until the 8th. I asked for details out of curiosity. As far as they knew, there will be a $50 minimum to get the 10% discount but purchases of $75 or more would get a 15% discount.
Perhaps someone can verify after the 8th. I know I'm not the only person on this board to take advantage of the AAA card discount from a cup of coffee to Mythos!
I did a search for beads for my Troll beads bracelet (similar to Pandora, etc.) prior to leaving and couldn't find anything. I asked around in the parks and found a bead counter with a large selection. It's in a Universal Studios shop attached to the I Love Lucy tribute. I have a bracelet with kid-approved trip-related beads and ended up with a Transformers bead and a sorting hat bead. All were $7 except the Universal globe which was $15. Frankly, I couldn't really see any detail in the globe. They had a buy one, get one 50% off deal.
Also took advantage of photo connect. We loved it; kids hated stopping as we entered the parks. We explained it's the price they had to pay for going on vacation. We had express passes (stay at Royal Pacific) and tend to pop from one park to another throughout the day depending on what ride we wanted to go on which resulted in many photos over three days, especially when all the ride photos are added in. There is a photo booth in the Spiderman queque that we didn't know existed because the express line bypasses it. A kind employee lead us directly to it through a back way so we could get a photo with us on the cover of the Daily Bugle. Very cool!
Were taking our trip to Universal in May and are currently thinking about buying a photo connect package. Was photo connect inconvenient for you and your family? Did it take a lot of time out of your day for the pictures? Just trying fo figure out if it's really worth it to get the package..
about the AAA discount for purchases over $50. We would use it to buy drinks, food, etc.
