I live in O-town and I've worked at WDW, though it was awhile ago.
Staying on property at Disney is usually a good idea. They have some nice hotels (like the All Stars and Pop Century) that are not too expensive, and frankly you'd probably only save about $20 a night staying off-property, and you wouldn't get meal stuff, and you wouldn't get into the parks early, and you'd have more of a commute.
I don't know much about Universal hotels though.
Regarding the parks, I can personally spend AT LEAST an entire day at each, so that's four days, but if you know that one in particular doesn't interest you that can save you some time.
Also, Universal: Two parks. Regular Universal Studios, which from what I can tell is just like the Studios in CA, and Islands of Adventure, which rocks and has lots of coasters and stuff, but unfortunately you still won't get to see much Harry Potter stuff because they have built these big walls. If you do go to Islands, which you should, do not miss the Dueling Dragons coaster if it is open, because that is going to be repurposed into the HP world, and it is the best place to catch glimpses of the HP stuff that is being built.
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Date: August 26th, 2009 10:19 am (UTC)From:Staying on property at Disney is usually a good idea. They have some nice hotels (like the All Stars and Pop Century) that are not too expensive, and frankly you'd probably only save about $20 a night staying off-property, and you wouldn't get meal stuff, and you wouldn't get into the parks early, and you'd have more of a commute.
I don't know much about Universal hotels though.
Regarding the parks, I can personally spend AT LEAST an entire day at each, so that's four days, but if you know that one in particular doesn't interest you that can save you some time.
Also, Universal: Two parks. Regular Universal Studios, which from what I can tell is just like the Studios in CA, and Islands of Adventure, which rocks and has lots of coasters and stuff, but unfortunately you still won't get to see much Harry Potter stuff because they have built these big walls. If you do go to Islands, which you should, do not miss the Dueling Dragons coaster if it is open, because that is going to be repurposed into the HP world, and it is the best place to catch glimpses of the HP stuff that is being built.
LMK what else.