How many days at Universal is needed??

inluvwithdisney · 03-20-2008

Ok so we are heading to Universal on Sunday, LATE DAY, We have the option of heading to one of the parks if we want. Monday we are going to Discovery Cove. Then Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we were going to go to Universal all three days!! BUT we get free tickets to Sea World by going to discovery cove. SOOOO my question is........

Is 2 days enough time to do US and IOA and on that 3rd day do Sea World or do we need more time for the Universal portion??? And then we would just skip SW altogether!???

Help?

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CaraMia · 03-20-2008

It really depends on the crowds. We went the first weekend in June last year. It was very hot and crowded. However, we were staying at a Universal resort and received a fast pass. The pass given to you at the resort is like a disney fast pass EXCEPT that you can use it on every ride (with the exception of I think 2 rides) at ANY TIME. You dont have to return to the ride at a specific time. The rides have a special line for those with the passes and you sail through the line and onto the ride in no time. The pass the resort gives you is unlimited...in otherwords, you can go on any ride as many times as you want. You can buy a similar pass without staying at a Universal resort, however, I think the amount of times you can go on each ride with it is limited. With the pass, we were about to do both parks in one full day. There are alot of rides that we did not go on (the kids are under 10 yrs old).

I would say with those passes you could maybe do both parks in one day..or maybe one park per day depending on how many times you go on the rides and what type of park go-er you are (commando, layed-back, etc). If it is REALLY crowded and you dont have a pass...definitely you will need one day per park. Like disney, the lines get really long.

I would never do Universal at a high peak time without one of those passes. It is worth the money.

E&B's Mom · 03-20-2008

Are you staying on-site? If so you would get express-line access to all but one ride (Pteradon Flyers) and you could do both parks in a full day. I wouldn;t recommend it. Do each at a relaxing pace in 1/2 day and enjoy the resort. If you have more time you can go back and re-do favorite attractions.

If you're not staying on-site I would do a whole day for each park.

Peppertink · 03-20-2008

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Originally Posted by E&B's Mom

Are you staying on-site? If so you would get express-line access to all but one ride (Pteradon Flyers) and you could do both parks in a full day. I wouldn;t recommend it. Do each at a relaxing pace in 1/2 day and enjoy the resort. If you have more time you can go back and re-do favorite attractions.

If you're not staying on-site I would do a whole day for each park.

Yep...that's what I was gonna say

inluvwithdisney · 03-20-2008

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Originally Posted by E&B's Mom

Are you staying on-site? If so you would get express-line access to all but one ride (Pteradon Flyers) and you could do both parks in a full day. I wouldn;t recommend it. Do each at a relaxing pace in 1/2 day and enjoy the resort. If you have more time you can go back and re-do favorite attractions.

If you're not staying on-site I would do a whole day for each park.

We are staying on site, so would 1 day for US and 1 day for IOA be sufficient? I would really love to do Sea World so I was hoping 1 day per park would be enough.

Peppertink · 03-20-2008

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Originally Posted by inluvwithdisney

We are staying on site, so would 1 day for US and 1 day for IOA be sufficient? I would really love to do Sea World so I was hoping 1 day per park would be enough.

Yes, since you are staying on site and will be able to use their "front of the line" pass as a resort guest, one day in each park should be sufficient.

inluvwithdisney · 03-20-2008

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Originally Posted by Peppertink

Yes, since you are staying on site and will be able to use their "front of the line" pass as a resort guest, one day in each park should be sufficient.

Yay! That is what I was hoping so we could go to Sea World one day too!!!

iluvwdw · 03-20-2008

Since you will be staying onsite at Universal, 2 days is MORE than enough to experience both parks. Have a blast at Sea World...you'll love it!

**ddoll** · 03-20-2008

Oh yeah! On site is the way to go! I hope you get enough free time to enjoy our resort too. They are very cool! Which one are you going to?

E&B's Mom · 03-21-2008

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Originally Posted by inluvwithdisney

We are staying on site, so would 1 day for US and 1 day for IOA be sufficient? I would really love to do Sea World so I was hoping 1 day per park would be enough.

