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Lastly, it is important to note that because of its size you are much more likely to spend
one, two or even three weeks at Walt Disney World, whereas you would struggle to fill
more than four days at Universal Orlando.
Planning
- A vacation/holiday to Walt Disney World cannot be done without A LOT of
planning - you need to research which ticket type you want, which of the resort hotels you
want to stay at (and there are a lot to choose from), which theme park you want to visit on
which day and potentially have to bookyourrestaurants 180days before youeven step foot
on Disney property. You then best have a strategy about which rides to do when, know the
ins and outs of the Fastpass+ system and know what times the characters meet and greet to
make the most of your time - you will even need to make ride and show reservations 30 to
60 days in advance to get the most out of your ticket price.
A Universal Orlando vacation/short break
does
require some planning, we will not lie to
you. We are sure you know that because you have purchased this guide. It does, however,
not require anywhere near the degree of planning that a Walt Disney World vacation does.
You can take it more at your own pace. There are only four on-site hotels to choose from
which greatly reduces the time looking at those, though there are many nearby off-site ho-
tels to consider. Ticket options are simpler: you simply decide how many days and then
whether you want to park-hop or not. Restaurants can be booked much closer to the day,
sometimes on the day itself - sometimes a week or so in advance, but definitely not 180
days out like at Disney.
As far as having a strategy of what rides and experiences you do when, we recommend that
you have this at all theme parks - Universal included. You will not however need to make
ride reservations for Universal like you do at Disney, because this is (thankfully) simply
not possible. So, there is still some planning to do for a Universal Orlando vacation but it
is a lot less than at Walt Disney World.
Off-Season
-Weallknowthatschoolbreaksaregoingtobebusy,thekidsareoutofschool
and parents want them to have fun so the theme parks are naturally quite busy. What about
out of season? Like September during school time, or February. At Walt Disney World you
can expect some crowds year round - there are much quieter days than others but there is
never going to be a day at Disney World you can walk into EPCOT and walk onto Soarin'
within 5 minutes - this is never going to happen.
This is different at Universal; there are still lots of times of the year in off-season where
every ride is a walk-on or near walk-on - times when you can experience
Harry Potter and
the Forbidden Journey
in a matter or minutes instead of hours! Off-season still exists at
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