We are excited to announce that we received a recent honor from Universal Studios!  Our agency at Destinations in Florida Travel, received the 2010 Travel Agency Partner of the Year award, from Universal Studios.  We have the #1 travel agent in the world (recognized by Universal Studios) that works for our agency and now we are recognized as the 2010 Travel Agency Partner of the Year.  We are so excited and honored!  We wanted to thank all of our amazing agents and guests.  We would not be where we are today without you. Thank you for helping make us the best!

With the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter, many guests staying at the Disney Hotels or Orlando area hotels want to spend a day at this new Universal Studios Park. Disney does not provide transportation to Universal Studios from the Disney Hotels, so how do you get from Disney to Universal Studios? There are several ways to get from the Disney Hotels and the Orlando area hotels to Universal Studios. The best way is also the free way!

Destinations in Florida Travel offers a ticket called the 1-Day/2-Park Pass and it includes free shuttle transfers from the Disney Hotels and Orlando Area Hotels. The free shuttle transfers are on board Mears Transportation. It is an easy process. You call Mears about 24 hours before you are visiting Universal Studios to schedule your pick up time. Then you are picked up outside your hotel for your day at Universal Studios.

Once you are done playing at Universal Studios, you call the same number to schedule your pickup time to head back to your Disney Hotel. In the afternoon, the shuttle runs every hour (quarter after) from 3 PM-2 AM. This means you can stay and play at CityWalk after your day at Universal Studios and then take the shuttle back to your resort.

The free shuttle transfers saves you from $90 on transportation from Disney to Universal Studios. Plus, this ticket is also saving you $10 per person off the regular gates prices. The 1-Day/2-Park Passes with free shuttle transfers are $114 per adult plus tax and $106.03 per child (3-9) plus tax. You can click here to order these tickets.

Another transportation option is renting a car. Disney World has an Alamo Office right in the middle of the resort at the Walt Disney World Car Care Center. You can rent a car for the day and head to Universal Studios. Be sure to take parking at Universal Studios into your budget, since this is an additional cost when renting a car. Alamo will pick you up at your Disney Resort and take you to their office. After your day, they will also take you back to your Disney Resort. So, you don't have to worry about transportation from your Disney Hotel to the Alamo Office.

If you are not a planner, you may just want to take a taxi for your transportation. You can always catch a taxi outside your Disney Hotel or you can call 407-699-9999 to get a taxi. The price is right around $45 each way plus tip for a taxi from the Disney Hotels to Universal Studios.

These are three ways to get from the Disney World & Orlando area hotels to Universal Studios. For more information about the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter, visit http://www.wizardingworldpark.com.

Written By:  Allison Jones @wdwfan

The new park are Universal Studios called Wizarding World of Harry Potter is an amazing park.  Take a video tour of Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

Check out the Universal Studios ticket that includes free shuttle transfers.  It is an easy way to get to Universal Studios to visit this new park.

If you love Dr. Seuss, than Universal's Islands of Adventure is the place for you with the popular Seuss Landing island!  In Seuss Landing, you get to ride with the Cat in the Hat, order Green Eggs & Ham, and buy t-shirts that say Thing 1 and Thing 2!  For a limited time, Converse is offering a contest to win a trip to Universal Studios in their Seussville Sweepstakes.  Click here for more details and to register.  Good luck!

To buy tickets to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure, contact us today.

With the brand new Wizarding World of Harry Potter, we know alot of guests visiting Disney World are taking a day to visit this new park.  It can cost you from $80-150 in transportation costs to get from your Disney Resort hotel to Universal's Islands of Adventure to visit this new island.  We have a great ticket option to help with this cost.  Universal Studios offers the 1-Day/2-Park Pass with free shuttles from the Disney Resort hotels to Universal Studios.  This ticket allows you one day to both Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.  The Islands of Adventure Park has the Wizarding World of Harry Potter island.  So, this ticket allows you admission to both parks.  You can even hop between parks on the same day.

The huge value is the free transportation.  With this ticket, you get free shuttle service.  You get picked up at your Disney Resort hotel and dropped off at Universal Studios.  You actually schedule your pick up time, so it is planned just for you and your family.  When you are done playing at the Universal Parks, you call to schedule the time to be picked up and head back to your Disney Resort hotel.  It is an excellent service and for no additional cost, it is a huge value for your Orlando vacation.

Take advantage of the free transportation with the 1-Day/2-Park Pass from your Disney Resort hotel to the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

Join us for a photo tour of the popular island at Universal's Islands of Adventure Park called Jurassic Park Universal.  If your kids love dinosaurs, this is a must see during your vacation to Orlando!

Book your Universal Studios tickets or Universal Studios package with us today!

We are going to skip the Where in the World is Mickey Mouse contest for this week!  In place of this contest, we are offering another contest in honor of the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter Park opening on June 18.  We are giving away a grand opening Wizarding World of Harry Potter Park wand, right from Universal Studios.  This is a limited edition wand!  Check out these details to register to win this Harry Potter Park wand.

This is a very limited edition wand that you cannot buy at Ollivander's Wand Shop in the new park or on the WBStore (the official store for Harry Potter merchandise)....at least, not as of right now.  It was part of a special package sent to a very limited number of people and we were one of the lucky few!  This will be a truly unique collector's item.

