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    2023 Epcot International Food and Wine Festival Information and Planning Thread

    The Guinness Baileys Coffee Shake in Ireland is served in a souvenir cup.
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    We might see you. We arrive on Saturday, September 9, and leave for home the following Saturday, September 16. We’re staying at PBH, and are doing HHH on Thursday, September 14. For the rest of the week, except the bookend Saturdays and Wednesday (Epcot - F&W) we will be doing IOA and USF in...
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    HHN 2023 is it worth it?

    I definitely thinks it’s worth it. Although we’re normally at Universal Orlando for a week, we just do one night for HHN, and we use RIP to avoid the wait lines so that we get to experience all of the houses. For years, my wife would skip HHN, and would find other things to do around Citywalk...
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    I’ve never done the resort guest line either. My group has done S&S holding area and the VIP entrance because of RIP. If you do the guest resort line, please let us know your experience with it.
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    The advantage of the holding area is that it gets released earlier than the front gate which has to wait for the official opening because there’s a “welcome” show with many of the scareactors at the front gate. However, there’s no guarantee that the houses will open when the holding area gets...
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    I hear ya! Because we only go one night, my group does RIP. In years past, we’d do a private tour so that we could repeat houses. Last year, we did a public tour, and doing the houses only once was more our speed. We are doing the public tour this year. HHN is a killer on feet. Universal...
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    My advice is to get into the Stay & Scream (S&S) holding area both nights if you have both a day ticket and a HHN ticket for each night. Don’t use your Express Pass for the first couple of houses while the standby line time is short, especially if you did S&S. Save it for later in the night...
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    It’s a continuous conga line, and the scares are random. If you’re lucky, you’ll encounter every scare. If you’re unlucky, the scares will hit both before and after you. Most likely, you experience some of the scares, but not all of the scares. Although the line might temporarily stop...
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    This is what I was thinking too. I did it back in 2018, and the holding area was pretty packed. I think when the houses opened, my first house was probably a 20 minute wait, and the second house had already crept up to 60 minutes by the time I got to the queue. I did get to see a actor swap...
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    Favorite (alcoholic) drinks in Epcot

    A local bar will serve the grapefruit hefeweizen with a shot of vodka. They call it The Vitamin C. It’s pretty good.
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    Favorite (alcoholic) drinks in Epcot

    I have several favorites: Fiesta Margarita in Mexico, Tipsy Ducks in Love in China, Tokyo Sunrise in Japan, and either of the Slushes in France. I also like Germany’s Schofferhofer Hefeweizen and Canada’s La Fin Du Monde, but those two beers are easily available locally now. Also, during the...
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    Premier AP does have 1 free HHN ticket. However, that free ticket is only good for most night in September, and only two nights in October: September 6-10, 13-17, 20-24, 27-28, and October 4-5.
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    For the RIP tour: Premier and Preferred Passholders get 10% off. Power Passholders get 5% off. I don’t see any discount on the house tours, but it doesn’t hurt to call and ask. If the AP is active on the days you are doing HHN both this year and next year, I would expect that the RIP...
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    AVENTURA HOTEL INFO.......

    Yes. My wife and I weren’t impressed with Bar 17. The potential is there though. One of the problems is at night, the windows reflect the bar and its lights, which hinders visibility through the windows. Plus I wasn’t impressed with the drinks or food. I would encourage everyone to at least...
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    AVENTURA HOTEL INFO.......

    My wife and I had a Aventura Deluxe Room the week after last Thanksgiving, and really liked. The “wall of windows” is really cool, and we had a view of Cabana Bay and Volcano Bay, with the fireworks of Epcot and Magic Kingdom in the far distance which we partially watched a couple of times. As...
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    ROYAL PACIFIC RESORT INFO...FAQ and more......

    Although I prefer RP over PB, one other thing to consider is that RP has a sliding door for the toilet/shower area while PB has a regular door. So in my opinion, PB’s bathrooms offers more privacy. Not a big deal for just a couple with the sliding bathroom door, but it might become a big deal...
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    Official 2023 Halloween Horror Nights 32 (Orlando)

    My party of 5 have signed up for a Public RIP tour on Thursday, September 14. We’re only doing one night of HHN. We had planned on going on Wednesday, but when I called Universal last weekend to book the tour, Wednesday was already booked up except for an 8:30 PM time slot. Thursday night...
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    Debating between Avetura and Cabana Bay or maybe Endless Summer for Mid July

    My wife and I haven’t stayed at CB, but we stayed at Aventura the week after Thanksgiving. We enjoyed it and would stay there again. Because the hotel is compact, it’s easy getting around. This trip was the first time we purchased the Freestyle cups at a Universal hotel, and it was worth...
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    Cabana Bay vs. Aventura

    We haven’t stayed at Cabana Bay, but we did stay at Aventura the week after Thanksgiving, and your viewpoint matches ours. We really liked staying in the Aventura Deluxe 2 Queen room. Our “wall of windows” faced Disney World, and we could see both the Epcot and Magic Kingdom fireworks at...
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    Portofino Check in question

    You should be able be able to check in all rooms if you were the initial contact for the booking. You will need to supply the name of all room occupants because each one needs their own room key, which will also be used as your express pass as you are staying at Portofino Bay. As for your...
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