I hope ET stays. My husband looks forward to ET calling me MAR-GAR-ET (Margaret) at the end of the ride. It cracks him up every time:) Its been 11 years since our our honeymoon and we are going back next year with our daughter :)

My husband and I are going on 11 years in a row. We love going late September early October. This gives us the opportunity to enjoy both universal studios and Disney world theme parks without a huge crowd. We love the food and wine festival at EPCOT and really enjoy the adrenaline driven rides at both universals island of adventure and universals studios themepark. All in all we enjoy all the theme parks but we really go for Halloween Horror Nights! Two weeks to go!!

Universal should never have got rid of Ghostbusters or Back to the Future

I'm excited about the "Halloween" house. But ya spelled Myers Wrong. ;-)

E.T.'s Adventure is not on the chopping block, as Mr Spielberg himself just recently signed a contract to keep E.T. open at Universal Studios Florida, as long as Jurassic Park stays open at Islands of Adventure next door. I know this, as I recently worked at E.T.'s Adventure, before transferring to Despicable Me: Minion Mayhem. The computer system for the Goodbyes are indeed being updated, and will be back up hopefully within the next couple of months.

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Hi Green Planet, I like what you said about E.t as I am going in early Jan, So I hope it will be still there as I want to go on it again for it go's I so like it.

I was sad when I heard ages ago it will close as I think they should keep it.

We are going on 10 years in a row to Orlando. We usually rotate the Disney Parks and the Universal Parks though Universal is truly our favorite. We always go in September and the lines are never busy and the weather though still hot is manageable. We are changing things up this year and going to the beach and hitting Busch Gardens for the first time. Can't wait! I deffinetly recommend off season though. We did go one year in August and it was so hot and busy. We didn't get to see much.

Universal Studios/Islands of Adventure are my favorite. My husband and I are going in October and are planning on sneaking in a day at Disney (first time for either of us in almost 20 years) as well. Hopefully the crowds are lower. Definitely don't want to wait 3 or more hours for anything.

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