I am planning on visiting universal in february 2013. I realize that I cannot book a 2013 trip online at universalorlando.com yet, but I was playing around on the site to try and get an idea of the current pricing.
I am thinking about checking in on Sat 2/9/13 and checking out Monday 2/11/13 and I was considering getting a 2 park ticket for 3 days (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) for each member of my family (2 adults, 2 kids).
So I was using 10/6/12 - 10/8/12 as an estimate of what the cost might be in Febraury 2013 (just trying to get ballpark idea). When I go to book a vacation package (hotel and room) it lists the total price of the 3 day 2 park tickets as $626 ($163 for each adult and $150 for each kid). However, when I just go to purchase tickets outside of the package it lists the total price of the 3 day 2 park tickets as $588($153 for each adult and $141 for each kid).
Obvisouly, the difference in amount is not significant, but the fact there is a difference in amount makes me wonder if there is something I am doing wrong. I would think that if anything the ticket price as part of the package would be less. Any thoughts/ideas?
2nd question - separate topic
Since we are planning a visit for a relatively uncrowded time and will only be visiting the parks for 2.5 days do you think the FOTL and early entry would be worth paying more to stay at a Universal hotel. I would guess it would cost us about $200 more a night ($400 total) to stay in a Universal hotel vs. another Orlando hotel. FYI - we also will have our own car so driving is not an issue.
I am thinking about checking in on Sat 2/9/13 and checking out Monday 2/11/13 and I was considering getting a 2 park ticket for 3 days (Saturday, Sunday, and Monday) for each member of my family (2 adults, 2 kids).
So I was using 10/6/12 - 10/8/12 as an estimate of what the cost might be in Febraury 2013 (just trying to get ballpark idea). When I go to book a vacation package (hotel and room) it lists the total price of the 3 day 2 park tickets as $626 ($163 for each adult and $150 for each kid). However, when I just go to purchase tickets outside of the package it lists the total price of the 3 day 2 park tickets as $588($153 for each adult and $141 for each kid).
Obvisouly, the difference in amount is not significant, but the fact there is a difference in amount makes me wonder if there is something I am doing wrong. I would think that if anything the ticket price as part of the package would be less. Any thoughts/ideas?
2nd question - separate topic
Since we are planning a visit for a relatively uncrowded time and will only be visiting the parks for 2.5 days do you think the FOTL and early entry would be worth paying more to stay at a Universal hotel. I would guess it would cost us about $200 more a night ($400 total) to stay in a Universal hotel vs. another Orlando hotel. FYI - we also will have our own car so driving is not an issue.