A couple weeks ago I took a quick trip down to Florida to visit Universal Studios Orlando. First I would like to talk about how I booked this trip. I always do my research and do my best to find the cheapest price but still staying at a quality Resort. I tried Expedia, Travelocity, Delta, and Spirit to book the trip and found they were all close to the same price. I moved the trip a day each way to see if the price would go down but that did not work. How I finally got the best price I booked the flight and hotel with Spirit (since I am a 9 Fare Club member I saved on flights) then I purchased the universal tickets from Universal Studios Orlando and then booked a rental car through Budget car rental and used my AARP card to save 25% of the car rental. I saved $250 off the price of this trip just by doing these couple things.
This is Universal's Cabana Bay Resort where we stayed. I would recommend staying at Cabana Bay if you are planning on going to Universal Studios for a couple reasons. First is that to get to the park there are shuttle busses that leave every ten minutes and is a short ride. Second by staying at the resort you have access to the parks one hours before the general public is allowed to enter.
Now lets talk about Universal Studios. There are two parks and the main attraction at both parks are the Harry Potter worlds. Diagon Alley and Hogsmeade are very well done area of the parks and you can take a short train ride on the Hogwarts Express to get from one to the other. They are in different parks so it is important to get the park to park tickets when you purchase them. Here are a few pictures I took at the park.
We took a short ride to visit Kennedy Space Center which is an hour ride from the resort. It was worth the trip and is something everyone should visit at least once. They have various exhibits and a tour of the grounds that comes with the admission.
This was a good short trip and the price was not bad but the food prices at the resort and the parks are expensive. You can always find something for a reasonable price but I like to eat so I did spend some money on eating out.
Thanks for visiting My blog and I hope I helped someone save money on their vacation.
Tim
I would love to go there!
ReplyDeleteIt was a short trip but the Harry Potter worlds are very well done. If you go have some butter beer.
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Hi Tim,
ReplyDeleteI'm in the same boat. I try to find the best deal I can, when we go on a family trip. We are a family of 4, saving $250, would be awesome. I'm hoping one day we are going to be able to go to Universal Studios. I liked the hotel you stayed at looked nice, my wife is a big Harry Potter fan and she has been dying to go check that out.
Make sure you get park to park tickets and ride the Hogwarts Express train between the two parks. You can buy a wand and they have places that you can use them on and turn lights on and make it rain. They are around $50 a wand and there will be a line to get one.
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