King Pitcos Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Cheers guys. I will probably go with the 14 day UK pass as the benefits outweigh the relatively low cost over the magic ticket, it's just such poor value when I'm only there for one week rather than two. Although, the travel to Tampa and back will be by public transport, which probably means I don't really want any shopping days in Orlando until I go back there after Mania week, so I may spend the first seven days going to the parks anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted November 25, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted November 25, 2019 1 hour ago, King Pitcos said: Cheers guys. I will probably go with the 14 day UK pass as the benefits outweigh the relatively low cost over the magic ticket, it's just such poor value when I'm only there for one week rather than two. Although, the travel to Tampa and back will be by public transport, which probably means I don't really want any shopping days in Orlando until I go back there after Mania week, so I may spend the first seven days going to the parks anyway. My day ticket to the studios so I could see Galaxies Edge was $120 plus tax and that was 1 park 1 day admission Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 4, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted December 4, 2019 The Rise of the Resistance ride footage has come out an it looks absolutely amazinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQW1SyWb4IQÂ it won't embed unfortunatly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted December 4, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted December 4, 2019 Just now, johnnyboy said: I'm counting down the days at the minute. Iger could have saved me a lot of money by getting this finished on time. *Shakes fist* I'm probably heading to Orlando again in September for another HHN weekend, but I won't be going to Hollywood Studios again, plus the fact SW at Paris is another 2 years at least away so I am fine with spoiling it for myself, but absolutely if you are going any time soon, avoid avoid acoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 (edited) Got back from Orlando a couple of weeks ago, first time over there and didn't disappoint. Galaxy's Edge is everything I wanted it to be, the market is stunning, the attention to detail is ridiculous and I could have looked at the Millenium Falcon for hours. Probably spent half the day just in there. Cried like a baby on the walk in to Baatu as I could hear the Force Theme being played from Star Tours and was just emotionally overwhelmed. Smugglers Run is great fun, as was hinted previously it has the potential to be infuriating for some riders and was exemplified perfectly by the random that ended up in our group of five who spent the whole ride screaming instructions at my children. This was made better by my 7 and 11 year olds being the pilots and nosediving the Falcon in to the ground early on. Such a fun simulator though, wish I'd had time to go on a second time, the wait was around 55 minutes so not unbearable. Managed to squeeze in Magic Kingdom for my wife's birthday and her turn to cry like a child, made even worse by having lunch at Tony's in full view of the parade when a woman came over and said she'd like to pay for our meal using her Disney Dining credits as she had 60 left and was leaving to fly home to Ireland later that day. Queue much sobbing. We only managed two days in the parks and then travelled to Port Canaveral for a 7 night Carribean cruise on the Disney Fantasy which was the main part of the holiday and an absolutely world class experience followed by a day at SeaWorld after we got back to Orlando before flying home. Kids are already begging to go back, hopefully we can squeeze more parks in this time but would definitely cruise with Disney again, just couldn't do enough for us as a family and just pushes that Disney customer service in to overdrive. Edited December 4, 2019 by cobra_gordo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidB6937 Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 We keep thinking about doing a cruise. I absolutely love the Disney parks etc but I've never done a cruise at all. Such a tough choice really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra_gordo Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 45 minutes ago, DavidB6937 said: We keep thinking about doing a cruise. I absolutely love the Disney parks etc but I've never done a cruise at all. Such a tough choice really. The whole holiday was firsts for us, first time in the USA, first cruise so had the potential to be really overwhelming. If you do cruise I'd say not to be tempted by a 3 or 4 nighter unless it's something like New York to Florida just because you're only getting in to the swing of thing by day two or three. My wife and 14 year old were massively seasick the first night as Port Canaveral is notortiously choppy. They gave them seasick tablets for free at guest services but they're the drowsy kind so they were ruined well in to the second day. If that had been a 3 night cruise we'd have been screwed. I couldn't recommend