queues

[coopsfamily]

Hi all, we are going to florida for the 1st time for christmas and new yr...can't wait. And was after some help. With the disney tickets you can buy a hopper so u don't have to queue as long. Does anyone know if you can uy a hopper for the ohter theme parks. like sea world . universel. etc?
And does anyone know how much it is to hire a buggy at the theme parks?
Or does anyone know which theme park is best to go to on christmas day?
thankyou

[florida4sun]

Hello,
all of our Disney tickets come with fastpass included.
Universal and Islands of Adventure both offer express plus (you still need your entrance ticket), This costs around $20 - $40 per person per day and available at the gates when you enter. It supposedly gives quicker access to each ride just once. I tried this last week and mostly it worked fine, although we did experience some waits of around 30 minutes.
None of the other parks offer anything.
Strollers are around $12 per day with tax. Yo can buy one at walmart for that! Personally I would avoid the parks on xmas and book a nice meal somewhere (if you can). everything that happens on xmas, happens throughout the whole of december anyway.
The parks usually close around 10am due to capacity. If I had to choose one it would be epcot due to the size.

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by coopsfamily
Hi all, we are going to florida for the 1st time for christmas and new yr...can't wait. And was after some help. With the disney tickets you can buy a hopper so u don't have to queue as long. Does anyone know if you can uy a hopper for the ohter theme parks. like sea world . universel. etc?
And does anyone know how much it is to hire a buggy at the theme parks?
Or does anyone know which theme park is best to go to on christmas day?
thankyou
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[andy_d]

As Martin says the Disney tickets come with Fastpass use. The secret will be to decide how to use them when the parks are busy. I would get there quickly and book a fastpass ride straight away for one of the busiest rides and meanwhile go to the back of the parks and do one or two that haven't got such big queues yet.After that try to work out a strategy with booking fastpass rides and queuing while waiting for your alloted time.