TUI Florida Travel Day with a 3 Year Old | Birmingham - Melbourne Orlando - Universal Dockside

In this weeks video, we leave Birmingham Airport behind and head to Endless Summer Dockside via Orlando Melbourne Airport for a week of fun at Universal Orlando Resort!
We fly on a TUI Boeing 787 Dreamliner and you'll get a glimpse of the seats, entertainment and food onboard before we arrive at Universal's Endless Summer Dockside.
Our travel day has lots of ups, but also a down, a three hour long 'down' so keep watching to find out what that is!
If you have any questions about taking a toddler to Orlando just pop a comment below and we'll be happy to answer.
Our next trip is in September so make sure you're subscribed and follow us on Instagram: TwoAndThreeQuarters_UK
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[@jl453]

Nice of her to try to help the bird at the beginning🕊

[@phil1pd]

I thought the same as well.

[@ahahskagagiagi]

I’m going on a flight in August for the 3rd time and I have a fear of planes so I watch this every night to go to sleep and I actually get less feared of it everyday so I love watching these flight videos definitely will be subscribing and turning notifications on 🥰

[@garrysmythe]

Hi there, what a pleasure it has been to share your travel, I am 70 years old, been to Florida many times when my kids were growing up.They are both grown up with kids of their own now and In April 2023 we are going to florida with my son ,wife and 2 grandkids,,,, can't wait we are staying in a villa, anyway, want to thankyou for sharing this video with you and your beautiful family, he is one cute kid lol, and like my 5 year old grandson , loves dinosaurs. BRILLIANT VIDEO, a big thanks for posting it and wish you all the very best for your futures, from Garry in Barnsley UK

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Hi Garry, thanks for watching and commenting! We hope you have a fantastic family trip in April and I’m glad you enjoyed! All the best.

[@Disneythroughourveins]

Joey is just the cutest - the way he makes the Dinosaur watch the film on the flight!! what a nightmare transfer for you guys - really enjoyed watching your travel day x

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@RuiPlaneSpotter]

Nice video my friend 👍🏼

[@patrickrobinson317]

You have a lovely family. You are Blessed. 😀😀😀 Thanks for sharing your Fab Holiday !!!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you! We hope you enjoy - the June trip was amazing!

[@frenchietj]

Luved the vlog guys. What a gorgeous little boy a credit to you both. Look forward 2 the next one x

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for your kind words and watching! He’s a funny one that’s for sure and I know he has plenty more comments in the videos to come to keep us entertained!

[@janejane5332]

This is defo a very informative video in regards to Tui and Melbourne Airport.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Great to hear. Thank you!

[@declandawson9600]

Well I'm declan from Dublin Ireland and I am following you on your KZbin channel hope you and your brilliant family had a brilliant holiday

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Welcome. It’s good to have you here! Thanks for watching.

[@kat7777]

New sub...... Awwww that poor bird 😢

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Welcome - good to have you hear! Thankfully no other birds were harmed in any of the others vlogs!

[@kat7777]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK lol 😂 That poor little thing

[@HolidayWithTheHeathers]

Excellent Vlog guys! Really looking forward to watching the rest of the series. Your little lad is so cute. Definitely the star of the show 😀 Jess and Wayne xx

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks so much! He came out with some corners on this trip! 😂 Looking forward to catching up with your vlogs too! 😊

[@zerooog1traveller113]

Enjoy hope your whole family have an amazing trip looking forward to your adventures and videos at Orlando.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks! Have a great weekend!

[@joshuadaviesvlogs9209]

Hey. I've went to that airport and flew on that plane to florida like back in August 2022

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

How was your trip?

[@Stewart.T]

What a lovely family.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Very kind, thank you!

[@jennywolski2719]

Fabulous vlog cant wait to join in on your adventures. In love with Joey 😃😃😃😃

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you! We’re glad you’re here with us and enjoying!

[@HollieMc]

I love tht after tht flight and coach trip he was still game for swimming 😂

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

I know - We certainly weren’t! 😂 I don’t think I was up for anything after that long journey. Thanks for watching!