As you can see in the photo, it comes in it's very own box --- even if Universal were to begin selling this exact Harry Potter wand, you will likely never be able to get it in a special "grand opening celebration" box.  We're including the box with the the wand for the winner!

Now, for the important part.  How do you win it?

Well, there are several different ways to get "entries" into the contest.  With each entry, you increase your chances to be randomly selected to win the wand.  The contest will run from June 1 (today) through the grand opening of the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Park on June 18th, 2010!

How to Get Entries for the Harry Potter Park Wand Contest

1. Tweet about the contest.  You must tweet through the following link to be a valid entry.  Tweet for an entry! This is good for one entry and you may only tweet once per Twitter account.
2. Sign up for our Harry Potter Park email newsletter.  Not only will you get our latest blog posts, the most current information about the new Wizarding World of Harry Potter Park, deals, specials, discounts, etc. -- you'll also get 5 entries for the contest!  Obviously, you will only get credit for a single email address.  In order for us to count the sign-ups, you must forward the confirmation email to info@wizardingworldpark.com.
3. Write a blog post about the contest for 3 entries!  In order for us to know about the post, you'll need to use the following URL for the trackback: http://wizardingworldpark.com/win-harry-potter-park-wand/2010/06/01/  If you don't use that URL, we won't know about the post  and won't be able to count your entries.  You can write as many posts as you like for 3 entries, each!
4. Comment on this post! You will get a single entry for adding a comment -- this does not mean you get an entry per comment; you can comment 100 times and you will get one entry, only! One comment or a hundred equals one entry.

That's it!  Nothing to it!  Four simple ways to get entries into the contest for a very limited edition Harry Potter Park wand!  You have until 11:59PM on June 18th for your entries to count, so get going and good luck!

For more information about the Wizarding World of Harry Potter Park vacations, click on this link.

With the Harry Potter Theme Park opening on June 18, there is excitement in the air!  This new section of Islands of Adventure at Universal Studios is going to be unlike any other theme park in the world.   One of the rides inside the Harry Potter Theme Park is Harry Potter and the Forbidden Journey ride.

This Harry Potter Theme Park ride is one of the most anticipated rides at the new park. Universal has revealed a lot of details about the ride, including that you will participate in a Quidditch Game with Harry Potter and Hermione!  Watch the video and take a sneak peek into the new Harry Potter Theme Park.

For more information about the new Harry Potter Theme Park or booking your vacation to see the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, contact us today.

"How do I get Universal FL tickets for Wizarding World of Harry Potter?"

One of the more common questions we get right behind, "When does Wizarding World of Harry Potter Open?"

One of the keys to getting your Universal Orlando tickets for the Wizarding World of Harry Potter involves our most popular question -- don't buy the tickets for a date that's before the opening date of June 18th!  Universal Orlando tickets are non-refundable, so you don't want tickets for May and not be able to see the Harry Potter park!

You can buy tickets on your own, but then you risk making mistakes like the one mentioned above.  Why not buy tickets with a travel agency that specializes in Orlando and Harry Potter travel, like DestinationsInFlorida.com?  We've specialized in Orlando travel for over ten years and our agency is down the road from Universal Studios!

One of our favorite tickets includes a free Universal Studios shuttle from Disney World.  Why?  Because many of our guests are staying at the Disney World Resort with no way to travel to Universal Studios Orlando.  Taxis are expensive and so are rental cars.  Universal Studios in Orlando has a little known ticket that includes a free Universal Studios shuttle from Disney World!

The Universal Studios 1-Day/2-Park Passes with Shuttle Transfers allow you one day of admission to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure.  You can even hop between the parks.  Plus, get free shuttle transfers (through Mears Transportation) from any Disney Resort to Universal Studios Orlando.

You have to purchase tickets to Universal FL to get into the new Harry Potter park, why not buy one that gives you a free Universal Studios shuttle from your Disney World resort?

You can see all of the Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure (the park where Wizarding World of Harry Potter will be located) at our Universal Orlando ticket page.  Let us help you find the right ticket for your Harry Potter travel adventure after June 18th!

You can save money at Universal Studios restaurants with a special discount dining package called Meal Deal!  The Universal Studios restaurant Meal Deals can be purchased separately or added with theme park tickets.  The Meal Deal option allows you unlimited trips through select restaurants, throughout the day up to 30 minutes before the parks close.  You can have lunch, dinner and snacks in between for one discount price.

You can dine at three Universal Studios restaurants locations at Universal Studios including Louie's Italian Restaurant, Mel's Drive-In, and the International Food & Film Food Court.  At Islands of Adventure, you can dine at Circus McGurkus Stoo-pendous, Comic Strip Cafe, or Burger Digs.  For each stop at a restaurant, you will get an entree and dessert.  You can choose from any entree and any dessert - you are not limited!

The Meal Deal Plan does not include a beverage, but you can purchase a Meal Deal souvenir mug for $8.99 plus tax, once you arrive to Universal Studios.

The cost for the 1-Day/1-Park Meal Deal is $19.99 per adult plus tax and $9.99 per child (3-9) plus tax.  It is an amazing price for just two meals at the Universal Studios Parks, but to include unlimited trips during your day is a really spectacular price!

To pre-order your Meal Deal for your Universal Studios vacation, click here.