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Ben and griego

10:39pm on 3/20/26 by bengriego@gamli.com

Ben and griego

10:40pm on 3/20/26 by bengriego@gamli.com

First trip in May. 7 day park-to-park tickets. Club Level Portofino. In my mind, I'd like to get to parks every day around 11 and leave for dinner at Portofino, then return to parks until close. Over the course of seven days, I would

12:50pm on 3/17/26 by kellybelle

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Over the course of seven days, I would hope to experience everything and feel satisfied that we accomplished everything. Does this seem like a reasonable plan?

12:51pm on 3/17/26 by kellybelle

If not, I can save a couple of thousand dollars by switching to a regular room at the Royal Pacific and spending noon- 9 pm in parks every day to get it all done, and just eating in parks.

12:51pm on 3/17/26 by kellybelle

Me, husband, and two boys, 17 & 12. I want it to feel carefree and magical for my kids, and easy for my husband, since this will probably be our one and only trip to universal. They grew up Disney kids

12:51pm on 3/17/26 by kellybelle

With express passes this is absolutely possible!! you could make your own Touring plan to see if you can get everything done! Have fun!!

3:48pm on 3/17/26 by mmmartin

Yes! I think it is a great plan! Will you take a day or two for some mid day pool time too?

4:32pm on 3/17/26 by PrincipalTinker

Have you already purchased your tickets? If not then buying one AP would get you a good discount on the room most likely just make sure it's not blocked out for your dates. I may be in the minority and there are only two of us but I'm not a huge CL fan.

7:07pm on 3/17/26 by sneezy93

With that many days you definitely will not have trouble getting everything done with express! I would rather take that extra money and eat where we want when we want in the parks/CityWalk. Are you also going to epic?

7:08pm on 3/17/26 by sneezy93

We literally just did this (except not Club level) at Portofino and had the BEST WEEK ever!! We usually got to a park around 10:30 and still found plenty of time for the pool. The only park we didn't feel like we did everything at was Epic

10:18pm on 3/17/26 by malinMN

bc we didn't spring for express pass there but did end up going there two different times and were hit our must dos. It was an amazing week!!

10:19pm on 3/17/26 by malinMN

I think you can bc of EP except Epic. U need to just go early and stay all day. Even if u buy EP there it is hard to do it all bc rides break still. U need the early entry time at Epic IMO. Also, with boat or walking paths you could come and go as u like

9:10pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

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easily from IOA and Studios.

9:10pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

Ben and griego

10:38pm on 3/20/26 by bengriego@gamli.com

Ben and griego

10:39pm on 3/20/26 by bengriego@gamli.com

The Hoodlum is back! Thing 3 brought me for Spring Break. 3 nights Aventura. Loving the weather today!!!

1:00pm on 3/17/26 by TheHoodlumsMom

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Hoodlum prioritizing sleep over Early Entry. How did I go so wrong in the raising of this child?!?

8:11am on 3/18/26 by TheHoodlumsMom

LOL. U sound like me. I think I may have ruined my kids tho. My college son went to Cedar Point with friends and about lost his mind bc he couldn't get them out the door early enough and didn't arrive til 10:30 am. He felt like they had wasted the day.

9:06pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

His friends thought he was nuts.

9:06pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

Will be at Epic the first week of April. Is a good rope drop strategy Ministry then Minecarts? Apologize if this has already been discussed.

5:45pm on 3/17/26 by cpowers

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Yes to early entry, no express pass.

3:38pm on 3/18/26 by cpowers

If Ministry is a "must do" I think you might want to start there.

4:49pm on 3/18/26 by PrincipalTinker

Mine cart is down A LOT. we wasted a RD in it and kicked ourselves. If only have 1 day, I would check app a lot days before and see if it still down all the time.

9:04pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I wonder if anyone here has the same feeling as me. I have no interest in EU. Never played Nintendo, never saw any H2TYD films, don't like monster movies, and HP ride is interesting, but take it or leave it>>>

10:11am on 3/18/26 by TheHoodlumsMom

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until wait times drop. I don't think this park has the timeless feeling. I wonder if within a year or two they'll have to start shutting whole lands for new IP. Sorry if I spoke ill of your favorite park. Hugs!

10:14am on 3/18/26 by TheHoodlumsMom

@hoodlums, are you there now? We were gonna go in July with annual passes and a one day ticket for EU. But I'm wondering if it's better to get the four day three park hopper.. and then we could rope drop EU a few days. We will stay at HRH w/xprs.

12:56pm on 3/18/26 by mmmartin

We really love the two other parks lots of core memories there for my DS16! I just wonder if we'll be frustrated if we only have one day at epic.

12:57pm on 3/18/26 by mmmartin

I'm here at UF and IoA. No tickets for EU. Thing 3 would probably like the coasters, but he is happy with hulk and VC.

6:18pm on 3/18/26 by TheHoodlumsMom

Good morning everyone! Frequent lurker over here : ) I have been to EU 2x and have been on no rides. I have health issues and recent surgery that keep me from any rides. BUT, the light/fountain show at the end of the night is must see.You can see it from

7:57am on 3/19/26 by RememberTheMagic

Bar Helios. Even a balcony area in the Helios hotel. You dont have to be staying there. They have coffee /desserts in the lobby . Best vantage point is definitely above the park though. Imo, it is beautiful

8:01am on 3/19/26 by RememberTheMagic

I wouldn't say we have no interest in it and we think it's beautiful but after going twice, six days total and staying at Helios both times, I can 100% say it'll never be our favorite park. It just overall didn't quite hit the mark for us :(

9:00am on 3/19/26 by sneezy93

I'm really looking forward to going there. DH has watched every bit of the build on YouTube. But HTTYD is one of my now adult kids genres. And the rest looks gorgeous. Will let you know what we think in a couple of months!

