i thought i'd throw this out there, i check in friday 10/14/16 and am checking out of boardwalk tuesday 10/25/16, it is a switch from my usual beach club because i had too many points banked at boardwalk and needed to use some up. one of the reasons i am staying so long is to make several trips over to universal BEFORE official pixel mania, with perhaps a water park break or 2 in the afternoons, returning to universal in the evenings, depending on closing times, and that hhn thing. let me put it right out there, i will not be doing hhn, did it once, found it too graphic, and way too rock and roll loud for my taste. i'm probably flying down on thursday night, something easily accomplished from the ny metro area, and just stay in one of the airport hotels, something i do quite frequently. this puts me online at 8:00 am at magic express, and usually on property no later than 9:30. i will have a car for a few days, most likely from national on property from friday 10/14 to wednesday 10/19, depending on the number of pixel mania attendees in the area for those days i may go to an intermediate/full size, if it's just me and maybe one other my usual tin can. i'm not doing universal on the tail end of the trip as this year i may very well reserve the monday for nothing more strenuous than some pool time and a massage. so no need for the car past wednesday morning. although i have no wish to have to add 2 additional vacation days onto the trip, there exists the possibility that it might be far cheaper to drive down, and i am no fan of that at tall. in which case i would arrive friday afternoon and leave tuesday morning 10/25 right after breakfast. I-95 ny to orlando is one loooong nasty drive. a trip into mordor might be more fun.
