I'm really hoping Uni's new family suites take off. We loved Cabanna Bay's family suites (especially the price!). I'm excited for the third park they have been rumored to be starting, and honestly am excited for our kids to get a little bit older so we can fully enjoy Uni. It's such a relaxed place vs WDW. We have seen families here in NE FL in our community make the "switch" due to pricing and their kids getting older and wanting the thrill rides. But more competition is good. I'm hoping Uni continues to grow and continues to actively pursue the middle class and can force WDW to respond.
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I’m not sure why people think USO is substantially cheaper than Disney. If you look at the pricing for when a lot of people can travel(holidays and schools breaks) their pricing for hotels, tickets, etc are pretty similar.
Universal has price increases just like Disney. Rooms rooms to tickets. Ticket prices are already pretty similar. Annual passes are cheaper but that is because it’s two parks vs four. When they open their third gate, you can bet their annual pass for three parks + volcano bay will cost the same as Disney’s annual pass.
Sorry you had such a bad experience with Express Pass. I would say that's not typical though. We went the week of Thanksgiving this year. Two of our 4 days were crowd level 10 (actual, not predicted) and the longest we waited with EP was 30 min each at Gringotts and Minions. We went to each of them mid afternoon which is on nobody's list of good touring strategies so we were not surprised or disappointed with those wait times. Gringotts had a standby time of 140 mins (didn't check for Minions).
I haven't been to Disney on a comparable CL10 day so I can't say that Disney wouldn't have been better but I was pretty happy with those wait times.
The only ture 10 days or let’s call them 11 are during the week during Christmas and New Years. I waited in the express pass line for Kong for 45 minutes an gringots for an and hour and a half. If people dont think USO stand by lines hit 180+ minutes for top attractions they haven’t been in the park at true capacity.