[@CourtneyTiasFloridaAdventures]

Great travel day guys (even though the coach driver got lost) 🙈😂 Joey is clearly a natural with the vlogging 😂 looking forward to the rest of the series! X

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you! I still laugh to myself now at his “take a picture” comment. I think our vlogs are just putting up with us in order to hear his funny stuff - it’s the only thing that gets me through editing! 😂

[@andyhanson7963]

Thanks for the great vlog so good to see a video from my local airport (less than 15 min drive from our house) as on our 4 trips to Orlando we gone from Manchester but looking at Birmingham now for our next trip.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you. Birmingham has been great the two times we’ve used it. Like yourself, we normally use Manchester too. It’s just the drive back from BHX is a killer after a night flight for us! When are you planning to next go to Orlando?

[@andyhanson7963]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK We last went in 2016 when our Daughter was 4 and she was just under the 40 ins mark and now she’s nearly 55 in and tall enough for everything at Disney but like yours my son is 3 so gonna wait to 2024 when it’s my wife’s 40th and we all will be tall enough for 70-80% of attractions at Disney. The only thing I got to decide is if we stay in a on-site hotel again or LBV area hotel with breakfast and free transfers to Disney.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

@@andyhanson7963 Sounds great. For us, the attractions are only a part of the fun for our son, so I’m sure even if not everyone can ride everything, I’m sure it’ll still be perfect! It’s a shame that the perks seem to be diminishing for staying onsite at Disney!

[@andyhanson7963]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK yeah when we last stayed at Disney in 2016 we got: 1) Free Airport transfers 2) Free magic bands 3) Free QSDP with resort mug 4) Free fast pass booked 60 days out 5) Extra 1 hour morning and 2 hours evening 6) $200 gift card Now you got to paid extra for airport if flying into MCO, Extra for bands and the Genie+. No news yet on DDP coming back but hope for 2024/25 it will be free again and 30 mins extra in the morning wow unless u pay extra for a deluxe resort so really it’s not worth it just to get 14 day for the price of 7 and the free magic maker.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

@@andyhanson7963 100%. Especially when pretty much ever UK ticket website offers the 14/7 deal with memory maker pretty much every day of the year!

[@emmachapman2507]

We are going to Florida next month with our 3 year old too, this is making me so excited! Your little boy looked so well behaved on such a hard travelling day!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

How exciting! What are your plans whilst you’re out there? If we can be of any help, either drop us a comment on here or a message on Instagram! 😊

[@richardlacey4923]

Pop century is a nightmare

[@rebeccathornton499]

“It’s boring” 😂😂😂

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Haha I mean, it’s not the most exciting room. 🙈 No Volcano outside the window this time for him like he probably expected! 😂

[@OurPrideRock]

How good was joey! Especially either that rediculous bus 😆 we are thinking of staying here next year so good to see!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

He was really good! Just adamant he wanted to go swimming 😂 It was a solid hotel. Not my favourite Universal hotel, but I’d stay again.

[@TD3Vlogs]

A coach driver that isn't very good with directions... just what you need after a long flight. You did well to get a bite to eat and some pool time as you all looked shattered 👍👍👍

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Tell me about it... We had so much planned that we had no energy for, it well and truly killed us off! Thanks for checking us out!

[@NormalGirlVlogging]

Hiya guys, new sub here 🤚🏼 We are doing the same route/hotel (besides leaving from Gatwick) next month. Kinda worried about the transfers too 🥹 Ur little one is super cute ‘ it’s boring’ when he walked in the room 😆 so funny. Look forward to seeing more of ur adventures xx

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

You’ll have an amazing trip! 😃 I think a lot of it comes down to who else is on your transfer bus, if it’s International Drive people, you’re likely to be last unfortunately, which is another killer in an already long journey. I personally would book an Uber/car/private transfer if we flew into MLB again, but once bitten, twice shy I guess. I’m sure a lot of people have great experiences. I’m planning on doing a video on MLB airport next week in case it’s any use to you 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@FraserAtSea]

Ah, you fly from my local airport - funny to see it on here actually. Looks like a brilliant trip you guys had!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you! I like flying from Birmingham - easier and more laid back than Manchester, and usually cheaper too! 😊

[@picklevix]

how on earth did the driver get lost? 😂 I thought they were meant to be professional. I hope he's learnt the directions by the time we go in September! loved watching your travel day guys ❤

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Honestly, I was dying inside, over and over again! Thankfully the driver on the way back was a lot better! I’m sure you’ll be fine in September, or you can at least laugh about it later! 😂 Thanks for watching - glad your enjoyed!

