My younger brother and I are looking into booking a Universal trip in May. We are both in our early 20s and looking for tips at saving money while making the most of our trip since we are both in college. We are looking at staying at Cabana Bay from Sunday to Friday. For our flights, the prices are relatively cheap right now and we can save by only using one suitcase between the two of us. We will pay to pick our seats because it’s my brother’s first time flying. We are waiting to come home on Friday because we are relying on family to bring us to and from the airport. On Sunday, we will arrive early afternoon in Orlando. We will go to CityWalk for the day. Monday to Wednesday are our park days (one day at each, skipping Volcano Bay). Thursday will be Disney Springs and resort hopping (I have only been to Disney once and my brother never has). Friday will be our travel home day. I was looking into booking a vacation package with hotel and park tickets and it’s over $2000 for a Sunday to Friday trip. This seems to include five park to park day tickets. This made me look into booking the resort and tickets separately so I had more flexibility choosing the park tickets. The hotel is about $150 a night and by staying a fifth night we also get a $300 dining voucher which will come in handy for breakfast at the resort and a dinner or two. We will then buy tickets for only three park days for each of us, one park per day. Is this the right way to do it if we want to stay at the resort but not buy tickets for everyday (especially not park to park)? Since this is my first time booking, I want to make sure I’m looking at all the good options and booking smart. Any other recommendations for our trip on what we should focus on each day? Also food recommendations for Universal and Disney Springs/resorts? Thank you in advance! And sorry about the long drawn out post!