Discount for Universal Passholders visiting Disney

[Runforthehills]

We have just returned from a couple of weeks in Orlando with family and, as we have already booked for September next year, we all upgraded to annual passes for both Universal and Seaworld.

The day before we came back our grandson had popped into the restrooms just outside IOA while we waited outside and told us he had heard a couple of American gents discussing the discounts on Disney tickets that Universal passholders can get.

I have tried to google this discount but had no luck at all so I wondered if anyone else had heard this.

It does make some sort of sense as passholders may be unlikely to visit "the opposition" without some additional discount but, then again, what an 11 year old thinks he hears in a public restroom may not be the best source of information!

[gismo1554]

Never heard of this and would doubt they would as Universal and Disney are such direct competition but who knows. Would be very interested to know though for future reference.

[Gaz Lear]

Nah not true. Why would Universal pay money for people to spend their dollars at their biggest competitors

[limmy]

It might not be Universal making up the difference, they may do something at their discretion. I wore the wrong trampoline socks to another chain of trampoline park and they swapped them over for free for me. They do the same the other way around too.
They may have been talking about Floridian residents discount? But then they wouldn't have needed to mention US. So who knows.

[SuperCSG]

Originally Posted by Gaz Lear

Nah not true. Why would Universal pay money for people to spend their dollars at their biggest competitors

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Because it may attract Disney guests that would otherwise not visit. Not saying it will happen but there is a commercial decision to be made by both parties.

[Nimbus]

I've never heard of any discounts on Disney tickets for Universal Annual Pass holders.

Originally Posted by SuperCSG

Because it may attract Disney guests that would otherwise not visit. Not saying it will happen but there is a commercial decision to be made by both parties.

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But, based on what the OP said, you have to already be a Universal Annual Pass holder in order to later get benefits on Disney tickets. If anything, that would encourage Universal guests - who have already paid to visit Universal - to visit, and give money to, Universal's direct competitor. That's not going to happen. The only deal that would seem feasible is some sort of reciprocal deal - i.e. those with Disney tickets could get discounts on Universal tickets and vice versa.

Now, at one point, Universal and Seaworld used to work together to provide deals on one another's tickets. They used to have a joint ticket - the Orlando FlexTicket - although they stopped that a year or two ago. But Universal and Disney have never worked together as far as I can remember. Disney seems to be doing all they can to stop people leaving the bubble.

[SuperCSG]

Clearly, it only works if there is a reciprocal arrangement

[sky13]

Have never heard of this discount either. Could it possibly have been discount on Universal tickets (like for HHN) that passholders could get?

People do get very mixed up between Disney and Universal though. I once had a friend insist that he had visited Disneyland (LA) on a very crowded day and paid for the Fastpasses and that was the best decision he made that trip. It was only after I said I was fairly sure Disneyland had never offered paid Fastpasses that he went, "oh, maybe it was Universal then"...

[coggie]

I'm not sure why people think there needs to be a reciprocal agreement.
Disney may decide to target Universal Passholders and therefore offer deals whilst Universal choose not to...Disney can offer any incentives it wants to whoever it wants to as part of their marketing strategy and it has nothing to do with Universal.

Having said that I'd be surprised if it were true but my point is it doesn't have to be reciprocal

[coggie]

Originally Posted by Gaz Lear

Nah not true. Why would Universal pay money for people to spend their dollars at their biggest competitors

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That's not what the OP said...it's Disney discounting their tickets