Our boys are 14 and 16 now and we had never been to Universal Orlando before! Although Universal has some attractions for younger kids, I think of it as more focused on bigger rides and older kids. Disney has added a lot of great thrill rides in the past decade, but roller coaster for roller coaster, Universal still has them beat. It is a great theme park for teens!
But that doesn’t mean I wanted to skip Disney! I have always told my husband that I wanted to take the kids to Disney World three times – once as preschoolers, once as elementary age kids, and once as teens. I think he was hoping I’d forget the last one but I did not! He reluctantly agreed to go to Disney one last time so we combined the two into a single trip right after the boys got out of school for the summer.
I think even my reluctant husband agrees that the Orlando theme parks with teenagers is a whole different ballgame – less planning, less stress, and more fun. As much as I have loved our international travels in the past few years, I am so glad we fit this trip in! It was a great last hurrah for our family theme park trips.
