Pool hopping is allowed at all but the Endless Summer resorts. You can also walk to Sapphire Falls from either Cabana Bay or Aventura to utilize the water taxi.
Thank you for the wonderful video....10 days ago, I was looking up information on Universal Studios and your Vlog came up....Long story short...I ended up taking a last minute Father & Son Trip last Monday and my son had the best time ever, We ended up staying at Cabana Bay, We arrived pretty early, after we checked in our luggage, We boarded the shuttle bus to Universal studios, I was so happy seeing my son enjoy himself on the cool rides...Life is so short, and I was glad to be able to make this happen....I appreciate you for sharing the vlog with everyone "Stay Blessed"
You didn't even add any links to the Cabana Bay things you mentioned. Its annoying when youtubers say that, then totally don't do it. Cabana Bay family suite doesn't even have a THIRD BED! Endless summer has THREE queen beds.
Granted, 5 months too late. But I always like to add, for the Club 17 at the Aventura, if you’re there at the right time (9:30?) at night, you can see the Disney fireworks if you’re into that kinda thing
Great video! ❤ Staying at a premium resort for the free fast passes is such good value. We stayed at Royal Pacific and made sure to use them as much as well could!
Great video again mate. Universal have got it spot on. Their hotels and parks are so close together offering so much choice for different budgets. And I think once Epic Universe opens next year they'll be offering so much more than the dated Disney parks are looking now. The Epic Universe press release video looks amazing.
I went dockside a couple years ago and loved it, we got a room upgrade to a suite. I had a burger that was awful from the cafeteria but it was easy to get food on international drive.
Royal Pacific is my favorite. I love the theming and proximity to the parks while not being so close that I feel bad taking a water taxi if it’s been a long day at the parks
I think that Universal needs to switch to Pepsi so that Pepsi fans can enjoy a Pepsi while visiting Universal. If Disney serves Coke, then why not have Universal serve Pepsi instead?
@@TheFrugalBrit hello I’m going to Orlando in September and want to build a lightsaber at Hollywood. Last time we came I didn’t get to as I didn’t know I had to book in advance 😡. Can you tell me how is best to book this and when as I’m coming from the uk? I saw online there is a number to call but I don’t know if that is a scam? Any help would be much appreciated
Superb video! I think Universal's hotel collection is a much better value than Disney's collection overall considering price, convenience to parks/water parks/entertainment districts, and cleanliness/upkeep of properties. When Epic Universe and its hotels open next year, the value gap will widen even more. As someone who has been attending theme parks for decades in Orlando and our local Cedar Fair park here in the Charlotte area, express passes are a horrible value at any theme park. We have specific times of the year we visit parks and non-stressful and easy ways we plan each attraction to where we rarely have to wait more than 30 minutes.
Great video. You're right regarding the price increase of Cabana Bay. Gutted it's costing that much more (thoigh we are looking around when the kids are of school). Hoping when the new hotels open, these drop in price!
Great work once again! Love watching your videos, always makes me feel that bit closer to a vacation. Especially love the music and sounds on your vids!
So far I've stayed at Portofino and endless summer Surfside. Will be going to Dockside in 11 days. Even though I prefer the premier Resort of Portofino, I was quite impressed with endless summer, especially the price point. However, I can't wait for Epic Universe hotels to open next year. Love love, love, love Universal Studios Orlando.
Only been to cabana bay out of these, but I lucked out and got to stay in the western (southern?) most tower right at the VB side entrance. Personally I found the burgers at bay liner really good, chips were meh, but that cheese burger, I could eat that sucker every night. I nearly did, lol.
You can walk from the value hotels to the parks and vice versa btw. It's definitely a longer one, especially after a full day at the park, but I've made the treck in less time than waiting on that nearly hour long bus ride at park closing.
Loved Endless Summer Dockside - had a family room for 5 of us and the separate space was a major blessing. Apart from a single "day off" in our 2 week stay we were out from early morning until late evening so only used to sleep. Got a food delivery early on that gave us our snacks for the fortnight with the decent size fridge being particularly useful. I should also note that having 3 doubles rather than the two doubles and a sofa bed in Cabana Bay, as well as the fact there's a totally separate room helped push us in favour of the value resort.
Wonderful video, again. Would love one of you fantasy booking your ideal two week holiday, including what parks to do on what day, where to stay, eat, etc etc.
Frugal Brit I stayed at cabana bay and dockside I like dockside more I also stayed at Lowes royal Pacfic I am a pass holder and fl resident I have the premier pass holder so I don’t need the xpress pass Lowe’s sapphire falls is going to be changing to a preimer hotel
So I’ll say this. I’ve stayed at these premier hotels plenty of times with my gf and had never had a issue. I stayed not to long with my brother who hasn’t been here since he was in 6th grade. At about 12pm our smoke detector went off and woke us up and my brother touched the detector and it fell off. About 10 mins goes by and we hear aggressive knocking and there was about 6 security guards and a maintenance guy who was there. Immediately said to my brother took y’all long enough he peaked his head in the door and said smells like marijuana in here (even thow we didn’t smoke in there nor did we have anything like that in the room) the guy comes in puts a new battery and twist it back in. The next morning I had a charge on my card for a smoking fee of $250 and when I went down there to talk to them about it. They said that the smoke detector detected and illegal substance and alerted the hotel. Even thow they don’t even do that lmao. And for tampering with the device. We ended up having to deal with the head manger of the hotel and eventually had the charge reversed which will take 2-10 business days….. almost felt like we where targeted for being younger adults. I still haven’t had the funds put into my account either. Definitely tried to pull a fast one on us.
great watch - as always your videos are in the top tier in terms of scripting, production and quality! Cant wait to see your take on Epic Universe when it opens!
@@TheFrugalBrit thanks! it went well as always. for a possible fall 2024 visit for a few days, do you suggest dockside or surfside? which one had the thin walls again? thank you!
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