SanFranciscan
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Oct 18, 2007
Haha. I mean I love Universal Orlando and I probably wouldn't mind as much if we weren't on a tight budget... and it also might be because I'm in the property management business and have my pet peeves...
I dislike rates that are not all inclusive. Yeah not everyone brings a car, not everyone wants a fridge or microwave... but when you have a nice hotel like that I just feel like it should come with all of those things as well as parking and internet.
We try and keep our food budget down by eating breakfast and either lunch or dinner in the room- but at $15 a piece for microwave and fridge per day it saves me nothing. Also, when we travel with our dogs we require a fridge and microwave (they're elderly and have meds and are picky eaters ) so we pay $30 extra bucks a day to bring them.
Anyways I hate rates that are not all inclusive. If they would up the fees $5 for the masses they could skip nickel and diming others and provide their guests with a more convenient stay. Thats my rant for the day thanks for listening
P.S.Also wanted to say that refils were 79 cents when we went in March and September last year.
You may take some heat for this, but I understand what you are saying. I am reminded of the commercial for I think that it is Holiday Inn, which says "The best surprise is no surprise." People willing to bite the bullet and pay up for a nice vacation can get frustrated with the fine print so to speak. I understand.
I was talking to the lady who sells the "Express Passes" next to where I photograph Universal guests coming in the front gate. She is embarassed to ask people buying the passes to pay another $5 each for the plastic things to wear the passes around their necks, but she is required to ask. I would like to have a little family picture included in the ticket price too so that no one is missing from the family picture later, as is the case for guests photographing each other with their own cameras; but I don't make the rules at Universal Studios. It is just a job so I had better hush around there until I get something else, but I do think that the continuous hustle is rather rude. I say this even though I am one of the hustlers.