Are you going to spend more time at UNI

[Disneyhead'71]

Good luck with that in Orlando in general. Never have a seen a population that gets so exited about chain restaurants? I'm not impressed by what Disney has to offer either but I don't book 180 days in advanced so I can't get into the so call great restaurants.

Orlando is developing a more sophisticated palate. We have That One Spot, Yellow Dog Eats, and 4 Rivers on the low end. Ravenous Pig and Cask and Larder in the middle and Norman's, Eleven, and Bull and Bear at the top end.

 

[ryguy]

Yup, have been going to Disney for the last 35 years. When I moved to Florida, I bought a Uni Annual Pass. It's just a better deal right now. The skip the line pass is a great feature, I wish all the hotels had it. Stayed at Cabana Bay last weekend for $106 bucks and it was great. Disney parks are so stale right now, I feel like I need to reward Uni for going all out for my dollars.

My only complaint for UNI is that there are too many screen based rides. But I could say the same thing about coasters at Cedar Point. Sometimes to much of a good thing is not so good.

 

[PorterRedkey]

We are going down in January and I thought we would check out Uni for a day, but park tickets are $131 will park hopper (needed to ride the Hogwarts Express). My girlfriend vetoed that, so we paid another $10's a piece for an extra day at Disney (6-day park-hopper).

 

[RandomPrincess]

My choice has more to do with my kids being over 42 inches and being able to enjoy more in the parks. Plus HARRY POTTER!

 

[surfsupdon]

I already have been going to Universal more. Even going to Fla and ONLY doing a Universal trip.

Let's see, I went to Universal back in '92 on a day trip from WDW.
Then again in 2000 for a day trip from WDW.
Then I went in 2012 solo--then brought my family in 2013, both day trips from WDW,
Then in 2014 we vacationed for 3 nights at Universal Resort, no Disney.
And again we were there in 2015 for 3 nights at Universal Resort, no Disney.

Universal is doing a terrific job at developing. My vacations there have been very, very good.

 

[IAmFloridaBorn]

Much more time at UNi. But that is due to us liking it more.

 

[DisneyPan]

I just came back from 3 days at Uni. Everything seems so much more relaxed there. The team members are nicer, calmer and just all around chill.
I love that you can walk around and have a beer. The rules seem less in your face. It's very different in my opinion. I really am not comparing it to Disney, because apples and oranges are totally different.
All I know is that I had a really good time. As a new annual pass to Uni, I think I'm going to find myself splitting my time between both Disney and Uni.

 

[BubbaQuest]

I'm spending more time at Uni, but not because of price changes. I just enjoy it more. The sad thing is as a lifelong Disney fan, I probably won't go back to Disney until Star Wars Land opens. Avatar at one park isn't enough to draw me back to what feels like 4 stale parks.

 

[Minthorne]

Next big trip is now a split between Disney and Uni in May 2016.

 

[rioriz]

I will be taking my first Universal only trip to Orlando in January!!! Super excited as I have not seen Diagon yet!

 

[MississippiBelle]

I drank the Whispering Canyon kool-aid when I was younger and never ever wanted to go to Universal. I had myself convinced it was a boring park dedicated to weird IPs and paid no attention to detail or theme whatsoever. This was back when A: I was a lot younger and B: Disney wasn't so crowded all the time. My family and I actually went on our first trip to Universal this past December and boy was I shocked! We only went for 3 days and loved every second of it! We are all huge Harry Potter fans so we were obviously enthralled with that side of the parks, but I was blown away by IOA as a whole. Not enough to warrant a full week, which is the amount of time we normally dedicate to a Disney trip, but we will definitely be dedicating a couple of days to Universal on our next Disney trip if possible.