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BMX Bandit said:
It’s not really a money pit. You can make it expensive or reasonable. Just gotta time bookings and the likes. Our flights and hotel for just over a fortnight often come in cheaper than a week in Tenerife.
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Oh aye, totally, we always get cracking deals - catch it right with BA and we tend to go for around 500p, then a car and Disney tickets. For food we tend not to book anything in Disney, we've done it and now just prefer to go out and about to break the day up.

You can spend a fortune there, so the money pit can be true, but you can absolutely do it without going mental. 100%
AI is class isn't it! Here's some recent trips
  • February 26, 2025 - March 12, 2025
    • Total Price: £2,737.00
    • Travelers: 3
    • Cost per person: £912.33
  • January 11, 2023 - January 25, 2023
    • Total Price: £1,790.00
    • Travelers: 3
    • Cost per person: £596.67
  • September 12, 2022 - September 26, 2022
    • Total Price: £1,633.00
    • Travelers: 3
    • Cost per person: £544.33
  • February 14, 2026 - March 1, 2026
    • Total Price: £2,820.00
    • Travelers: 4
    • Cost per person: £705.00
  • August 28, 2024 - September 11, 2024
    • Total Price: £2,742.44
    • Travelers: 3
    • Cost per person: £914.15
  • October 10, 2024 - October 25, 2024
    • Total Price: £2,276.00
    • Travelers: 3
    • Cost per person: £758.67

So average of £755 - but a few of these include cars already in the booking, some don't, so I wasn't far off with my 500pp guesstimate!
 
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Sleepy said:
Oh aye, totally, we always get cracking deals - catch it right with BA and we tend to go for around 500p, then a car and Disney tickets. For food we tend not to book anything in Disney, we've done it and now just prefer to go out and about to break the day up.

You can spend a fortune there, so the money pit can be true, but you can absolutely do it without going mental. 100%
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What always blows my mind is when we speak to some Americans. The prices they pay for 5 days or a weeks is insane.

My youngest was playing with a girl at Epcot and the mam was composing at the fact she’s paying $800 an hour and they can’t supply her with an umbrella to shade her.

Ours recently hasn’t came in more than £2500 for the 4 of us then passes on top. Spends seem to get less each year as we’ve done more things don’t need to repeat. Think that’s why next time looking at better hotel amenities (ie drury with its breakfasts and buses) or a villa.
 
BMX Bandit said:
What always blows my mind is when we speak to some Americans. The prices they pay for 5 days or a weeks is insane.

My youngest was playing with a girl at Epcot and the mam was composing at the fact she’s paying $800 an hour and they can’t supply her with an umbrella to shade her.

Ours recently hasn’t came in more than £2500 for the 4 of us then passes on top. Spends seem to get less each year as we’ve done more things don’t need to repeat. Think that’s why next time looking at better hotel amenities (ie drury with its breakfasts and buses) or a villa.
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Have to ask, how was it $800 ph?

Drury has breakfast, busses AND afternoon tea / early dinner with drinks (inc alcoholic) - and no resort fees (I think there's a car park charge though).
 
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PTR said:
Have to ask, how was it $800 ph?

Drury has breakfast, busses AND afternoon tea / early dinner with drinks (inc alcoholic) - and no resort fees (I think there's a car park charge though).
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They were on a vip tour. Second day of it as well. Had the cast members in plaid uniform with them. She was sound and her kids swapped stuff with mine but I found it mental.
We’ve the drury canny high up on our choice list like. Mainly for all you mention as it’s about 15 minutes closer to springs than where we usually stay.
 
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BMX Bandit said:
They were on a vip tour. Second day of it as well. Had the cast members in plaid uniform with them. She was sound and her kids swapped stuff with mine but I found it mental.
We’ve the drury canny high up on our choice list like. Mainly for all you mention as it’s about 15 minutes closer to springs than where we usually stay.
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AH, those tours are really expensive. They do look really cool though.

If you want to be even closer, the Wyndham is literally on the side of the walkway overpass into Disney Springs. We've stayed their a number of times too, but not in the last 3 years so worth checking if anything has changed - for some reason "the buses" is pinging in my head as something that might have done.
 
PTR said:
AH, those tours are really expensive. They do look really cool though.

If you want to be even closer, the Wyndham is literally on the side of the walkway overpass into Disney Springs. We've stayed their a number of times too, but not in the last 3 years so worth checking if anything has changed - for some reason "the buses" is pinging in my head as something that might have done.
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Not been in a Wyndham in Orlando for years. Always used to stay in the massive one on I drive near McDonald’s but every year it seemed to get smaller. I’ve a feeling it’s gone now, was that bug you needed golf carts to collect you to take you to reception.
 
