FYI: Universal selling 2023 Mardi Gras parade float/dinner packages

[shh]

Mods: if someone already shared this, delete thread, but didn't see it. I guess this was inevitable - everyone's monetizing everything these days. But for those who could never snag a parade spot, now you can buy it. Passholders get 15% off.

I think they may still have a few free "lottery/virtual" spots - just maybe not as many as previous years?

(Head's up - these packages are non-refundable, not transferrable or changeable - so if the concert schedule is important to you, probably best not to book too early.)

https://www.universalorlando.com/we...thispartyarticledetail-gdsarticledetailcenter

 

[Lashed34]

As a visitor from the UK that isn't a bad price at all, and you're guaranteed to have a unique experience on one of the floats. If I was over during Mardi Gras I would definitely take up that offer.

 

[Kitty_Cat]

We're going to be there for the first time during Mardi Gras and I wanted to eat in Cowfish anyway (though we wouldn't have had three courses!). I think I'll book it. It would be a hell of an experience.

 

[shh]

Agreed - it's fairly reasonable, considering it's a unique experience - definitely not Disney nosebleed prices. I don't begrudge them for turning it into a revenue stream - and they probably got tired of so many people complaining or begging when they couldn't "win" a spot, so it makes sense.

Just makes me a tiny bit nostalgic for "the good old days" a few years back when there were so many delightful little perks and pleasures as part of the WDW or UO experience, without extra hard ticket price tags attached to them all.

I predict this sucker will sell like gangbusters.