One year seems a pretty perfunctory attempt to seriously compete at Christmas, especially given the time it took to establish Uni’s Halloween dominance or the fact that it’s only just starting to compete with Disney as an equal.
Oh, I loved it; but I understand why it’s gone.
The need a Christmas village in the park like Sea World. Universals attempt at Christmas sound weak to be honest with you. It also takes word of mouth and more than a year. But either way seeing what is offered at Uni doesn't seem to compare to what is offered at the other parks in my opinion. I will judge the decor once I see it.
I will say I was thinking weak compared more to Sea World. I haven't been to WDW at Christmas since before Covid and honestly the main thing that did it for me was the decor and candlelight processional. However, you are right it got to the point you had to do the dining package to see the show. We always did the package since we also liked eating at Epcot. Sea World is all free as is their family friendly Halloween. Along with Howl O Scream being cheaper, yet of course not as good as HHN.
if it weren't for the events, SeaWorld would be closed by now.
ermmm moe’s is so busting….the others can go however
I ask myself this every trip - and I'm going to go with "never"
Red Coconut closed is one thing, but all of the upper level of CityWalk or IOA for a private event is just poor service.
It’s even worse - if you ask at information, even just inquiring about the next day, they often don’t know if there will be a buyout. The information is literally inaccessible to the public.
I'd hope at the very least, these events are booked far enough in advance that you wouldn't be able to make a reservation at a restaurant that will be unavailable?
At least they're consistently bad. If you go to Information in the parks they don't generally know if things like whether the night Lagoon Show (when it's existing) is being run that night, or if you call it's hard to get a straight answer to any questions. I love Universal, but their Operations aren't on top of the game anymore. I dunno why? Maybe too many new employees, or they don't train them enough?
That is crazy. I thought Sea World was bad with that, but at least they have signs in their parks telling you when something is closing and team members know, but their app is not always up to date of when a specific ride is closing. Their show times are accurate and if they change they make a park wide announcement. I was there once when it was storming and they announced when the last show would be and what was being cancelled due to the weather. I don't think they updated app but made announcements every 10 minutes it seemed park wide.
