"Giving up is for rookies" - The bigger and better trip September 2021 UPDATE 12/12/20

[Elsa42]

I’ve used Attraction Tickets every visit we’ve been on and i've never been disappointed! They post out real tickets so you don’t have to wait in queues when you get there and it all comes in a lovely little folder!

We got a really good deal with these tickets, 3 park explorer tickets for Universal for 14 days and 14 day hopper tickets for Disney. All at kids price! At the time of the offer they were also giving $20 gift card per person and a $20 planet Hollywood gift card as well as free memory maker! All for a deposit of £25 per person.

Our final balance wasn’t due until August however due to COVID Attraction Tickets reached out to me to explain the current situation. We could leave our tickets as they were and pay in August as planned however if the trip wasn’t able to go ahead and we needed to move the tickets to next year we would have to pay the difference between 2020 ticket price and 2021 ticket price or if we paid the balance by the start of April the tickets would stay the same price but stay valid until end of 2021! It seemed like a no brainer to us. We were going to pay for the tickets at some point this year anyway so we may as well pay now and secure the price we originally got rather than waiting and then having to pay extra!

Our tickets have been extended until 2021 so these are what we will use for next year. Which means thats one thing crossed off the list and paid for.

I've booked park reservations for the whole time we are there. Its likely that we wont go to Disney parks everyday due to us having universal tickets and wanting to go to Busch Gardens but i figured this far out it would be better to have the reservations booked so we know we can get into a park.

There was really no logic to the booking of the parks. I made sure we had plenty of Animal Kingdom time as its our favourite park. We wont have as much Epcot time as its not Ryan's favourite and theres lot of work going off and then Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios have the same amount of time shared between them. I'm not sure if this will all change when park hopping is allowed next year but thats the plan for now.

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Originally Posted by Elsa42

We do prefer the morning flight as well. I like being able to get there and start our holiday as quickly as possible. We are like you though as long as we can go we dont mind!
Have you done a pre trip report?

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no I’ve never done one , I love reading them but I’m not confident of making them interesting enough 😁

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We are only doing one day at Disney world this time , discovery cove , sea world, aquatica and maybe universal and plenty of shopping 🛍

[Elsa42]

Oh me too I love reading them!
Oh I’m sure you’d do a great job! I don’t know if mine are interesting enough but I find it fun to have it all written down as I love to plan!
How will you pick which Disney park your going to? I love universal! We are hoping to do sea world this trip too!

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I think we are just going to do Disney world park as there are only four adults going this time , I love sea world I know some people don’t but I find it a lovely relaxing park , your trip report is great and full of interesting updates looking forward to your next instalment 😁

[LizzyBear]

Following I'm too scared to rebook just yet but hoping things become clearer very soon and that your holiday goes ahead with minimal restrictions. I'm not really interested in cruising generally but would love to do a Disney one once. So expensive as a family of 5 though due to needing 2 cabins, maybe one day

[Robyn89]

This sounds awesome - we’d love to do a Disney cruise at some point! I’m hoping I may be able to convince hubby to do one in Jan 2022, so I can complete the Castaway Cay 5k race just after doing the Dopey Challenge hehe!