Originally Posted By seafairy1622 This June my kids, 22 17 and 9 are going to Universal Studios in Orlando for 5 days, then going to DW for 3 days. I've never been to US, but have gone to DW the last 3 years. Will we be dissappointed compared to DW? I saw the US web site. It looks pretty fun. What should we not miss at US?
Originally Posted By dshyates I really like IOA/ US a lot. IOA is my second favorite park in Otown next to the Magic Kingdom. But it isn't really comparable to Disney. It is similar, but very different. The "Must-Sees": The Amazing Adventures of Spiderman (my favorite attraction on the Planet), The Hulk, Jurassic Park River Adventure, Deuling Dragons, Posiden's Fury, Cat in the Hat, The Mummy, Men in Black, Disaster, T2-3D.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo dshyates' post is a good list. I also love the uniqueness of Twister at USO.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Why are you spending 5 days at U and only 3 at WDW? I hope the 5th day at U means checking out really early to get over to WDW for better fun!
Originally Posted By dshyates I should mention that 5 days at Uni, as much as I love the place, is about 1 day too many. But in June the Uni. parks will be crowded, but you should be able to see it all with 2 days in each park. I would use the 5th day to check out one of the other local parks like Sea World or Busch Gardens in Tampa, there are shuttles availble for either.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ I'll be in Orlando in November/December. I was only planning on one day at USO, but should I look at 2?
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ but my real question is, where do you find the shuttles to Sea World and Busch Gardens? Those are two places we love.
Originally Posted By dshyates Mears offers shuttle service to Sea World from pretty much every hotel in town. Sea World has a shuttle to BGA. None are free, and if there are several in your party it is advantages to rent a car. As far as Universal. There are 2 solid theme parks. With careful planning and some extra expense it is possible to see both in a day, but it would be one helluva day.
Originally Posted By dshyates Oh, and Sea World offers a combo ticket that gets you into both Sea World and BGE and includes the shuttle at a significant savings over just the one. But since you are planning on visiting Universal as well I would check into the 6 park Orlando Flex Ticket Plus. It is a 14 day 6 park parkhopper ticket. The parks it includes are: USF, IOA, SW, BGA, Wet n Wild and SWs Aquatica. The shuttle to BGA is free with this tick as is admission to the CityWalk clubs.
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 Thank-you everyone. We are doing 5 days at the Fairfield inn by US, then 3 nights at ASMusic. I have gone to DW the last 4 years so we wanted to do something different. We are going to Aquatica one day and the day we get there we don't get in till 12:00 am. We live in CA and it will be 9opm our time when we get there. We will probably get a late start our frist day.
Originally Posted By Bob Paris I hope you have fun! Just remember, Spidey is one of THE GREATEST attractions you will see ANYWHERE in the world!!!
Originally Posted By Sunshine84 hey seafairy1622 - when are you visiting Aquatica? i work for a marketing firm and Aquatica is one of our clients. It should be a really great experience for you and your family, and it does offer single-day passes, which will fit into your vacation. There are 36 water slides (with one that slides through a dolphin habitat) in addition to a huge beach, lazy river and lagoons. Let me know if you have any other questions before you leave!
Originally Posted By Bob Paris The 36 water slides thing is a little misleading. Kevin Yee pointed out that where six slides run together, instead of being listed as "one ride/slide" the park actually counts all six. In other words, you don't actually get THIRTY SIX individual different slides. It's kinda like HKDL boosting its ride count by listing City Hall as an attraction. Kinda.
Originally Posted By brotherdave That's actually a very common practice among waterparks when they promote how many 'slides' that they do have. I wouldn't doubt that Disney does this same 'exageration' too when promoting Typhoon Lagoon and Blizzard Beach. I know our local waterpark advertises 16 waterslides, but only have about 8 different types altogether.
Originally Posted By seafairy1622 Sunshine84, We are going to Aquatica in June. Probably the 10th or 14th. Is it cheaper to buy tickets on line or at the park the day you go? Thank-you, the pictures I've seen of the park look really neat.
Originally Posted By Sunshine84 Hi Seafairy1622 - The best value is to buy a Seaworld/Aquatica two-day pass online. Buying online makes it more convenient for you because then you don't have to wait in a ticketing line.
