Okay guys, I'm getting into crunch time here and will probably have a lot of questions as we head to Universal next weekend with the nephew. I really would appreciate any help and figure you guys know (I'm not finding answers by searching the forums, the UO page, or Lines chat that I'm looking for).
1. What AP should we buy? (I realize this is a personal decision). We had the Premier last time but pretty much never went after 4 for the EP or took advantage of the better parking (much of the time it wasn't better). We did use the
HHN ticket but are thinking of just getting one of the Frequent Fear tickets for less than the difference that would allow us to go many times. Anything else I'm not thinking of if we get the Preferred instead?
2. EP's - I see lots of discussion but nothing in writing anywhere. Is Kong included? If not, did they open up FJ instead with EP? Or do I now have to squeeze that in along with all the HP stuff in the early morning hour?
3. I'm really getting less optimistic that we'll make the early entry on the first day so if we get there later (say by 10 or so?), where would you go? On the one day early entry we do have, what would you do? (Only staying one night). Or should I throw an 11 year old out of bed at 5:00am, even if he flew in late the night before? Not sure that would be the best start to the day. Just in general, I know Minions is critical early in the day so I'm thinking we'd have to save that for Day 2 but which would have longer lines other than that - DA, Hogsmeade, or Kong?
4. Any chance of Hulk being open in a week or should I assume no?
5. How long will it take us to get back to PBH if we want to take a break late afternoon the first day? If we do so on the second day as well, is there somewhere by the pool to take a quick shower and change? (Assuming we've checked out).
6. I need to buy lanyards somewhere, right? Are the ones there durable plastic that actually hold up? I've bought several of the WDW ones and the plastic part that holds your tickets always seems to break off (rip), even when I add some packing tape to it. If Uni ones are the same (lack of) quality, I'll just reuse old ones but otherwise I think they'd make a good souvenir for the nephew if I don't have to worry about him losing his ticket/EP.
7. Is it safe to buy nephew's ticket from
Undercover Tourist if it saves me $20 over the online Universal ticket directly? If his is then just a printed page, is there any way to swap it for a smaller ticket that will fit in his lanyard (either at a park ticket office or at PBH)?
Anything else I'm not thinking of? Sorry to have so many questions - thanks all!
and 
birthday 
wishes to her too Robo!
