SoCal or Orlando?

[OzCatter]

I've decided to make a vacation for my 18th birthday, and have come up with the two destinations. Both are about the same price, with everything minus food. But Orlando, I can bum a ride on the I-Drive stuff and keep it easy, but if I go to SoCal, I would wanna do Universal and SFMM, which I know are nowhere near Knott's and Disney, so how would I do that? And which should I do?

[What Now]

There's a shuttle that goes between Disney and USH. As for going to SFMM, Metrolink (trains) have stations in both Anaheim and Santa Clarita.

 

http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/vi_freeshuttle.html

www.metrolinktrains.com

[BarryH]

I believe Orlando has the better quality theme parks than SoCal. You got Universal Orlando, WDW, Sea World, and BGT.

[Homer]

For every post saying "SoCal or Florida?" I have this saying:

 

If you want quality, go to Florida.

If you want quantity (credit whore), go to SoCal.

[socalMAN123]

My suggestion is very close to what Homer said. But, I still think you should go to Orlando. Sure, SFMM has Tatsu, X, Goliath, and Riddler but, IOA pwns SFMM any day.

---Brent

[OzCatter]

I gotta add for myself that it's a ton cheaper for Orlando too, especially airlines.

[thefitness]

I definitely agree with Homer on this one. Also all the parks in Orlando are conveniently close to eachother! Going from SFMM to USH would obviously require some more driving.

[coastrfreak2000]

It's also alot easier to get around Orlando because everything is so close, which would cut down on costs where you could use the saved money elsewhere

[Crazy4Coasters!]

I definitely agree with Homer on this one. Also all the parks in Orlando are conveniently close to eachother! Going from SFMM to USH would obviously require some more driving.

 

I just thought it sounded funny... You make it sound that the parks in Orlando are next door to each other. Logically you're still going to drive to the other parks.

 

By the way are the parks in Orlando that much closer than the ones in Southern California?

[mcjaco]

Both are about the same price, with everything minus food.

 

I gotta add for myself that it's a ton cheaper for Orlando too, especially airlines.

 

Huh? Are they the same or is one cheaper?

[Erik Johnson]

I definitely agree with Homer on this one. Also all the parks in Orlando are conveniently close to eachother! Going from SFMM to USH would obviously require some more driving.

 

I just thought it sounded funny... You make it sound that the parks in Orlando are next door to each other. Logically you're still going to drive to the other parks.

 

By the way are the parks in Orlando that much closer than the ones in Southern California?

 

Other than Busch Gardens (which everyone know is in Tampa), Disney/Sea World/Universal are all within 10-15 miles of each other.

[JT3000]

I definitely agree with Homer on this one. Also all the parks in Orlando are conveniently close to eachother! Going from SFMM to USH would obviously require some more driving.

 

I just thought it sounded funny... You make it sound that the parks in Orlando are next door to each other.

 

No they didn't. They simply stated that California's parks require more driving. Besides, two of the parks are next door ...

[WillMontu]

In addition to seven theme parks within several miles of each other, there are shuttles that can get you over to BGT for the day, and Orlando probably has buses to get between the other parks. I saw a stop at SeaWorld on my last visit, and you can probably get a discount if you buy tickets for both parks. The Universal parks are right next to each other, and the Disney parks are all connected by either free shuttle buses or the Monorail

 

Also, generally, a lot of the Florida stuff is better than the California counterpart (ie. our Tower of Terror totally owns the California version, our Revenge of the Mummy, Journey to Atlantis not built over a parking lot, etc.)