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6 Nov 17, 08:37 PM |
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Two New Hotels At Universal Orlando
Universal Orlando Resort will soon offer two high-quality, high-value hotel options for families looking for theme park thrills, exclusive benefits and a seamless Universal Orlando Resort experience – starting at less than $100 per night.
Set to begin opening in the summer of 2019, the hotels will feature a combined 2,800 guest rooms, including 1,450 two-bedroom suites designed to accommodate families of all sizes. Both options will be value-driven, with nightly rates starting below Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort and Universal’s Aventura Hotel. Guests will enjoy a seamless and convenient Universal Orlando experience with Early Park Admission to Universal Studios Florida, Universal’s Islands of Adventure or Universal’s Volcano Bay, complimentary transportation across the destination and resort-wide charging privileges. The 750-room and 2,050-room hotels will be located just minutes away from Universal Orlando’s three theme parks and Universal CityWalk’s dining and entertainment options. Amenities will include a combined three pools, two food courts offering breakfast, lunch, dinner and nearby coffee bars, plus poolside bars, fitness rooms, car rental facilities and more. Brought to life by the same Universal Creative team behind the incredibly-themed Loews Portofino Bay Hotel, Hard Rock Hotel, Loews Royal Pacific Resort, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort and Universal’s Cabana Bay Beach Resort, these all-new options will be destinations unto themselves. Guests will enjoy the sun, surf and sand with a laid-back coastal feel. Towering exterior murals with vibrant and natural colors will set a free-spirited and beachy tone, inviting guests to hang loose throughout their stay. The hotels will be built on a 64-acre site at the intersection of Universal Blvd. and International Drive, and become the destination’s seventh and eighth hotels. This continues the unprecedented growth ongoing at Universal Orlando Resort. The new hotels will bring the total number of guest rooms at the destination to 9,000 when combined with the 600-room Universal’s Aventura Hotel opening in August 2018. Reservations will be accepted in early 2018. |
6 Nov 17, 08:44 PM |
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Whoah ambitious and sounds great. Not sure how long that sub $100 starting price will hold!
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6 Nov 17, 08:49 PM |
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‘Minutes’ from Universal? More like 20 minutes with the traffic lights!
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8 Nov 17, 11:10 AM |
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Well, I suppose all they have to do is have a small number of $99 rooms available for a few nights each year to claim a "sub $100 starting price".
Most of the rooms for most of the year will probably be significantly more than $100. It's about a 20 minute walk from the old Wet'n'Wild site to the Universal parks. But only a 5 minute drive. The times usually refer to the driving time not the walking time. There's currently around 5700 onsite rooms at the moment. They'll be a total of 9000 onsite rooms when all this is done. That's a potential increase of around 58% in onsite guest numbers. If you assume each hotel will be 90% full and each room will have an average of 3 people, then that comes to an additional 9000 onsite guests in the next couple of years (total number of onsite guests will be around 24,300). Of course, those guests will be split across the 3 existing parks as well as visiting other attractions - but let's say 4,000 go to each of the main parks plus 1,000 at VB. Currently, the yearly attendance at the main Universal parks is around 10 million each. That's an average of 27,000 guests per park per day. If we only consider the additional onsite guests then the park attendance will increase from around 27,000 per day to around 31,000 per day due to these new hotels. That's a 15% increase. In comparison, that's similar to the increase Universal Studios saw from 2014 to 2015 (around 15%). It's a significant increase but nothing too huge. It'll make the parks feel about as busy as the Disney parks.
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8 Nov 17, 11:29 PM |
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This is my opinion, and only mine.
Orlando has become way too successful. A victim of its own success & vision. It's whole infrastructure is struggling. It needs to slow down its growth, not increase it! Having visited 4 in the last 9 years, in summer, it's simply way too busy to enjoy anymore. Having been to VB this year, I was suspicious that the only way for this park park to exist in the future was to allow only 'universal hotel' guests in in the future. With the addition of these 2 hotels, I now think the same for IOA & US. Disney have created a similar business model, and having 'outsiders' in just allows for more profit, but to the detriment of others experience, as the parks are very very busy. It's a shame, as if we all visited, and ALL just did a bit of the Orlando gig, it could still manage the visitor numbers... just.. For now , for us , it's 'adios' Orlando, 'Ola' Mediterranean...again. We really loved Orlando, but with all the rising numbers ticket prices/hotels/queues, it just doesn't make sense. Again , my opinion, and know I'm probably in the minority. |
6 Nov 17, 09:16 PM |
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Wowie reckon they are gonna have to start opening a bit more of the park up for early hours!
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6 Nov 17, 10:19 PM |
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I am guessing that is the old Wet N Wild site?
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6 Nov 17, 10:36 PM |
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I was thinking the same thing. I can't remember where I got it from but I seem to remember being told that the site had been earmarked for hotels, that universal owned the land and the land under the lake ( strange term I thought) and that it may possibly be drained for more coverage. Xx Ff xX |
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6 Nov 17, 10:56 PM |
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Yes it is the old Wet n' Wild site.
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7 Nov 17, 11:41 AM |
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Is it just me or are there going to be too many rooms for the parks?
I know that they are planning a 4th (or even a 5th) gate near the convention center but with these additional hotels there wont be much room for offsite guests. Universal Studios is small as is Volcano Bay. Fair enough, Islands is larger. But three gates for this many rooms - the ratios are very lucrative. Don't get wrong: I understand that Comcast need to make money and the hotels look lovely but will onsite guest overrun the parks? I suppose Disney are doing the same... hmmm.
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