A day in each park will be more than enough. Take some time to enjoy the resort too. Which one are you staying at? Oh, and ride Spiderman for me a few times

inluvwithdisney · 03-21-2008

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Originally Posted by E&B's Mom

A day in each park will be more than enough. Take some time to enjoy the resort too. Which one are you staying at? Oh, and ride Spiderman for me a few times

We are staying at Royal Pacific! Looks nice! We stayed at Hard Rock several years ago!!!
I will definitely ride it for you!! I remember that it was fun, but I do not remember much about it!!!

Campbell87 · 03-21-2008

A day at each is definatly enough!

E&B's Mom · 03-21-2008

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Originally Posted by inluvwithdisney

We are staying at Royal Pacific! Looks nice! We stayed at Hard Rock several years ago!!!
I will definitely ride it for you!! I remember that it was fun, but I do not remember much about it!!!

We've only stayed at HRH and Royal Pacific. I preferred Royal Pacific much more. The theming and the service are wonderful.

disney1 · 03-22-2008

We've been to US/IOA three times. Every time was in late July, early Aug. We had nooooo problem getting both parks in. The most recent time we went with my DW's sis, her two kids (17 & 14) and still had no prob seeing both parks in two days even with having to deal with "newbies".

My wife is a HUGE SW fan (we went every year when they had one up here in OH). And she was disappointed in Orlando.

The park layout is horrendous. The rides (Kraken) was great but as for the rest of the park. I would not recommend it.

Never been to Discovery Cove. But my wife did do the dolphin experience in OH when they were preparing the animals to be sent to Orlando. THAT was neat.

Live life · 03-22-2008

I think that 1 day in each park would be plenty of time to do/see everything; especially since you're staying on property and you can get in early and cut to the front of the line too.

SeaWorld is a beautiful park and if you have time to visit, I'd definately go there.

Enjoy!

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inluvwithdisney I need it to be May 28th! Join Date: May 2003 Location: Disney ~~ In my mind!! Posts: 2,783	How many days at Universal is needed?? Ok so we are heading to Universal on Sunday, LATE DAY, We have the option of heading to one of the parks if we want. Monday we are going to Discovery Cove. Then Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday we *were* going to go to Universal all three days!! BUT we get free tickets to Sea World by going to discovery cove. SOOOO my question is........ Is 2 days enough time to do US and IOA and on that 3rd day do Sea World or do we need more time for the Universal portion??? And then we would just skip SW altogether!??? Help? ? __________________ AVATAR: My kitties: DISNEY & EPCOT Disneyland ~~ Offsite~~ August 1991 Disneyland/Calif. Adv. ~~ DLH ~~June 2001 Disneyland/Calif. Adv. ~~ DLH ~~ Sept. 2002 WDW ~~ POR ~~Sept. 2003 WDW ~~ POLY~~ Sept. 2004 WDW/Disney Cruise ~~ POR/Disney Wonder ~~ December 2005 WDW/Disney Cruise ~~ POR/Disney Wonder ~~ August 2007 WDW & US/DC/SW ~~POR ~~August 2008 Proud member of Disney Overplanner AnonyMOUSE My Disney Countdown Counting down to: 16 DAYS with the MOUSE!! 9 days WDW/7 days Eastern Carribean Cruise!!! Playing and cruising with the MOUSE!!!!

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CaraMia Big Cheese Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 935	Re: How many days at Universal is needed?? It really depends on the crowds. We went the first weekend in June last year. It was very hot and crowded. However, we were staying at a Universal resort and received a fast pass. The pass given to you at the resort is like a disney fast pass EXCEPT that you can use it on every ride (with the exception of I think 2 rides) at ANY TIME. You dont have to return to the ride at a specific time. The rides have a special line for those with the passes and you sail through the line and onto the ride in no time. The pass the resort gives you is unlimited...in otherwords, you can go on any ride as many times as you want. You can buy a similar pass without staying at a Universal resort, however, I think the amount of times you can go on each ride with it is limited. With the pass, we were about to do both parks in one full day. There are alot of rides that we did not go on (the kids are under 10 yrs old). I would say with those passes you could maybe do both parks in one day..or maybe one park per day depending on how many times you go on the rides and what type of park go-er you are (commando, layed-back, etc). If it is REALLY crowded and you dont have a pass...definitely you will need one day per park. Like disney, the lines get really long. I would never do Universal at a high peak time without one of those passes. It is worth the money.

