Orlando Florida/Disneyworld (Part 2) *CLOSED*

Steph998

Busch gardens was our favourite - if you like rollercoasters....I could have spent my whole two weeks there.

It's a fair distance from all the other parks though, at least an hour in the car, depending on the time of day and the traffic. So you want to plan your days carefully. You an go in and out the parks as often as you like with your pass. Remember, if you have a car, you are paying around 12 dollars for the parking, so you don't want to park hop on the same day.

markelock

Steph998 wrote: »

Busch gardens was our favourite - if you like rollercoasters....I could have spent my whole two weeks there.

It's a fair distance from all the other parks though, at least an hour in the car, depending on the time of day and the traffic. So you want to plan your days carefully. You an go in and out the parks as often as you like with your pass. Remember, if you have a car, you are paying around 12 dollars for the parking, so you don't want to park hop on the same day.

your days parking ticket is valid across the parks if you're going to disney so you can hop, you just tell or show the ticket when entering the second park

billionairelizzie

Aquatica cabanas.... http://commerce.4adventure.com/estore/scripts/skins/apo/cabanas.aspx
has anyone booked one of these, it says on the site that it's $99 for the whole day including sodas and a shaded area, I wondered if this also includes the admission cost, it's not very clear be great to see if anyone thinks its worth it, we only have a week in florida so I dont know about buying the 14 day flexi pass.

any advice greatfully recieved....:T

Steph998

markelock wrote: »

your days parking ticket is valid across the parks if you're going to disney so you can hop, you just tell or show the ticket when entering the second park

Yes, but I mean they are only valid for the same theme parks...i.e you can't use your Disney parking ticket in the Seaworld/Busch car parks and vice versa.

heatherf_b

Have been browsing around in preparation for our first Florida visit in July. I have read all the info on the 14 day ultimate disney ticket and they seem good. However I have seen US tickets for 10 days which seemed very similar and were available from www.undercovertourist.com. They seemed to ship to Uk, were cheaper and as we will probably want to intersperse our park days with other activities seemed ideal.

Are these ok to be used by non-US citizens?
Can you go back into the same park on the same day even without the park hopper (I know you can't visit more than one park on the same day)?

Also if anyone has any hints or tips for our holiday then they would be greatly received. There is myself, husband, son (6) and daughter (3) travelling.

Thanks
Heather

ewhyte15

Blink_Eden wrote: »

Anyone know how common squirrels are in Orlando?

I love the little critters and it would be nice to see some whilst I am away:j

Go to Celebration and take a walk around the lakes, you will see plenty squirrels and loads of other wildlife.

Elizabeth

jackieblack

duckychick wrote: »

Hi

we have decided on discovery cove as a definite and will be getting the ultimate ticket which includes seaworld, aquatica and busch gardens, does anyone know if the 14 day admission are unlimited, or can you only go to each park once within the 14 days ??

thanks

It;s unlimited entry for the 14 days - we got this last year and went several times to Aquatica and Seaworld, and once to BG.
I don't know if it's still available, but when I was speaking to someone at DC on the 'phone before we went last year they offered us an unlimited parking pass for the 14 days, for about $30. Parking was free at DC but about $11 at Seaworld and Aquatica so if you've got a car and you're planning to go more than 3 times it might be worth enquiring.

Also, they ran a free shuttle bus from Seaworld to Aquatica, so a couple of days we got to Seaworld opening to do the rides early while there were no queues, then got the shuttle over to Aquatica for a few hours, then back to Seaworld for the evening shows.

llanwrst2

billionairelizzie wrote: »

Aquatica cabanas.... http://commerce.4adventure.com/estore/scripts/skins/apo/cabanas.aspx
has anyone booked one of these, it says on the site that it's $99 for the whole day including sodas and a shaded area, I wondered if this also includes the admission cost, it's not very clear be great to see if anyone thinks its worth it, we only have a week in florida so I dont know about buying the 14 day flexi pass.

any advice greatfully recieved....:T

I read a Trippie on the dibb where a couple had taken a cabana and I thought it was a great idea (nice pictures as well)....but... looked at the website and found that although the headline price was $99 (and this does not include entry!) for my dates in August it was $224 - phew!!! We decided not to bother. If your dates are just $99 and you are planning a whole day then it looked great - do a serch on the forums on the Dibb.

llanwrst2

llanwrst2 wrote: »

I read a Trippie on the dibb where a couple had taken a cabana and I thought it was a great idea (nice pictures as well)....but... looked at the website and found that although the headline price was $99 (and this does not include entry!) for my dates in August it was $224 - phew!!! We decided not to bother. If your dates are just $99 and you are planning a whole day then it looked great - do a serch on the forums on the Dibb.

Just checked it again and discovered they do loungers at $40 for 2 and umbrella/towels on an island - sounds better value for my dates. Does anyone know anything about them?

whatusername

billionairelizzie wrote: »

Aquatica cabanas.... http://commerce.4adventure.com/estore/scripts/skins/apo/cabanas.aspx
has anyone booked one of these, it says on the site that it's $99 for the whole day including sodas and a shaded area, I wondered if this also includes the admission cost, it's not very clear be great to see if anyone thinks its worth it, we only have a week in florida so I dont know about buying the 14 day flexi pass.

any advice greatfully recieved....:T

I have to say i have been to Aquatica and didn't even know these existed, the look a great idea to be honest. For $100 including drinks i reckon it's a good deal.