[@dambo8416]

That’s put me off Melbourne for sure! Nightmare 😩

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Certainly wasn’t the best. I’d do it again if 1. I had a car hire/used an uber - never the coach transfer again. 2. It was at least £200pp cheaper. Otherwise Virgin and MCO all the way!

[@dambo8416]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK yep, I’m going with Virgin to MCO and I wouldn’t change it based on what I’ve seen recently from TUI. Even the plane and especially the in-flight entertainment looked a bit drab. Also, I can’t think of anything worse than a 9 hour flight to then hop on a coach!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Virgin’s planes are hit and miss unfortunately. Their A350 - which is what we had in our latest vlog series - is much better than TUI B787. Virgin’s A330 - which we had on our November 2021 trip - is worse than the TUI B787. Either way, being 20 minutes to your hotel from MCO is a winner!

[@dambo8416]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK fortunately we’re on the A350. Looks light years ahead of the TUI 787! Don’t know how your kid was so well behaved during all that, mine wouldn’t have been! Keep up the great vlogs!

[@anthonygrumpysavage4394]

I'm taking a satnav in 6 weeks for the coach driver!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Haha! They had one… Just didn’t follow it very well, or know coach entrances at hotels. I swear we were trying to get into one hotel for over 30 minutes!

[@KB-xd5wq]

I didn't even know they had passenger service to Melbourne Florida. I fly into MCO all of the time.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

It depends what airline you fly - TUI used to fly to SFB, but now MLB as of March 2022. Have a great day!

[@award210]

Tui use Melbourne now as it’s nearer for the cruise connection

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

@@award210 I’ve heard this before too. I’d love to know how true it is vs MLB offered them a steal of a deal to drop SFB. Either way, we’d be getting a private transfer if we fly with TUI again!

[@grahamjones5379]

Brilliant really enjoyed it' I did it 5 years old twins and there 7 years old sister hard work ❤

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you! That must have been a challenge - not sure I could have managed that one! 👏

[@charlenew2462]

Just caught a glimpse of your vlog and said must watch that as thinking of travelling long haul with my boy's next year. Eldest will be 11/ nearly 12 then youngest will be my 3 yr old twins. So it's more info/tips about flying and doing a holiday with the twins. Can't wait to see more!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you! If there’s anything more you’d want to know, let us know. Likewise we’ll have another travel day up in early October so hopefully that’ll be useful too. 😊

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thank you! We hope it’s/the series has been useful. My biggest tip would be to break the flight up into mini sections for them - don’t give them something else until they’ve fully exhausted and got bored of the first. We tried to put off the iPad for as long as we could. Plenty of snacks. Make sure they drink lots of water as the extra dehydration from the flight can make children a little more challenging than usual and if you can, get them to have a nap. Not only will it give you a break on the flight, it’ll help them with jet lag. At least at Manchester, if you keep the pram with you until the gate, you can also use the family lane as security which saved us an hour on our trip earlier this month.

[@Markus_Woody]

I'm doing the same identical travel day as you guys in late September (taking off 09:45 from Birmingham to landing at 13:30 Melbourne, and going to Dockside via TUI transfers). Am hoping we can get to the hotel at a reasonable time, if the flight isn't too delayed (and the driver doesn't get lost!) as we plan on hitting US for HHN on the first evening and would like to have a relax for a couple of hours before heading out. I know it's going to be an exhausting day though!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Hopefully their time keeping is a lot better than on our trip for you then! Fair play if you manage to make it through HHN - we usually like to head to IoA but no way we would stay up late enough to make HHN worthwhile!

