Anonymous
05/24/2025 14:14
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Doing both Universal and Disney on the trip will drive your ticket costs way up. Both Universal and Disney significantly discount additional days after 2, so if you did Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and another Disney park (water park, or Animal Kingdom, or Hollywood Studios) it will cost you way less than if you do Universal.
How many days, and how old are the kids?
Probably 3-4 days for the parks and maybe 5-6 days total for the trip
6,10,14 are the ages
They are not huge Disney fans, but we want to go for the experience of having gone at least once as a family. DH grew up going yearly as a child.
I’d push back against DH and ask if this is really the best use of your family money? I’ve never done to Disney. Instead, our family went to Europe, visited museums, and yes, cheaper amusement parks. Honestly, I’d look at Busch Gardens. It’s closer to the DMV ( if you’re from there), it’s cheaper, and you have the historic triangle right there. Even if the tickets are the same, you’d pay less in travel and get the benefit of some educational days. Jamestown is so fun with some historically accurate boats, the settlement and a Native American village. It’s very respectfully done. I will say that the boats are not accessible, if that’s a concern for your family, but almost everything else is. Truly, there’s no reason to do this one, wildly overpriced thing, if the kids aren’t into it. It’s their childhood, not DH’s.
Are you seriously suggesting going to Jamestown instead of Disney world because they have historically accurate boats?
Vacations are for the whole family and indulging someone’s nostalgia isn’t a bad thing. I went for the same reason and we ended up having a great time.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 13:12
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Doing both Universal and Disney on the trip will drive your ticket costs way up. Both Universal and Disney significantly discount additional days after 2, so if you did Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and another Disney park (water park, or Animal Kingdom, or Hollywood Studios) it will cost you way less than if you do Universal.
How many days, and how old are the kids?
Probably 3-4 days for the parks and maybe 5-6 days total for the trip
6,10,14 are the ages
They are not huge Disney fans, but we want to go for the experience of having gone at least once as a family. DH grew up going yearly as a child.
I’d push back against DH and ask if this is really the best use of your family money? I’ve never done to Disney. Instead, our family went to Europe, visited museums, and yes, cheaper amusement parks. Honestly, I’d look at Busch Gardens. It’s closer to the DMV ( if you’re from there), it’s cheaper, and you have the historic triangle right there. Even if the tickets are the same, you’d pay less in travel and get the benefit of some educational days. Jamestown is so fun with some historically accurate boats, the settlement and a Native American village. It’s very respectfully done. I will say that the boats are not accessible, if that’s a concern for your family, but almost everything else is. Truly, there’s no reason to do this one, wildly overpriced thing, if the kids aren’t into it. It’s their childhood, not DH’s.
Are you seriously suggesting going to Jamestown instead of Disney world because they have historically accurate boats?
Anonymous
05/24/2025 12:13
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
I think for a short trip the "extras" are really worth it depending on the time of year. We did two days at Universal in January and didn't need to express pass but the parkhopper was really useful. We only done Disneyland but needed the expresspass and ended up adding parkhopper after we got there because we "finished" a park with several hours left in the day.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 10:59
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
The price varies by day ( and season).
Im assuming you're talking window-ticket pricing ?
Do some research- Costco, AAA, travel agent, all run deals and specials.
Fwiw, prep your dh that his nostalgic memories of DW might not translate to your kids.
Long lines (there's a reason you can buy express passes), new rides (a lot of "old rides" are re-named or totally revamped or gone), the weather (brutal heat from Mem Day - Labor Day in FL; so unfun), and EVERYTHING is a fee or add-on (parking, etc).
Im assuming you're talking window-ticket pricing ?
Do some research- Costco, AAA, travel agent, all run deals and specials.
Fwiw, prep your dh that his nostalgic memories of DW might not translate to your kids.
Long lines (there's a reason you can buy express passes), new rides (a lot of "old rides" are re-named or totally revamped or gone), the weather (brutal heat from Mem Day - Labor Day in FL; so unfun), and EVERYTHING is a fee or add-on (parking, etc).
Anonymous
05/24/2025 09:45
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:Thanks PPs! No perks thru work. I was assuming about 2k per day per park?
Stop assuming and get on their website. Its not that hard. You spent more time posting here than it would have taken to go look at tickets on disney.com
Anonymous
05/24/2025 09:43
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:Op here. Just tickets. Basic tickets, without the added additions.
2k a day? 400/pp? Where are you getting THAT?
Anonymous
05/24/2025 09:00
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:What’s the lowest price just for tickets in 2025 - what’s what you would guess we will end up spending? $2k a day per park?
You would be way better off googling this.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 08:52
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:I would suggest going to just Disney this trip but hit all 4 parks. Next year do just Universal.
I agree with this, and I also agree with the poster who said to get lodging with a kitchen, like the Fort Wilderness cabins. Old Key West and Saratoga Springs DVC villas are also "less expensive" options (compared to the more expensive DVC villas like Riviera or Bay lake)--and with those you'll have in unit laundry!
Anonymous
05/24/2025 06:42
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Doing both Universal and Disney on the trip will drive your ticket costs way up. Both Universal and Disney significantly discount additional days after 2, so if you did Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and another Disney park (water park, or Animal Kingdom, or Hollywood Studios) it will cost you way less than if you do Universal.
How many days, and how old are the kids?
Probably 3-4 days for the parks and maybe 5-6 days total for the trip
6,10,14 are the ages
They are not huge Disney fans, but we want to go for the experience of having gone at least once as a family. DH grew up going yearly as a child.
I’d push back against DH and ask if this is really the best use of your family money? I’ve never done to Disney. Instead, our family went to Europe, visited museums, and yes, cheaper amusement parks. Honestly, I’d look at Busch Gardens. It’s closer to the DMV ( if you’re from there), it’s cheaper, and you have the historic triangle right there. Even if the tickets are the same, you’d pay less in travel and get the benefit of some educational days. Jamestown is so fun with some historically accurate boats, the settlement and a Native American village. It’s very respectfully done. I will say that the boats are not accessible, if that’s a concern for your family, but almost everything else is. Truly, there’s no reason to do this one, wildly overpriced thing, if the kids aren’t into it. It’s their childhood, not DH’s.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 06:27
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
PP above - OP should get on the Disney calendar and choose her dates based off the pricing. It changes depending on how popular the dates are.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 06:26
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Isn't Universal more than Disney? For Disney I'd assume $1000 per day in tickets, but for Universal you have to buy tickets to two parks for the full experience (like riding the Harry Potter train). Unless OP meant Hollywood Studios?
There are definitely ways to cut down on costs. I've always thought the cabins at Ft Wilderness would be the best option, since you'd get a kitchen. For a family of 5, food makes up a lot of the budget.
There are definitely ways to cut down on costs. I've always thought the cabins at Ft Wilderness would be the best option, since you'd get a kitchen. For a family of 5, food makes up a lot of the budget.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 00:24
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Cheapest are military tickets.
Anonymous
05/24/2025 00:19
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
I would suggest going to just Disney this trip but hit all 4 parks. Next year do just Universal.
Anonymous
05/23/2025 23:52
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Doing both Universal and Disney on the trip will drive your ticket costs way up. Both Universal and Disney significantly discount additional days after 2, so if you did Magic Kingdom, Epcot, and another Disney park (water park, or Animal Kingdom, or Hollywood Studios) it will cost you way less than if you do Universal.
How many days, and how old are the kids?
Probably 3-4 days for the parks and maybe 5-6 days total for the trip
6,10,14 are the ages
They are not huge Disney fans, but we want to go for the experience of having gone at least once as a family. DH grew up going yearly as a child.
Disney adults are 10 and up. So you will actually have 4 adults and one child at Disney (I don’t know about Universal)
Anonymous
05/23/2025 21:53
Subject: Bare bones - Disney with 3 adult tickets and 2 children tickets. Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Universal..
You can pretty easily play around in their sites. Figure $200/person per day