BMX Bandit said:
Not been in a Wyndham in Orlando for years. Always used to stay in the massive one on I drive near McDonald’s but every year it seemed to get smaller. I’ve a feeling it’s gone now, was that bug you needed golf carts to collect you to take you to reception.
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The one right next to Springs is canny. They upgraded the tower and that's nice. The old motel style rooms at the side are more basic - they've even set it up as 2 separate hotels now, the motel under the "Wyndham Gardens" brand or something like that.
Its not all that big though, so you're probably thinking of one of the other ones.
 
PTR said:
The one right next to Springs is canny. They upgraded the tower and that's nice. The old motel style rooms at the side are more basic - they've even set it up as 2 separate hotels now, the motel under the "Wyndham Gardens" brand or something like that.
Its not all that big though, so you're probably thinking of one of the other ones.
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Aye I’ve seen the one on the springs. We had to help a hysteric woman back there other year from springs. She was going her ends screaming was lost. So calmed her down and got her over bridge to hotel.

The one we used to stay in was on sand lake rd/international drive/universal blvd. Was the whole corner pretty much and the world’s biggest McDonald’s was on other side of crossroads. Must’ve stayed there 6 times before we moved to Rosen inn at point Orlando for a few years. I would love to stay back in I drive area but feel with the kids it’s better to be LBV.
 
BMX Bandit said:
Aye I’ve seen the one on the springs. We had to help a hysteric woman back there other year from springs. She was going her ends screaming was lost. So calmed her down and got her over bridge to hotel.

The one we used to stay in was on sand lake rd/international drive/universal blvd. Was the whole corner pretty much and the world’s biggest McDonald’s was on other side of crossroads. Must’ve stayed there 6 times before we moved to Rosen inn at point Orlando for a few years. I would love to stay back in I drive area but feel with the kids it’s better to be LBV.
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Our first time was McCoy Road, just off Sand Lake iirc. Bloody miles out :lol:
 
Our first time was McCoy Road, just off Sand Lake iirc. Bloody miles out :lol:

Just been looking at the place on Google Maps. Seems them sold off all their gardens about 2011 and had like a strip mall built out front. I can remember running from room through hotel, through garden and j walking across I drive to go to Walgreens during the night for some booze and crisps.
Had to cross 8 lanes. That’ll have been after all night in o shucks.
 
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Been here 2 weeks.
Epic decent, except Nintendo land which is like literally being inside the game. Full of bairns and rides are crap. Monsters Unchained is unreal and Stardust Racers is brutal. Harry Potter area is incredible.
Universal was quiet until HHN kicked in at 17.00 when the crowds tripled. Was very good though, if you are happy to wait 60 mins for a 1 minute walk - through.
Uber and Lyft still best way to get around ($8 Pointe to Universal)
Murphy’s on I drive best place to watch Sunderland matches.
Cheddars restaurant best for decent food. Big posh steak houses are now $90 for a ribeye plus sides then they add 21% service charge. BTW I got charged 21% service charge for a self service beer.
Noticeably fewer brits here.
 
What did you find incredible about Harry Potter at Epic, since it’s not really Harry Potter at all but a recreation of 1920s Paris for Fantastic Beasts? Thowt that was really boring me, as did my bairn who much preferred actual Harry Potter in Universal.
 
Tex said:
What did you find incredible about Harry Potter at Epic, since it’s not really Harry Potter at all but a recreation of 1920s Paris for Fantastic Beasts? Thowt that was really boring me, as did my bairn who much preferred actual Harry Potter in Universal.
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I’m not a HP fan, just thought the whole staging was incredible. TT jnr was filling us in on the fantastic beasts stuff and the story of the ride, but it was still class.
 
toxic tracksuit said:
I’m not a HP fan, just thought the whole staging was incredible. TT jnr was filling us in on the fantastic beasts stuff and the story of the ride, but it was still class.
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I think our lass fell for the hype - which wouldn’t exactly be a first for her 😁 - but she has some sort of membership that gave us VIP access when Epic first opened so it wasn’t that busy. I’m absolutely not arsed at about any of the parks I can take them or leave them but if it makes the bairn happy then I’m happy. I think that aside from meeting the characters the bairn is just as impressed with a late night swim in the hotel pool as she is with any of the spectacles at the parks!
 
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