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firsttimer
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Status: offline |  Posted - 19 Apr 2004 : 14:18:37  
| Just thought I'd mention that Universal resorts have 2 sorts of express passes.
They have the free ones like at Disney where you put your entry ticket in a machine and get a time to come back for the ride. These seem to run out quite early in the day and you are limited to how many you can have at once.
We decided to opt for the bought passes which you can use on all rides. They cost $25 but we decided that on balance it was better for us (3 people) to do this than sppend alot of time queuing. The number of passes to buy is limited and we ended up running round the park to find an outlet that still had some. By the way, you are still likely to have to queue for 15 mins but this is better than 90! | | Report this post to a moderator |
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firsttimer
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Status: offline | Posted - 19 Apr 2004 : 14:19:57
| | Another option is to join the single person queues if you are all grown up enough. You get slotted into gaps in carriages, so you wait can be reduced considerably. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Nostromo
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Status: offline | Posted - 19 Apr 2004 : 17:04:41
| | Can you get these for both IoA and US? Also, am I right in understanding that it is $25 per person per park, but this gets you ahead on all the rides (with Express) in that park as many times as you wish? For example, can I use my $25 pass to go twice EACH on Duelling Dragons, Hulk, Dudley etc? |
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Ruth
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Nostromo
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Status: offline | Posted - 19 Apr 2004 : 19:24:01
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Originally posted by Ruth
I think I read that you can only use your pass once on each ride
No, I meant the PAYING type pass. Is that not for unlimited use on that day? |
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jotter
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Status: offline | Posted - 19 Apr 2004 : 19:59:12
| Nostromo,the passes you pay for only give you one express ride per attraction, they cost $25 each however if you park hop on the same day you can buy a combi express ticket. see thread on universal studios
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firsttimer
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Status: offline | Posted - 21 Apr 2004 : 13:25:37
| They swipe your pass each time you go on a ride or mark it so you can only use it once. They have to do this so that if you have a large group you dont just pass it on to the next person.
But all the rides, apart from mummy use it so you dont have a wait longer than 15 mins all day.
It last for one day only and in that park only.
I didn't know about the combi pass, but we didn't park hop. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Ruth
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mikewj
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Status: offline | Posted - 22 Apr 2004 : 10:47:39
| This is the first year we'll be using the baby swap facilities. Now if we could just find one that will sit still and go to sleep when required !!!  |
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Fozzie
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Status: offline | Posted - 05 May 2004 : 14:35:34
| Not to mention, if you get to stay in the Universal on-site hotels............
(I know why would you when there all these fantastic villas available ) - but if only for a few nights, you get a 'special' express pass that lets you go to any ride as many times as you like just using your room key.
Just a quick warning though, once you've done it - its hard going back to the queues....... |
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mikewj
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Status: offline | Posted - 05 May 2004 : 15:58:21
| The trouble with the Express Passes on the likes of Spiderman is that they regularly run out before midday, leaving the 60 minute queue or single rider as your only options.
I assume that if you pay for the privilege, you wont be affected by this. |
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Fozzie
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Status: offline | Posted - 05 May 2004 : 16:19:19
| quote:
Originally posted by mikewj
The trouble with the Express Passes on the likes of Spiderman is that they regularly run out before midday, leaving the 60 minute queue or single rider as your only options.
I assume that if you pay for the privilege, you wont be affected by this.
On busy days Universal make sure that they dont issue too many of the purchased ones, so its best to buy early.
With the purchased ones you get them 'swiped' on the way in so you dont have to queue for an express pass (or worry about them running out), but as someonelse mentioned its only 1 per ride. |
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jtijani
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Status: offline | Posted - 28 Nov 2004 : 23:27:50
| | When we bought the Express Plus Passes last year, we went on the Spiderman three times. We also went on all the rides and went through the entire park in no time. Since using teh Express Plus Passes we have not been able to go on the queue. | | Report this post to a moderator | goto top of page |
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Nostromo
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Status: offline | Posted - 29 Nov 2004 : 06:53:49
| | IoA is a peculiar park. On Tuesdays for example, the park seems to be not so crowded, especially at off-season times of the year. This year we visited in early May and went through the entire park in 7 hours without needing a single Express Pass. In fact, we have decided that in future we'll always go to IoA on a Tuesday and do it anti-clockwise, that is starting from Suess Landing and work back to Marvel Superhero Island. We did that twice before and it worked wonderfully well. |
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LiesaAnna
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