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9 of us going to Harbor Lake during
Christmas week. Ages 9, 16, 19, 40, 70's. We will be there til Jan 2nd. Never stayed at Harbor Lake or been for New Years. Would like to know if rooms have been upgraded and where is a good room location. We have a 1 bedroom and 2 studios.
Also any New Years events nearby for free? Can we see fireworks from resort? Any places close by for free on New Years that might be good?
We will be spending 1 day at Magic Kingdom and 1 day at Universal. Thinking Harry Potter section.
This is a last minute trip that I am trying to get together so any help is appreciated!

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We've spent several New Year's in Orlando. There are free events everywhere. You can probably see all kinds of fireworks from the lake dock, though some may be distant. Not sure about the room locations... @dioxide45 can probably help out there.

Both of the parks are going to be mobbed that week. It'll definitely be cheaper to focus on one company/resort for the parks. With kids that age I think you'll like Universal over MK, and there are Harry Potter sections in two different Universal parks - Universal Studios Orlando and Islands of Adventure. USO is smaller, has Diagon Alley (Escape from Gringotts), and several indoor rides. IOA is bigger and has more "thrill" rides like Velocicoaster, the Hulk coaster, plus Hagrid's launch coaster in the Harry Potter section (which also has The Forbidden Journey through Hogwart's and Flight of the Hippogriff which is an all-ages type coaster).

If Disney is your choice, I'd definitely hit up Hollywood Studios - the Star Wars attractions are incredible, but Disney as a whole is a huge logistics hassle with all the add-on options so I get really turned off by the whole thing.
 
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