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    I've never taken my family to Universal - but with Mario there we'd like to plan 1 day. How would you schedule your trip?

    I'd suggest VIP. Run the numbers, it wasn't that much more for us when we added up hotel + parking + lunch + early entry + express pass + tickets. The difference was worth the convenience.
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    Rental Car

    Whatever is cheapest through Costco.
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    2 days or 1 day with express Pass Universal Studios

    We were trying to figure out almost the same thing. By the time we added up the early Nintendo entry, a hotel so we're there early enough, parking, 1 day passes with express, it was only a little bit more to just to do the VIP tour (and that would include a meal which pretty much made it a wash...
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    Can I skip Day 1 of a ticket window?

    We did, I think we first went on day three of our window. Saved us about $75 compared to starting the window on the day we arrived.
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    Avis Car rental

    We picked up a car for one day from Avis at HRH a few weeks ago and the experience wasn't great. There's one person running all of the desks and they go from hotel to hotel. We had to wait 45 minutes after opening (when our reservation was for) at HRH before they got there and we could get our...
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    Can anyone share a Busch Garden touring plan?

    Get the 1x front of the line pass. We got lucky with Tigris and got in line after the afternoon storm and didn't have to wait too long for it. Only thing we didn't manage to get to was the raft ride since it closed earlier and we didn't realize it.
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    Excellent ticket promo on Visit Orlando right now

    Can you add additional days to these once at the park by paying the difference? The offer I have on the site is only 2 day, not 3 day like OP.
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    New RCCL Family Cruise Project - Adventure OTS and Costa Maya?

    We did Chacchoben through Native Choice a few weeks ago and were very happy. The name of the town near Costa Maya is Mahahual if it helps your searches.
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    Costa Maya ruins - booking non Disney

    Wasn't too far, probably spent more time walking around trying to get out of the port than we did from the port to the building. On the way back they drop you off right around the ruins in the middle of town so it's a shorter walk back. We had Enrique, he did a good job. When we got to the...
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    Costa Maya ruins - booking non Disney

    We just did the Native Choice with Chacchoban and the Mayan Experience and we were thrilled with it.
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    The Symphony, The Key, Two Teens, and Me: A March 2019 Review

    I have read elsewhere that you can't turn off charging in the arcades. I know when I got the prepaid arcade credits through the planner (at a discount) I had to get them activated through the casino so I wonder if there's a way to turn of arcade charging through the casino.
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    Tell me about using Costco to book on opening day

    This was Eastern Caribbean. It sucked because I could see them on the website when I called but I had to wait because of the placeholder and they were gone by then. Just keep an eye on them, a lot of people hold a reservation but don't follow through or change. Real easy to call back and get...
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    Tell me about using Costco to book on opening day

    The prices didn't change for me in the time period. If they went up, I'm sure I would have had to pay more. That's awesome it's gotten better. I had called Fall 2018 opening day whenever that was.
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    Tell me about using Costco to book on opening day

    I called on silver opening day (placeholder already transferred) and I think I was on the phone for two and a half hours. Obstructed balconies were all taken, but I kept an eye on the website and was able to call back a week later and move to the exact room we wanted.
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    Sesame Place in Pennsylvania- a few questions

    We went years ago without doing any planning just because we happened to be in the area. We just got regular tickets but most of the sales that we saw were buy one day get the second free. I don't remember having long lines to deal with, but I do remember the parade was as bad as any Disney...
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    Convince me to take the leap and try RCCI ( and share your advice on ships:)

    We went from Disney Dream to Royal's Allure and we have two similar aged boys and the physical activities (flowrider, rockwall) were far more their style now. They also had the broadway style show that we enjoyed (although not as much as DCL). I would really like to get onto the Harmony or...
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    Booked my next cruise

    Our next cruise is a 5 day on the Independence and even with 5 days I feel like it's not enough time to do everything the ship offers!
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    Harmony of the Seas Vs Disney Dream

    We've done Allure and have done both Fantasy and Dream. We personally preferred Disney better, but not enough to pay for it now. Our boys also enjoy the physical activities available on Royal's ships more than what they were able to do on Disney. They also told us they liked Royal's kids clubs...
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    aft on Fantasy

    9152 was pretty bad for us a few months ago.
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    40% off offer if booked by 12/31, really a good deal??

    Black Friday was 199 so it's not too far off from that. I remember seeing pricing closer to $300 for my dates earlier this year before that but I haven't seen a non sale price in a while.
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