;) Our first 2 trips were also a long time ago before the internet was invented by Al Gore. The third trip was a few years after EPCOT opened and although we had a (single) computer I still did my planning via books. I relied heavily on the previously mentioned allears & disboards for both of last year's trips and again for this December.

I am guessing that you will be going sometime between now and the end of October if you are concerned about the heat. Mid May was not bad and naturally December was ideal for the animals (& people!) That tiger picture that I posted above was taken on December 6th around 3:00 pm.

You know your dates so with them in mind, check on www.allears.com to see if the coasters your DW would like to ride are scheduled for rehab. during your visit. Space Mountain was down for several weeks last year for a refurb. so that will probably be fine. The outdoor coasters will shut down if there are thunderstorms in the area but I'm sure that would be true for Universal also.

If you decide on WDW over Universal, I highly recommend that you register as a new member at www.disboards.com and you can ask just about any question and receive an answer, sometimes literally within minutes. They have over 267 thousand members. Because they are so huge, the site will log you off if you don't have activity every so many minutes (not sure of the exact time) so pick an easy & quick user ID and password.