I just booked our Universal Studios Vacation package, for the three days that we are in Orlando before we have to check-in at Disney.
Keri found the package, and we were all on board straight away. If you remember, the four of us (Keri, Ashley, Jessica and myself) were originally planning on staying at Disney's Pop Century resort. However, Keri managed to find us a great vacation package through Universal which included accommodation for 4 nights, a 3-day ticket to Universal Studios and Islands of
Adventure (where the Wizarding World of Harry Potter is), breakfast at the Three Broomsticks (!), free transportation to the parks, early entry into the parks (so we can beat the crowds), and free entry to all the bars at Universal Citywalk - for those of us 21 ;)
And the best part about the package was that it worked out to $199USD each. For everything that I just mentioned. And that was with 1 night free. So that was an amazing deal, considering that a 3-day ticket to Universal is over $100 on its own. The other awesome thing is the early entry, especially because there is a Harry Potter convention on in Orlando during those dates, and the final movie opens up on the 15th. Early entry will be a must to survive the craziness!
So the hotel we will be staying at is the Econolodge Inn & Suites Orlando.
Jake, Elissa and Reece have also booked the same package as us, but they will be staying in a different hotel. But we have booked breakfast on the same day, so that makes 7 of us so far in our awesome Universal group! It's crazy to think that in 5 months we will be dining in at the Three Broomsticks, drinking butterbeer :D (Yes, be jealous!)
So, that makes flights and pre-disney all booked and paid for. It's so exciting. This weekend I'm heading to the travel expo. It will be a busy day - I'm hoping to sort out my insurance (if 1cover are there), book my 2 contiki trips for January 2012 after I finish at Disney, talk to flight centre about changing my return flights and about checking in so that me and Ashley will be able to sit together since she will be checking-in at Christchurch and I will be in Auckland, and besides all that, apparently Disney will be there doing presentations about the parks! (According to Jake who got dvds and all sorts of exciting things at the Melbourne travel expo).
I also had a go at making a video blog today.. but the audio and video was like 30 seconds out of sync, which meant most of the time my mouth was moving and no sound was coming out. So that was annoying. I think I should stick to regular blogging.
Still haven't got my welcome email from Disney.. so I will be chasing STB up on that shortly since Keri got hers the other day..
Well, thats it for now,
Until next time
xx
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