Only a "Fool" Would Believe the 5th Park is Near...

[UpAllNight]

We stay at Pointe Orlando because we like doing all the parks. It's very easy to get to Seaworld/Aquatica. A very short taxi ride to Universal. A journey that we don't consider inconvenient to get to Disney. And it costs us £1000 (roughly $1500) INCLUDING flights from Manchester/London for 3 whole weeks.

Under no illusion that it isn't a better experience staying on Disney. But I can practically save $1500 by not doing so, which pays for my next trip. I'm barely in the hotel anyway. It's a place to sleep we are up early and back late, taking in as much as we can. If we were to stay on a resort it would have been Cabana Bay.

If my experience of Disney buses is anything to go by, I'll be back at Pointe Orlando from MK quicker with my scheduled transport than many resort guests will be

 

[po1998]

We stay at Pointe Orlando because we like doing all the parks. It's very easy to get to Seaworld/Aquatica. A very short taxi ride to Universal. A journey that we don't consider inconvenient to get to Disney. And it costs us £1000 (roughly $1500) INCLUDING flights from Manchester/London for 3 whole weeks.

Under no illusion that it isn't a better experience staying on Disney. But I can practically save $1500 by not doing so, which pays for my next trip. I'm barely in the hotel anyway. It's a place to sleep we are up early and back late, taking in as much as we can. If we were to stay on a resort it would have been Cabana Bay.

If my experience of Disney buses is anything to go by, I'll be back at Pointe Orlando from MK quicker with my scheduled transport than many resort guests will be

Just curious for $1500 how you are staying in a hotel for 21 days AND roundtrip airfare from London to Orlando...unless you mean $1500 per person?

 

[Disneyhead'71]

Just curious for $1500 how you are staying in a hotel for 21 days AND roundtrip airfare from London to Orlando...unless you mean $1500 per person?

They may mean £1500

 

[po1998]

They may mean £1500

From the post I asked about...

"And it costs us £1000 (roughly $1500)..."

 

[gmajew]

Haha, I drove to Chicago for the 4th of July Weekend last Summer. Drove up on Friday saw a couole of concerts on Sat. & Sun. Drove back to Orlando on Monday. Can you say, "Road Trip"?

If you really want to know how much I hate Disney, I actually seriously priced out a fall trip to Disneyland...today. I LOVE Destination Theme Park Resorts. I still get that "thrill" the first time I see the monorail almost everytime I go on property. I notice every pair of mouse ears and every Disney Parks plastic shopping bag when I'm at MCO doing a story about Someplace, Upnorth being shut down because of snow. I understand being a pixie dust addict because I am one.

WDW is like a bad dealer cutting "The Dust" with baby laxative. While the punk behind the 7/11 on Kirkman has been serving up some "pure".

I hightail it out of dwtn Chicago over 4th of July every year it is so bad so crowded and just so annoying. But I will say we put on a hell of s party

 

[ford91exploder]

It's a mindless exercise, but one that happens with regularity. I don't have any idea why because Disney has no plans for one and it would be a disaster under current circumstances as you have four parks that they can't maintain or keep fresh as is. Yet, that never stops these things.

And I usually drop a few buckets of realism into them, get yelled at and then leave and they go on and on ... hey, where can you get a good cheese steak in O-Town?

You cannot get a GOOD cheesesteak in O-town, You can get something with shaved beef and provolone on a submarine roll but not a cheesesteak.

 

[brb1006]

I will follow what Jiminy Cricket taught me a Looooong time ago...

Great now you made me look up the video and now it's stuck in my head.

 

[brb1006]

A park like Disney Sea will never be built in the states. As much as we would all love it.

 

[Siren]

OMG, this thread is just amazing and unreal. I have got to get caught up.

Anyway, if Universal opens a third gate, Disney will have no choice other than to open a fifth gate. It will be too late to worry about fixing the other parks first. Disney will just have to do everything at once.

I said from the moment Nintendoland was announced that Universal should go big with this. Nintendoland will be the perfect anchor for the third park. And, I want to see Princess Peach's castle, too. All the kids that played Nintendo are grown up and starting families. Nostalgia is just as strong as what's currently trending in terms of drawing in crowds, just like Harry Potter. I am not a fan of HP but I adore Nintendo.

At this point, Disney should just cancel Star Wars Land at DHS and expand on a Pixar themed land that features Cars, Monsters, Inc. and other Pixar IP's.

Then open a fifth gate with a truly grand scale Star Wars land as the anchor, a Frozen Land and Disney Animation Land.

 

[IMFearless]

Just curious for $1500 how you are staying in a hotel for 21 days AND roundtrip airfare from London to Orlando...unless you mean $1500 per person?

Be aware that a return airfare from London to Orlando is NOT the same price as a return airfare from Orlando to London.

We can and do get incredibly cheap deals from the UK. For instance in June 2014 I paid £499 per person for flights AND hotel. This was based on two sharing for 2 weeks flying from Gatwick to Sanford staying at Champion's World on the 192 - to be fair a budget motel, but we found it clean and comfortable as a base to do the parks.