9:33am on 3/19/26 by hodg

The HP concept does seem weird dince moving away from fantastic beasts but still having Paris. But when @len 1st described that ride on Disney dish he was quite emotional- only heard him like that talking about yoda on the starcruiser

9:35am on 3/19/26 by hodg

We have gone twice. Had a good time but in no hurry to return. It's just not ready for prime time, in our opinion. The technology is truly amazing, but rides are an issue. Agree that Helios and the fountain show view are a must-do.

6:43pm on 3/19/26 by snowdiz

I'm excited for HP and monsters. I'm hoping by the time we go rides will be running more reliably.

7:01pm on 3/19/26 by WendyMarie

I feel like the main reason we enjoyed it as much as we did was the fountain view room we had at Helios. The views are stunning and fountain/light show at night is gorgeous! And the park is beautiful. Food was good for us too overall.

9:00am on 3/20/26 by sneezy93

DH says SR is now possibly his fav ride anywhere and we liked Mine Kart but in 6 full days (3 in previews) we never made it on Ministry due to it being down.

9:02am on 3/20/26 by sneezy93

We have been there several times. I bought tickets for those visits before our first visit. Out 1st trip was the biggest disappointment I've had on any vacation. We had EP and still didn't ride everything or see much bc rides constantly down. Next visits

8:50pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

we're better. I would not have returned if I hadn't already paid for tickets tho. Last trip was at Helios. I can say it ranks 3rd in our list and we aren't going for next visit to Uni. But it is a beautiful park and very well themed. View from Helios is

8:52pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

stunning and unparalleled. Highlight of trip for sure. Rides still break fairly often especially mine cart and MoM but MoM not as bad as at first. The best part is MoM is queue which u can walk most of without getting in line now. Also now it and MC are

8:54pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

EP and weren't before. EP is a fortune and. It included with Helios which stinks compared to HRH RP and Portofino. Nice hotel but HRH was a better room IMO and staff there was very attentive compared to Helios. Both good but HRH was better. No where to

8:55pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

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eat if u leave park at epic. Too far to citiwalk without adding a lot of travel so a pain for that. Food pretty at epic but portions very small mostly. Tasted ok but hotels have better food IMO.

8:56pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

Sorry, to clarify Helios does not include EP which stinks. All in all epic is pretty but frustrating. If it rains you are hosed. Not much left to do.

8:59pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

Also, HP/FB area is pretty but not much to do there other than MoM. Other than that ride it lacksimmersive nature of other HP areas. Kind of boring. Looks like old Paris I guess but doesn't make me feel like I'm on set with Harry like IOA and Studios do.

9:02pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

Going next week with 4-day 3-park tickets plus EP from RPR. Forecast shows possible precipitation mid week. How are each of the parks in the rain?

7:59pm on 3/18/26 by urbyq

Both IOA and US have a lot of indoor rides so the rain doesn't affect those parks as much. I don't have as much experience with epic. I

7:25am on 3/19/26 by mmmartin

We've found ioa a bit limiting on wet/stormy days. HP, SpiderMan, Kong. Maybe cat in the hat if you're desperate.

11:05am on 3/20/26 by hodg

We had a lot of stormy afternoon/ evenings

11:05am on 3/20/26 by hodg

Epic is not good for bad weather. Very little is inside. MoM, Monsters and the 2 shows are inside. I can't think of anything else. We had a terrible thunderstorm the day we first went and lost hours of our day.

8:47pm on 3/20/26 by Buckeye86

Hi :) what time do they open the express line for Hagrids ? Do they open it during EE or do they wait until normal park opening times

8:48am on 3/14/26 by galwayman81

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My experience has been that EP being open during EPA is based on anticipated crowd. I think they only open EP lines during EPA when they expect huge crowds. (Think New Year's Eve.) This answer is not Hagrid's specific.

6:24am on 3/17/26 by TenMileMom

They were open early October everyday. Same with velocicoaster. I noticed when Hagrids went express they also went at EE at that time. But I'm not there every day so it could be seasonal

10:42am on 3/17/26 by clyde4242

It was open during EE when we went last June. It was nice because we were at the front of the line at RD, but since we don't run (just walk fast) a lot of people got to Hagrid's before us. Hopping in the express line got us back to the front.

8:07pm on 3/19/26 by WendyMarie

Is the 5 day express pass the most number of days you can purchase? If we have 7 day tickets, is there a way to buy all seven days of express without a 5/2 split?

10:57am on 3/19/26 by kellybelle

Does anyone have any recommendations for a transfer from PFB to Port Canavral for DCL? Thanks

10:03am on 3/17/26 by aw44

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Thanks @hodg, not long now!

5:04pm on 3/18/26 by aw44

36 days for us!

7:29pm on 3/18/26 by hodg

Any other suggestions for @aw?

9:33am on 3/19/26 by hodg

Difference between Adult and Tweens Epic plans?

10:45am on 3/18/26 by jblenk285

They look the same to me. I would use the "contact us" button on the home page of the app and ask there.

5:02pm on 3/18/26 by PrincipalTinker

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