[@Markus_Woody]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK We'll have express passes so shouldn't need the entire night. We really want to do it on arrival else we have to wait until our 4th night of our holiday and I can't take that 🤣

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

James Martin on board lunch was the best we’ve had going to New York your pasta dish looks ok loving your vlogs am new sub so just getting to know you all xx

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

It was good compared to what we usually get with Virgin. The food on the way back too was a lot better than the barely edible food you normally get with Virgin from MCO too. We have an Instagram page (same name) in case you do want to see any more! 😊

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK thanks have a great time

[@whydon2]

Hi. Just wondering if you guys had the standard or extra legroom seats and any views on them? We will be flying with a 3yo and a lap toddler

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

We go for standard, I don’t think the extra ones give enough benefit for us to make it worthwhile eg if they gave enough room for kids to play on the floor in front of their chairs, fair enough, but for us, standard seats and save the money for spending on the hotel/spending money! 😊 Thanks for watching!

[@CherylAbbott6486]

What a lovely boy you have. Great video. We've just booked for next May, a while away yet but been watching a few travel day videos on my day off!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Thanks for watching and glad you enjoyed! Hopefully our other videos will help take up some of the countdown and you’ll be there before you know it!

[@CherylAbbott6486]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK That is the plan!

[@reganlewis-panther8514]

Would you mind sharing how much it is per person to travel from uk to Orlando ?

[@CherylAbbott6486]

@@reganlewis-panther8514 For us it was £1900 each, we are staying on Universal property so it was a bit more expensive than staying on International Drive.

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

@@reganlewis-panther8514 We paid £482pp for this weeks trip + spending money. We did however have Universal annual passes from our previous trip so didn’t need to pay for that again. Disney makes trips more expensive as does the hotel you stay at. International Drive is your more budget friendly hotels. Our next trip isn’t costing £482pp… I wish it was. 😂

[@Michelle-qd9gm]

New sub here 😊

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Welcome! Good to have you here!

[@ld13903]

We fly into Melbourne tomorrow and are staying at Universal, how many drops did you have to do? Thanks 😊

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Have a great trip! I think it was 3 stops before us, but as you can see, things still didn’t go to plan! The transfer back wasn’t as bad, had around 3 picks up after us and took about 2 hours.

[@ANFIELDSCOUSE31]

Hi there, What row where you sitting in, trying to gauge my view out of the plane window when i go 😂 Thanks!

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Row 15 I think. 😊

[@gardnerfamilytravels]

Thanks for the video... just a query regarding that coach transfer - do you know if you were on a coach specifically for the endless summer resorts, or were there people left on the coach as you departed? We're curious if a Cabana bay transfer would have drop offs at Endless summer and possibly more first. Thanks

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

Hi, no, unfortunately not. The bus is for multiple drops. The Universal hotels were grouped with International Drive hotels on both drop off and collection for us. Universal was the last drop on the way out and the first pick up on the way back. In other words, the worst way round unfortunately.

[@gardnerfamilytravels]

@@TwoandThreeQuartersUK Thats good to know, we were on the fence but think we will go with the private taxi option for next year. Thanks

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

That’s what I’d recommend. It should be less than $100 each way for an Uber.

[@darrell190967]

Melbourne Airport is actually nowhere near Orlando, (it's only labelled Orlando to "fool" unsuspecting or unrealising people how far it is) it is in fact about 75 miles away, and up to 2hrs drive (if traffic is heavy enough), DOUBLE the distance than what Sanford was, and at least TREBLE the drive time compared to MCO (where BA & Virgin still fly)...good thing is a supposed easier transit through the airport, and for TUI the real (and probably only reason) they moved even further away (Previously to Sanford) would be a cheaper landing fee £ $ deal...I'm sure TUI is a great airline in itself, but from my own respective there's no way I'd use them due to the distance in Florida...Having said that, I look forward to returning some day (last time in May 2001)

[@EmimiHollywood]

Whats about covid requirements?

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

What about them?

[@EmimiHollywood]

Do you need proof of vaccination when entering the country?

[@TwoandThreeQuartersUK]

@@EmimiHollywood It’s checked at check in when you leave the UK (or uploaded to an airline portal ahead of time if they have that option). Nothing is checked in the US. This trip was 7 months ago, so I wouldn’t suggest relying on it for the most up to date information for any trips you may have coming up.