Barbanellie
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(I've posted this on other forums as well, my apologies to readers who have seen my question on another site already!)
Hi guys, looking for some valuable input from the experts
We (me and Mr. B, both mid 30s, no kids) are going to WDW May 14 to 24, staying at POR. We have 8.5 days there, and have bought 7 days MYW with water parks and hopper. We are debating whether to throw in a quick one-day trip to Universal and IOA on one of our days. We’ve been to both parks in May 2014, and there are a lot of things we wouldn’t mind not doing in order to squeeze our plans into just one day park-to-park. Now, before anyone suggests it, we don’t think we’ll buy the express passes (didn’t in 2014 and felt that was fine) and we will not be staying at one of the Universal resorts that would provide express passes (WAY outside our budget), nor would we stay at Cabana Bay for early entry. We would catch a taxi (or Uber) from POR on a week day to be there 9am to 9pm (I looked at the park hours online, that’s what they are for that week, with IOA closing earlier but US open til 9).
Anyway, this is our “list” of must-do’s in the parks. Do you guys think it’s reasonable to think we would achieve this in 12 hours, without express passes, on a weekday in May?
Universal Studios:
Islands of Adventure:
Hi guys, looking for some valuable input from the experts
We (me and Mr. B, both mid 30s, no kids) are going to WDW May 14 to 24, staying at POR. We have 8.5 days there, and have bought 7 days MYW with water parks and hopper. We are debating whether to throw in a quick one-day trip to Universal and IOA on one of our days. We’ve been to both parks in May 2014, and there are a lot of things we wouldn’t mind not doing in order to squeeze our plans into just one day park-to-park. Now, before anyone suggests it, we don’t think we’ll buy the express passes (didn’t in 2014 and felt that was fine) and we will not be staying at one of the Universal resorts that would provide express passes (WAY outside our budget), nor would we stay at Cabana Bay for early entry. We would catch a taxi (or Uber) from POR on a week day to be there 9am to 9pm (I looked at the park hours online, that’s what they are for that week, with IOA closing earlier but US open til 9).
Anyway, this is our “list” of must-do’s in the parks. Do you guys think it’s reasonable to think we would achieve this in 12 hours, without express passes, on a weekday in May?
Universal Studios:
- Transformers
- Revenge of the Mummy
- Harry Potter (where we would spend most of our time)
- Simpsons
Islands of Adventure:
- Popeye water ride
- Dudley Do-right water ride
- Jurassic Park River Adventure
- Harry Potter Forbidden Journey
- Dragon Challenge (only one of them)
- Hogwarts Express to and from both parks
