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  1. MousetersInc

    Planning my day

    Short answer, no, you don't have to. Longer answer: At Disney, if you don't plan (and make all the right moves at the right times) you can just plain miss out on certain rides. You don't have that problem at Universal. Express Pass doesn't have reserved times, etc. On the other hand, though, it...
  2. MousetersInc

    Help! Totally new to universal

    Depending what "adequately" means. Two full days can let you do "pretty much everything" at the two main parks; if you want to include the water park, or take a more leisurely pace, you can stretch more. We did two days plus a couple of hours and didn't regret anything that we didn't get to...
  3. MousetersInc

    Favorite Universal Rides

    Here's my "for first-timers" post from another thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/sons-first-trip-help.3909801/#post-64606375. Yes, it's good to plan and to know what to expect, but with 3 days, even during spring break, you ought to be able to do pretty much everything you want.
  4. MousetersInc

    Convince me to purchase the Park to Park option

    Most of the discussion will revolve around Hogwarts Express, but since we're talking convincing, let's see if there's any other case to be made. Let's take the assumption that somebody doesn't at all care to ride the HE. Are there other good reasons to hop? In my mind yes, though you have to...
  5. MousetersInc

    Please help me try to get most the new rides in one day

    I'm not sure I've ever done FOP standby so I'm not sure what I've been missing, but you see plenty of theming in the LL queue! Just making sure you're aware, currently you enter your second park of the day until 2 pm. Now, if you can shift your date by one day, on March 8th there's After Hours...
  6. MousetersInc

    Universal with Disney

    This past MLK week we did 2 days Universal plus 2 days Disney. We drove on a Saturday, arriving in the evening, so aside from squeezing in a couple of hours on arrival day, our main "in-park" days were a Sunday, a Monday which was the actual MLK holiday, and a Tuesday and Wednesday. We decided...
  7. MousetersInc

    Disney pro - clueless about Universal

    Oh yeah; strongly discourage using single-rider on the first time through these rides, as the queue amounts to an attraction in itself. Forbidden Journey is basically an opportunity to tour Hogwarts castle. For that matter, even if somebody winds up not riding it (it's possibly the worst...
  8. MousetersInc

    Disney pro - clueless about Universal

    You might consider a "split stay" situation. The Uni hotels that give you EP do so for both your check-in and check-out day... so one night gives you two days of EP, often enough to ride pretty much everything. Hm, tough one. The tipping point might have to do with crowd level. There are...
  9. MousetersInc

    MVMCP for the rides?

    Yes! https://www.disneytouristblog.com/magic-kingdom-standby-itinerary-without-genie-plus-half-day-party-night/ Especially at the start of the holiday season.
  10. MousetersInc

    Disney family planning first trip to USO completely last minute - Please help with your BEST tip!

    Oh—you didn't mention length of stay. Here are some thoughts: Even if you only have one day, it's not "too short to bother with." At a crowded time you can't do "everything" in one day, but you can do some of the most important stuff. But chances are, if you're paying for a hotel, then you're...
  11. MousetersInc

    Hollywood Studios After Hours Strategy

    I'm not speaking from a position of experience here, but my impression is that you might still have park-close crowds for the first certain amount of the event. So my strategy would be to not go straight to some of the rides that develop the longest lines during the day, like SD or RotR. I might...
  12. MousetersInc

    negative change with Express Pass lines

    My perception is that, over the past few months, a "good" Velocicoaster time is around 45', and a bad one was over 90. I believe this week has been/will be a very high traffic one, so my guess is that 30', or even the 90' standby, is a great time "considering"!
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    Disney family planning first trip to USO completely last minute - Please help with your BEST tip!

    Here's my grab-bag of tips from another "long time Dis, first time UO" thread: https://www.disboards.com/threads/sons-first-trip-help.3909801/#post-64606375 And yes, go for it! As long as you can get the right hotel reservations, 3 weeks seems fine. There are no ADRs to worry about, no 60-day...
  14. MousetersInc

    After Hours

    Nice to know that even in an extremely high-traffic time, AH can buy walk-ons!
  15. MousetersInc

    Epcot One Day—Guardians LL or Virtual Queue?

    If 1:00 is the estimate for when your boarding group is called, keep an eye on it; they often get called earlier than the estimate (makes sense they'd hedge their bets). Also, you should know that you don't have to race to it when your BG is called if you happen to be across the park; you can...
  16. MousetersInc

    Can you park hop to an After Hours park before 7pm?

    So short answer, yes, holding After Hours tickets doesn't impact your park hopper ticket; you can do whatever you want with your day, aside from the "2 pm" rule. Longer answer, for the benefit of others too: One of the things that confused me about After Hours tickets is that they are their...
  17. MousetersInc

    Ticket question

    Same at Hard Rock. I imagine the person at the desk might be able to print the tickets when you check in? But there was also an automated kiosk where you could print them out; I believe you'd have to swipe the credit card that purchased them as proof of identity. Also, I bungled our...
  18. MousetersInc

    Express Pass ?

    Note, there's a rumor that Velocicoaster will start accepting Express Passes in the near future. Even at the moment, though, it's possible to find wait times averaging under 45' by actually avoiding rope drop and riding it later in the day. (EP might totally change the metrics of when it's a...
  19. MousetersInc

    Olivanders on a Saturday evening

    Plus 1 to "loop it til you make it." We got picked, but the wandmaster asked another kid first "Do you have a wand" and they said yes, so they moved on to my daughter. And yes, she was in full Hogwarts robe with Gryffindor tie and stars in her eyes; from what I've heard it helps (though the boy...
  20. MousetersInc

    Family not excited, looking for recommendations

    Ahhh. Yeah, I'm actually with him on "no parks arrival day," though I know others are into it. For us, we flew, even a short 3-hr flight from NC. We woke up at like 4am to go to the airport, saying we could sleep on the flight. We checked into Wilderness Lodge and went on to AK, leaving at...
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