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Old 13 Jan 20, 07:42 PM  
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Universal and Disney in eleven days?

We will be staying on-site at Disney end of April/May and we will have twelve whole days in resort. One day will be set aside for KSC as that is our absolute must see.
It will be our first visit and while we want to do the theme parks, we will also want some down time around the pool or meandering around Disney Springs and the Boardwalk area.
My son is 8 and a bit of a daredevil so is unlikely to want to go on the more babyish rides in Disney.
Will we have enough time to in 11 days to include Universal studios? How many days would we need to set aside for this? What is the best way to do it when staying on-site at Disney? Tia

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Old 13 Jan 20, 07:55 PM  
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I’d want a minimum of 2, probably 3 days in Universal. If it’s your first trip and KSC is a must do, I’d keep universal for the next trip.
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Old 13 Jan 20, 08:02 PM  
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I think it's doable. We did 3 days at Universal: 2 between US and IoA and one at VB. That leave you 8 at Disney. Remember that waterparks can also be "downtime" at the pool for you while your son goes for it on the waterslides. Whilst you could easily spend 11 days just at Disney in my opinion, it would be a shame to miss Universal as we loved it as well.
If you don't have a car then Uber is the easiest way to do Universal I would say.
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Old 13 Jan 20, 08:15 PM  
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Assuming it is your first visit to both, then no if you want downtime and KSC, then I would leave Universal this time.
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Old 13 Jan 20, 08:17 PM  
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Rather than universal how about a day at SeaWorld
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If it's your first visit (which it won't be ) my recommendation is to resign yourself to the fact that you can't do it all.

Make sure you plan for jet lag (very early mornings), heat and the sheer enormity of it all. We've been going since 2000 and we still haven't done everything...the beggars keep building new stuff!
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Old 13 Jan 20, 08:38 PM  
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You will get plenty of opinions saying it to much for 11 days however we did all Disney parks, Universal parks, Seaworld & Busch gardens in 13 days.

Admittedly we did not go on all rides or shows etc

As our kids were about 10 we did not do the smaller rides at Disney and our kids were not interested in Character meets etc.

Universal parks have some great rides.

It might be worth checking his height to see what rides he could and couldn't do as that might make your decision easier ?
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its defiantly doable. We’ve had 12 days on site before and done Disney and universal. We set aside two days to do both parks. You just have to go on the holiday knowing you won’t get everything done! Which is what most of us do anyway!
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I would leave universal for next time, with an 8 years old, there might be some rides they're too short to ride anyway

if you still want to do it, I will suggest booking a room at RPR to get express passes and do universal for 2 days (you get express from check in to chec out)
that will even add to the cost, as it will be best to remain checked in into disney to keep the perks you might have there (like free dining for example) so you will pay for a night at two hotels at the same time


but 11 days for disney, ksc, down time at the pool, and universal is not a relaxed vacations, it's more on the commando side, and in my opinion that's trying to cram too much in too little time
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easy doable 6 days at disney 1 at KSC & 3 at universal = 10 one day spare for your faves

one day in each main disney park say AmM/PM visits to waterparks with some downtime shopping / evening in parks theres 6 days

KSC speaks for itself

3 days universal one day in each then a mop up of favourites last day

no point in hanging about..
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