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Old Feb 24, 2001 | 1:40 pm
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Beckles
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William,

If you don't have kids ... here's my suggestion ... skip Disney.

Universal Escape is the way to go ... and here's the best thing about Universal ...

They have two excellent hotels on site, the Hard Rock Hotel and the Portofino Bay Hotel. The Portofino Bay is one of the top three hotels in Orlando and the Hard Rock is in the top 10.

If you stay at one of these hotels you get Front of Line access at Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, the two parks that make up Universal Escape. You show your room key to the attendant at the entrance to a ride and they point you to a side door and you're on any ride in five minutes or less. No lines ... period ...

This is the only way to do an amusement park if you ask me, and I'm totally spoiled now. I've done this three times since July (once at the Portofino and twice at the Hard Rock) and am doing it again in April ...

I don't know where you're planning on staying right now ... but I can't tell you how great an experience Universal is with the Front of Line access ...

I bought an annual pass earlier this month, and with the front of line I can make a one day trip to Orlando and do every ride in both parks in a single day ...
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