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***2brides***/Orlando experts
2brides, I'd love some advice from a planning expert!
We're thinking of going in the next year or so, mainly to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter. I'm thinking maybe a day or two there and a day at WDW. I've been once (in summer!) and used to live in Georgia and know I want to avoid that season. Otherwise, when are the best times of year to go?
Any suggestions on where to stay?
Any good advice for searching for vacations/deals?
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Re: ***2brides***/Orlando experts
Ohh?my favorite topic. We?ve been several times in the Jan/February timeframe and had a great time (although avoid MLK and Presidents Day weekends.) The weather can vary (I know they had a cold winter this year) ? but we?ve typically had temps in the low-mid 70s during the day and mid-upper 60s at night. Not swimming weather (although you do see people swimming!) ? but cool enough so you don?t sweat while you walk through the parks (I HATE sweating.) If you would rather go in warmer months ? Septembe/early October (post Labor Day can be somewhat lighter in terms of crowds ? but can also be really hot (90s.) March/April is great weather but also spring break time ? and it can get crowded. Do not go at Christmas. It is a cluster*^@#. We went about 11 years ago and it wasn?t too bad. My parents went last year and said it was the worst trip of their lives (they?ve been 30+ times.) They typically have to close the parks due to capacity.
For Disney and where to stay you basically have 3 options 1) Disney property 2) hotel off property and 3) condo off property. All 3 have pros/cons. If you stay on property you don?t have to rent a car since Disney has its own bus system from the airport to the resorts. And there are often discount packages (especially with this economy.) You can stay off property at a hotel and get great deals online (seen some $50 rates for good hotels!) since there are so many hotels in Orlando ? but you?d have to rent a car (some hotels say they have shuttles but most are sporadic and unreliable (but car rentals are DIRT cheap in Orlando ? last time we went I got an SUV for about $100/week.) The other option is to rent a condo off site. This is what we did the last time we went. We rented at a place called Windsor Hills (www.windsorhillsrents.com) all the condos are privately owned and you rent directly from the owner. We got a 3 br/3 ba condo for about $110/night. It was awesome to have so much room and a kitchen to store snacks/quick breakfast foods ? and it was very clean/safe. They even have townhouses/SFH homes with private pools. This is a great option for people with kids/traveling with friends ? but if it was just DP and I, we?d probably stay in a hotel room on property.
The other option would be to stay at one of the Universal Hotels. As a resort guest, you get a ?front of the line pass? to all of the attractions at Universal. This is huge. I haven?t been to Universal in years (15+) and haven?t been to Islands of Adventure ? but due to HP opening and all of the hype, it is projected that Universal/IOA are going to be jammed for the next year or so. The ?front of the line pass? would be great.
As far as travel agents, I would recommend Dreams Unlimited Travel. They will help find a package (on site or at a few off site hotels that they partner with) and also keep up to date if any discounts come up and apply them to your reservation.
The boards that I recommend for Disney planning are www.disboards.com. Great information and very nice people.
A good tool for planning is www.touringplans.com. For a subscription, you can look and see what they forecast the crowds to be on any given day. And they are amazingly accurate.
Ok..that is a start. I could go on and on. Food, rides, etc. Let me know if you have other questions!
I'm so glad you asked this! I'm dying to go to the WWoHP!
I'm really hoping to convince Trav to go next year.
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This is fabulous information! Thanks so much. I can't wait to check out the boards you mentioned. We are staying at Port Orleans-Riverside.
I would love any suggestions of rides...since I'm betting there've been lots of additions since I was a kid.