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I'm hoping someone can help me figure out the best way to plan this vacation. It's 9/10/10-9/19/10.
Currently, we are booked at Pop Century on the bounce back from last year. This entitles us to 1-TS, 1-CS, and 1-SNACK per day while we are there. Typically, we arrive at MCO, use ME and onsite the entire trip until WDW delivers us back to MCO. We love it! This year our flight is getting us to MCO @ 4:15 pm so our first day is a DTD day with T-REX as DD is DYING (my drama queen) to eat there. No sense wasting a park ticket that late in the afternoon right?
Well this year, our HP fan is insisting we visit Universal so I have fit it into our plans. So we are visiting US on 9/11 and 9/12 then starting our WDW marathon. But now I am trying to figure out the best route to save time and $$...like they can go hand in hand while on vacation...lol!
I thought about renting a car ($88.00) through national picking it up at Swan and Dolphin on 9/11 @ 8am and returning it on 9/13 @8am. But it seems senseless to be paying rack rate for POP ($90) since we aren't going to be there at all-not even for the DDP. We will be eating at Universal, returning to POP to basically sleep and that's it.
So I am thinking about modifying our current ressie with the DDP for an arrival of 9/13/10. Booking a room discount for a room at POP on 9/10 so we can still utilize ME to POP, still do T-rex and DTD on 9/10/10. Renting a car on 9/11 and booking a room near Universal for two days ( I seen a couple of hotels with shuttle service to US for a lot less...so no parking fee at US or rack rate at POP) and then checking back into WDW on 9/13/10 for our WDW time with WDW delivering us via ME to MCO on 9/19/10.
My questions are....
A) Is it worth the hassle? Checking in/out three different times during a 10 day vacation.
B)Would you stay at POP for two days just to sleep or book a partner hotel near US and utilize the free shuttle?
C) What off-site hotel would you recommend as there are several on the Universal site that are cheaper than POP Century.
D) Is there a cheaper way from POP to Universal and back to POP than $88.00 for three ppl for 2 days?
E) How much is parking at Universal?
It was so much easier to plan a vacation when she was little and just wanted to see Mickey Mouse!
Thanks to all for your help!
Currently, we are booked at Pop Century on the bounce back from last year. This entitles us to 1-TS, 1-CS, and 1-SNACK per day while we are there. Typically, we arrive at MCO, use ME and onsite the entire trip until WDW delivers us back to MCO. We love it! This year our flight is getting us to MCO @ 4:15 pm so our first day is a DTD day with T-REX as DD is DYING (my drama queen) to eat there. No sense wasting a park ticket that late in the afternoon right?
Well this year, our HP fan is insisting we visit Universal so I have fit it into our plans. So we are visiting US on 9/11 and 9/12 then starting our WDW marathon. But now I am trying to figure out the best route to save time and $$...like they can go hand in hand while on vacation...lol!
I thought about renting a car ($88.00) through national picking it up at Swan and Dolphin on 9/11 @ 8am and returning it on 9/13 @8am. But it seems senseless to be paying rack rate for POP ($90) since we aren't going to be there at all-not even for the DDP. We will be eating at Universal, returning to POP to basically sleep and that's it.
So I am thinking about modifying our current ressie with the DDP for an arrival of 9/13/10. Booking a room discount for a room at POP on 9/10 so we can still utilize ME to POP, still do T-rex and DTD on 9/10/10. Renting a car on 9/11 and booking a room near Universal for two days ( I seen a couple of hotels with shuttle service to US for a lot less...so no parking fee at US or rack rate at POP) and then checking back into WDW on 9/13/10 for our WDW time with WDW delivering us via ME to MCO on 9/19/10.
My questions are....
A) Is it worth the hassle? Checking in/out three different times during a 10 day vacation.
B)Would you stay at POP for two days just to sleep or book a partner hotel near US and utilize the free shuttle?
C) What off-site hotel would you recommend as there are several on the Universal site that are cheaper than POP Century.
D) Is there a cheaper way from POP to Universal and back to POP than $88.00 for three ppl for 2 days?
E) How much is parking at Universal?
It was so much easier to plan a vacation when she was little and just wanted to see Mickey Mouse!
Thanks to all for your help!
