First Timer needs help & advice!!!

Kapp

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We (Wife, myself and a 10 and 7 year old girls) have never visited Universal before but are thinking of visiting in October. How many days does it take to "do" Universal? I have heard 2 before but wanted to check. And, what on-site hotel is recommended for a family (that like to have a grand time on vacation but also has to watch the budget!)?

Any and all information would be GREATLY appreciated!

THANKS!!!

Kapp :cool1:
 
Hi

We Live In Florida And Have Been To Oralndo 2 Times Since June, We Are Planning On Heading Back Out There In About 10 Days, We Are A Family Of Four And I Think You Can Easily Do A Park A Day, If You Get A Park Map A Make A Plan, That's What We Do, We First Hit Islands Of Adventure And We Usually Do All Of Our Fave Rides Like Spider Man, Hulk Etc And The Shows By 2 P.m ( We Arrive Right At 9:a.m) My Kids Do Not Like All The Rides So We Only Do What They Enjoy, Universal Is My Fave Park It Usually Takes A Little Longer, We Head Out A Do Jaws, Mib, Back To The Future First, And All Our Fave Shows Like Slimetime, As For The Hotels I've Never Stayed At A Universal Hotel, They Are To $$. We Usualy Stay At One Of The Disney Resorts. The Kids Love Them And They Are Cheaper. Hope You Have Loads Of Fun When You Go. Last Time We Went It Was In November, We Visited Universal Islands Of Adventure And Magic Kingdom, And I Must Say That We Enjoyed Universal And Islands Of Adventure More Than Disney. Disney Was Way To Packed You Could Not Walk We Waited 1hr And 30min. To Ride Stitch And A Flight Broke Out By Cinderella Castle (although Security Broke It Up Right Away) We Did Not Get To Do Any Of The Mountains The Wait (even W/ Fast Pass Was Ridiculos) I Love Disney But Last Time We Went It Was Long Weekend And It Was Not As Full As It Was In November.
For Dinner Try The Hard Rock We Had Dinner There And It Was Great,we Have An Annual Pass And We Get Discounts And All The Shops, Diners, And Resturants.
 
I Forgot To Tell You Arrive Early. And Do The High Demand Rides First, Most Guest Arrive Around 11:00a.m So If Your At The Aprk You Will Get On Jaws, Mib Terminator 3d E.t Etc A Lot Faster.
 
RPR is a great onsite location esp for familys great pool area and the staff are good as well if u stay 1 night u have 2 days FOTL the day u check in and the day u check out so if u are on a tight budget u can stay elsewhere on I-Drive pretty cheaply and remember u can check in as early as uwant so u have fotl for parks opening
 















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