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Family holiday in Florida- how much would it actually cost?

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Yorkiegirl · 30/10/2004 21:15

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onlyjoking9329 · 30/10/2004 21:40

have you looked on james's villas site, sorry cant do links

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Yorkiegirl · 30/10/2004 21:42

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Hulababy · 30/10/2004 21:53

We went with an online company called Travel City Direct this summer.

Our theme park tickets cost us £330 per adult. DD was free as under 3, but children's tickets are not much different really. These, through Travel City got us:

  • 10 days hopper ticket for all the Disney Parks, including the water parks
  • day ticket to Sea World (got a second day's ticket for free on arriving at park too - quite common)
  • day ticket to Space Centre
  • 14 days hopper ticket for the Universal Parks (same price as a 3 day ticket for some reason)

We stayed in a large 4 bed villa in Windsor Palms Resort. Not sure how much this costs TBH. Can ask my dad tomorrow - he booked it. Same resrt (and loads similar) have smaller villas and also condos. Villas are fab as have own pool

The flight tickets were around £600 each I think. But that was in August summer holidays. Again I can check with my dad though.

We also had car hire witht hem too.

Not sure on all costs but will ask my dad - my parents are calling round tomorrow so I'll do it then. I think my dad paid out around £8000 to the company - and that was for 6 adults, and a 2yo. That includes villa, flights, car hire (2 cars) and all park tickets.

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Yorkiegirl · 30/10/2004 21:55

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Hulababy · 30/10/2004 21:55

Windsor Palms Resort

Travel City Direct

Hulababy · 30/10/2004 21:56

Might not be as much as all that though Yorkiegirl But, regardless, it is so worth it - it's magical :O

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Yorkiegirl · 30/10/2004 21:58

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Hulababy · 30/10/2004 22:00

That's why we took my parents (as well as my brother and sister)! Lots of people to pass DD around on the plane, although she behaved immpeccably on the flight and slept a couple of times too. Wasn't half as bad as we had thought.

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Yorkiegirl · 30/10/2004 22:03

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tallulah · 31/10/2004 10:11

We took grandma & all 4 kids (11- 17) last year in February for 10 days. Main part of holiday (flights & hotel- not villa) cost £3k. Park tickets (Universal, SeaWorld & Busch Gardens) came to $1000. Food was another $1000 on top. (Had to eat out twice a day because no facilities to cook)

Going again next Easter & staying at Disney resort for 7 days. So far flights & accomodation for 4 (13-15 plus 2 adults) is £1908 with BA.

Didn't bother with a car last time because we were on I Drive in a hotel with a courtesy bus.

HTH

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Yorkiegirl · 31/10/2004 12:50

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Hulababy · 31/10/2004 13:10

YG - I agree about the villa. This is the best option for us too and it worked out really well. Especially the day of the hurricane when nothing was open - at least we could watch TV, cook and eat okay! And we weren't tied to times and location.

Have to say that there isn't that much beyond theme parks in the immediate vicinity though - well we didn't really find them much. LOL!

You could do one week at the parks, and then move down to the coast for a second week. My parents, with my sister, have done that option in the past.

KateandtheGirls · 31/10/2004 13:18

Yorkiegirl, I just did the journey by myself with my two who were 2 and 4.5 at the time. It's not that bad!

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Yorkiegirl · 31/10/2004 14:05

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DelGirl · 31/10/2004 14:33

vague info here but my sis, dh and 4 children went a few years ago for 3 weeks. Had a large villa (there were about 14 of them in total as they went with friends) They did all the usual trips etc and hired a car and i'm pretty sure there's was around £8000

DelGirl · 31/10/2004 14:34

oh, 2 of the children were teenagers at the time

Hulababy · 31/10/2004 14:36

YG - if I was you I would now wait until your youngest DD is between 2 and 3 years old. She'd then be the right age to enjoy it, and remember it. And she'd get a seat of her own on the plane, but she'd still get into the parks for free too.

DelGirl · 31/10/2004 14:37

just remembered, they went in 2000

KateandtheGirls · 31/10/2004 15:22

I agree that it would be wasted on the baby YG. But in a couple of years she'll love it!

triplets · 02/11/2004 21:36

Just done this on another thread, approx £4,800 for 5 for 3 weeks not inc spending money, everything was wonderful esp the accomodation. Got back this morning so am pretty shattered!

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Yorkiegirl · 02/11/2004 21:43

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Hulababy · 02/11/2004 21:45

No your not. Go fot it

Why not set up a special account for it - maybe an online one? Name it something like "Disney fund" and just keep adding to it.

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Yorkiegirl · 02/11/2004 21:48

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