Orlando Informer Meetup are those days, hotels booked fast. Event is sold out.
We have done three split stays at Disney once but over 11 nights. It was manageable but 7?
I'm I crazy? We have never been to Universal. 2 adults plus kids at 11 and 8.
We are going Jan 4-11. Flight prices mandate it. Up at 3am for arrival flight. Two options for my price point of around $2700 (with 5 day, 3 parks with park to park):
a) Rosin Inn Sat-Sun. Hard Rock Sun-Thur. Endless Summer Thur-Sat. Buying 1 passholder.
b) Endless Sat-Wed and Royal Wed-Sat. No options for Passholder.
No plans to attend the parks on Saturday either way. I am thinking (a) to have Express for the last Christmas day on Sunday would be very helpful . Touringplans has it as an 8/10. Going 4 days to the parks plus Volcano if warm enough.
We have done three split stays at Disney once but over 11 nights. It was manageable but 7?
your post is confusing, you visiting in January or over Christmas?
As a first time visitor to U, an EP on any holiday is essential. I wouldn’t want to move more than once in a 5 day trip, period.
Do the onsite hotel w/FOTL first...2 nights gives you 3 days of FOTL (including your checkout day).
Many here give great reviews to doubletree & drury inn in the general area.
I'm I crazy? We have never been to Universal. 2 adults plus kids at 11 and 8.
We are going Jan 4-11. Flight prices mandate it. Up at 3am for arrival flight. Two options for my price point of around $2700 (with 5 day, 3 parks with park to park):
a) Rosin Inn Sat-Sun. Hard Rock Sun-Thur. Endless Summer Thur-Sat. Buying 1 passholder.
b) Endless Sat-Wed and Royal Wed-Sat. No options for Passholder.
No plans to attend the parks on Saturday either way. I am thinking (a) to have Express for the last Christmas day on Sunday would be very helpful . Touringplans has it as an 8/10. Going 4 days to the parks plus Volcano if warm enough.
We have done three split stays at Disney once but over 11 nights. It was manageable but 7?
HRH has a pass holder rate from Weds-Sat those dates.I'm I crazy? We have never been to Universal. 2 adults plus kids at 11 and 8.
We are going Jan 4-11. Flight prices mandate it. Up at 3am for arrival flight. Two options for my price point of around $2700 (with 5 day, 3 parks with park to park):
a) Rosin Inn Sat-Sun. Hard Rock Sun-Thur. Endless Summer Thur-Sat. Buying 1 passholder.
b) Endless Sat-Wed and Royal Wed-Sat. No options for Passholder.
No plans to attend the parks on Saturday either way. I am thinking (a) to have Express for the last Christmas day on Sunday would be very helpful . Touringplans has it as an 8/10. Going 4 days to the parks plus Volcano if warm enough.
Lucky you. I expected the same, wanted to be settled in well before heading to HHN but it didn’t quite work out on recent trip. Was our first visit to CB coming in on a Wednesday, the last week of September, for 4 nights.My rooms at CB have always been ready for me, even when I have arrived at 11 AM.
it was not available until nearly 4 pm (wasn’t happy to have to rush to get into the park for stay & scream).
Can I just say that Universal is driving me CRAZY waiting for the next set of dates to be released? I have a trip planned from 2/20-2/25 and right now the rates are outrageous ($202 per night for a Cabana Bay standard). At that price, I'm going to wind up going off-site, which isn't ideal, but if it is the case, I just want to know. Come on, Universal, work with me!
Okay, whine over!
Mardi Gras day is 2/25 and lots of schools have that entire week off (2/24-2/28). Could be the reason why CB has an inflated cost and why there's no real published discounts.
Mardi Gras day is 2/25 and lots of schools have that entire week off (2/24-2/28). Could be the reason why CB has an inflated cost and why there's no real published discounts.
There’s also a race at WDW 2/20-2/23. I’ve observed a noticeable spike in U attendance around those periods when we’ve visited. Rates never really seemed to be much different @ U for those periods i’ve Checked in the past
Lucky you. I expected the same, wanted to be settled in well before heading to HHN but it didn’t quite work out on recent trip. Was our first visit to CB coming in on a Wednesday, the last week of September, for 4 nights.
They noted at check in that their system indicated I was a a Loews “VIP guest”, which equated to a thank you for visiting their property. While the you first program is sadly no more, the other hotels have since typically offered a much appreciated upgrade to a garden or pool view room. There we found ourselves in the same class room we booked (no problem) & it was not available until nearly 4 pm (wasn’t happy to have to rush to get into the park for stay & scream).
Not sure, good point though. After the program ended we did receive a smaller fruit basket @ all RP & PB (both times upgraded from standard room). Recent HR stay in Oct, we enjoyed a complimentary upgrade to GV but no food goodies. This was our first trip back in years since their stays didn’t qualify for the youfirst program.I wonder if that is because Cabana Bay never participated in the "Youfirst" rewards system since it wasn't officially a Loews hotel but just a Universal Hotel? We did receive our fruit basket last time we were at Portofino and I was surprised by that.