Disney hotel front end or back end

dynomikered · 10 Jan 17, 11:41 PM

Hi
We are going to Orlando in October for 19 days, we have been quite a few times and last time we stayed at Universal Cabana Bay the first 3 days then moved on to our villa. This time we would like to stay at a universal hotel and also a Disney hotel (3 days in both) then move on to our villa. What I would like to know is is it better to stay at the Disney hotel first 3 days then move to the villa or do Disney hotel then move to universal... basically what would you great folk do within the 19 days

Mike

mickeysard · 11 Jan 17, 01:14 AM

Well it's a hard question to reply to as only you would know at what point you would want more relaxation...personally if it was the first time staying on Disney i would do that first then Villa then Universal

arm5ky · 11 Jan 17, 01:20 AM

Depends if you want a 7/14/21 day Disney ticket. It only starts on day you arrive in resort, so I'd go Disney 1st.

Guest · 11 Jan 17, 01:53 AM

Originally Posted by arm5ky

Depends if you want a 7/14/21 day Disney ticket. It only starts on day you arrive in resort, so I'd go Disney 1st.

Not if you buy the ticket elsewhere. They're only looking for 3 days, so they're not buying package for DDP.

dynomikered · 11 Jan 17, 05:58 AM

We are getting a 5 day ticket, quick question do Disney only pick you up from the airport or do they also drop off. I think we will do the Disney hotel near the end of the holiday as we can take in the resort hotels Christmas vibe, the only thing that is bugging me is the 3 extra day car hire if they do not drop of at the airport

danisleigh · 11 Jan 17, 07:05 AM

We are doing Disney/offsite/universal in August. We out universal at the end as we are doing a week at HRH and figured that it will be quite relaxing as we will pop in and out of the parks and spend the rest of the time by the pool!

**sha9** · 11 Jan 17, 07:51 AM

You can get Disney's Magical Express at either end of the holiday. The benefit of staying there at the start is only really relevant if you have a long ticket as you get Magic Bands and can book FP 60 days out instead of 30. It may still be worth it for you with a 5 day ticket though.

PixieBoot · 13 Jan 17, 01:02 AM

Given the jet-lag factor and there being more to pack in at disney, I'd suggest universal first to maximise the time and experience at both.

**jojj** · 13 Jan 17, 11:26 AM

We stayed overnight in Tampa, then did 7 nights disney, 3 nights universal, 9 nights in a villa. We all wished we were at disney once we got to the villa

we had to do it that way because we had 21 day disney tickets. I didn't think we would feel the way we did at the villa, and miss being in a hotel so much! next time we would like to do universal first, and then disney ( no villa!) so if you are only having 5 days at disney with a 5 day ticket, I would suggest villa first, then universal then disney at the end

are you going at christmas time? depending on your dates, you may want to do disney when its at its quietest while you are there?

hth