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1 Dec 17, 02:24 PM |
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Proud to wear my Ears
Join Date: Jul 17
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July 2018 flights for family of 5 @ £1,800 - but is it worth it when you add it all up...
I am calling on all your wisdom to tell me to stop pontificating and just book this;
We are 2 Aduults, 3 kids 14/13/8 Possible flights leaving at the end of July 2018 Outbound Flights Journey Duration: 12 hrs 25 minutes Leeds Bradford to London Heathrow, UK Changeover Duration: 1 hr 50 LHR to Miami International, Florida - USA Return Flights Journey Duration: 15 hrs 20 minutes Miami International, Florida - USA to Chicago O'Hare Intl, Illinois - USA Changeover Duration: 1 hr 20 minutes Chicago O'Hare Intl, Illinois - USA to London Heathrow, UK Changeover Duration: 1 hr 45 minutes London Heathrow to Leeds Bradford 5 nights in universal Loews Royal Pacific 18 days 7 seater mini van [only a mini van for luggage purposes] car is all in with zero,excess Costs Flights £1807 Hotel £836 Car £610 Total £3266 Questions; Do you think these flights are sensible? Is the 3 flight return leg stupid? Our plan is 5 nights on site for universal and then bag a villa & do Disney & other stuff for 13 nights That takes the budget to; Flights / car / hotel £3,266 Villa £1100 [bases on what we paid this year] Disney & universal £2953 Total is £7319 for 18 nights +spends Any tips on how to talk to the kids & wife from avoiding Disney & save cash? Lol |
1 Dec 17, 03:46 PM |
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Imagineer
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Did u do Disney this yr? If so maybe they would agree to a break from it next year in order to keep costs down?
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1 Dec 17, 10:58 PM |
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Proud to wear my Ears
Join Date: Jul 17
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Yes we did... but if we do Europe it won't be the same
Anyone have views on Florida without the parks? |
1 Dec 17, 05:24 PM |
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Join Date: Dec 09
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I don't have a problem with 3 leg return flights but I don't like the look of the timings on this one.
One hour 20 is ok in theory but if you have any delay you will be in trouble. If the inbound fight to LHR is on AA you will need to transfer from T3 to T5 which involves a shuttle bus and this can easily take up to 3 hours. It took us almost that just to transfer within T5. See whether there are any other options with better timings. My kids know that they only get one set of tickets per visit. Last time we only did Universal and next year we will do Disney. We are flying into Miami but having a week at the seaside on the Gulf coast before driving up to Orlando. A nice villa with a pool or a condo on the beach is great for relaxing and getting over the jet lag. |
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7 Dec 17, 06:58 PM |
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I landed at T3 in October and was through security in T5 within 40 mins of getting off the plane..
On the outbound journey.. the flight from Glasgow was late getting to Heathrow T3.. but everyone on the connecting flight to Charlotte was rushed to the front of the bus queue so we got to T5 quickly... Can't imagine why it would ever take 3 hrs to get between the terminals. |
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1 Dec 17, 06:51 PM |
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Thread Starter
Proud to wear my Ears
Join Date: Jul 17
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You know that's a fab shout to say to the kids choose either Disney or universal
I looked at Cape Coral the villas look nice and it seems to have a central hub of restaurants |
1 Dec 17, 08:14 PM |
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Join Date: Apr 11
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We did that this year, we were on a budget and had to stick to it, we booked cheap flights and had already got a Disney hotel booked months before just in case which we were prepared to lose the deposit on and told the kids they had to choose just Disney or universal & seaworld/Busch. They chose Disney.
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2 Dec 17, 11:45 AM |
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Join Date: Jun 16
Location: God's Own Country
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Cape coral is fine (I stayed in a lovely canal side villa there), but Naples/ Bonita area better. Cape Coral has no natural beach, instead an inlet with a man made beach on it. Not as many restaurants either.
Look at Lely resort in Naples. Get a villa with Players Club access. That's my advice, from someone who has stayed all over SW Florida maybe 25+ times. |
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1 Dec 17, 07:35 PM |
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Excited about Disney
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What date are the flights?
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1 Dec 17, 09:10 PM |
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So next year alternate and do Universal..you could even split the stay with a beach resort.
KLM often have decent fares from LBA via Amsterdam which is far nicer than Heathrow to transit. Frankfurt is good too. |
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