Have finally booked everything now :-)

mickeysbuddy · 28 Jan 18, 12:51 PM

So we have finally booked everything for our trip and cant wait to head off now, 18 nights away in Orlando for our honeymoon. Just a 305 day wait now :-(

Flying from Dublin on 29th Nov with American Airlines in direct, with a 2hr stop at Philadelphia then on to MCO. £850 for the two of us, although I upgraded to extra leg room which brought the price up £1257.
Also booked a stay at the Clayton hotel for the night before which includes parking for 22 days. (€150)

Park tickets booked from Orlando Attraction Tickets - they arrived on Wednesday. Both Universal and Disney parks for £1142 for the two of us. They are real plastic Disney tickets & then the normal paper universal tickets.

A trip booked for Discovery Cove(non-dolphin swim) with sea adventure added on. Our first visit to Discovery Cove, any tips or recommendations for our visit?

7 nights in Universal’s Aventura hotel, followed by 11 nights in the Hard rock hotel.

We saved our tesco club card vouchers up and managed to get £240 of our hard rock booking by tripling our points via club card rewards and booking via Hotels.com.

Also booked a car for our trip via andy @ discount Florida car hire with Alamo. Used andy last time we went in 2016 and the service and price we got was great.

Only thing that’s slightly annoying will be the cost of parking for staying at universal hotels, any way to get that cheaper or free? Would upgrading to an annual pass help at all?

djy · 28 Jan 18, 04:43 PM

1 tip for Discovery Cove, if you like a drink then get a taxi/uber there and back as all drinks are included in the price. Get there very early as well to get an early sea adventure slot, more time then for a drink.

mickeysbuddy · 28 Jan 18, 04:50 PM

Very good tip!
What time do you consider early?

**Stitch73** · 28 Jan 18, 05:03 PM

We are planning to get there for 7-7:30

djy · 28 Jan 18, 05:07 PM

As above 7.15 a good time

mickeysbuddy · 28 Jan 18, 07:00 PM

That’s pretty early :-0

**cornishfrogboy** · 28 Jan 18, 09:21 PM

Discovery cove.. get there as early as you can. look at the park map and work out where you want your lounger. we generally head for the area close to where the river run enters the tunnel. it is close to a drinks stall, close to the aviary, river run, restaurant etc. it is a bit of a walk to the Ray Pool.

mickeysbuddy · 28 Jan 18, 09:47 PM

Ok that’s sounds good!

Thanks :-)