Christmas in Orlando (a few sample pics)

[BayouPinoy]

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Went with two other families for Christmas in Orlando. We blitzed Disney, Seaworld, and Universal within a week. Missed some stops, but we kept it pretty kid-friendly. P.S. There was a night-out for the boys, and ahem, we drove the short drive to Tampa for some, ahem, por da boys stuff (no pics from Tampa ).

The stroller brigade-Magic Kingdom
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Christmas decor at the MGM Studios
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Illumination at EPCOT
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The famous Universal Globe
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Requisite parade (Universal Version)
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Santa's helpers
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Scene at Seaworld
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Shamu and friend
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Splash zone.
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[lindsay]

orlando is great...we enjoyed universal studios more than disneyworld. seaworld was nice to, it's more relaxing than the other two theme parks, and yeah wet n wild waterpark is awesome. i would love to go back there some other times.

[SPRINGFIELD_XD_40]

Wish Ive been to Orlando . We have a family property there in Orlando somewhere 5 minutes away from EPCOT CENTER but I never had the chance to go there personally .

[BayouPinoy]

orlando is great...we enjoyed universal studios more than disneyworld.Â* seaworldÂ* was nice to, it's more relaxing than the other two theme parks, and yeah wet n wild waterparkÂ* is awesome.Â* i would love to go back there some other times.

Tinoud, the SeaWorld experience was less hectic than Disney's. I think is due to the fact that there are no "lines" to the rides/concessions to speak of at the former, and there are generally fewer people to deal with. On peak days, one can spend most of the time in queues. The fast passes do help, but you still have to literally run from one attraction to another. I guess that is part of the whole Disney experience?

[lindsay]

i like universal's express pass better.Â* you only fall in line on the expresspassÂ* line anytime and most of the time there's not much people falling in line so you can get in faster.Â* myÂ* advice, is to stay in one of the on site hotels like hard rock, portifino & royal pacific, it'sÂ* a bit expensive but it's so worth it becauseÂ* your room key serve as an express pass & credit card in both universal ,islands of adventure & city walk.Â* all you got to do is let a store swipe your key likeÂ* a credit card and they put charges in your room plus you can just leave it in the store and they will deliver it for you in your hotel room.Â* you can also use all amenities of all three hotels.Â* the same thing with disney if you stay in their on site hotels you get the fastpass.Â* Â* i like orlando gyud.Â* i haveÂ* been to a few places especially theme parks but orlando stood out for me.

[Spec-V]

I was there too - @ Christmas 03...planning to go back this Dec. 2005

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[Spec-V]

@BayouPinoy - ni sulay mo sa Mission to Space nga Ride sa EPCOT? Ako dili na dyud ko mo-usab....tagam ko.

[BayouPinoy]

@BayouPinoy - ni sulay mo sa Mission to Space nga Ride sa EPCOT? Ako dili na dyud ko mo-usab....tagam ko.

Wala mi makasulay adto kay busy ug linya para sa mga bata Dinhay time nga ang mga "dagkong" bata makalugar ug adto sa mga dagko nga rides, nahutdan na ug "pass pass" Oh, well.... basin sa sunod...

Matinahuron, BP

[BayouPinoy]

.... my advice, is to stay in one of the on site hotels like hard rock, portifino & royal pacific, it's a bit expensive but it's so worth it because your room key serve as an express pass & credit card in both universal ,islands of adventure & city walk. .... the same thing with disney if you stay in their on site hotels you get the fastpass. i like orlando gyud. i have been to a few places especially theme parks but orlando stood out for me.

Salamat sa imong mga advice Ate Lindsay...mao siguro na ang buhaton sa sunod, este, mo stay sa mga resort hotel inside sa Disney. There were three families in this trip, we rented an RV, and we got one of our friends to cough up his timeshare for this trip. The kids had fun, the mamas had fun (pinakaimportante, di ba? ), and da boys had fun pod (in Tampa, especially). P.S. Da mamas had the last laugh---they went shopping at that humongous outlet place in Gulf Shores after the trip. OMIGAD, shopping + boys night out with da mamas left with the kids + RV with lots of space to dump shopping bags = thats a lot of shoppppingggg

Matinahuron, BP

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