Tickets and the car…
As our vacation is coming nearer and nearer we needed to arrange some more things for our vacation. The first and maybe the most important thing to do was arranging a mobile internet connection, the experience with the sim-card from KeepGo in New York City was great and the price was right so we decided to go for them again. Be aware that you get the best prices only when you login from the Netherlands or Belgium. In Germany prices quoted are about double as high. Readers might wonder why we want to be online during our trip but, it’s all about the vouchers, coupons and social media actions.
The next important thing would be the rental car. We were already looking for some weeks to find a good offer and every time we came to the conclusion that USA-Reisen had the best deal for us. We needed a car at Miami Airport and we’d liked to return it at Orlando International Airport, the size should be ‘American’. So we went for a full-size SUV from Alamo. After having a Chevrolet Tahoe during our trip to New York in 2012 and having the Ford Explorer in California last year we are already curious about which car we would get this time…
Now it seems like everything we need is booked…although we still need the theme-park tickets. Where do we’d like to go when we are in the Greater Orlando area? Yes we go to Walt Disney World. But what ticket do we need to buy? First we needed to determine how many days we would like to visit the Walt Disney parks, or we would access the water parks and or we’d like to change parks during the day.
- At least 15 days in the park during 18 days in Greater Orlando
- We’d like to hop between parks
- If the weather is right we’d like to visit the water-parks
So with this facts there were only 2 kind of tickets. One would be the 21-day Ultimate tickets which is only available for residents from the Untied Kingdom, Ireland and Europe the other one would be the Premium Annual pass. Both give you full access to Magic Kingdom, Epcot, Disney’s Hollywood Studio’s, Animal Kingdom, Typhoon Lagoon, Blizzard Beach and DisneyQuest. The difference between both is that the Premium Annual Pass has free parking included, parking costs 15$/day. And the price difference between both tickets is about the same as the parking costs for 16 days. In addition you get also some discounts in selected stores and restaurants and special events with the Premium Annual Pass. So we decided to order one 21-day ultimate ticket and one Premium Annual Pass so we can go to the parks every day without having to think about the costs for parking. In 2010 there were days we only went to the parks for a couple of hours in the evening to watch the nighttime entertainment or enjoy the Food & Wine festival in Epcot.
And if that’s not enough we also ordered special event tickets, this time we’ll go Mickey’s Very Merry Christmas Party, we can’t wait to have hot chocolate and christmas cookies at about 25°C while listening christmas music!
Other things we might like to do is visit Legoland Florida since we both have never been to a Legoland theme-park. And maybe we’d like to visit SeaWorld since a new ride has opened there with some technology I know pretty well…but I’m not sure or only that is enough to visit SeaWorld again.