Ok, I know this is a subject that gets hammered often, but I couldn't find exactly what I needed anywhere, so I decided to crowd source.
Over the last 6m we have been through a lot with my husband's dad. He died in March, and we decided to do something for the kids. Harry Potter is a love of my 12 yr old, so we decided to visit universal for 4 days (hopefully this isn't too long??) . After talking with the kids (I also have a 15yr old boy with Asperger's) , we are going to add 3 days at Disney to the trip. We got a small insurance check and are trying to make the most of it and make memories with the kids.
From reading, I think we qualify for resident tickets. We inherited my FIL's house in Florida, and are keeping it. We pay taxes and utility bills there and will live there for a chunk of the summer while we clean/repair/ sort through things. What I read at Mousesavers was this--
your primary ID is from a different state, but you do own a residence in Florida, even one you only use part of the year, you can generally buy Florida resident passes by showing, for each adult, an ID from another state plus a recent utility bill or bank statement in the same name (no more than 2 months old), addressed to your Florida residence.
Ok, so the utility bills for the home are in my husband's name, but I think we can transfer one to mine. That shouldn't be too much trouble since they say they will accept printouts (we are going the 23-30th of this month) The issue is that when I book tickets online, it wants the bank account to have a Florida billing address. The Suntrust account automatically shifted to our Alabama address when we forwarded mail. (the account was a joint account between my husband and father in law). Can I purchase gift cards and use those? Or just purchase tickets at the gate? We are driving down from his dad's house. Staying at Cabana Bay in Universal for the entire trip unless ya'll say that is a bad idea?
Next question-- is it possible to plan a decent trip in 2 weeks?
Is there anything that I desperately need to do beforehand? It's been 20 yrs since I've been to Orlando so I don't remember a ton. It seems overwhelming to me that people plan for so long.
Over the last 6m we have been through a lot with my husband's dad. He died in March, and we decided to do something for the kids. Harry Potter is a love of my 12 yr old, so we decided to visit universal for 4 days (hopefully this isn't too long??) . After talking with the kids (I also have a 15yr old boy with Asperger's) , we are going to add 3 days at Disney to the trip. We got a small insurance check and are trying to make the most of it and make memories with the kids.
From reading, I think we qualify for resident tickets. We inherited my FIL's house in Florida, and are keeping it. We pay taxes and utility bills there and will live there for a chunk of the summer while we clean/repair/ sort through things. What I read at Mousesavers was this--
your primary ID is from a different state, but you do own a residence in Florida, even one you only use part of the year, you can generally buy Florida resident passes by showing, for each adult, an ID from another state plus a recent utility bill or bank statement in the same name (no more than 2 months old), addressed to your Florida residence.
Ok, so the utility bills for the home are in my husband's name, but I think we can transfer one to mine. That shouldn't be too much trouble since they say they will accept printouts (we are going the 23-30th of this month) The issue is that when I book tickets online, it wants the bank account to have a Florida billing address. The Suntrust account automatically shifted to our Alabama address when we forwarded mail. (the account was a joint account between my husband and father in law). Can I purchase gift cards and use those? Or just purchase tickets at the gate? We are driving down from his dad's house. Staying at Cabana Bay in Universal for the entire trip unless ya'll say that is a bad idea?
Next question-- is it possible to plan a decent trip in 2 weeks?
Is there anything that I desperately need to do beforehand? It's been 20 yrs since I've been to Orlando so I don't remember a ton. It seems overwhelming to me that people plan for so long. 
