Chippy4
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- Oct 30, 2014
Myself, DH, 9 year old DD, and 5 year old DS are coming to Orlando the week of Halloween, traveling on Saturdays, so we'll have 7 hotel nights and 6 full days of park touring. Originally, the plan was to be only at WDW, so I have a deposit down on a two bedroom villa at Wyndham Bonnet Creek at a great price (~$100/night). In the last few months, DD has become Harry Potter obsessed and we decided we need to go to Universal for 3 or 4 days on this trip. So now, we'll be at WDW for 2 or 3 days, and Universal for 3 or 4 days, depending on how we decide to split the 6 park days, and I can't decide what to do about lodging.
Option 1: keep the reservation at WBC and just drive to Universal as needed. (We will have a rental car.)
Option 2: keep the reservation at WBC and book one "throwaway" night at Royal Pacific Resort 11/1 - 11/2 so we can have early entry and express passes for two days. Those two days do not have HHN so both parks will be open in the evening. This adds approximately $350 to my lodging cost.
Option 3: cancel the WBC reservation and stay the whole week in a family suite at Cabana Bay, and make the drive to WDW as needed. We wouldn't have express passes but we would have early entry for the 3 or 4 days we plan to be at Universal. This option also adds approximately $350 to my lodging cost.
(Option 4 would be spend 3 days somewhere near Disney and 4 days at Cabana Bay, but because the discount on Universal rooms is better the longer you stay, this would be the most expensive choice.)
Can anyone weigh in on if it's better to have two days of express passes/early entry or four days of just early entry during a slower time in the fall (Touring Plans rates the crowd that week around 3/10)? Or do I need neither and I can save the money and stay with my original plan of Wyndham Bonnet Creek?
Option 1: keep the reservation at WBC and just drive to Universal as needed. (We will have a rental car.)
Option 2: keep the reservation at WBC and book one "throwaway" night at Royal Pacific Resort 11/1 - 11/2 so we can have early entry and express passes for two days. Those two days do not have HHN so both parks will be open in the evening. This adds approximately $350 to my lodging cost.
Option 3: cancel the WBC reservation and stay the whole week in a family suite at Cabana Bay, and make the drive to WDW as needed. We wouldn't have express passes but we would have early entry for the 3 or 4 days we plan to be at Universal. This option also adds approximately $350 to my lodging cost.
(Option 4 would be spend 3 days somewhere near Disney and 4 days at Cabana Bay, but because the discount on Universal rooms is better the longer you stay, this would be the most expensive choice.)
Can anyone weigh in on if it's better to have two days of express passes/early entry or four days of just early entry during a slower time in the fall (Touring Plans rates the crowd that week around 3/10)? Or do I need neither and I can save the money and stay with my original plan of Wyndham Bonnet Creek?