Hotel Express pass is not what it used to be...

[bubba's mom]

I doubt there would be too many onsite guests that would rather have a couple extra hours than FOTL all the time. Maybe in the off-season, but not in peak seasons.

I'd rather have the FOTL than the extra hours (we are NOT morning people and DS just can't last till midnite-1am)

 

[tarheelmjfan]

I'd rather have the FOTL than the extra hours (we are NOT morning people and DS just can't last till midnite-1am)

Us too! Most of our park time is mid-day. We're not interested in getting up early enough to be at the park at opening. In the evening, we like to shower & dress for a relaxing dinner. UO's current onsite policy works perfectly for our touring style, which is why we have all but abandoned WDW in favor of staying at UO.

 

[bubba's mom]

Us too! Most of our park time is mid-day. We're not interested in getting up early enough to be at the park at opening. In the evening, we like to shower & dress for a relaxing dinner. UO's current onsite policy works perfectly for our touring style, which is why we have all but abandoned WDW in favor of staying at UO.

yep....us too!

 

[basas]

I'd rather have the FOTL than the extra hours (we are NOT morning people and DS just can't last till midnite-1am)

Right. But they can't expand their hotel capacity very much without changing their system just as Disney couldn't have everyone staying onsite getting unlimited FP (the FP lines would be longer then standby).

 

[bubba's mom]

I know...and that's why we hope the new hotel is a "value" resort and doesn't offer FOTL..... I would pay the extra to stay in a resort that offers the FOTL..... (kinda what this thread has turned into)

 

[macraven]

when the fotl perk goes, i go.........

 

[bubba's mom]

when the fotl perk goes, i go.........

(sadly, i know what you mean)

 

[disney's daughter]

New to Universal and the on site hotels.....Subscribing....

 

[lorax123]

(sadly, i know what you mean)

Well. i'm not quite that drastic! If they lose FOTL, probably still go to the park, but not during peak seasons and I certainly would not pay much more than $129 a night to stay at RPR!

I also picture the next hotel being a value hotel. Limited if any FOTL perks.

Extra hours in the am & pm is for the birds!

 

[Nicole786]

A lot of people have mentioned that with the luxury of FOTL, you can take a nice leisurely stroll around the park because you dont have to worry about lines. This sounds great, and its one of the reasons i chose to stay at the HRH! My concern is that i will be at Universal Sept. 2 and 3rd (We are switching to disney on the 4th, so quite possibly the morning on the 4th as well) and its labor day weekend! (Sunday & Monday) Will i have the luxury, or will I have a FOTL issue?

 

[bubba's mom]

Well. i'm not quite that drastic! If they lose FOTL, probably still go to the park, but not during peak seasons and I certainly would not pay much more than $129 a night to stay at RPR!

Sadly, our 'usual' vacation time IS peak season (last week of June/first week of July)...so, not really too much choice there....plus the aggravation of takin' Bubba outta school...pia!

I also picture the next hotel being a value hotel. Limited if any FOTL perks.

Extra hours in the am & pm is for the birds!

I hope so too....let's all hope so! and i couldn't agree more about early hours....i get up early everyday at home....vacation is for catchin' some ZZZZZ's....

 

[bubba's mom]

A lot of people have mentioned that with the luxury of FOTL, you can take a nice leisurely stroll around the park because you dont have to worry about lines. This sounds great, and its one of the reasons i chose to stay at the HRH! My concern is that i will be at Universal Sept. 2 and 3rd (We are switching to disney on the 4th, so quite possibly the morning on the 4th as well) and its labor day weekend! (Sunday & Monday) Will i have the luxury, or will I have a FOTL issue?

You should be fine.....it's in May when the 'school groups' decended down upon UO that the FOTL was a slight problem....besides, a lot of kids are back to school before Labor Day, so I doubt it would be all that crowded......

 

[vatmark]

Well I hope they don't change FOTL before we go in August 2008. That would be most disappointing.

And Disneys so called Extra Magic hours are anything but magical. Because Disney has so many on site hotels the lines during those extra hours are huge. If Universal builds more hotels and offers FOTL for all of them then I suppose the lines for FOTL will be huge as well. I'd definitely have to rethink my vacation then.

Annie

 

[macraven]

Well. i'm not quite that drastic! If they lose FOTL, probably still go to the park, but not during peak seasons and I certainly would not pay much more than $129 a night to stay at RPR!

I also picture the next hotel being a value hotel. Limited if any FOTL perks.

Extra hours in the am & pm is for the birds!

lorax, it is possible i would stay at the cheapest hotel on site if the fotl is done away with for hhn nights only.

other than that, i won't pay the high prices to stay on site and still buy the ep at the park.

 

[Selvan]

Just got back today. We stayed at HRH on 6-2 to 6-4. Only problems we had were a 20 min. wait at 11:00 on Sat. for MIB. This was our first ride, so we were concerned. We headed to Mummy after this with virtually no wait, then back to MIB with no trouble for the rest of the day. On Sun. one time there was a 25-30 min wait for Dudley, this was about 1:00 maybe. Nothing else had much more than 5 to maybe 10 min wait. Went back to Dudley later with hardly any wait. FOTL was definately worth it last weekend compared to the rest of the world out there. I did see them checking off the purchased express passes everywhere. Didn't see anywhere where they didn't mark them. One thing I will say for FOTL is that you miss some fun stuff on Mummy when you bypass the line. We went back to Universal on Fri. without FOTL and really enjoyed the setup to the ride going through the regular lines. We went in the single rider line for MIB ( we just couldn't say good-bye without 10 more times through) with no wait at all.

 

[damo]

Well, it really sounds like the system is working again. School groups are done, just normal crowds of people buying express pass and the system is back to normal.

 

[lorax123]

lorax, it is possible i would stay at the cheapest hotel on site if the fotl is done away with for hhn nights only.

other than that, i won't pay the high prices to stay on site and still buy the ep at the park.

I'd consider it for HHN too. But, the price would have to be right. After a full day at the parks, and HHN on top of that.

I'm sad now. We won't be at HHN this year! The DW is due with the 2nd rugrat mid-October. I'm still holding out hope I'll see some ridiculously cheap ($44 each way) Dings and convince the wife to go just one night! It is running until the first week in November you know :>

I don't know if I would be EPs for day time trips to the park... I think if FOTL were gone, we'd probably go off-season, Jan-Feb & Oct. The crowds are reasonable those times of year.

 

[tropical depression]

the hugh school class trips start hitting the parks the second week of May. there are kids up north who just got out of school last week because of snow days, so no vacation plans. it's a screwy time of year.

 

[macraven]

I'd consider it for HHN too. But, the price would have to be right. After a full day at the parks, and HHN on top of that.

I'm sad now. We won't be at HHN this year! The DW is due with the 2nd rugrat mid-October. I'm still holding out hope I'll see some ridiculously cheap ($44 each way) Dings and convince the wife to go just one night! It is running until the first week in November you know :>

I don't know if I would be EPs for day time trips to the park... I think if FOTL were gone, we'd probably go off-season, Jan-Feb & Oct. The crowds are reasonable those times of year.

this year the off season last day is oct 4th. my rate at hrh is very good for that day but it jumps for the next 4......


i totally and completely love hhn.......
tell your dw to try one night at hhn...........yea, i'm sure that will go over like a lead ballon

the cost for hhn this year has increased from last.
i can remember in 2000, my first year for hhn, was so cheap compared to what it is for 07

 

[macraven]

oops.......sorry for getting off track about hhn. i can't resist.

to stay on topic, yes, have not had issues with fotl being long in the time periods i go in the fall.