In my experience, many firms lure unsuspecting one-and-done types in with a discount base price, but they more than make their money by up selling park tickets, car hire, insurance, transfers, and various stuff like that.

To be honest we are very fortunate in the UK to get reasonable deals with Disney as well. I think Disney realise that people will not fly transatlantic for a 5/7 day trip. It is therefore in their interests to make a 14 night stay affordable.

 

[BrerJon]

Just curious for $1500 how you are staying in a hotel for 21 days AND roundtrip airfare from London to Orlando...unless you mean $1500 per person?

I suspect that doesn't include the cost of park tickets, which if you do Universal, Sea World and Disney will usually come to more than the airfare. For just flights and a regular hotel $1500 is quite common for a UK package deal - it's why Disney has to offer UK guests year round Free Dining - it's the only way to make staying on property remotely affordable.

 

[IMFearless]

Just to add some concrete info on this, I have just booked for Sep 2017 with Disney to stay at CBR for 14 nights.

This includes...
14 Day Hopper/Waterpark/Themepark tickets x3
The offer includes Disney Dining Plan for 3 Disney Adults
Free Memory Maker
DME
A $200 Disney gift card

This comes out @£1109 per person based on 3 Disney Adults. We are getting our own flights which I expect to pay between £400-£500 per person from Gatwick to MCO.

So it will be around £1550 per head for everything except tips and additional spending money, although the $200 gift card will put a dent in this.

This is pretty much the best price you can achieve from the UK staying onsite.

The offer will change to everything as we got it, but with no gift card, for any bookings taken from July 2nd 2016. Then once you get to Dec 2016 they will take off the free dining. This is typically the set up from the UK each year, with the next years offers opening the last week of April.

 

[IMFearless]

With the GBP now tanking against the USD I suspect Disney will be cursing us.

 

[Mike S]

OMG, this thread is just amazing and unreal. I have got to get caught up.

Anyway, if Universal opens a third gate, Disney will have no choice other than to open a fifth gate. It will be too late to worry about fixing the other parks first. Disney will just have to do everything at once.

I said from the moment Nintendoland was announced that Universal should go big with this. Nintendoland will be the perfect anchor for the third park. And, I want to see Princess Peach's castle, too. All the kids that played Nintendo are grown up and starting families. Nostalgia is just as strong as what's currently trending in terms of drawing in crowds, just like Harry Potter. I am not a fan of HP but I adore Nintendo.

At this point, Disney should just cancel Star Wars Land at DHS and expand on a Pixar themed land that features Cars, Monsters, Inc. and other Pixar IP's.

Then open a fifth gate with a truly grand scale Star Wars land as the anchor, a Frozen Land and Disney Animation Land.

Because it worked out so well the last two times Disney rushed new parks to beat Universal to the punch. But hey, third time's the charm right?

 

[PhotoDave219]

... hey, where can you get a good cheese steak in O-Town?

You can't. Plain and simple.

 

[PhotoDave219]

At this point, Disney should just cancel Star Wars Land at DHS and expand on a Pixar themed land that features Cars, Monsters, Inc. and other Pixar IP's.

Yeah thats simply not going to happen. You do understand how popular and mainstream Star Wars is, right?

 

[Jimmy Thick]

I hightail it out of dwtn Chicago over 4th of July every year it is so bad so crowded and just so annoying. But I will say we put on a hell of s party

Too many people getting shot downtown these days in Chi Town, thank the Lord for the Cubs.

 

[Jimmy Thick]

Yeah thats simply not going to happen. You do understand how popular and mainstream Star Wars is, right?

So popular and mainstream I bet the opening day line to get in the park is down to Boardwalk.

Jimmy Thick- Rogue One reshoot what?

 

[GoofGoof]

OMG, this thread is just amazing and unreal. I have got to get caught up.

Anyway, if Universal opens a third gate, Disney will have no choice other than to open a fifth gate. It will be too late to worry about fixing the other parks first. Disney will just have to do everything at once.

I said from the moment Nintendoland was announced that Universal should go big with this. Nintendoland will be the perfect anchor for the third park. And, I want to see Princess Peach's castle, too. All the kids that played Nintendo are grown up and starting families. Nostalgia is just as strong as what's currently trending in terms of drawing in crowds, just like Harry Potter. I am not a fan of HP but I adore Nintendo.

At this point, Disney should just cancel Star Wars Land at DHS and expand on a Pixar themed land that features Cars, Monsters, Inc. and other Pixar IP's.

Then open a fifth gate with a truly grand scale Star Wars land as the anchor, a Frozen Land and Disney Animation Land.

I agree that Nintendo would make a good land. I'm really curious to see what they do with it. It's not a good idea to make a whole Nintendo park but it could/should be a major component of a 3rd gate.

 

[GoofGoof]

You can't. Plain and simple.

In my experience I would agree.

However, I have been told there is a place in the Orlando area called LaSpada's which is pretty good. They import Amoroso's rolls so it could be legit. I don't think it's right near WDW or Intl Drive though. Somewhere north of Orlando. Could be worth the drive.