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Universal Express Plus Tickets
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dsnyfreak
Member
it's extremely fast especially during peak times but the only downfall is you can only use them for 1 time for each attraction. How they can determine if you have rode already or not is beyond me because you only show them the pass and you don't have it scanned. the only thing I can think of is that ou ride once and then go back later when there is another person working and try again. good luck and have fun!!!!!!!
DisneyEverest
Member
When you show them the pass the person working there writes the initials of the ride on your ticket.it's extremely fast especially during peak times but the only downfall is you can only use them for 1 time for each attraction. How they can determine if you have rode already or not is beyond me because you only show them the pass and you don't have it scanned. the only thing I can think of is that ou ride once and then go back later when there is another person working and try again. good luck and have fun!!!!!!!
I heard the attendants don't always initial the passes. Maybe we'll get to ride more than once.
disneydopey
New Member
They are well worth the money and we found the attendants didn't always initial them so you could use them again. Have fun!
cmatt
Active Member
also the ones that do - use a really crappy pen that rubs off *coughs* :king:
i rode spiderman 4 times in one day with my pass and so did my gf. We even went on return of the mummy consecutively and no one batted an eye lid!
Went on the hulk though and got nailed as they scanned it :fork: but er still let me through
crazydaveh
Active Member
If the stand by line is less than 15-20 minutes, get in that line. No need to possibly waste a short wait on your pass. This can happen early in the day and again right before the park closes. You can get in a couple of rides without having to use it and then go back during the busy times of the day and skip the line with the pass!
If the wait is long, go ahead and use the espress passes.
Have fun.
If the wait is long, go ahead and use the espress passes.
Have fun.
I'm bumping this thread to ask another question. At the Universal website the Express Plus tickets for June are $44 a piece after tax!!!!
If I get to the park early and buy an express pass first thing in the morning, will it still cost $44? Or are the ones they sell in the park less expensive? For some reason I remembered them being more like $20 last time we went.
I mean it would cost $131 for my 2 kids and I to get Express Plus passes if they really are $44, which is outrageous!
Another question...if the express plus passes on the website sell out, does this mean they won't have any left in the park that morning? Or do they reserve some to sell in the park as well?
From past experience I know that it's completely impossible to visit Universal in the summer without those passes. Last time we went without them we waited over 2 hours for each attraction (I'm talking Twister!!) and after a whole day of waiting in the sun we only rode 3 things total and left miserable. We wanted to buy the express passes, but by the time we arrived they were long gone.
If I get to the park early and buy an express pass first thing in the morning, will it still cost $44? Or are the ones they sell in the park less expensive? For some reason I remembered them being more like $20 last time we went.
I mean it would cost $131 for my 2 kids and I to get Express Plus passes if they really are $44, which is outrageous!
Another question...if the express plus passes on the website sell out, does this mean they won't have any left in the park that morning? Or do they reserve some to sell in the park as well?
From past experience I know that it's completely impossible to visit Universal in the summer without those passes. Last time we went without them we waited over 2 hours for each attraction (I'm talking Twister!!) and after a whole day of waiting in the sun we only rode 3 things total and left miserable. We wanted to buy the express passes, but by the time we arrived they were long gone.
$44 per pass for June sounds about right and I agree it is highway robbery. From my understanding their price varies by season and as you know June is peak season.
kcnole
Well-Known Member
You'll still have a wait on some rides but nothing like what everyone else is in. If everyone else is in an hour line yours will be around 15 minutes from my experience. Some rides will be a walk on. I don't really find it worth the money (especially during the times when they're like 50 bucks or so) but I do find the unlimited express benefit from the hotels to be a great deal.
jorgetheviking
New Member
I've only used the ones from the hotels and it was great.
julwh
New Member
My husband and I got the Express Pass tickets last summer and never had anyone initial them (maybe we just got lucky). We used them MULTIPLE times on rides like The Hulk and no one ever questioned it. Generally they looked at the pass and waved us through.
It was a huge timesaver - we didn't have a wait time for any ride we went on and we were there in late June.
It was a huge timesaver - we didn't have a wait time for any ride we went on and we were there in late June.
Michael72688
New Member
Now each attraction scans the tickets so you cant go more than once unless you find someone really really nice.
julwh
New Member
I wasn't aware when I bought the express pass that it could only be used once per ride. I looked at my pass last night and it was actually a VIP Pass so maybe that is different than the Express Pass.