My youngest (17 yo) was watching the ads for universal studios on TV and expressed interest. He’s a great kid who does pretty much whatever we ask and rarely asks for anything so DH and I decided to take him to UO for the last five days of April vacation 2020. In Mass that translates to the last weekend of April. We are booked at Loews Sapphire which includes early entry. We are all UO newbies. DH and I went one time in 1993 and it rained torrents so the parks were empty and because it was raining so hard we didn’t stay long. (We still have the ponchos we bought that day. They’ve held up well.) lm sure in 26 years lots has changed.
I way over plan for my trips and have done some digging but have a lot of questions about tickets/express pass. Trying to figure out the best tickets to buy (and when to buy them).
We booked for 4 nights and will have three full days and two half days. The undercover tourist crowd calendar has one day at a crowd level of 7 and the rest 6. Will we need all three full days at the two main parks or will we also have time for a day at the water park. Will it even be warm enough for the water park? I guess I am asking would you recommend 2, 3, 4 or 5 day tickets. If you recommend only two or two and a half days and skip the water park then I will also get tickets for sea world or maybe rent a car for the day and run to Kennedy Space center. I have AAA and their UO tickets are cheaper than anywhere else. If I buy their tickets now will they still be good in April? Or will universal or one of the other resellers have a sale at the holidays that will make their tickets a better buy? Given the predicted crowds do you recommend express pass? Would I need it for all the days or just the day rated 7. If you do recommend express pass can I add it to the AAA tickets? And how do I do that?
Also, universal is quoting express pass at 589 for 5 days for right now but won’t price them out for April. I’m also trying to figure out if this price would hold for then or if I’d be better off upgrading to Hard Rock for the trip. I did the math and if we upgrade to Hard rock I will save $300 at the current rate but would only do this if you think I would need express pass for the all the days and if I can use their express pass with the AAA tickets.
Some notes about my DS which may influence recommended tickets. He is highly intelligent and hates to be bored. He will patiently wait in line but hates repeating an activity. As a result we will end up doing each ride only once, visit each area only once unless we go back for a specific purpose such as dinner reservations because we want this vacation to be about what he wants.
I may not be capturing the full picture of all there is to see and do so please please offer any tips you think appropriate.
I way over plan for my trips and have done some digging but have a lot of questions about tickets/express pass. Trying to figure out the best tickets to buy (and when to buy them).
We booked for 4 nights and will have three full days and two half days. The undercover tourist crowd calendar has one day at a crowd level of 7 and the rest 6. Will we need all three full days at the two main parks or will we also have time for a day at the water park. Will it even be warm enough for the water park? I guess I am asking would you recommend 2, 3, 4 or 5 day tickets. If you recommend only two or two and a half days and skip the water park then I will also get tickets for sea world or maybe rent a car for the day and run to Kennedy Space center. I have AAA and their UO tickets are cheaper than anywhere else. If I buy their tickets now will they still be good in April? Or will universal or one of the other resellers have a sale at the holidays that will make their tickets a better buy? Given the predicted crowds do you recommend express pass? Would I need it for all the days or just the day rated 7. If you do recommend express pass can I add it to the AAA tickets? And how do I do that?
Also, universal is quoting express pass at 589 for 5 days for right now but won’t price them out for April. I’m also trying to figure out if this price would hold for then or if I’d be better off upgrading to Hard Rock for the trip. I did the math and if we upgrade to Hard rock I will save $300 at the current rate but would only do this if you think I would need express pass for the all the days and if I can use their express pass with the AAA tickets.
Some notes about my DS which may influence recommended tickets. He is highly intelligent and hates to be bored. He will patiently wait in line but hates repeating an activity. As a result we will end up doing each ride only once, visit each area only once unless we go back for a specific purpose such as dinner reservations because we want this vacation to be about what he wants.
I may not be capturing the full picture of all there is to see and do so please please offer any tips you think appropriate.