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- Feb 12, 2017
I hope to get some advise on the following:
We're a Dutch couple going to both WDW and URO in September of next year. We have 21 days (British) WDW-tickets and we are planning to buy a Universal seasons pass for the lack of any other option, because we will stay for 10 nights at AKL (with Dining Plan), 7 nights at Royal Pacific and 7 nights at Sapphire Falls. We like the theming of Sapphire Falls the most but Royal Pacific has the Express Pass option so we decided on doing both half of the time. We're planning to use our first 10 days to visit only WDW and use the next two weeks for both WDW and URO. We did this because the Universal hotels are cheaper than the Disney ones.
But now my main question:
Would this be a good plan or should we opt for a cheaper hotel (like two weeks at Sapphire Falls (a difference of 500 Euros) or Cabana Bay (a difference of 900 euros) and use part of the savings to buy a premier pass instead of a seasonal one (so we will still have express pass after 4PM). The difference in annual passes would amount to about 500 Euros for us. That would mean we would only break even on the Sapphire falls + premier passes option. On the other hand, we plan to buy a VIP Experience and MyUniversalPhotos and plan to eat on the resort so maybe it would be cheaper due to the discounts. I hope that more experienced Universal-goers could shine their lights on this. Are there things I'm missing?
It will be our once in a lifetime trip. With that I don't mean we plan on never returning but this will be more of a splurge vacation with a bit more luxurious hotels and a longer stay of 3.5 weeks. It has an estimated cost of 12000 Euros (close to 14000 USD), the equivalent of 6 monthly paychecks for hotel, themepark tickets, food, flights, parking and car rental all included. That means we will use the annual pass only on this trip and won't be using it later in the year.
We will be about 3.5 weeks at the parks (with a few pooldays and a trip to Kennedy Space Center in the middle).
We're a Dutch couple going to both WDW and URO in September of next year. We have 21 days (British) WDW-tickets and we are planning to buy a Universal seasons pass for the lack of any other option, because we will stay for 10 nights at AKL (with Dining Plan), 7 nights at Royal Pacific and 7 nights at Sapphire Falls. We like the theming of Sapphire Falls the most but Royal Pacific has the Express Pass option so we decided on doing both half of the time. We're planning to use our first 10 days to visit only WDW and use the next two weeks for both WDW and URO. We did this because the Universal hotels are cheaper than the Disney ones.
But now my main question:
Would this be a good plan or should we opt for a cheaper hotel (like two weeks at Sapphire Falls (a difference of 500 Euros) or Cabana Bay (a difference of 900 euros) and use part of the savings to buy a premier pass instead of a seasonal one (so we will still have express pass after 4PM). The difference in annual passes would amount to about 500 Euros for us. That would mean we would only break even on the Sapphire falls + premier passes option. On the other hand, we plan to buy a VIP Experience and MyUniversalPhotos and plan to eat on the resort so maybe it would be cheaper due to the discounts. I hope that more experienced Universal-goers could shine their lights on this. Are there things I'm missing?
It will be our once in a lifetime trip. With that I don't mean we plan on never returning but this will be more of a splurge vacation with a bit more luxurious hotels and a longer stay of 3.5 weeks. It has an estimated cost of 12000 Euros (close to 14000 USD), the equivalent of 6 monthly paychecks for hotel, themepark tickets, food, flights, parking and car rental all included. That means we will use the annual pass only on this trip and won't be using it later in the year.
We will be about 3.5 weeks at the parks (with a few pooldays and a trip to Kennedy Space Center in the middle).