Awesome_guy
02-24-2011, 11:02 PM
Who we are:
a) Two Canadians flying pretty far: 1 first timer, 1 3rd timer. Both 20-somethings.
b) Our IoA/US days will overlap our 8 Day Parkhoppers at WDW staying at Dolphin (pricing just made it make sense to get passes that extend over our duration IN CASE we want to slip into the WDW parks, even on Orlando day(s) such as this.
c) The 3rd timer has only been to IoA once, and loved it (and popped into US for Mummy/ET).
d) Arrive end of March (March 25th for just over a week).
e) We're not concerned about getting to see everything we want to at WDW because we're there on-site over 8 days. Just can't decide how much to deviate time over at Universal Parks.
f) Park-to-park and some kind of Express Pass are pretty much a given for us; we like the notion of having a safety net with being able to switch parks, and can't imagine doing standby entirely.
g) We'll do this our second/third-to-last day-ish; energy might be wavering a bit. The change of scenery might be welcome.
Option 1:
*Get up early, and completely go for it; a 12hr 2-Park Day: VIP Express Pass for one day (allowing both parks, multiple rides) OR Park-to-Park (+Express Pass for both days).
Option 2:
*Two Days Park-to-Park but Focus on one park each day (with the flexibility if something is turning out to be a trainwreck, swap). Get an Express Pass for the Focused Park each Day. Have evening time back at WDW because our days won't be so pressured to fit everything in.
Option 3:
*Two Days VIP Express Pass and get to REALLY do US Parks. Is there enough to warrent this? I loved Spiderman, and could imagine others would be nice to do a few times. (...would like to check out WWoHP, etc but understand most of this area isn't Express Pass functional). The added cost is approx $60 extra each--plus transportation both days, as we won't be renting a car... The added costs are manageable to us considering 'time is money' for these sorts of excursions.
h) We want to do this right, and really we can budget for whatever. It just feels a bit strange for one or two days to have WDW Park Hopper, Waterparks and More, UStudios Park-to-Park, Express Passes all overlapping (again, just because of how pricing is structured. Feels like overkill. If that makes sense.
I know this is all personal preference, but we would love to build on your experiences/insights.
a) Two Canadians flying pretty far: 1 first timer, 1 3rd timer. Both 20-somethings.
b) Our IoA/US days will overlap our 8 Day Parkhoppers at WDW staying at Dolphin (pricing just made it make sense to get passes that extend over our duration IN CASE we want to slip into the WDW parks, even on Orlando day(s) such as this.
c) The 3rd timer has only been to IoA once, and loved it (and popped into US for Mummy/ET).
d) Arrive end of March (March 25th for just over a week).
e) We're not concerned about getting to see everything we want to at WDW because we're there on-site over 8 days. Just can't decide how much to deviate time over at Universal Parks.
f) Park-to-park and some kind of Express Pass are pretty much a given for us; we like the notion of having a safety net with being able to switch parks, and can't imagine doing standby entirely.
g) We'll do this our second/third-to-last day-ish; energy might be wavering a bit. The change of scenery might be welcome.
Option 1:
*Get up early, and completely go for it; a 12hr 2-Park Day: VIP Express Pass for one day (allowing both parks, multiple rides) OR Park-to-Park (+Express Pass for both days).
Option 2:
*Two Days Park-to-Park but Focus on one park each day (with the flexibility if something is turning out to be a trainwreck, swap). Get an Express Pass for the Focused Park each Day. Have evening time back at WDW because our days won't be so pressured to fit everything in.
Option 3:
*Two Days VIP Express Pass and get to REALLY do US Parks. Is there enough to warrent this? I loved Spiderman, and could imagine others would be nice to do a few times. (...would like to check out WWoHP, etc but understand most of this area isn't Express Pass functional). The added cost is approx $60 extra each--plus transportation both days, as we won't be renting a car... The added costs are manageable to us considering 'time is money' for these sorts of excursions.
h) We want to do this right, and really we can budget for whatever. It just feels a bit strange for one or two days to have WDW Park Hopper, Waterparks and More, UStudios Park-to-Park, Express Passes all overlapping (again, just because of how pricing is structured. Feels like overkill. If that makes sense.
I know this is all personal preference, but we would love to build on your experiences/insights.