damo
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Does anyone have a list of which rides they are good for?
They are not good for Forbidden Journey, Rip Ride Rockit, Pteranadon Flyers and for Ollivanders Wand Show.
Does anyone have a list of which rides they are good for?
I'm not the one that rode it 15 times. She did. I only rode it 7 times that day. I'm older than she is and yeah, I would lose a lot more than a bet if I did ride it 15 times.
But while she was riding Hulk, I was over at WWoHP riding FJ (5 times) and Dragon Challenge (2 times on each). She only did FJ 2 times and one time on each at DC.
My personal opinion is...unless you're planning on doing the majority of attractions then you should skip purchasing EPs. They can be pricey and unless you're going on everything, I wouldn't think its worth the money...but that's me.How about the first week of April? I heard it's spring break for some. I am traveling with my husband and two kids. I am planning to wait until the day of to buy an express pass if ever. Would the express pass (one ride max per attraction) be advisable or the unlimited version? Since my kids are younger they might not really go on all of the rides where express is available. So, is the express pass still worth it?
april will be busy in the parks.
not just the rides but the restrooms, restaurants, etc.
you can only use the purchased express pass once per ride/show.
there are three major rides and one show that do not have express lines.
express passes can increase in cost.
what you see now posted for that day and park could stay the same or rise.
depends on the crowds.
the larger the crowds, the higher cost for the ep's.
Is there a limit of how many express passes are sold in a day? I am thinking of maybe holding off on the purchase until the actual day to see if I really need them...
Unless you're visiting during one of the busiest travel periods of the year (Christmas week, Spring Break, etc.) EPs will not sell out. Prices could change until purchased but that's rare. They base the price on the anticipated crowd levels for that day and don't often change. Wait until you arrive to see what the lines are like before spending the money. You can purchase EPs throughout both parks.Is there a limit of how many express passes are sold in a day? I am thinking of maybe holding off on the purchase until the actual day to see if I really need them...
Metro West said:Unless you're visiting during one of the busiest travel periods of the year (Christmas week, Spring Break, etc.) EPs will not sell out. Prices could change until purchased but that's rare. They base the price on the anticipated crowd levels for that day and don't often change. Wait until you arrive to see what the lines are like before spending the money. You can purchase EPs throughout both parks.
That could have been the EPs for IoA since HP was only a year old...I mean you're talking about 1.5 years ago...not recent. You can still buy the two park EP even if the EP for one of the parks is sold out...I'm talking about the two park EP.In our trip early August 2011 they sold out almost everyday we were their! It was very busy though!
Metro West said:That could have been the EPs for IoA since HP was only a year old...I mean you're talking about 1.5 years ago...not recent. You can still buy the two park EP even if the EP for one of the parks is sold out...I'm talking about the two park EP.
Yeah...things are changing so fast any more with all the construction and whatnot. Hopefully your family can return soon.Granted it was sometime ago, but it was all passes we couldn't get anything either park as 1 park ticket or both parks! And i don't think HP had anything to do with the EP behind sold out as EP don't work on forbidden journey anyhow! Though I do take your point that this was 1.5 years ago and times could well have changed!
My family has booked a vacation for Jul28th to Aug 11th this year. We have a time share booked for this whole time period. When I look into the express pass, it's a ridiculous price for a family of 5 - basically doubles the cost of the per day ticket. I was planning on buying 2 day tickets for our stay (we're also planning to do Disney, a day or two out to the beach, maybe Kennedy Space Center, etc)
I am interested in going to US 1 day and IOA 1 day. Do you think the crowds would be big enough at this time of year to warrant spending $300 to stay onsite and get two days of unlimited express pass? This is a cheaper option than outright buying the express pass as an add-on, but it's basically paying $300 additional dollars that I don;t really need to spend on accommodations, just for the benefit of unlimited express pass for the two days. If crowds tend to be really big at this time of year, it would seem worth it to me to be able to avoid worrying about which rides to ride at which times to try to optimize a touring plan, but instead I could feel like just touring around the park at our own pace knowing that we won't have huge lines at each ride we come to.
Any thoughts from the experts?
Thanks!
Granted it was sometime ago, but it was all passes we couldn't get anything either park as 1 park ticket or both parks! And i don't think HP had anything to do with the EP behind sold out as EP don't work on forbidden journey anyhow! Though I do take your point that this was 1.5 years ago and times could well have changed!
It really makes me reevaluate thinking about coming to these parks, as I already have a laugh every time I read the list of characters and attractions here. It's amusing to me that Woody Woodpecker, E.T., Twister, Barney, The Simpsons, Scooby Doo, Beetlejuice (etc. to just about every other themed land other than Harry Potter) are supposed to be a huge pull nowadays.
We are a family of 5 and are planning on being at US/IOA the week of Memorial Day. We have a condo booked but i am contemplating booking a room on site for the privileges too. Express passes for that time are $29.99 so I'm thinking they are not anticipating being horribly busy that week. We don't want to spend all our time waiting in line, but that is a lot of money on our tight budget. How long can we anticipate being in line?
I agree with you, OP. I don't know about "rip off", per se, but charging for "express passes" extremely undermines the *value* of the park tickets themselves to me. It really makes me reevaluate thinking about coming to these parks, as I already have a laugh every time I read the list of characters and attractions here. It's amusing to me that Woody Woodpecker, E.T., Twister, Barney, The Simpsons, Scooby Doo, Beetlejuice (etc. to just about every other themed land other than Harry Potter) are supposed to be a huge pull nowadays. My last visit here was 2007 and at that time I actually had said "this is not what I remember as a child" and "never again."
I am revisiting the idea now solely because I am a Harry Potter fan, but as a FL resident, it is a terrible value to just go to the parks for 1 day, pay for parking, get in an hour later than resort guests and have no "Express pass" unless staying on property. By no means am I happy with everything Disney is doing nowadays, but I consider Disney theming to be classic, and UsO theming to be extremely outdated. JMO