Disney for cruises enough though. As it's family orientated it's way more entertainment based than some that friends of ours have been on. There's no casino or hardcore drinks packages and instead you get a couple of theatres with some good stage shows, a cinema and massive kids clubs. Also an interactive game featuring The Muppets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members quote the raven Posted December 4, 2019 Paid Members Share Posted December 4, 2019 Still looking for cheap flights for October I’m very excited by galaxies edge. Bit gutted to be missing gotg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 I’ve decided I’m not going to the Orlando parks in March. Not the Disney ones, at least. I might do a day at Universal to see the festival. I’m gonna go to Orlando around Halloween next year (for Horror Nights and the Guardians of the Galaxy coaster), so I’m spending the cash on other stuff this time rather than theme park tickets. My question now though is, what’s the craic with Tokyo Disney? I’m planning on going in 2021 or 2022 for the Nintendo world, but how big/different is the park overall compared to the Orlando and Anaheim setups? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted January 14, 2020 Awards Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2020 Is there a tour operator / holiday company that does Disneyland in Anaheim? I've been having a look around, and I think Virgin might but there's very little info on their website. Everything seems pushed onto Orlando or Paris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retro Red Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 It's similar to Anaheim in terms of content, but is bigger, similar in size to Magic Kingdom part of Orlando. Friend of mine went last year and his main comment was that queues were really bad so there's that to contend with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted January 14, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 14, 2020 26 minutes ago, King Pitcos said: I’ve decided I’m not going to the Orlando parks in March. Not the Disney ones, at least. I might do a day at Universal to see the festival. I’m gonna go to Orlando around Halloween next year (for Horror Nights and the Guardians of the Galaxy coaster), so I’m spending the cash on other stuff this time rather than theme park tickets. My question now though is, what’s the craic with Tokyo Disney? I’m planning on going in 2021 or 2022 for the Nintendo world, but how big/different is the park overall compared to the Orlando and Anaheim setups? Good man! I just booked another weekend, opening weekend, of HHN 30 in september myself. One last hurrah. As to Tokyo, more Anaheim then Orlando in terms of size. I haven't been but have some friends who have been a few times and they love it, though I think Shanghai is their favourite asia park. Tokyo Disneysea is definely somewhere I would love to go, even more so then the main park. That Nintendo World looks amazing. Sucks to only have 2 attractions, but that seems to be the theme now for all of these new worlds/lands they create. I assume the Orlando version will open now in Epic Universe rather then the main park which means its a while away yet. Still, if you go to Japan, their Universal still has Jaws so that's another bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Hannibal Scorch Posted January 14, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 14, 2020 17 minutes ago, HarmonicGenerator said: Is there a tour operator / holiday company that does Disneyland in Anaheim? I've been having a look around, and I think Virgin might but there's very little info on their website. Everything seems pushed onto Orlando or Paris. Not especially. They are not really catered for in Europe as the big push/demand is WDW. We were going to go a few years ago and I think we had quotes with Tui, but they will build a DIY package as they don't have packages as such. Also, there are plenty of hotels literally next door to the park. Some of my friends just booked it with expedia and bought park tickets when they got there.  Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted January 14, 2020 Share Posted January 14, 2020 (edited) Thanks guys. I’d also not realised the distance between Tokyo and Osaka, so quite a trek to do Disney and Universal! The Disney tickets seem to be a lot cheaper than the US ones. Edited January 14, 2020 by King Pitcos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Monkee Posted January 14, 2020 Paid Members Share Posted January 14, 2020 I’m going to Disneyland Paris 3 weeks today. So excited. First time on Eurostar (always driven before) and first time in a Disney Hotel. Also finalised the (EIGHT) hotels for the US road trip last night so will be staying in LA - Redondo Beach - for 7 nights and doing both Disney parks. Decided to skip Universal though as we’ve done it before. Any tips on FastPasses for Disney? I know they work differently to Orlando and don’t want to miss out on stuff because we’re not rope drop people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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