Universal Orlando matches Walt Disney World ticket prices

I think the jump of the multi-day tickets was totally warranted. I thought they were really under-priced when visited in January, especially with the "new hot thing" in Orlando.

Universal should have made their ticket price $1 more to just say, "hey Disney...we think we are worth more than you."

I think still the best deal in town is the Orlando Flexticket. We are getting it when we go in August but we opted for the Flexticket plus to get us in to Busch Gardens as well.

FYI, the Orlando Flexticket hasn't in the past been a great deal. From experience I've done better purchasing tickets directly from SeaWorld and Universal. The savings was significant and the SeaWorld ticket was for 14-days and included Busch Gardens and Aquatica.

When we did the shopping for our trip, the flexticket was by far the best option for us. We are purchasing it as part of a WWOHP early entry deal thru universal at a partner hotel. It actually came out cheaper for us than to purchase indvidually and allows us unlimited access for 14 days to Seaworld, Aqautica, Wet N Wild, Universal, IOA, and Busch Gardens. Like I said it suited our needs and was the best option for us. Ticket shopping in Orlando is a chore in itself, especially with scammers all over the place.

Disney may be larger and have all that fairy dust stuff, but for families with teenagers, Universal is the better deal, IMO. This was a good move and I do not see any warranted negatives to this.

I miss the Internet multi-day ticket for $99.

a_hoffman50 said:
Disney may be larger and have all that fairy dust stuff, but for families with teenagers, Universal is the better deal, IMO. This was a good move and I do not see any warranted negatives to this.

We were tentatively planning a Thanksgiving trip to the Mouse, but we canceled it. My kids both said essentially the same thing: if we were talking a return visit to Universal, sounds good. But, for Disney? They'd rather stay home and have our traditional Thanksgiving with family.

So, there's that.

Actually... Universal is now officially more expensive than Walt Disney World... same gate price for a one day pass... but parking at WDW is 14 and parking at USO is 15.