so i want to book one night stay on-site to get the harry potter early morning hour as that is the main focus of our one day trip to universal.
i'm wondering if i should just book cabana bay for that benefit rather than one of the other three resorts that will also offer us express pass. my daughters and I don't care for headliner/thrill rides - my husband does. but like i said, our focus is harry potter for the most part.
are there single rider lines for most of the thrill rides? is it worth it for the shows/restaurants? any other downsides to cabana bay?
thanks!
I'm also interested! DD is a big Harry Potter fan, and thinking about the best way to approach it.
I am a HUGE Potter fan too ! I've been to Universal twice in the past year and April will be my first trip where I stay on site. I've been lucky enough to travel during less popular times of the year so I was able to walk onto Forbidden Journey and waited about an hour for Gringott's both in the afternoons.
If I only had one day of extra hour I would get in at 8am and head straight to Gringott's, then to The Hogwarts Express, onto Forbidden Journey and then go back and explore the shops in each area.
Are you planning at least two days in the parks?
What is the cost for FOTL Pass?
Arrive at RPR and self park, go to the desk and check-in. Get a room key and then go to a booth to get our FOTL passes?
Go off and have fun, resort will call us when room is ready and then when we check out, we can do that on-line or via a kiosk?
I would buy soon as we never know when tickets/passes will increaseLooking to book our first trip to the Dark Side for next April. As I understand it, if I book a room only at RPR, this gives us the Express Pass privileges for our length of stay. Correct?
If I purchase park to park tickets from a 3rd party (say UT), do I purchase them now or wait closer to my trip?
We're looking at these options, too, though we think a two night stay makes more sense for us. One thought that occurred to me was going without the express pass on day 1, and deciding on day 2 whether or not to get it on the fly, and only getting the simple express pass. (Day 3 will be at a WDW water park.)so i want to book one night stay on-site to get the harry potter early morning hour as that is the main focus of our one day trip to universal.
i'm wondering if i should just book cabana bay for that benefit rather than one of the other three resorts that will also offer us express pass. my daughters and I don't care for headliner/thrill rides - my husband does. but like i said, our focus is harry potter for the most part.
are there single rider lines for most of the thrill rides? is it worth it for the shows/restaurants? any other downsides to cabana bay?
As near as I can figure, the Express Pass incentive for the higher priced hotels doesn't work when it's only two people, no kids.