Growing up and living in Central Texas, I have gone to Six Flags over Texas, Six Flags Fiesta Texas and the now defunct Astroworld. With Six Flags being my bar, I was completely blown away when I got to Disney.....
I first went to Disney/UO in 2009 with my daughter on a school trip. Since I had never been to a Disney Park before I started scouring the internet on anything and everything that pertained to Orlando. I came across Orlando United and immediately found my source of information. That trip was only four days, three at Disney and one at Universal. Since then I have come back 9 times since then, usually taking two weeks of vacation, one at UO and the other at Disney.
Orlando United has been a fantastic resource to me from the beginning. My children and I waited for the opportune moment and hit Universal just a week before the official Wizarding World opening, which we learned about here. It was out of this world! Having the knowledge before hand of what to expect and where to stay (onsite), getting free fast passes and getting into WWOHP before the general public. We went again later that winter and could barely breathe it was so jam packed with people.
Reading about the WDW that 'was' as opposed to what is there now makes me a little sad that I had not gone earlier. However, after reading HTF's column about the new WDW President, hopefully I will get to see it in all its glory again soon.
Like one of the other lurkers had stated, I do not know a lot of the jargon or manufacturer names that are thrown around, but I am having fun trying to catch up and learn all I can about both resorts.
I do have one question though, at IOA, near the entrance of Confiscos, is the gate to the Explorers Club, which in turn leads up and out to the bridge that goes over the main street. It seems that this area should be off limits, but it has always been open and there are no signs or CM's to deter my access to the bridge. So, is this a 'no-go' area or not? I have been up there several times with no problems...
Thanks!