Orlando trip advice needed

[handy-andy]

Hey,

 

I have a few questions about a trip to florida. The trip would be part of a USA trip in summer 2009.

 

1. First which do you think would be best, 3nights in the Royal Pacific hotel at Universal or 4nights off site on i-drive?

 

2. How should I spend my time in the area?

 

A bit of info to help with the answer, I only really want to be visiting parks in the i-drive area, I prefer big rides and also like water parks but not too much. I dont want to spend too much time travelling around either.

 

Thanks for the help!

[DaveH80]

Assuming you're not interested in Disney, staying at Universal would be a good choice for you. Besides Universal Studios & IOA, Seaworld is your only other park w/ big rides in the International Drive area. I would highly recommend a trip to Seaworld especially since they'll be debuting "Manta" next year & already have a good B&M floorless "Kraken". You may want to consider a drive to Busch Gardens in Tampa as they have a great selection of coasters. You could easily do both Universal parks in one day if you get their version of the flashpass (can't remember the name), which allows you 1 ride on each major attraction & you can get one covering both parks. Then you can get a 2-day Seaworld/Busch Gardens pass as Busch owns Seaworld and save some $$. Hope you have a great trip!

[larrygator]

Busch Gardens Shuttle Bus

 

If you are not renting a car there is a shuttle bus from Orlando to Busch Gardens. Info is in the link.

[cfc]

^^The Busch "fast pass" is called "Quick Queue."

[handy-andy]

Thanks a lot for your suggestions guys, I will probably end up staying onsite.

 

Thanks again