Universal Endless Summer Resort - Surfside and Dockside Inn & Suites

[BBPH]

SO, after not getting to stay at Surfside due to the Thomas Cook kerfuffle and happily settling for the Avanti Palms in October 2019.

We had Orlando booked for October 2020, just a week Avanti again.

We had New York booked for April, officially kerfuffled...

We have now decided to extend Orlando and book Dockside for two weeks, something I actually plan WILL happen this year

 

[Disneyhead]

SO, after not getting to stay at Surfside due to the Thomas Cook kerfuffle and happily settling for the Avanti Palms in October 2019.

We had Orlando booked for October 2020, just a week Avanti again.

We had New York booked for April, officially kerfuffled...

We have now decided to extend Orlando and book Dockside for two weeks, something I actually plan WILL happen this year

I really like the Avanti Palms. Particularly their King rooms.

 

[BBPH]

I really like the Avanti Palms. Particularly their King rooms.

We actually really enjoyed it, just looking to finally get into a Universal property.

 

[Teebin]

Tossing this here. An epic photograph when you consider that much of it, from bottom to horizon top is mostly Universal Orlando Resort.

 

[Cup_Of_Coffee]

Tossing this here. An epic photograph when you consider that much of it, from bottom to horizon top is mostly Universal Orlando Resort.

So that is the EU lot? Damn, do not think I've seen this angle before. Awesome perspective of the resort as a whole and what its becoming and where it all is in relevance to one another.

 

[Scott W.]

Tossing this here. An epic photograph when you consider that much of it, from bottom to horizon top is mostly Universal Orlando Resort.

This is a good example of why the Kirkman Extension is so important.

 

[UniversalRBLX]

Tossing this here. An epic photograph when you consider that much of it, from bottom to horizon top is mostly Universal Orlando Resort.

What's even more impressive is that all of that was a dirt lot less than 6 years ago.

 

[Scott W.]

When is Dockside meant to be complete?

You wonder if they’ll just put off the opening for the whole project to be finished.

 

[Parkscope Joe]

When is Dockside meant to be complete?

You wonder if they’ll just put off the opening for the whole project to be finished.

Phase 1 was in March and Phase 2 sometime in September for HHN was my understanding.

 

[GadgetGuru]

Phase 1 was in March and Phase 2 sometime in September for HHN was my understanding.

I kind of feel like a couple of the Universal hotels won’t re-open for the next year or so based on demand.

I could see Dockside being one of them, but it feels like the more premium hotels will have a harder time hitting capacity.

 

[Scott W.]

I kind of feel like a couple of the Universal hotels won’t re-open for the next year or so based on demand.

I could see Dockside being one of them, but it feels like the more premium hotels will have a harder time hitting capacity.

There's 2 trains of thoughts for this:

1. Universal want guests to spend the most as possible when visiting which means potentially keeping the cheaper hotels closed.
2. If Universal needs to put on a promotion, it's better to reduce the prices of the higher end hotels. As a crazy example, charging CBBR prices for Hard Rock would be a wildly tempting offer and one that will probably never happen again.

 

[shiekra38]

There's 2 trains of thoughts for this:

1. Universal want guests to spend the most as possible when visiting which means potentially keeping the cheaper hotels closed.
2. If Universal needs to put on a promotion, it's better to reduce the prices of the higher end hotels. As a crazy example, charging CBBR prices for Hard Rock would be a wildly tempting offer and one that will probably never happen again.

#2 would get me to stay just because

 

[BBPH]

I wonder what universals approach would be to those booked in the lower end hotels if they kept them closed?

 

[Scott W.]

I wonder what universals approach would be to those booked in the lower end hotels if they kept them closed?

Free upgrade?

Thinking about transport around the resort, it would make more sense for Endless Summer to remain closed. Buses for transport are going to be a massive pain in the arse for Disney.

 

[Mad Dog]

Probably a gradual phasing in with a mix of both high end and the others to reach a broader guest economic/demographic spectrum....They started redoing the Portofino rooms a couple of months ago, rooms so it probably would make sense to open that last of the three deluxe resorts.

 

[Scott W.]

 

[Alicia]

Haven’t we learned that even though you can book a room at a Universal right now, that doesn’t necessarily mean it will actually be open on that date?

 

[Scott W.]

Haven’t we learned that even though you can book a room at a Universal right now, that doesn’t necessarily mean it will actually be open on that date?

Yeah but it's something.

 

[Disneyhead]

:whistle:

 

[Mad Dog]

:whistle:

Dave knows. Dave always knows. :thumbsup: :grin: