Summer2018
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You are very smart staying onsite at Universal. You will be able to enter the parks before the general public. I highly recommend that you do whatever is most important to you before it gets crazy crowded.As someone who is going on my first time to both Universal and WDW this summer this topic is very enlightening of such a wide range of opions. Been to Universal Hollywood many years ago plus 2 trips to Disneyland but this is our first trip to Orlando We will be spending 4 nights at Universal ( Portofino Bay) and then moving to WDW (POR) for 7 nights. I am looking forward to both parks and can’t wait to visit both of them. Been watching many videos and like that we will experience both “bubbles” and forming my own option but right now I am super excited for both.
Can’t wait to see Harry Potter World in person!!!
It was very important for my DD to go to the wand shop and have the wand choose her. We were among the large crowds who did not stay onsite and she was unable to have that experience. We couldn’t even get near the wands on the shelves because the shop was body to body. Ultimately we had to shout over the sea of humanity to some random woman who picked out my daughter’s wand and passed it to us via the crowd.
Everything we did at HP was crowded with lines and endless waiting.
As a teacher, I enjoyed the Dr. Seuss area. My family obliged me, but didn’t enjoy it themselves. We aren’t thrill riders, so all in all, there wasn’t much else for us except the overcrowded HP. We ate at Margaritaville since we are huge Jimmy Buffet fans. After lunch we were done.
If you love thrill rides, you will have a blast. And staying onsite will make everything run more smoothly. Enjoy!