Orlando tickets

Hi just wondering on people's experience on 14 day unlimited park tickets to all Disney' universal' seaworld best place to buy. Thanks.

If you are going to do both Universal Parks and Seaworld then you'd be better off with a Flexticket which I've bought from Attraction Tickets Direct, you get the actual tickets sent to you and not a voucher. Universal Orlando only tickets are cheaper bought through Attraction Tickets Direct if you are planning on visiting both parks as you'd pay the same for fourteen days as you would for two days on the gate.

Disney tickets are a bit more complicated when trying to work out the best value for your trip. Whilst a fourteen day ticket works out cheaper per day you're effectively paying for days you aren't going to use (remember, you've already got a fourteen day pass for Universal). A seven day pass is more than enough but it may be cheaper to book for the exact number of days you want by going through the Disney website (US version). When booking through UK ticket sites they can only sell you seven and fourteen day passes as that is what they are only allowed to offer.

I've looking at the whole host of Disney options, Magic Your Way etc but I think 14 Day Ultimate Disney is by far the best, that's what I've bought each time.

I've previously booked direct with Disney as we weren't doing any other parks however we did Universal last year so we got a combo package from Attraction Tickets Direct who gave a good service.

Just a word of warning, two weeks isn't long enough for Disney, Universal and Seaworld, you might need to cut down on your aspirations otherwise you'll only be having fleeting visits of each park.

There is a website called The Dibb where things like this are discussed all the time - best value / prices / place to buy etc etc

Be aware though it is very Disney orientated (obviously) and let's say the enthusiasm of some posters can be a bit over whelming!

My wife moderates a similar group on Facebook, Disney and Orlando for the Brits. It can end up clogging up your timeline. I quite often refer them to V-Flyer trip reports.

I've always booked my Orlando park tickets through American Attractions. They are UK based, you get actual tickets & their prices are competitive. (Have shopped around and the big UK providers seemed to charge pretty much the same).

For our trip in May (19 days) we've gone for the 6 Park Flexticket as we want to do all the parks on it - often multiple parks in the same day, as we don't spend all day in any park. We wanted Disney & went for the 14 day Ultimate ticket as American Attractions had it on offer for the same price as the 7 day ticket. (There is normally only about £7 or £8 difference between a 7 and 14 ticket anyway). We've also booked Discovery Cove swim package - which also gets us SeaWorld and Aquatica for 14 days.

Have got to stagger the days we start using each ticket. Day 1 will be Discovery Cove. Will start Disney on day 2 or 3, and can only start the Flexticket on day 5 as we always like to spend the last day at Universal. I know this leaves us "over ticketed" but we looked at all the options and this combination suits us best - as we have a lot of flexibility to do two (or more) parks a day.

Some of the non-Disney combination tickets did not seem to offer "pay only once for parking each day", which the Flexticket does. (This is specifically in the small print of the Flexticket T&C's, but was not in the other T&C's when we booked). This could have meant us racking up multiple parking charges each day as we park-hop. We will, obviously, have to try and avoid park-hopping between Disney & Universal parks on the same day as this will clearly incur additional parking fees.

Did not think of looking at one-day Disney tickets for various days on the US Disney site. From the admission fees I have seen at the park gates there, I doubt e would have saved anything. A friend tried to upgrade the unused days on his UK purchased Ultimate ticket to never expire last time he was there. Guest Relations came back with a firm "not possible" reply - the guy even gave the reason as "you've already got such a good deal on the ticket, we don't allow it" - only multi-day tickets bought in the US can pay extra for unused days to never expire.