Harry Potter at Universal
- Thread starter Bay_Kat
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kwillia
n/a
My daughter is very excited about this addition to the park. Our next trip to Orlando will most certainly be Universal driven. Screw Disney.
libertytyranny
Dream Stealer
That is awesome! I wanna go 
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Beta84
They're out to get us
Blasphemy!!!
RareBreed
Throwing the deuces
We're planning on taking the kids to Disney in a few years. I hope that's not the case for the hotels at Disney too.
Were there Malfoys present???? I so want to go to this. Never cared for Universal but I'll have to bite the bullet just to see this attraction.
Bay_Kat
Tropical
Universal hotels are not booked up for the next two years. They haven't even opened up online reservations for 2011 yet. Disney however, does get booked waaaay in advance so if you know which hotel you want and the dates, make sure you reserve it a year in advance.
RareBreed
Throwing the deuces
Well, I know the dates as we have to take our vacation the same week every year but no idea on hotels. Guess I better get to looking!
Yup, and if you're going during peak season make sure you do advanced dining reservations or you may find yourself eating at counter service and kiosks the entire time.
RareBreed
Throwing the deuces
Just skimming over the room options and knowing that we aren't "hotel" people (mainly because I need some place to escape my husband's snoring), we'd probably stay here...http://disneyworld.disney.go.com/resorts/cabins-at-fort-wilderness-resort/ which means about $1600 for the week. But I believe if you stay "on-site" you get some great amenities. I will definitely have to put the bug in my husband's ear.
Bay_Kat
Tropical
Draco MalfoyIf I was 20 years younger.....the Weasley twins are yummy too.
I always thought Neville was a homely looking kid, but as he got older, he turned out to be nice looking.
Pinkflamingo
New Member
Not sure where you heard that because there's no truth to it. I am going next week and I'm already looking into booking another trip in October and I'm finding plenty of onsite hotel availability.
Bay_Kat
Tropical
Heard it on the local news here.
Have fun next week. I plan to go in February. We went Valentine's weekend and there weren't many people there at all, no wait for rides and the weather was perfect. Hope we have the same luck in 2011.
Pinkflamingo
New Member
We've done both onsite and offsite stays and really prefer offsite. The only "real" benefits to staying onsite are:
*Extra magic hours
*dining plan (cannot book this if staying offsite but you can still dine and make reservations at the onsite restaurants)
*not paying daily parking of $14
But the fact I can stay in a NICE 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo with full kitchen, offsite and within a couple miles of Disney for usually less than $100/night, those things (to me) aren't worth paying extra for.
Once we get onsite and park we can still use all the Disney transportion thruout the parks and just about every other amenity they offer.
Honestly the only time we stay onsite is typically during their "free dining" promotions, but it's really hard to give up the space of a condo (especially with teens).