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E&B's Mom Just keep swimming . . . Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 1,856	Re: How many days at Universal is needed?? Are you staying on-site? If so you would get express-line access to all but one ride (Pteradon Flyers) and you could do both parks in a full day. I wouldn;t recommend it. Do each at a relaxing pace in 1/2 day and enjoy the resort. If you have more time you can go back and re-do favorite attractions. If you're not staying on-site I would do a whole day for each park. __________________ Maggie Avatar: New Years Resolutions Realistic - to get back into my best running shape. New Years Resolution Dream - to run a marathon 2006 - US Hard Rock Hotel 2005 - US Royal Pacific and Rennaisance at Sea World 2003 - All-Star Sports 2000 - All-Star Movies 1995 - Off Site My Disney Countdown Counting down to: RCCL Liberty of the Seas Sailing, Sailing . . . . .

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iluvwdw BLT for me! Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Floral Park Village (Long Island), NY Posts: 7,412	Re: How many days at Universal is needed?? Since you will be staying onsite at Universal, 2 days is MORE than enough to experience both parks. Have a blast at Sea World...you'll love it! __________________ Kim LIFE IS JUST BETTER WHEN YOU HAVE A DISNEY TRIP PLANNED! 1997 Double Tree ~ 1998 Vistana ~ 1999 April Vistana ~ 1999 July Vistana ~ 1999 Sept All Star Movies ~ 2000 Vistana ~ 2001 Vistana ~ 2002 Vistana ~ 2003 Aug Vistana ~ 2003 Dec All Star Sports, Polynesian & OKW ~ 2004 Feb Vistana ~ 2004 Dec Vistana ~ 2005 Vistana/All Star Music 2006 SSR and Vistana Villages ~ 2007 Sheraton Safari, Vistana, POP Century ~ 2008 Vistana Villages, Animal Kingdom Villas My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Our First Stay at BLT as DVC Members - President's Week 2010! 83 days 1 hours 31 minutes

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ddoll Singing In My Head Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: RI Posts: 5,257	Re: How many days at Universal is needed?? Oh yeah! On site is the way to go! I hope you get enough free time to enjoy our resort too. They are very cool! Which one are you going to? __________________ Moderator of DVC, Disney Company • 3/96 Offsite • 9/98 Villa • 10/98 Dixie Landings • 8/00 Villa • 6/01 Disneyland, CA • 5/02 Villa • 6/03 Villa • 11/03 Wilderness Lodge • 8/04 PopCentury, Swan & Royal Pacific • 12/04 Swan • 8/05 Swan & Hard Rock Hotel • 11/05 Swan • 1/06 Swan • 9/06 Disneyland, CA• 12/06 Swan & HRH • 1/07 Swan • 10/07 Hard Rock Hotel • 12/07 Hard Rock & Swan • 1/08 Boardwalk• 10/08 Villa• 1/09 Swan • 8/09 Condo • 1/10 Swan & PBR My Disney Countdown Counting down to: Viva Las Vegas! 18 days 9 hours 1 minutes

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disney1 Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Too far from WDW Posts: 190	Re: How many days at Universal is needed?? We've been to US/IOA three times. Every time was in late July, early Aug. We had nooooo problem getting both parks in. The most recent time we went with my DW's sis, her two kids (17 & 14) and still had no prob seeing both parks in two days even with having to deal with "newbies". My wife is a HUGE SW fan (we went every year when they had one up here in OH). And she was disappointed in Orlando. The park layout is horrendous. The rides (Kraken) was great but as for the rest of the park. I would not recommend it. Never been to Discovery Cove. But my wife did do the dolphin experience in OH when they were preparing the animals to be sent to Orlando. THAT was neat. __________________ 1986 off property - YUCK 2000 ASMusic - Calypso 2002 ASMusic - Broadway 2005 ASMovies - The Love Bug

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Live life Senior Mouseketeer Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 129	Re: How many days at Universal is needed?? I think that 1 day in each park would be plenty of time to do/see everything; especially since you're staying on property and you can get in early and cut to the front of the line too. SeaWorld is a beautiful park and if you have time to visit, I'd definately go there. Enjoy! __________________

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