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No, you're absolutely right. They get away with it because people are willing to pay for it. For me personally, that's a ton of scratch to pay to just sit around in hour long lines in an overcrowded park.
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#707 |
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Taking the kids in August after school starts. Hopefully it won't be SUPER ****ing busy. Nothing can be as bad as when we took the kids for New Years. Holy **** was that a mistake.
Works out on cost though because I'll be down there for a work conference. Hotel paid for. Driving down and I get reimbursed for mileage. We're literally paying for the Disneyland tickets and food. |
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Location: Hollywood, CA
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Also, if you haven't been in a while, be prepared to see scores of obese people riding electric carts. I'm not talking 20 pounds overweight, I'm talking 300-600 pounders. Also, there's usually a strong contingency of douchebag parents toting around under 2 year olds in dual and sometimes triple strollers. What the **** is their 18 month old going to get out of Disneyland, other than a sunburn? |
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I can't imagine dropping $10k to take my family to Orlando. I'd rather take them to Italy or Greece or Spain. |
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#711 | |
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We're thinking about coming down a day earlier and going to Universal. The kids have never been and the oldest really wants to go for the Harry Potter stuff. Not sure yet. |
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
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Be sure to stay on top of the Fast Passes. Plan your day out, which rides at which time, etc. so the wait won't be as long. You can't stack Fast Passes all day, you have to wait until you're within the time frame (usually 1 hour) of your current pass in order to get another pass. It's jacked up. I talked to a friend earlier this week that took his family to Orlando that told me it's like $50 additional per person to purchase Fast Passes at Universal, which he said was totally worth it. It's too bad Disney doesn't have a similar option because I'd grab it in a heartbeat. I've taken my kids down for a full 12 hours before and we've only gotten into 6 or 7 rides. Good luck! |
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#713 |
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Save your money.
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It was awful back when I worked on the Uni lot from 1993-1997 and it's awful to this day. I think it only stays in business because it's at City Walk, because it would fail in month anywhere else. We ate at the Hard Rock a few years back during the holiday season and it was pretty bad, too. |
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#716 |
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Wichita
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We thought about going next spring, but not sure if our 2 kids are too young for it. They will be 3 (they are twins). Thinking might be best to wait a year.
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#717 |
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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I've got twins and we took them for the their first time when they were 5. They were more 5.5....but still. I don't know if I'd take a 3 year old. They aren't really going to understand a lot of stuff and you're mainly going to have to stick to the really little kid rides.
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#718 |
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Join Date: Aug 2000
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Ahhhh....the joy of living in Florida and having season passes. And living close enough that I can actually make day trips to Disney or midweek jaunts.
Being a Disney fanatic this works perfect f or me. I have actually thought about buying a house/condo and renting it out when I wouldn't be there. I have enough family and friends who would use it to make it worthwhile. |
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#720 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2000
Location: Hollywood, CA
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It was different when we had the Premium Pass at $239 because kids under 3 were free at the time. My wife would take our oldest down to Disneyland on a Sunday while I watched the Chiefs and she'd go on a few rides (Small World, Teacups, Merry Go Round, Autotopia, etc.), then come home in 4 hours or so. But to plan an expensive vacation with 3 year olds, when they don't really get the best of what the park has to offer (Star Tours, Hyperspace Mountain, Pirates of the Caribbean, Rocket Ships, Splash Mountain, etc.) would be a total waste of money. |
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