GatorChris
Not of This World
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- Feb 18, 2014
I wouldn't do Universal in 2 days, much less 1. And really, 3+ is my minimum. Especially while taking time to hit Volcano Bay, which might be my favorite park in Orlando.
Oh we all do. We are Gold Passholders at Kings Island. Go once a week at least. Super excited for Velocicoaster!!
Can't wait!!!! Just hoping that The Mummy is back up while we are there. We check out July 27, so fingers crossed!!!It's not just the coasters. Most of the dark rides are more thrilling and intense than the ones at Disney.
This sounds about right! My boys are 12 and 13. We are UOAP, and it’s perfect for them at this age. They have said they’d like to go back to HS to see GE, but I think their favorite WDW park overall is AK. They’d probably do MK before day 10, but it definitely wouldn’t be the driving force behind a trip to FL.My boys are 12 and 15 and have been to both Universal and Disney many times. If I told them we were going for a 3 day trip and they could pick however they wanted to spend the days, they would choose to spend 2 days at Universal and 1 day at Hollywood Studios. Given a 4th day, they would probably pick Animal Kingdom. Magic Kingdom wouldn't enter the conversation until we got to day 10+.
Can't wait!!!! Just hoping that The Mummy is back up while we are there. We check out July 27, so fingers crossed!!!
I think 3-4 days would work better. The express pass doesn't work on all rides (Hagrid's and Velocicoaster are the most popular and don't take EP). At peak times, the waits can be long even with EP because it only knocks off about half the posted wait time. We did a 2-day trip earlier this month with EP, and there were still a few rides we didn't do because our time was limited and we didn't want to wait 45-60 minutes when the posted time was 120. We saw Beat Builders and the Triwizard Tournament, but no other shows. It was a good trip, but kids were cranky and breaking down by the second night. Our 4-day trips were more enjoyable.For those of you who have gone to Universal before, would you recommend going for 3-4 days without express passes or doing the 1 night hotel stay to do 2 days with express passes? I want to try a Universal/Disney trip this summer and am not sure how many days to plan for Universal.