new blog: Keystrokes at Disney World – Hammer and Nails at Universal

[LeahZ]

Let’s start with the obvious. Since the turn of the century, the Orlando theme parks have seen a considerable amount of growth. Not necessarily in the way of expansion, but with crowds. Tourists and local Floridians alike have flocked to the theme parks for magic and experiences they can’t get anywhere else. It seems the theme parks have succeeded in drawing tourists through their entrances; however, there’s a problem. Their number 1 problem has become bigger crowds, lines, and capacity, and how to deal with it. Both Disney World and Universal are working to address this problem, but it appears they are taking two different approaches. Continue reading and let’s look at how their potential solutions are miles apart.

Read more here:

http://blog.wdwinfo.com/2014/01/19/keystrokes-at-disney-world-hammer-and-nails-at-universal/

 

[macraven]

i went this month for a winter vacation to both theme parks.

yea, they are miles apart on this subject.

stayed on site at both places.

fp+ was not great for us.
too much down time of just standing around and using long wait lines when the fp was used up.

at uo, no problems with crowds and waits.
the ep gave us the edge to have less waits for rides and shows.

 

[wiigirl]

Good blog.

 

[RMulieri]

good blog and pretty much what many of us have said.I prefer universals approach.I go on vacation to be ON VACATION..Universal to me is what Disney used to be..I really despise the thought of having to book ride times 6 months out and plan my park days down to the last minute.

 

[damo]

We've got a split vacation coming up in September with 9 people. I am so excited about the Universal part but really on edge about the WDW/DVC part and dealing with the new fastpass+. I certainly hope they've got it all smoothed out by then. We were all at Disneyland last fall and it was fantastic. If our WDW vacation doesn't go well this fall, we'll just skip it completely in the future and stick to alternating years between DL and Universal/SeaWorld/Legoland.

 

[Metro West]

Thanks for sharing!